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Binance's $6.3 Billion Hack Started on a Laptop

Attackers took about $6.3 billion from Binance in 20 minutes. Binance traces the entry to a DevOps laptop and says it will cover losses.

One AI Training Signal, Four Different Rollouts

Four AI providers back a shared robots.txt signal. Bing retires its old training and grounding preferences after March 1.

GPT-6.1 Terra Makes Computer Use Cheaper

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra cuts API token rates and targets computer use. Independent tests show how task costs and results vary.

SpaceXSI Will Watermark Grok API Text on November 7

Starting November 7, seven Grok API models will watermark text by default. Opting out takes a team admin and a legal attestation.

Big Tech Spent $209 Billion on AI Capacity in One Quarter

Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta reported about $209 billion of capital spending for the September quarter, nearly all of it on data centers. Alphabet's free cash flow went negative for a second quarter, Amazon's is negative over the past year, and Microsoft says the next round costs more because memory does.

Microsoft's Voluntary Exit Offer: Buyouts for 60,000

Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce, on standard severance terms. The uptake rate it cites points to 1,800 to 3,000 departures.

Anthropic's S-1: $16.3B in Revenue, an $80.7B Paper Loss

Anthropic's public S-1 shows $16.3 billion of first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss, nearly all of it non-cash, and confirms the leaked 2025 figures.

iOS 27.2: 163 Fixes, Siri Memory, and an 11.4 GB Download

Apple's first broad iOS 27 update patches 163 vulnerabilities, none known to be exploited, and lets Siri AI recall past conversations. On an iPhone 16 Pro it is an 11.4 GB download.

Cloudflare ERR_TIMED_OUT on Windows: A TCP Timestamps Fix

On October 27, some Cloudflare-hosted sites timed out on Windows PCs behind corporate firewalls while loading fine on Linux machines and phones. Turning on TCP timestamps got the PCs working again.