Technology

How a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the contractor who plugged their AI agent into a Pentagon system, Anthropic’s IPO filing, and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.

A Supply Chain Attack Put Malicious Anthropic Claude Extensions on Thousands of Devices

Thanks to a lucky break, flawed code in a tainted Claude extension prevented the attacker from fully worming their way into some 5,000 developer machines.

The selloff in tech stocks is shifting into overdrive

Technology stocks had been priced for perfection. They are now getting hammered.

Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter

The big winners of the tech wreck are biopharma stocks

The shares of large drugmakers like Lilly, Gilead and J&J keep hitting record highs.

Anthropic may not secure investment-grade rating after IPO, Blackstone says

Private capital giant says AI group is expected to receive ‘high’ junk rating in shift from previous guidance

Binance uncovers wider breach in $6.3 billion exploit, targets Sunday withdrawal restart

People Are Creating ‘Survival Guides’ to Cope With the ‘AO3 Apocalypse’

The fanfic site could be down for weeks due to a “security incident.” Users are not taking it well.

In a wild October for markets, these stocks were the biggest winners and losers

Many Big Tech stocks were hit hard but the S&P 500 showed strength under the surface, with a majority of stocks showing gains for the month.

Data centers are a political third rail. West Virginia is grabbing it anyway.

West Virginia wants more data centers, even as other states slam the brakes on them.

I Spent 30 Minutes With Apple’s CEO. Now I Know Why John Ternus Got the Job

Apple doesn’t need fixing, and it doesn’t want drama. Its new leader is a “product guy” who bleeds six colors.

This strategist correctly recommended shorting Big Tech debt last year. Now he says the yields make it attractive.

Yields ranging from 6% to 8% on tech bonds provide more competition against stocks than before.