The news of Monday 02 November 2026

Hardware 168 stories

1. IT Morning 1103: Altman claims that his personal computer memory was wasted on the Internet; Apple 2026 net profit $132.1 billion for fiscal year; the American group calls take-out sales less than $15 in less than half the order; and the World Robotic Tentsant contest receiver...
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:59 UTC Translated from Chinese

   This is Monday, 3 November 2026. 1. OpenAI CEO Altmann claims that the waste of personal computer memory has been the subject of a web-based outcry. OpenAI CEO Altman claims that DRAM is a waste of resources and a source of Internet…

2. BMW: Our pure power is good, but it helps to continue to produce V8 engines.
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:54 UTC Translated from Chinese

   According to information from IT House on November 3, it was reported in the early morning hours of today's (3rd) morning that for BMWs, which have been known as fuel cars for “driving fun”, pure tram-type heat could help BMW continue the…

3. Apple HomeView OS Explorer: Supports liquid glass regulation, CarPlay technology as a “temporary bridge”
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:53 UTC Translated from Chinese

   According to information from IT House on November 3, AppleInsider yesterday (2 November) published an article in which it reported that the system mounted by HomeView, the Apple-heading smart house, was highly closed and that restrictions…

4. Anthropic's “the largest IPO in history” valuation is expected to drop from $2 trillion to 1.5 trillion.
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:44 UTC Translated from Chinese

   According to information from IT House on November 3, the Wall Street Journal today reported that the collapse of the technology unit last week was changing the valuation judgement of this AI company by institutional investors planning to…

5. Activist Group Reportedly Preparing to Dox Elon Musk
   Gizmodo 23:40 UTC

   Surely he'll handle this well.

6. Apple acknowledges the delay in the delivery of iPhone Duo's folding screen mobile phone, and it's hard to predict when the supply stress will ease.
   IT Home (EN Mirror) 23:39 UTC Translated from Chinese

   According to information from IT House on 3 November, Apple Coo Sabih Khan admitted at the Fourth Financial Quarter Telephone Conference that the delivery of the new folding screen phone iPhone Duo was delayed and it was not possible to…

Semiconductors 75 stories

1. Apple Sales Cool
   The Information 23:39 UTC

   In Apple’s first earnings under new chief executive John Ternus, the company reported sales growth slowed in its fiscal fourth quarter. Total revenue for the September quarter was $114.5 billion, up from 12% from the previous year, its…

2. Apple's iPhone growth meets a tougher test on costs
   DigiTimes Daily 23:33 UTC

   Apple enters the holiday selling season with stronger demand for its core products, but its latest results show that expanding sales do not automatically translate into faster operating profit growth. Record September-quarter iPhone…

3. Marvell pays up for Lumentum, 33 times forward earnings, to match Broadcom on lasers
   DigiTimes Daily 23:32 UTC

   Marvell Technology's agreement to buy Lumentum Holdings would give the custom chip designer its own supply of indium phosphide (InP) lasers, one of the scarcest components in AI data center networking, and make it one of the few suppliers…

4. SK Hynix ramps up SOCAMM2 as material shortages push up PCB prices
   DigiTimes Daily 23:31 UTC

   SK Hynix is increasing orders for small outline compression attached memory module 2 (SOCAMM2) printed circuit boards (PCBs) as production ramps up for Nvidia's Vera Rubin AI platform, while shortages of copper-clad laminate (CCL) and…

5. Beyond the robots: Three companies to watch at FIX 2026
   DigiTimes Daily 23:30 UTC

   Humanoid robots and self-driving cars were hard to miss at South Korea's Future Innovation Tech Expo (FIX 2026) in Daegu. But some of the less flashy technologies on display were just as interesting. Credit: AVING

6. Samsung Electro-Mechanics starts mass production of ADAS MLCCs
   DigiTimes Daily 23:30 UTC

   Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has begun mass production of a miniature, ultra-high-capacitance multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), as increasingly powerful automotive processors drive…

Tech Market & VC 69 stories

1. Apple says it’s ‘hard to predict’ when iPhone Duo constraints will improve
   TechCrunch 23:25 UTC

   Apple says iPhone Duo production is ramping up, but it still can't say when supply will catch up with demand as shipping delays stretch into next year.

2. Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts
   TechCrunch 23:13 UTC

   The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.

3. Apple’s inventory surges 154% as memory chip costs climb
   TechCrunch 23:04 UTC

   Apple says unprecedented memory chip costs will continue to rise, raising questions about future device prices as its inventory climbs to $14.5 billion.

4. The Emerging AI 50 in NYC
   CB Insights 22:20 UTC

   This brief is adapted from a report produced with Accenture and Tech:NYC. Read the full analysis here. AI is creating a new generation of businesses in New York City while changing how its established industries operate. The startups…

5. Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI
   TechCrunch 22:14 UTC

   RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which there is no return.

6. Germany says lawmakers’ iPhones may have been hacked with spyware
   TechCrunch 19:45 UTC

   German lawmakers and a filmmaker are among the people who received notifications from Apple warning that their phones may have been hacked.

Software Engineering 47 stories

1. Anthropic's growth just flattened
   Hacker News Front Page 22:33 UTC

   Article URL: https://www.regenerator1.com/p/anthropics-growth-just-flattened Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50344958 Points: 116 # Comments: 139

2. The SEC Should Block Anthropic's IPO to Protect the Public
   Hacker News Front Page 22:30 UTC

   Article URL: https://www.techpolicy.press/the-sec-should-block-anthropics-ipo-to-protect-the-public/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50344919 Points: 264 # Comments: 204

3. The road to opaque software is paved with good (engineering) intentions
   lobste.rs 21:42 UTC

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4. A Decade of Kill Bugs
   lobste.rs 21:23 UTC

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5. An Introduction to Bε-trees and Write-Optimization
   lobste.rs 20:26 UTC

   This is the underlying tech of the recently posted GEFS: https://lobste.rs/s/zjjvbo/work_on_gefs_good_enough_file_system_for Comments

6. This background sound leaks your exact location
   lobste.rs 19:42 UTC

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Quant Finance 40 stories

1. Kim Jong-Un’s sister rejects FBI claims linking North Korea to record $6 billion Binance hack: reports
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 22:26 UTC

   North Korea is now reportedly saying it was not behind the hack, despite the FBI finding that North Korean hackers were behind the heist.

2. Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s largest crypto exchange, hit by $46 million security breach
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 20:19 UTC

   Brazil's largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin confirmed earlier Monday a security incident and paused withdrawals.

3. ING adds travel eSIMs to app
   Finextra 20:18 UTC

   ING, one of Europe's leading banks, has partnered with Gigs, the leader in embedded mobile services, to offer global travel data to its customers directly from the ING app.

4. DTCC’s tokenization launch could accelerate adoption and boost Securitize, StoneX says
   The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 19:15 UTC

   StoneX says DTCC's tokenization service validates Securitize's model, reiterating its buy rating on SECZ as the firm expands tokenized stocks.

5. Nala names Ashraf Aly global head, compliance and risk
   Finextra 19:09 UTC

   We’re excited to share that Ashraf Aly has joined Nala as Global Head of Compliance & Risk. Ashraf will lead compliance and risk across the Nala app and Rafiki, our stablecoin payments infrastructure for banks and enterprises.

6. Eurex Clearing integrates digital instruments to become 'hybrid CCP'
   Finextra 18:43 UTC

   Eurex Clearing is claiming to be the "world's first hybrid central counterparty", integrating native digital instruments into its established ecosystem.

Cybersecurity 38 stories

1. Google shuts down global botnet running on certified Android devices
   CyberScoop 21:58 UTC

   Google and an assortment of partners shut down a botnet that an approved Android device manufacturer purposefully deployed across more than 1.3 million TV set-top boxes, the company said Monday. Videostrong Technology Co., a China-based…

2. Chinese hackers use ARTEX AI in automated attacks against 200 orgs
   BleepingComputer 21:40 UTC

   Chinese hackers used ARTEX, an open-source, multi-agent AI penetration-testing framework, in attacks against more than 200 organizations across 14 countries. [...]

3. Business groups mount fresh campaign for long-term renewal of information sharing law
   CyberScoop 21:04 UTC

   Major industry groups are clamoring for Congress to include a 10-year extension of a law that they say is essential to cyber threat information sharing in the annual defense policy bill. Congress has mixed a series of short-term renewals…

4. Fintech platform Sageworks taken offline after suspected cyberattack
   BleepingComputer 19:00 UTC

   Financial technology company Abrigo has restored its Sageworks risk management application, except for borrower-facing capabilities, following an outage triggered by "irregular activity" in its environment. [...]

5. Google disrupts million-device XCPE Android malware botnet, bans TV box maker
   BleepingComputer 18:16 UTC

   Google and industry partners have dismantled the XCPE malware botnet consisting of more than 1.3 million Android TV streaming TV boxes that Google says its manufacturer intentionally infected with malware to generate revenue through…

6. OpenAI will merge ChatGPT’s chat and work tabs – here’s when, and what to expect
   ZDNet Security 18:01 UTC

   On the heels of Anthropic’s similar move, the change will be tested among select users before being rolled out.

Geopolitics & Policy 33 stories

1. Sister of North Korea’s Kim slams FBI’s Binance hack allegations as ‘grave’ provocation
   South China Morning Post Tech 23:40 UTC

   North Korea on Tuesday slammed the FBI’s allegations that Pyongyang was behind the theft of US$6 billion from cryptocurrency platform Binance, with Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister labelling it a “grave political provocation”. Kim Yo-jong, in…

2. Trump’s approval rating is near a career low ahead of elections, poll finds
   South China Morning Post Tech 23:11 UTC

   US President Donald Trump’s approval rating held near a career low as a broad swathe of the US electorate saw their vote in Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections as a way to oppose the Republican president, according to a Reuters/Ipsos…

3. Netanyahu is pressing Trump to attack Iran after US midterm elections, officials say
   South China Morning Post Tech 22:16 UTC

   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for another wave of strikes on Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter. A return to…

4. US judge dismisses Trump administration’s Harvard race data admissions case
   South China Morning Post Tech 21:49 UTC

   A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by US President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to force Harvard University to turn over records for an investigation into whether it continues to consider race in its student admissions…

5. Is India Extending Its Control Over Islamic Practice In Kashmir?
   The Diplomat Tech 21:29 UTC

   “In Kashmir, Islam and politics have always remained inseparable. We can smell the link this time too.”

6. Lindsay Clancy back in court in bid to dismiss charges she killed her 3 young children
   South China Morning Post Tech 20:14 UTC

   Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer urged a judge Monday to either the dismiss the murder charges against her, or get on with the business of putting her back on trial. This was the second time the Massachusetts mother has been in court since her…

Artificial Intelligence 28 stories

1. [Nov 2] AI analyzed and I decided ... Whoever judgment is
   AI Times (Korea) 23:06 UTC Translated from Korean

   As AI has been analyzed, if the experts have made the final decision, who is the judge. In the experiments of Antropice, experts selected the analysis method recommended by AI in the ratio of 86%. More interesting is that the way AI…

2. 119 million YouTuber Geekble, character robot market launch... “Million monthly revenue”
   AI Times (Korea) 19:26 UTC Translated from Korean

   ‘Jobble’ with a 119 million subscribers is updated to the character robot industry. It is a strategy that combines its own software instead of developing the robot hardware directly, reducing the cost of development and deploying the…

3. Rewarding defenders with bigger bug bounties
   OpenAI Blog 18:00 UTC

   OpenAI is raising Security Bug Bounty rewards and introducing report quality, loyalty, and priority campaign bonuses for independent security researchers.

4. Preparing our next security sprint to harden OpenAI
   OpenAI Blog 18:00 UTC

   OpenAI is preparing its next internal security sprint with Cathedral Systems to test and strengthen its defenses using AI.

5. Google Genie 4 brings world models closer to robot and AI testing
   AI Business 17:30 UTC

   The updated version points to new uses for world models in robotics and AI testing, but enterprises must weigh their potential against accuracy gaps.

6. Raising the quality of insights in agentic analytics
   MIT Technology Review Biotech 17:00 UTC

   In just a few years, generative AI has changed the face of enterprise analytics, notably by making analytics accessible to users across the organization. Agentic AI promises to do even more, by automating entire workflows and taking…

Energy & Green Tech 27 stories

1. As Diesel Costs Surge for Farmers ＆ Rural Businesses, Solar Offers a Lifeline
   CleanTechnica 23:38 UTC

   The cost of diesel fuel rose nearly 33% from 2025 to 2026, with some countries experiencing even higher price spikes. For many of the world’s rural farmers, processors, and small businesses, solar-powered equipment offers an attractive…

2. The BMW iX is sold out, but you might like what takes its place even more
   Electrek 22:35 UTC

   BMW is saying goodbye to the iX. With the 2026 model essentially sold out, BMW is preparing to introduce its replacement, which already looks like a big upgrade. more…

3. Hardee’s gets EV fast charging – with Carl’s Jr. locations to follow
   Electrek 22:02 UTC

   EV drivers have a new reason to pull into Hardee’s. Energized EV has opened four fast-charging ports at a restaurant in Temple, Georgia, kicking off a planned rollout at Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. locations across the US. more…

4. Cadillac’s most affordable EV just got a bit cheaper
   Electrek 21:11 UTC

   The 2027 Cadillac Optiq offers up to 317 miles of range, a massive 33″ infotainment screen, an NACS charge port, and now it’s a bit more affordable. more…

5. Tesla Powerwall 3 now boosts heat pumps to store cheap solar as heat
   Electrek 20:30 UTC

   Tesla has launched Heat Pump Optimization, a feature that lets the Powerwall 3 and three-phase Powerwall 3P tell a compatible heat pump when to run harder so a home can bank cheap or surplus solar energy as hot water. It’s live in Europe…

6. Swarm Of Electric Trucks Coming To US (Battery Swapping Included?)
   CleanTechnica 19:52 UTC

   The Australian firm Janus Electric has hooked up with Canada's Electrovaya to accelerate the electric truck conversion field in North America, regardless of the sharp U-turn in US electrification policy. The post Swarm Of Electric Trucks…

Biotech & Medtech 23 stories

1. 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in October
   MedCity News 22:31 UTC

   Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in October. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in October appeared first on MedCity News .

2. MedCity FemFwd: The Gaps in Endometriosis Care
   MedCity News 21:15 UTC

   In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Rani Aravamudhan, senior medical director of Artemis at Nomi Health. We discuss Nomi Health’s new research on endometriosis. The post MedCity FemFwd: The Gaps in Endometriosis Care appeared first on…

3. Inovio’s DNA-Based Immunotherapy Lands Speedy FDA Nod for Rare Type of Tumor
   MedCity News 20:45 UTC

   Inovio’s Voceryq will compete with a Precigen product that last year became the first FDA-approved drug for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, or RRP. While the two immunotherapies carry the same $460,000 list price, Inovio executives…

4. Washington state resident dies from bird flu following exposure to infected cattle
   STAT News 20:44 UTC

   NEW YORK — A person in Washington state has died from complications of the bird flu, the first such U.S. death in a year. The Yakima County resident, who had previous health conditions, was exposed to avian influenza at a dairy with…

5. 7 Potential Problems with Medicare’s AI Prior Authorization Experiment 
   MedCity News 20:39 UTC

   The federal government is testing whether artificial intelligence can help Medicare identify unnecessary medical care, speed up the prior authorization process, and reduce healthcare spending. But a new report based on evidence recovered…

6. Karyopharm, deep in debt, to sell itself in bankruptcy
   BioPharma Dive 17:07 UTC

   The parent of cell therapy maker Gamida Cell will be the lead bidder in a court-supervised auction of Karyopharm, which recently cut a forbearance deal to push off debt payments.

Quantum Computing 14 stories

1. Alice ＆ Bob Demonstrates Multi-Hour Physical Bit-Flip Suppression on Single-Cat and Helium 2 Processors
   Quantum Computing Report 16:16 UTC

   Alice & Bob has achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum computing, demonstrating macroscopic bit-flip lifetimes exceeding one hour on their bosonic cat-qubit hardware. Their single-qubit device showed an average idle bit-flip…

2. Qtonic Quantum Appoints Former NATO Commander as Head of Operations
   The Quantum Insider 15:51 UTC

   Insider Brief Qtonic Quantum has appointed retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr., former commander of NATO Allied Land Command, to lead the company’s operations. Cloutier will oversee the company’s organizational structure and…

3. FAU Researchers Test Quantum Machine Learning for Lung Cancer Prediction
   The Quantum Insider 15:41 UTC

   Insider Brief Florida Atlantic University researchers evaluated quantum machine learning methods for lung cancer prediction using a limited dataset of symptoms and risk factors. A D-Wave quantum annealing-based support vector machine…

4. How Many Qubits Would it Take to Simulate a Holographic Universe?
   The Quantum Insider 14:23 UTC

   Insider brief In the latest episode of The Quantum Kid, theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena of the Institute for Advanced Study explains the holographic principle. This is the idea that everything inside a region of space, gravity…

5. HKUST and HKMA Launch PQC Toolkit for Banks
   The Quantum Insider 13:55 UTC

   Insider Brief The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have launched a Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Toolkit to help banks plan their transition to quantum-safe cryptography…

6. South Korea Launches Hangang Supercomputer, Plans Quantum Integration
   The Quantum Insider 13:24 UTC

   Insider Brief South Korea has brought Hangang, its sixth national supercomputer, into full operation, with the government expecting it to rank among the world’s top 10 systems. Hangang has 8,496 GPUs and 9,936 CPUs, delivering 24 times the…

Space & Aerospace 11 stories

1. Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
   Ars Technica Space 22:54 UTC

   It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through the cracks. October’s list…

2. Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch USSF missions, China to launch internet satellites
   NASASpaceFlight 22:21 UTC

   Eight launches are expected this week, from launch sites in the United States, China, New Zealand, and South Korea. China is scheduled to launch four missions on Chang Zheng 2C, Chang Zheng 12, Ceres 2, and Kinetica 2 rockets, alongside an…

3. Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now
   NASA News 21:35 UTC

   6 Min Read Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now View of the Manned Spacecraft Center during

4. TB 26-09 Measured Hammer-Tap Inputs
   NASA News 20:47 UTC

   For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov . Download the PDF version An instrumented hammer test does not require an idealized single half-sine waveform. When the complete force and…

5. Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don't agree
   Ars Technica Space 19:13 UTC

   It's widely acknowledged that it's nearly impossible to publish negative results in scientific journals. "We didn't see anything" is a much harder sell than finding that a hypothesis is clearly right. Findings of no effect tend to either…

6. NASA’s CHAPEA Crew “Returns” to Earth
   NASA News 18:50 UTC

   NASA/James Blair The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of their simulated Mars journey on Oct. 31, 2026. Crew members Matthew…

Cloud & Infrastructure 11 stories

1. Developers are downgrading their AI on purpose — and it’s working
   The New Stack 21:03 UTC

   Anthropic has confirmed that it added new restrictions to Claude Code to prevent users from recreating existing video games. But developers say Claude Opus 5.5 is also refusing reverse-engineering and software-analysis tasks it previously…

2. The Platform Behind the Next AI Breakthrough
   Azure Blog 20:52 UTC

   This article has been written and paid for by Microsoft. The content is not WIRED editorial content. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of WIRED, its affiliates, or owner, and does not reflect any endorsement direct or…

3. Your AI coding agent now runs on a budget — and it can cut you off mid-task
   The New Stack 19:03 UTC

   The days of pointing an AI agent at a backlog and letting it burn through compute without much oversight may be coming to an end. Cognition is introducing hierarchical budgets for Devin so enterprises can manage AI coding agent spending…

4. Canva’s new design model doesn’t generate images. It writes code to edit them.
   The New Stack 18:06 UTC

   Australian graphic design software company Canva took the wraps off Canva Brush last week, its new vision-language model for designers. Brush is an editing model rather than an image generator: a vision-language model that understands the…

5. Google Cloud Developer plugin now available in Antigravity Marketplace
   Google Cloud Blog 18:00 UTC

   Building cloud solutions with autonomous AI agents should feel fast, safe, and reliable. Without cloud-specific context, coding agents often struggle. They might invent deprecated SDK syntax, guess invalid command flags, or attempt…

6. Beyond Migration: Using Database Migration Service for disk shrinking
   Google Cloud Blog 17:00 UTC

   When database engineers hear “database migration", they typically think of a one-time onboarding pathway—moving databases from on-premises environments to the cloud, or between different cloud providers. However, Google Cloud's Database…

DevOps & SRE 5 stories

1. Agentic Pipelines is generally available: run agents in Cloud or on your own Linux runners
   Atlassian Blog 22:48 UTC

   We’re excited to announce that Agentic Pipelines is now generally available across all paid Cloud Bitbucket plans. You can run agents on our cloud runners or on self-hosted Linux Docker runners, with support for more runner types coming…

2. For the third year running, Atlassian named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Marketing Work Management
   Atlassian Blog 17:00 UTC

   There’s a lot to be excited about in marketing right now. AI is opening up incredible possibilities to bring ideas to life faster, create more personalized experiences, and reach customers in new ways. As what’s possible grows, so do our…

3. Instrumentation Hub in Grafana Cloud: start easier, stay in control
   Grafana Blog 15:44 UTC

   It's no secret that getting started with observability can be much harder than it should be. That's why, at ObservabilityCon 2025, we introduced Instrumentation Hub: a guided, scalable way to roll out observability coverage while still…

4. Where should your code live in a Docker Sandbox?
   Docker Blog 14:00 UTC

   Giving an agent a sandbox also means deciding which files it will work on. You can share a checkout from your host, give it a separate working directory for a task, or keep the repository entirely inside the sandbox. Each arrangement…

5. The Ecosystem is the Answer: Docker, the Blueprint Alliance, and the Importance of Collaboration in the Agentic Era
   Docker Blog 14:00 UTC

   In 2025, the average global Fortune 500 enterprise had fewer than 15 AI agents in use. Gartner expects that number to explode to more than 150,000 by 2028 . Only 13 percent of organizations think they have the right governance for today…