Binance loses about $6.3 billion in what analysts call the biggest crypto hack ever
Binance says a compromised DevOps laptop let attackers drain wallets on 10 blockchains. Analysts blame North Korea. Withdrawals are paused.
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UWANT V500 tested: a $200 stick vacuum that empties its own bin, with one catch
Its dock charges, stores and empties the vacuum into a sealed bag. What a hands-on test on tile found, the real specs and the ongoing cost of bags.
Gemini can now edit the Docs, PDFs and spreadsheets it makes, right in the chat
Expand a file, type changes or highlight a section and ask Gemini to fix it. PDFs work on web and mobile; other formats are web-only for now.
OpenAI rewrites its Model Spec around five values, starting with 'faithfulness to human intent'
The rulebook for OpenAI's models adds guidance on memory, user agency and side effects, drops most style rules and now calls the model 'GPT.'
319 Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs quietly hijacked users' searches, researchers say
Posing as PDF, safe search and AI tools, they route every search through operators' servers for Bing and Yahoo referral fees. Here's how to check.
Mistral releases weights for Le Chonk, a trillion-parameter open model aimed at cyber defenders
Anyone can now download and self-host Mistral Large 4. Mistral says it leads open models at coding and cyber defense, and admits attack risks.
Microsoft's Azure tops $33 billion in a quarter, and OpenAI now makes up 11% of its revenue
Revenue rose 19% to $92.3 billion and Azure grew 48%. OpenAI brought in $10 billion, more than Xbox. Free cash flow stayed positive.
Leak exposes 41,000 Homeland Security workers, including access groups tied to undercover work
DDoSecrets says the staff records came from DHS's Okta login. DHS is addressing a potential breach; Okta says it has no sign of compromise.
DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for $17 billion, promising one membership for both
DoorDash will pay $65 a share, mostly in cash. Instacart keeps its brand and app, but the deal needs antitrust approval and won't close until 2027-28.
Alphabet sinks after a rare miss: AI Mode searches pay less, and cash flow is negative again
Revenue rose 25% and Google Cloud doubled, but search grew slower than expected and free cash flow hit minus $9.1 billion. Shares fell 11% premarket.
Chrome's autofill can now pull order numbers and flight bookings from your Gmail
Gemini-powered autofill now reads Gmail for form details, for U.S. users who opted into Personal Intelligence. Google Photos is next.
Google's Gemini 4 Carbon tops an AI leaderboard, but only cyber defenders can use it for now
Google's new frontier model leads on finding, exploiting and patching software flaws. It goes to vetted cyber defenders first, with no public date.
Apple's first touchscreen Mac is a $2,899 OLED MacBook Pro with a Dynamic Island
The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display adds touch, tandem OLED and a lighter body. Preorders are open now, and it arrives Nov. 6.
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