A River of News

Tech headlines, Friday, October 30, 2026

68 items. Times are UTC.

12:00 UTC 2

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    Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion The New York Times (limited free articles) by David Yaffe-Bellany, Ryan Mac story
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    2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid: Drives like an EV, but there's no plug involved Ars Technica by Jonathan M. Gitlin

11:00 UTC 14

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    5 years’ worth of salary in bonuses given to 700 eligible Micron workers as company continues to battle union — more than 4,300 production-line staff to receive three bonuses of more than $31,000, plus quarterly profit bonuses starting next year Tom's Hardware
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    Intel leaker reveals Moon Lake chip as a likely replacement for N-series SoCs — four lower-power-efficiency cores, no performance cores, and a 6W TDP Tom's Hardware
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    The $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Was Pulled Off in Just 20 Minutes WIRED by Matt Burgess story
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    From Bitcoin to Binance: Crypto terms and what they mean BBC
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    Review: You Can See Everything blurs the view of Elizabeth Holmes' deceit Ars Technica by Jennifer Ouellette story
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    Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months — president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts' Tom's Hardware by Ben Stockton story
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    Former esports commentator builds his own custom mouse shell generator for 3D printing that doesn’t use AI — Mausstudio automatically detects buttons, screwholes, and sensor locations Tom's Hardware
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    Fiber lasts decades, GPUs last three years: the AI boom isn't the dot-com boom [video] Hacker News
  9. tech
    Backdoors in official Claude Code extensions Hacker News
  10. tech
    Rocket Report: Winter is coming for Themis; Cowboy Space adds iron to the fire Ars Technica by Stephen Clark
  11. tech
    Accenture AI agents are sifting through applicants The Register story
  12. tech
    Maine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate The Verge (limited free articles) by Abigail Bassett story
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    Benchmarking Nvidia’s Vera CPU for the data center — standalone Vera tested against Granite Rapids-AP and EPYC Turin Tom's Hardware by Jake Roach
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    This App Brutally Shames You by Tracking How Many Hours You’ve Lost to Scrolling WIRED by David Nield

10:00 UTC 16

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    Elon Musk’s Ties to Texas Republicans Go Much Deeper Than the Midterms WIRED by Tess Owen story
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    Grab a Nintendo Switch 2 with a free game for as low as $459 in this limited-time deal Tom's Hardware by Ben Stockton
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    Google hit with criminal probe over unapproved AI data center deforestation — 816 acres of forest destroyed in Finland as wolves flee into local villages, facility threatens 40% power bill hikes Tom's Hardware by Mark Tyson story
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    Male Insecurity Over Penis Size Is a Booming Business WIRED by Jason Parham story
  5. tech
    The Best Handheld Translators for Work and Travel (2026) WIRED by Christopher Null
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    Waymo and Toyota will soon start testing their robotaxis in Japan Engadget story
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    Anthropic hacked to deliver remote access trojan Hacker News story
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    South Korea clamps down on Tesla drivers for unlocking restricted full self-driving feature, $15,000 fines and prison possible sentences — suspects imported hardware from Europe and China, then traded tips on concealing activation logs Tom's Hardware by Newton Gitonga story
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    It Sure Looks Like the Department of Education Is Promoting a Right-Wing ‘Harry Potter’ Meme WIRED by Michaela Makusha
  10. tech
    Domestic droid gone amok? Don't worry, you're covered The Register
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    Senators are looking into 'serious privacy risks' with Meta's AI glasses Engadget story
  12. tech
    Azure's Weakest Link – Five Full Cross-Tenant Compromises Hacker News
  13. tech
    Are We in an A.I. Bubble? We’re About to Find Out. The New York Times (limited free articles) by Max Read, Whitney Jones, Sawyer Roque, Vjeran Pavic
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    Binance withdrawals frozen after thieves steal $5.6 billion in crypto in record-breaking cryptocurrency heist — firm says it will cover losses as stablecoin networks move to freeze $2.4b in stolen assets Tom's Hardware story
  15. tech
    Crematoria Are Being Used to Heat Homes and Swimming Pools WIRED by Chris Baraniuk
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    Samsung S95H OLED TV Review (2026) WIRED by John Brandon

09:00 UTC 10

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    How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole? Hacker News story
  2. tech
    Gift Ideas for Friends (2026): Wellness Tech, Kitchen Essentials WIRED by Molly Higgins
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    Deadly Intel Fab 28 explosion causes two-week shutdown, to cost $600 million and severely disrupt server chip manufacturing for six months — 10nm Xeon shipments stall during largest shortage in memory Tom's Hardware
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    UK Shelly reseller warns payment data stolen after malware found on website The Register
  5. tech
    Ask HN: Are you tired too in this AI era? Hacker News
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    elect.horse Hacker News
  7. tech
    The Best Leaf Blower We’ve Tested Is Ready for Halloween WIRED by Kat Merck, Sal Vaglica
  8. tech
    I Returned My iPhone Duo Hacker News
  9. tech
    The Iran War’s Impact on Oil Is Hitting Key Senate Races Hard WIRED by Molly Taft story
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    Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web The Verge (limited free articles) by Lauren Feiner

08:00 UTC 1

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    Binance hacked for an estimated $6.3 billion in record crypto theft Engadget story

07:00 UTC 6

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    How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia BBC
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    General Motors agrees to pay $220 million to settle multi-state data privacy lawsuit Engadget story
  3. tech
    Google's search revenue Ferrari hits an AI-powered speed bump The Register story
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    North Korea Steals USD 6.36B from Binance in the Largest Hack in History Hacker News story
  5. tech
    Waymo taps Toyota to supply robotaxis for Japan and the U.K. TechCrunch by Kirsten Korosec story
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    Wasmer (YC S19) Is Hiring OS/Hypervisor Experts in Europe Hacker News

06:00 UTC 1

  1. tech
    Farm PC 'maintained' by a 14-year-old dumped support chap in a steaming pile of tech mess The Register

05:00 UTC 1

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    AWS installs an AI accelerator every 14 seconds and eyes $1 trillion annual revenue The Register story

04:00 UTC 2

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    In the year AI re-wrote the infosec rulebook, it’s comforting to know crypto exchanges still have bad security The Register story
  2. tech
    This Device Uses A.I. and Lasers to Kill Mosquitoes The New York Times (limited free articles) by Keith Bradsher, Nailah Morgan, Qilai Shen, Siyi Zhao story

02:00 UTC 4

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    PC chip plunge wipes out a quarter of Intel’s value The Register story
  2. tech
    CVE-2026-98432: Linux TCP Use-After-Free Risk and Patch Validation Hacker News
  3. tech
    Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Oct. 30 CNET by Gael Cooper story
  4. tech
    Show HN: Lasm – Write formally verified webapps in Lean for Node/serverless/edge Hacker News

01:00 UTC 5

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    Pico CSS is no longer maintained Hacker News
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    Show HN: Arken – Passwordless auth middleware using secp256k1 keys Hacker News
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    You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work TechCrunch by Amanda Silberling story
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    Tracks along the longest drive on another world Hacker News
  5. tech
    Beware of Bluetooth sniffers: How your favorite gadgets could be exposing your data ZDNET by Jada Jones

00:00 UTC 6

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    Crypto giant Binance freezes $2.5bn of assets over suspected hack BBC story
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    Here’s Why You’re About to See More Ads in Google’s AI Overviews CNET by Alex Valdes story
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    Herdr has released native app Hacker News
  4. tech
    Remember Patrick Stewart by Streaming Star Trek, X-Men and Other Genre-Defining Roles CNET by Aaron Pruner story
  5. tech
    Cormac McCarthy's Library Hacker News
  6. tech
    How to run two PCs on a single monitor – no matter what your brand is ZDNET by Taylor Clemons