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.
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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.
Anthropic bought a one-person biotech that ran 11 labs with Claude, and now has its own drug programs
Mithril's muscular dystrophy work is now in-house at Anthropic, which also shared early results from six partners. It's still mostly preclinical.
Amazon's Echo Show 16 redesign adds always-on home screens and Fire TV for $499.99
A thinner 16-inch smart display with a night-vision camera, Fire TV and always-on Screen Styles. Preorders get $100 off; it ships in December.
SK Hynix tops 100 trillion won in quarterly sales and says the memory shortage will last until 2030
Record revenue of 104.6 trillion won and an 80% operating margin, driven by AI memory. Long-term deals already cover over half of 2027-28 output.
Oracle will rent out Google's TPUs, and OpenAI reportedly plans to buy them
Oracle's cloud will offer Google's AI chips from 2027, and OpenAI reportedly plans to buy TPUs. Nvidia's biggest customers want a second source.
Anduril and Qualcomm's BlueChip is a rugged laptop built to be made in America
The Snapdragon X laptop targets government and defense buyers. Over 90% of parts cost is U.S. or allied, and orders open in 2027.
Google DeepMind's Genie 4 world model adds sound, speech and live prompt editing
Genie 4 generates explorable worlds with native audio and lets you rewrite a scene mid-simulation. It's in research preview, with a waitlist.
Anthropic says Claude also refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis, hours after OpenAI
Anthropic posted a Claude-written paper and Lean proof claiming a sub-exponential 3-SAT algorithm, found Oct. 16. It isn't peer-reviewed yet.
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