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Bluesky Is Blocking Links to a Major Leak of DHS Employee Records

Bluesky tells WIRED it blocked links to a leaked archive of information on 41,000 ICE, CBP, and other DHS workers because it contains people’s contact informati…

Oct 28, 2026 · Dhruv Mehrotra, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron

You Can Spend Nearly $15K on Apple’s New Touchscreen MacBook Pro. Why?

Maxing out the new touchscreen MacBook Pro with a M5 Max chip and 16TB of storage will cost more than buying 10 basic MacBook Air laptops.

Oct 28, 2026 · Antuan Goodwin

Reddit Is Adding ‘For You’ and ‘Following’ Feeds

The new feeds, similar to those used on TikTok, are rolling out worldwide.

Oct 28, 2026 · Omar Gallaga

Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer

The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.

Oct 28, 2026 · Marina Temkin

A Touchscreen MacBook Pro Just Invites More Filthy Fingerprints

Commentary: Yes, I’m judgy about how smudgy Apple’s new laptop screen is going to be.

Oct 28, 2026 · Jeff Carlson

The 2,000-Nit OLED in Apple’s New MacBook Is a Big Deal

The touchscreen in the new MacBook Pro is crazily bright with very deep blacks. Here’s why it’s unlike anything else you can currently buy.

Oct 28, 2026 · Luke Larsen

ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th

This Vulcan launch will be the first to utilize a full complement of six solid rocket boosters.

Oct 28, 2026 · Stephen Clark

Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro pushes laptop pricing to a new extreme

Prepare to cough up around $14,549 if you want the new touchscreen MacBook Pro to have every upgrade.

Oct 28, 2026 · Lauren Forristal

As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland

Europe's Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.

Oct 28, 2026 · Jeremy Hsu

Peptide peddlers cheer as RFK Jr. unilaterally grants access, overruling FDA

Six unproven peptides popular with MAHA now under "enforcement discretion policy."

Oct 28, 2026 · Beth Mole

Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion

Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest compe…

Oct 28, 2026 · Aditya Mehta

Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows

The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.

Oct 28, 2026 · Lauren Forristal

Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI

Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. …

Oct 28, 2026 · Rebecca Bellan

Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record-breaking revenue in a row

Whatever the future of AI might be, the current situation is still very good for Microsoft. The tech giant reported yet another record for quarterly revenue on …

Oct 28, 2026 · Julie Bort

The MacBook Pro OLED Isn’t the Touchscreen Mac I Was Looking For

Commentary: Apple finally put touch on a MacBook Pro, but at a price and form that confuses me.

Oct 28, 2026 · Scott Stein

This Is What the GOP’s Final Midterms Push Looks Like

Republicans are spending their time and money on Senate races in historically red states—a sign they’re more nervous than ever as Election Day looms.

Oct 28, 2026 · Hugo Lowell

Google Debuts New AI Models, Genie 4 and Gemini 4 Carbon: What You Need to Know

The world model has a waitlist and the newest frontier Gemini model is restricted to select cybersecurity experts.

Oct 28, 2026 · Katelyn Chedraoui

Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider Remastered and More Come to All PlayStation Plus Subscribers in November

Keep spooky season going a little longer with these PlayStation Plus games in November.

Oct 28, 2026 · Zachary McAuliffe

Touchscreen MacBook Pro Hands-On: Apple Finally Lets Us Swipe the Screen

A great-sounding display, but Apple seems out of touch for the touchscreen.

Oct 28, 2026 · Lori Grunin

Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw

The critical flaw in UEFI firmware—used by most server vendors and data centers—allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.

Oct 28, 2026 · Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Boston Dynamics Faces Employee Protest Over Robot Deal With ICE

Tech workers have become increasingly vocal when their employers’ business deals clash with their values.

Oct 28, 2026 · Omar Gallaga

Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents

A hacker obtained personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers, which has since been published online.

Oct 28, 2026 · Zack Whittaker

Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents

The leaked records include the locations of ICE and CBP facilities, workers’ cell phone numbers, and the members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir so…

Oct 28, 2026 · Dhruv Mehrotra, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron

The Ultrahuman Ring Pro Hits US Shelves Amid Oura Lawsuit

It’s available online and in select stores, so you can check out the smart ring in person.

Oct 28, 2026 · Anna Gragert

Trump admin sues Utah to save Kalshi from the state's total ban on gambling

US agency has sued 10 states for trying to stop gambling on prediction markets.

Oct 28, 2026 · Jon Brodkin

The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona

It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred.

Oct 28, 2026 · Eric Berger

Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying

The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.

Oct 28, 2026 · Tim Fernholz

Touchscreen MacBook Pro hands-on: OLED looks great on a Mac

It's not as different from the previous model as you might have expected.

Oct 28, 2026 · Samuel Axon

Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’

The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of we…

Oct 28, 2026 · Theresa Loconsolo

The New M6 MacBook Pro Has a Serious Price Problem

For $1,999, you could own an M6 Mac Mini and an M5 MacBook Air instead, both of which are on sale right now.

Oct 28, 2026 · Luke Larsen

Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use

Gemini 4 Carbon is essentially a slightly better version of Argon.

Oct 28, 2026 · Ryan Whitwam

I Put a Bunch of AI Agents in Charge of a Fantasy Soccer Team. They’re Not Better Than Humans—Yet

To experiment with AI’s predictive skills, I let Codex loose on a fantasy team. It tried to bench Erling Haaland at first, but it soon learned the error of its …

Oct 28, 2026 · Will Knight

Amazon turns its most capable smart speaker into a smart camera, too

The Echo Studio with Home Camera can "see and understand what's in front of the camera."

Oct 28, 2026 · Scharon Harding

Cadillac Escalade IQ review: Huge battery, huge range, huge SUV

With more than 200 kWh, this luxury three-row can go 460 miles on a charge.

Oct 28, 2026 · Jonathan M. Gitlin

Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections

But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.

Oct 28, 2026 · Kyle Orland

Florida county won’t investigate sketchy Flock cameras removed by mystery owners

Florida county claims it lacks resources to find owners of unpermitted Flock cameras.

Oct 28, 2026 · Ashley Belanger

Google’s Next Mixed Reality Headset, Xreal Aura, Coming Mid-November at $1,099 to Start

A bit like VR, a bit like smart glasses, a bit like a tiny face computer.

Oct 28, 2026 · Scott Stein

Apple launches its new touchscreen MacBook Pro

Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899.

Oct 28, 2026 · Ivan Mehta

Apple announces touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display

The OLED display is the main draw, but the price is a lot to reckon with.

Oct 28, 2026 · Samuel Axon

The Inside Story of Why Apple Finally Brought a Touch Display to the Mac

An exclusive early look at Apple’s new touchscreen MacBook Pro—the computer Apple said would never happen.

Oct 28, 2026 · Steven Levy