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Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Hundreds of Billionaire-Linked Homes

The Capytistas, a secretive group claiming more than $1.2 million in backing, started with Elon Musk and Tesla’s board. Members argue that those who buy political power deserve the scrutiny they’ll impose.

The Register

Thieves pilfer environment variables from Trigger AI workflow tool

So, who's ready to clear the dust out of that server closet and move things back on-prem?

WIRED

Asus ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro Review: Welcome to Wi-Fi 8

The first Wi-Fi 8 router has arrived. This quad-band gaming beast from Asus is fabulously fast and feature-packed.

9to5Google

Privacy Display on Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra looks more promising in latest leak

A new leak strengthens a previous rumor that the Galaxy S27 Pro and Galaxy S27 Ultra will get an improved version of Samsung’s Privacy Display, used on this year’s flagship.

9to5Google

This is your rare chance to get a Garmin smartwatch for under $170

The Garmin Vivoactive 5 is down to its lowest price of all time in all four colors for a limited time, making this the least expensive Garmin you can buy today.

The Register

Token thieves costing companies $100K+ per day in illicit LLM charges

Don't let the LLMjackers hit you

9to5Google

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is $300 off at Amazon right now

While we await potentially more discounts on our tech in the coming weeks, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 is now down to $1,599 on Amazon, knocking a sizeable chunk off the MSRP.

9to5Google

Gemini 4 Carbon lags just behind Claude in benchmark, but wins in value

Google’s new frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, brings some welcome improvements and while it doesn’t top the charts in a new benchmark, it does provide much more bang for your buck.

The Register

SUSE to cut one in ten employees because of... AI

'Modern tooling is already changing our daily workflows' says CEO at open source biz

9to5Google

Samsung’s Android XR ‘Intelligent Eyewear’ reportedly launches in December

Samsung smart glasses in Gentle Monster and Warby Parker styles may finally launch in South Korea and the US before Christmas.

WIRED

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Undermine the Election

So far, Department of Justice–led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.

BleepingComputer

BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet crypto thefts on outdated instances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.

WIRED

Get 25 Percent Off My Favorite Renter-Friendly Storage Lockers

These gorgeous, renter-friendly storage lockers are hardly ever discounted.

SpaceNews

How to Expand Reliable, Flexible Access to Space

The space industry launched more rockets into orbit last year than ever before, yet satellite operators are confronting an unexpected problem: There still aren’t enough rides to go around. And

WIRED

Birdbuddy vs. Birdfy: Which Budget Smart Feeder Should You Buy? (2026)

I tested Birdbuddy’s Nook and Birdfy’s Rookie in my backyard. Saving money comes with compromises, but some are easier to live with.

9to5Google

Google Messages update rolling out new app icon with gradient design

Google Messages is getting on board with the gradient icon design, with a new app icon showing up in the latest update.

MIT Technology Review

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…

MIT Technology Review

The Download: the agentic web arrives and the drive for safer roads

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The agentic web is here In 2001, a decade after inventing the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee…

Crunchbase News

More Money, Fewer Checks: These 3 Charts Show The Divide Behind VC’s Record Funding Year

Record venture funding in 2026 has been increasingly concentrated in massive AI rounds, while seed- and early-stage deal counts are on the decline. Using Crunchbase data we provide a look at how third-quarter funding continued the year's…

Rest of World

Startups recalibrate Chinese AI for the West

A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses that are concerned about censorship and security.

MIT Technology Review

The agentic web is here

In 2001, a decade after he invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee articulated a new vision. Together with two colleagues, he published an article in the magazine Scientific American in which he outlined what he called the “Semantic…

9to5Google

Wear OS adding ‘system status bar’ to apps, Wear OS 7.1 coming

Earlier this week, Google revealed that a “later platform release of Wear OS” is adding a “system status bar.”

9to5Google

Google says Googlebook ‘detachables’ are coming soon

At the Android Dev Summit 2026 earlier this week, Google said that Googlebook detachables will be the next form factor after clamshells and convertibles.

GeekWire

Pope Leo XIV on AI

Pope Leo XIV said in an Oct. 30 speech at the Vatican that the future of AI isn't predetermined, that machines are tools rather than persons and that states should move to ban lethal autonomous weapons. Oren Etzioni agrees with four of his…

GeekWire

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 25, 2026

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 25, 2026.

IEEE Spectrum

Guarding the Gates of Knowledge

A recent scroll through social media got me thinking about trust. About half my feed was filled with AI slop that astute users would call out as being machine-generated, often to the embarrassment of the rube who unknowingly spread it and…

9to5Google

Motorola is filling the gap OnePlus left behind, mostly

As we near the launch of Motorola’s return to the flagship space, it’s becoming clear that the company is ready to fill a gap left by the departure of OnePlus, though there’s one very obvious difference between the two. 9to5Google…

GeekWire

Microsoft’s big buyout, Amazon’s trillion-dollar future, and an AI wearable reviews our show

Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy predicts two trillion-dollar businesses, and we let Amazon's Bee AI wearable listen to the show and critique our conversation.

IEEE Spectrum

When Electric Cars Were for Women

At the turn of the last century, the automobile industry was still new and evolving rapidly. In 1898, there were about 50 carmakers in the United States. A decade later, that number had increased fivefold. In 1901, the companies produced…

9to5Google

Motorola Signature 27 specs detailed in new video, including Tandem OLED display

Ahead of its launch next week, a new video offers a closer look at the Motorola Signature 27 as well as confirming some key specs.

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