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Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, report says
The new report says the AI lab will likely qualify for a high junk rating.
Applebee’s exposed customers’ personal data after leaving database password in app
EXCLUSIVE: A security researcher discovered the hardcoded credential in Applebee's app, allowing unrestricted access to customers' personal data.
‘Pluribus’ season 2 reportedly begins filming tomorrow
According to a report published earlier this month, the second season of Apple TV’s acclaimed sci-fi drama ‘ Pluribus ’ is scheduled to begin filming tomorrow, October 31, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here’s what we know. more…
Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl recently declared “it’s time for a renaissance in energy and in supersonic flight” as the supersonic airliner company unveiled a Colorado factory dedicated to making gas turbines for AI data centers. But Boom may be facing turbulence after early backers for both ventures have questioned the company’s delivery timeline or backed out entirely. One of the company’s first customers…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 falls to $699.99 in first major price cut
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 just got its first big price cut since launch, and it’s a strong one. On Amazon, you can grab it for $699.99 instead of its $799 RRP, which is a 12% discount and a savings of $99. See the deal at Amazon
Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds
No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson.
Bose SoundLink Plus drops back to its all-time low on Amazon
The Bose SoundLink Plus is a mid-size portable Bluetooth speaker built for people who want bigger sound without jumping to a huge speaker. It sits between the smaller Flex and larger Max in Bose’s lineup, and there’s a strong deal on Amazon right now that makes it a lot more tempting. See the deal at Amazon
How a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the contractor who plugged their AI agent into a Pentagon system, Anthropic’s IPO filing, and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.
Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom
Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom.
Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
An official extension for Anthropic’s Claude model was backdoored and threatened as many as 5,000 developers' machines, multiple sources reported Friday. Anthropic so far has yet to warn customers of the incident. The compromised package was a VS Code extension available in the marketplace of Cursor, a maker of AI-assisted developer tools, the company said Friday. The malicious version, 2.1.313, subsequently…
Exclusive details about Akai’s MPC Sample Key
Akai teased its new MPC Sample Key on Instagram earlier this week, and said it plans to open-source its software so the modding community can hack it to their hearts' delight. While there's no word yet on when the device will launch or how much it will cost, The Verge has received exclusive images of the upcoming instrument that offer some details about its feature set. While the Sample Key shares many of the same…
Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk
Asked about supply chain shortages, like the ongoing RAM shortage , OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview that it's "terrible" to have RAM in personal PCs instead of data centers. During his appearance on the Cheeky Pint podcast, where he also commented on AI's impact on math , Altman said: "A lot of people want local inference. And somehow, they assume that the problem is solved now because we are going to…
‘Knives Out’ director launches iPhone camera app that shoots like his movies
Hollywood director Rian Johnson ( Star Wars: The Last Jedi ) announced a new iPhone camera app that uses the same image processing techniques as his ‘ Knives Out ‘ films. Here are the details. more…
Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
On August 9, 2026, Dartmouth College provost Santiago Schnell wrote a Washington Post op-ed called "Universities are fighting AI cheating. But there’s a deeper problem." This week, Schnell discovered the depths of the problem himself as he resigned from the university after an advisory committee found that he failed to disclose significant AI use in an academic paper and in the Washington Post op-ed, even though…
Digital Extremes Puts Soulframe Preludes in Community Hands, as Its Early Alpha Playtest Opens November 6 to All PC Players and Adds Rideable Wolves
Today, Digital Extremes announced the imminent opening of its early Alpha playtest of Soulframe Preludes to all PC players. Next week, the Canadian developer is removing the invitation requirement for its in-development fantasy action RPG, so everyone can get in starting Friday, November 6. The announcement goes alongside the unveiling of Preludes 17: Verse of the Veilands, a major update introducing rideable wolf…
The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI, as reported earlier by Search Engine Roundtable . With this control, publishers can apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI companies, instead of setting them individually. The shared "policy token" signal is proposed by Kevin Kelley, a technical lead for standards at…
Meta settles another social media addiction case just before trial
Snap is now the only defendant in the case.
Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
A significant number of patients in the US lie to their doctors to get antibiotics they likely don't need, according to two new studies. While that may not be a startling revelation, the studies drills down on the phenomenon, finding that the lies patients tell are generally bad ones—and yet, they work almost all the time. In the two linked studies published Friday in JAMA Network Open, a team of researchers led by…
High Stakes, Higher Boots: Here Are Horror Games’ Best-Dressed Women
While the female horror-game protagonist fends off demons and other predators, she is also serving looks . This is the rose-covered cross women are made to bear: We must inspire others with our appearance even while covered in gore. Within the broader scope of patriarchal society, this expectation, which then bleeds into fashionable horror games like Silent Hill 3 and the Fatal Frame series, is unfair. Women…
MIT affiliates named 2026 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows
Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni were recently named to the 2026 cohort of AI2050 Fellows. The honor is announced annually by Schmidt Sciences, Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s philanthropic initiative that aims to accelerate scientific innovation. Conceived and co-chaired by Eric Schmidt and James Manyika, AI2050 is a philanthropic initiative aimed at helping to solve hard problems in artificial…
Nvidia store quietly pulls the RTX 5080 following RTX 5090 removal — street prices climb to 2.2X over MSRP
First, it was the GeForce RTX 5090 , and now the GeForce RTX 5080 – two of the best graphics cards have gone dark. After the Blackwell flagship left Nvidia's marketplace, the GeForce RTX 5080 followed suit. Prices for the sub-flagship have exploded to more than 2.2X its original $999 MSRP, and the Blackwell-powered graphics card is slowly going out of stock at various U.S. retailers. As with the recent disappearance…
Bluesky now has a dedicated 'moderation inbox'
The beta feature makes it easier to stay on top of reports and account strikes.
Intel’s woes wipe out $1 trillion of semiconductor market cap in one day — PC market bloodbath leaves few chip stocks unscathed
Intel's shares plunged 30% on Friday, wiping out nearly $150 billion in market capitalization in a single day, the largest single-day loss in the company's history. The decline followed a disappointing financial outlook, largely driven by an anticipated drop of more than 20% in sales at Intel's client computing group (CCPG), the company's main cash cow. The declines quickly spread across the semiconductor industry…
Amazon slashes $429 off the Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus 512GB
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus 512GB has dropped to $970 on Amazon, which is a big cut for a 2026 flagship phone. That’s $429 off the $1,399.99 recommended retail price, or 31% off RRP, and it’s a deal worth jumping on if you’ve been waiting for this model to fall under the $1,000 mark. See the deal at Amazon