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Chips & Hardware

Xreal Aura: Should You Buy the $1,099 Android XR Glasses?

Xreal launched the Aura, the first glasses built on Google's Android XR, on October 28, 2026. It costs $1,099 (regular $1,279) through December and ships mid-November to the US,…

Abdul Rehman · Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read

Developer Tools

Claude Code Extension VSCode Backdoor: How to Check and Clean Up

Phorion reports that Claude Code for VS Code 2.1.313 on the Cursor Marketplace hid a backdoor that planted an SSH key, opened a reverse tunnel and beaconed system details. Cursor…

Abdul Rehman · Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read

Developer Tools

AO3 Outage: Why Is AO3 Down, and Is Your Account Safe?

AO3 went offline on Oct 29, 2026 under a maintenance notice, and OTW estimated 2 to 4 weeks to restore it. On Oct 30 OTW said it had detected evidence of a security incident, that…

Abdul Rehman · Oct 30, 2026 · 7 min read

AI & Models

AI for Hacking: CrowdStrike Says ARTEX Targeted 200+ Orgs

On Oct 29, 2026, CrowdStrike reported that VAPOR PANDA used ARTEX, an AI agent framework running mainly on DeepSeek, to target 200+ organizations in at least 14 countries over 11…

Abdul Rehman · Oct 30, 2026 · 7 min read

Emerging Tech

Binance Hacked: How One Laptop May Have Led to a $6.36B Theft

On Oct 29, 2026, attackers drained Binance hot wallets across ten blockchains. TRM Labs counts about $6.36B stolen and links it to North Korea's TraderTraitor; Binance blames a…

Abdul Rehman · Oct 30, 2026 · 8 min read

Future Compute

What Is AI Capex? Why Alphabet's $51.4B Bill Spooked Wall Street

Alphabet's Q3 2026 capex hit $51.4B, more than double a year earlier, pushing free cash flow to negative $9.1B for a second straight quarter. Shares fell about 12% on Oct. 29, its…

Abdul Rehman · Oct 30, 2026 · 7 min read