Saturday, November 7, 2026
Submit your startupBig tech, gadgets, the internet and the policy around it.
Tech / Wired ·
Suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download to gain a foothold in the crypto firm’s system and steal billions, according to Binance.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Lawsuit calls Brave "supplier, dealer, and distributor" of stolen news content.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
We talk with Nissan designer Hiren Patel about how vehicle interior designs are changing.
Tech / The Next Web ·
AMD reports third-quarter results on Tuesday after its shares fell about 17% in two days alongside Intel. Analysts expect revenue to rise 41%, but investors say AMD needs a big beat and a strong outlook as AI spending fears grow. AMD needs a strong quarter and a bold forecast when it reports results…
Tech / Wired ·
Save on WIRED-tested picks from Blueair, Levoit, and Air Doctor, including compact models for your bedroom.
Tech / The Verge ·
Canva is making significant changes affecting 1,271 people, which is 22 percent of its staff, co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins announced today. "For some people, this will mean changes to their roles or being asked to relocate to centralised hubs," says Perkins. "Sadly, it will also mean saying…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Google will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.
Tech / The Next Web ·
ARIA’s Scaling Inference Lab will deploy Lumai’s Iris servers, which use beams of light to run AI calculations, as its first optical platform. Lumai claims big energy savings, but these have not been independently tested. The lab will test the servers in a commercial data centre. The UK’s Advanced…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
NY gov. pointed to Kennedy's long-standing anti-vaccine work as spurring outbreaks.
Tech / The Verge ·
Sonos is rolling out a big app update that includes new Presets and early access to its AI voice assistant. You can create a preset to play music at a specific volume in a certain room, which will appear directly on the homescreen so you can quickly start playback. If you're in the US, you […]
Tech / The Verge ·
In a new post today, Valve acknowledged that it's seen "a significant increase in submissions for store and page review in recent months" and says it's "running a little behind" by taking "up to 12 business days" for reviews instead of the typical 3-5 days. Indie developers have recently expressed…
Tech / The Next Web ·
UiPath plans to charge companies for each document its new finance agents process, instead of selling them a software project. Mircea Giurcan, a senior transformation director at UiPath, set out the model on Monday. He spoke at UiPath FUSION, held at Dubai’s Museum of the Future. The invoice…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Google has cut ties with the company behind the botnet campaign.
Tech / The Next Web ·
Meta is selling at least $15B of dollar bonds in a deal expected to reach at least $20B with a first euro note, Bloomberg reports. It is offering much higher yields than in April, as investors balk at Big Tech’s flood of AI debt. Meta is selling at least $15B of US dollar bonds, its […] This story…
Tech / The Verge ·
The largest crypto theft to date was pulled off by combining some well-known hacking techniques over the course of a few months, according to Binance. A postmortem from the company says the process that started with one developer downloading a tampered installer in June apparently spread by a…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V?
Tech / The Next Web ·
Google will turn off Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search for K-12 student accounts until school administrators switch them on. Its Guided Learning mode is now available worldwide in Classroom and will be tested in Search at some US schools this month. Google will switch off its…
Tech / The Verge ·
It's impossible to paint a full picture of what Audio Intelligence on the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 will be right now. The watchOS 27.3 developer beta just dropped earlier this afternoon, and these features are meant to be lived with in day-to-day life. We're definitely going to do that over…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
UEFI bootkit BlackX exploits Microsoft's lack of clarity around Secure Boot protections.
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Meta faces pressure to protect No Kings Instagram on election day.
Tech / The Verge ·
Android owners looking for an earbud upgrade are in luck. The Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 are back down to $169 at Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store, matching the lowest price we’ve seen. Google’s site claims the deal will last until 11:59PM PT on November 8th, and other retailers will likely…
Tech / The Verge ·
After Apple raised iPhone prices earlier this year, a new rumor claims it plans to launch the base iPhone 18 with a higher price, too. A Weibo post from leaker Digital Chat Station, spotted by 9to5Mac, says the base iPhone 18 is getting a couple upgrades with the price hike, including a larger…
Tech / The Next Web ·
OpenAI has hired Dan Driscoll, the 26th Secretary of the US Army, the company said on Monday. He takes a new role: senior counselor for national security modernization. Driscoll will advise on how advanced AI can strengthen national and cyber security. He will work with OpenAI’s leaders and…
Tech / Ars Technica ·
Critics say EPA is effectively abandoning Clean Air Act enforcement at factory farms.