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Krebs on Security Nov 3 Score 0.9706507689814816

Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxies

Google said today it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet made up of more than 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes that ship with malicious software which secretly rents the user's Internet connection out to strangers and conducts advertising f

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OpenAI News Nov 2 Score 0.9566365476851852

Rewarding defenders with bigger bug bounties

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

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OpenAI News Nov 2 Score 0.9524698810185186

Scaling Git at OpenAI

How OpenAI built Pando, a Git-compatible backend designed for the scale of development that Codex makes possible.

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OpenAI News Nov 2 Score 0.9516365476851852

Introducing the Grid Protectors Program

OpenAI’s Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities to help future compute campuses support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs.

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OpenAI News Nov 2 Score 0.9416365476851852

LifeVal

Introducing LifeVal, a benchmark measuring how well AI helps people complete everyday tasks, from finding childcare to managing finances and government paperwork.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Nov 2 Score 0.8913449222222222

llm 0.37

Release: llm 0.37 There's a lot of stuff in this new release of my LLM CLI tool and Python library, representing around two months of accumulated features and fixes. I added gpt-6.1-sol and gpt-6.1-terra , plus a new llm openai endpoint add command to make it

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Foreign Policy Nov 2 Score 0.8883950560185184

Trump’s Closing Midterm Message

Polls predict Democratic wins, but the U.S. president is focused on his capital renovations.

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Foreign Policy Nov 2 Score 0.8812533893518517

Washington Is Debating the Wrong AI Risk

Fixating on low-likelihood, high-impact scenarios misses the forest for the trees.

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Foreign Policy Nov 2 Score 0.8785450560185184

A New USAID Can Be Smarter and Sharper

The loss of the agency was a tragedy—but also an opportunity for change.

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Quanta Magazine Nov 2 Score 0.8779960805555554

Is There Anything Left in the Dream of Cold Fusion?

Dig a little deeper and you’ll find a thriving research program with exotic atoms that won’t solve the energy crisis but stretches the boundaries of physics. The post Is There Anything Left in the Dream of Cold Fusion? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Foreign Policy Nov 2 Score 0.8773691300925925

Lula’s Succession Race Starts Now

Brazil’s 81-year-old president can’t lead the left forever.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Nov 2 Score 0.8741764037037036

The U.S. Census Bureau and “Super Intelligence”

I was reminded today of AI Adoption Rate Trending Down for Large Companies , a chart produced by Apollo Global Management in September 2025, which appeared to show a slowdown in U.S. corporate AI adoption based on numbers collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. A

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Schneier on Security Nov 2 Score 0.8717077513888888

AI Vulnerability Finding

A comment : 3% of 'critical' software security bugs, in all of recorded history, have been found in the last month. This is on pace to find another ~100,000 bugs this year alone, adding ~26% more vulnerabilities to the all time total Do you realize how fucking

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MIT Technology Review Nov 3 Score 0.823824988425926

Here’s who is falling in line for Trump’s “Super Intelligence” loyalty test

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. At the end of September, President Trump signed an executive order that contained just one directive, ordering government

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BBC News — World Nov 3 Score 0.8227232962962964

US strikes Iran ahead of midterm elections

US officials described the attacks on Qeshm Island as limited and defensive, according to CBS, the BBC's US partner.

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The Verge Nov 2 Score 0.8148639101851852

Apple is ‘not able to predict’ when it'll have enough iPhone Duos to go around

Apple CEO John Ternus doesn't have a timeline for when iPhone Duo supply constraints could lift. During an interview with Reuters, Ternus said the company is "working hard to get it to as many customers as quickly as possible, but at this ​point, we're n

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The Verge Nov 2 Score 0.8133754842592593

Apple set an iPhone sales record even without a new standard iPhone

Apple had a record-breaking quarter for iPhone sales - despite not releasing a standard model during its latest refresh. In its fourth-quarter earnings report released on Monday, Apple says it earned $57.58 billion in iPhone revenue, a 17 percent jump from the

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The Verge Nov 2 Score 0.8117569657407409

Meta will end Quest 2 OS updates in 2027

Meta is planning to release the last OS update for its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets by March 2027, the company announced today. The last OS update for those devices is planned to be v213, and after that, Meta will continue to ship security patches and cri

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The Verge Nov 2 Score 0.8110203916666667

One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet

Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says it has now dismantled the backdoor and "cut ties" with the manufacturer, the Shenzhen, China-based Videostron

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The Verge Nov 2 Score 0.8100773361111112

BMW is taking on Tesla’s FSD with urban driver assist starting in 2027

BMW says that it will expand its navigation-guided, partially automated driving capabilities into urban environments starting in 2027, launching first in Germany with other markets to follow. The new system can help steer, speed up, and slow down the vehicle o

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The Guardian — World Nov 2 Score 0.8099820731481482

Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists

Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around body It could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off: scientists examining ancient dinosaur bones find what appear to

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War on the Rocks Nov 2 Score 0.8087346328703704

Corruption in the Crosshairs: The Debate Over Transparency and Saving Face

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how U

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BleepingComputer Nov 2 Score 0.808323962962963

Fintech platform Sageworks taken offline after suspected cyberattack

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. [...]

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BleepingComputer Nov 2 Score 0.8070966481481482

Google disrupts million-device XCPE Android malware botnet, bans TV box maker

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 cybercrime activities. [...

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MIT Technology Review Nov 2 Score 0.8049698958333334

Raising the quality of insights in agentic analytics

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 actions based on agent insi

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BleepingComputer Nov 2 Score 0.8017230370370371

BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet crypto thefts on outdated instances

The maintainer of BTCPay Server, an open-source cryptocurrency payment processor, has urged users to install the latest version as hackers have been draining "hot wallets" on instances running older versions. [...]

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BleepingComputer Nov 2 Score 0.8016693333333333

Your Mobile Carrier Stores Your Call Logs for Years

Mobile carriers can retain years of call and text metadata, exposing sensitive details about customers' relationships, locations, and daily routines if breached. Cape examines the privacy risks of long-term telecom data retention and how its mobile service red

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SANS Internet Storm Center Nov 2 Score 0.8014162689814815

Mutipath TCP: Use and Detection, (Mon, Nov 2nd)

Last week, an often-ignored TCP option, introduced in 2020, made the news due to a new vulnerability in Linux's implementation (RFC&&#x23&#x

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MIT Technology Review Nov 2 Score 0.7985958217592594

Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships

When a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once. It plans, generates code, runs tests, and repeats the process to correct errors. A single task can use 10 to 50 times more tokens than a basic chat prompt. The more useful

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NBER New Working Papers Nov 3 Score 0.7875000000000001

Income Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in Russia: Trends, Sources, and Measurement -- by Kristina Butaeva, Steven N. Durlauf, Dmitry Rudenko

This chapter documents trends in income and inequality in Russia from the collapse of the Soviet Union through 2025, drawing on official statistics, the existing literature, and household survey microdata. It also reviews evidence on intergenerational mobility

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NBER New Working Papers Nov 3 Score 0.7875000000000001

Saving for the Machines -- by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde

When machines can perform a growing share of tasks, growth depends on two margins: how the task structure affects the returns to accumulating machines, and how strongly capital accumulation responds to those returns. I argue that, in a standard task model, cap

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NBER New Working Papers Nov 3 Score 0.7875000000000001

Affirmative Action, Faculty Productivity and Caste Interactions: Evidence from Engineering Colleges in India -- by Robert W. Fairlie, Saurabh Khanna, Prashant Loyalka, Gagandeep S. Sachdeva

Affirmative action programs are often criticized because of concerns that they result in lower worker productivity and efficiency losses. We study the relative productivity of workers benefiting from an aggressive affirmative action policy in a setting where h

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NBER New Working Papers Nov 3 Score 0.7875000000000001

Unraveling the Cobweb of Global Imbalances: Drivers, Vulnerabilities and Adjustment Scenarios -- by Stefan Avdjiev, Kristin Forbes, Tsvetelina Nenova, Marjorie Santos

This paper analyses the evolution and drivers of the stock of global imbalances in order to assess associated vulnerabilities and potential adjustment scenarios. These imbalances have recently increased sharply, with a deterioration in the US net international

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GamesIndustry.biz Nov 2 Score 0.7754167328703705

Saudi-backed Kingdom of Gaming event delayed to 2027

Kingdom of Gaming, a new Saudi government-backed games industry event, has been pushed back from December to an unspecified date in 2027. Read more

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Schneier on Security Oct 30 Score 0.7667642328703703

Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Off California Coast

Neat video : The sighting, announced September 2, marks the first time anyone has spotted a live bigfin squid, which belongs to the Magnapinna genus, in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stori

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Liberty Street Economics Nov 2 Score 0.7591359541666668

How Do Banking Supervisors Deal with Failing Banks?

In this post, we discuss insights from a recent staff report on the role of banking supervision in identifying and disciplining failing banks. We show that bank failures typically result from supervisory closure decisions based on hard information about book e

Economy economymonetary-policybankingresearch
Schneier on Security Oct 30 Score 0.7571929365740739

Bloatware in Aftermarket Auto Parts

This story is interesting: One Civic owner purchased a cheap aftermarket head unit off Amazon, and decided to have Claude work its magic on it, like it would a smart TV. What was reportedly discovered isn’t surprising, but is worth knowing about. Among the pre

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Quanta Magazine Oct 30 Score 0.7564164509259258

A New Map of 'Empty' Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy

For decades, astronomers treated the interstellar medium as a static backdrop to the goings-on of the universe. Now, a wave of 3D mapping is bringing the interstellar medium’s dynamic nature into focus. The post A New Map of 'Empty' Space Challenges a Tranquil

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Google DeepMind Blog Oct 30 Score 0.7554837810185184

Speeding up planning decisions with AI

Google DeepMind and UK government work together to reduce planning assessment times

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Econbrowser Nov 3 Score 0.7459905583333334

On the Eve of Escalation

New strikes on Iran tonight, from WSJ: The assault follows comments by Trump playing down the possibility of a return to war with Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections. “We had a war with Iran. We won,” Trump told reporters Monday. “I don’t know if you even c

Economy economymacroeconomicsenergyresearch
Econbrowser Nov 3 Score 0.7451215768518519

Gallup on the Eve of the Election

Decline in Gallup's October reading. Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentiment, using Cummings Tedeschi adjustment (blue), Conference Board Confidence Index (brown), Gallup Confidence (green), all demeaned and divided by standard deviation 2021M01-2025m02. Red d

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Nov 3 Score 0.7440755592592593

Scientists just found a loophole that could let black holes split in two

Scientists have discovered a possible loophole in the laws that normally prevent black holes from splitting apart, suggesting that extremely fast-spinning black holes might divide into two. The surprising finding raises the possibility of an entirely new black

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Econbrowser Nov 3 Score 0.7426155583333334

Naval Deployment as of 11/2/2026

From USNI: CSIS on the military options available to the US.

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ScienceDaily — Top Science Nov 3 Score 0.7426079666666666

Scientists reverse liver cell aging and cut Alzheimer’s-linked protein in half

A surprising discovery suggests that rejuvenating the liver could help protect against Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease. USC researchers found that an experimental drug restored aging liver cells in rats, cutting levels of an Alzheimer’s-linked protein in

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New Scientist Nov 3 Score 0.741664025

Inca children were drugged before being sacrificed

Analysis of the hair and fingernails of eight mummified Inca children reveals that they were given cocaine and alcohol prior to being sacrificed high on Andean mountain peaks

Science scienceresearchsociety
Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks) Nov 2 Score 0.739990562962963

Unit 42 Threat Intelligence Highlights - Nov. 2, 2026

Unit 42 details recent threat intelligence, highlighting cyberespionage, financial extortion, and the rapid adoption of AI across offensive workflows. The post Unit 42 Threat Intelligence Highlights - Nov. 2, 2026 appeared first on Unit 42 .

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Econbrowser Nov 2 Score 0.7385664842592593

Nasdaq Correction

As of today's close, Nasdaq down 10%, S&P500 4%, from prior peak. Nasdaq (blue, right scale), SP500 (green, left scale). From Bloomberg: The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index ended down 1.4%, pushing it into a correction, when shares lose 10% from their last pea

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PC Gamer Nov 2 Score 0.7379686069444444

Enshrouded 1.0 review

The fog of war clears around Embervale, revealing a survival crafting masterpiece.

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NASA News Nov 2 Score 0.7376360560185186

Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now

Sixty-five years ago, a bold vision took root in Houston: a NASA center dedicated to human spaceflight. Since its founding, NASA’s Johnson Space Center has helped lead the nation’s human spaceflight program, supporting missions from Project Mercury through Art

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NASA News Nov 2 Score 0.7362943893518519

TB 26-09 Measured Hammer-Tap Inputs

For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, [email protected]. Download the PDF version An instrumented hammer test does not require an idealized single half-sine waveform. When the complete force and response are measured accurat

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InfoQ Nov 2 Score 0.7247746148148149

Uber Builds MCP Gateway to Govern Access to 800+ Servers and 5,000+ AI Agent Tools

Uber has built an MCP Gateway to standardize how AI agents discover and invoke internal services across more than 800 MCP servers and 5,000 tools. The gateway separates tool registration from runtime execution and includes automated API discovery, access contr

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InfoQ Nov 2 Score 0.7199690592592592

Podcast: Educating an Architect: A Conversation with Luca Mezzalira

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Luca Mezzalira about software architecture as a socio-technical discipline that balances technological design with an organization's social and managerial context. They explored how architectural choices must be adapte

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Lobsters Nov 2 Score 0.6997856129629628

A Decade of Kill Bugs

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Lobsters Nov 2 Score 0.6971541314814814

My favourite laptop

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Google Cloud Blog Nov 2 Score 0.694135348148148

Google Cloud Developer plugin now available in Antigravity Marketplace

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 operations without the requi

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Google Cloud Blog Nov 2 Score 0.6924686814814814

Beyond Migration: Using Database Migration Service for disk shrinking

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 Migration Service (DMS)

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