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Hackers drain billions in crypto from Binance
Binance suspended withdrawals after hackers reportedly stole $6.3 billion in digital assets. TRM Labs has high confidence North Korea's elite hacking unit was behind it, and Binance says it froze about $3 billion.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Artificial intelligence
AI agent performs brain surgery on a mouse alone
An agent using a Claude model picked the drug, brain target and injection coordinates for an epileptic mouse on its own. Researcher Ocana-Santero calls it the first time an AI agent autonomously chose and delivered a treatment to a living mammal; it refused to continue after a calibration error.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Cybersecurity · Programming & dev tools · Artificial intelligence
Tampered Claude Code add-on found in Cursor marketplace
A tampered Claude Code extension was live on the Cursor marketplace for about 11 hours, affecting up to 5,000 users. It tried to steal data and set up remote access; Cursor took the marketplace offline and restored it after confirming no further risk.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
Reddit loses search visitors to Google's AI features
CEO Steve Huffman says Reddit lost over one million Google referrals per week in October, and the stock fell more than 25 percent despite strong earnings. He blames AI Overviews and AI Mode; Reddit is testing login barriers and aims to be a direct destination.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT law & regulation
Pope Leo rejects legal personhood for AI
Pope Leo XIV sharply criticised calls for "AI personhood" in a thread on X. He argues it could shift accountability for AI-enabled harm away from the humans who build and use AI systems.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Cybersecurity · Programming & dev tools · Open source
Node.js patches serious Brotli decoder flaw
On October 21, 2026, the Node.js project released updates fixing CVE-2026-111497, an out-of-bounds write in the Brotli decoder. Any application decompressing attacker-controlled data with a vulnerable Brotli library could be at risk; Google scored it 9.2 under CVSS v4.0.
Full story at sentinelone.com ↗ - Chips & hardware · Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence
Google's Suncatcher satellite returns first orbital AI reply
Google reports a "Hello World" milestone for its Project Suncatcher prototype satellite. It is the first AI response from a data center class TPU in orbit.
Full story at blog.google ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Networking
T-Mobile launches T-Mix plans with bundled streaming
T-Mobile's new T-Mix plans arrived on Oct. 26, claiming at least $120 of value per line each month. Verizon makes a similar pitch with Netflix and Max bundles, and the article points to the fine print.
Full story at pocket-lint.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
OpenAI doubles limits on its Pro plans
OpenAI is doubling usage limits on paid plans from Pro 100 to Pro 500, and reversed a planned Pro 200 cut after user pushback. The move comes just ahead of Anthropic's IPO as both compete for business customers.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - IT industry & companies · Artificial intelligence · Cloud & data centers
Tech stocks slump, raising fears of an AI bubble
The Nasdaq 100 was down 2.6 percent at the time of writing on Friday. Amazon lost about two percent despite continued momentum in its cloud unit.
Full story at Futurism ↗
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