11 hours ago
Cursor Warns Uninstalling the Tampered Claude Code Extension Is Not Enough
Key Takeaways Cursor says at most 5,000 users received the tampered Anthropic.claude-code 2.1.313, live from about 2:27am to 1:35pm PT on October 29, and that Anthropic did not develop it. The code collected host details and tried to install an SSH backdoor, but that step fails without administrator rights, which…
14 hours ago
Binance Freezes $3 Billion as Its Estimated Impact Reaches $6.3 Billion
Key Takeaways Binance says the estimated total impact is around $6.3 billion, with about $3 billion frozen on-chain so far, and it has not published a final loss figure. Reuters counted more than $2.38 billion frozen by Tether and Circle, while Binance co-founder Yi He said Ripple froze roughly $200…
2 days ago
After Claude Tightened Up, DeepSeek and Moonshot Reportedly Turned to GPT-6 Astra
Key Takeaways Per The Information, via Reuters, DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash 1017 and Moonshot’s Kimi K3.1 Pro relied heavily on outputs from OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, based on anonymous sources. SBS News, relaying the report, says Chinese labs moved from Claude to Astra after Anthropic’s countermeasures, which Anthropic says cut harvested data by…
2 days ago
Memory and Storage Decide What Apple’s New MacBook Pro and Mac Studio Cost
Key Takeaways TechCrunch puts a fully loaded 14-inch MacBook Pro at $14,249 and a 16-inch at around $14,549, which is $4,400 above the old 16-inch ceiling of $10,149. On the MacBook Pro, 16TB of storage adds $7,000 and 128GB of memory adds $2,000, so the storage option alone costs more…
3 days ago
OpenAI Reportedly Moves From Renting Google TPUs to Buying Them
Key Takeaways The Information reports that OpenAI plans to buy Google’s AI chips, and says final terms of a potential deal have not been determined. OpenAI already ranks among the largest Nvidia GPU buyers, began renting Google chips in June 2025 per Reuters, and unveiled a Broadcom-designed chip in June…




































































