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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.
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Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger (via Wired)
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10/30/26
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Thunderbird opened expedited Thundermail beta access for waitlist signups, and a post tagging #proton made the comparison to Proton Mail explicit.
The post Thunderbird Pitches Its Thundermail Beta …
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Alex Hernandez (via Techaeris)
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10/30/26
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Having a webcam built into your laptop may seem incredibly convenient, but there are actually a number of serious drawbacks you should think of.
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Via BGR Tech
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10/30/26
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The largest cyber heist in history came as attackers increasingly use artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques to steal crypto and quickly launder the funds.
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David Yaffe-Bellany and Dustin Volz (via The New York Times - Technology)
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10/30/26
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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.
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Rebecca Bellan (via TechCrunch)
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10/30/26
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After a week of nonstop folding, we briefly turn the iPhone Duo’s display off to check out how the crease looks.
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Mike Sorrentino (via CNET Technology)
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10/30/26
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For some Canadians, the clocks are changing this weekend. But for many others, there will be no fall back on Nov. 1, as several provinces have decided to stick with Daylight Saving Time (DST). The …
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Jonathan Lamont (via MobileSyrup)
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10/30/26
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It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
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Dan Goodin (via ARS Technica)
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10/30/26
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Security researchers at Anthropic have developed an exploit for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute commands as root on servers running …
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Lawrence Abrams (via BleepingComputer)
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10/30/26
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Samsung is mocking the iPhone Duo Crackgate in a new ad campaign highlighting Apple’s late entry into the foldable phone market.
The post Samsung Mocks The iPhone Duo Crackgate In New Ad …
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Oliver Haslam (via Redmond Pie)
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10/30/26
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Our friends at XDA just introduced a new way to build PCs and NAS machines.
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Andrew Heinzman (via How-to Geek)
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10/30/26
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Smartphones have become essential tools for browsing the web, managing online accounts, shopping, and working remotely. Android users regularly connect to websites and applications through home …
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Leo Rossi (via Droidviews)
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10/30/26
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers — …
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Via Techmeme
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10/30/26
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Supercharge your terminal.
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Arol Wright (via How-to Geek)
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10/30/26
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The staff picks their holiday favorites they revisit ever year, or at least just this year.
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Io9 Staff (via Gizmodo | Tecg. Science. Culture)
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10/30/26
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Water, batteries, cash, tinned food... coffee beans? Keep your spirits high in an emergency with a compact coffee maker for brewing in an emergency.
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Via TechnoBuffalo
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10/30/26
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Reuters:
OpenAI tightens limits on the weapons-related information that ChatGPT provides teens, even when a question appears harmless, as part of new safeguards — OpenAI said on Friday …
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Via Techmeme
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10/30/26
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But its entry-level GPU is two generations old, and its AI pitch centers on its internals.
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Via TechnoBuffalo
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10/30/26
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Thanks to a lucky break, flawed code in a tainted Claude extension prevented the attacker from fully worming their way into some 5,000 developer machines.
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Lily Hay Newman (via Wired)
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10/30/26
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CNBC:
Intel stock closed down 28.58% on Friday, its worst day since the 1970s and wiping ~$12B off US government's stake, after issuing weaker-than-expected guidance — Intel shares …
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Via Techmeme
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10/30/26
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