Binance said it had replenished 95% of crypto taken in a record $6.3 billion hack, with losses covered by its SAFU insurance fund and other company money. The FBI blamed the theft on TraderTraitor, a North Korean state unit, while Binance reported a net $4.72 billion customer outflow by Monday.
Apple forecast holiday-quarter gross margin of 45%-46%, down from 47.9%, as memory chip costs climb, after record September-quarter revenue of $114.5bn. CEO John Ternus called memory pricing unprecedented and expected even higher memory costs in the December quarter.
The watchOS 27.3 beta lets owners of Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 test two Audio Intelligence features: Siri Recap, which builds titled summaries of conversations, and Live Rewind, which turns the previous 15 seconds of audio into text. Apple says the features neither record nor store audio and that users can opt out, though launch is English-only outside the EU.
Apple will add content descriptor questions to App Store Connect on November 16, asking developers to declare dating or relationship features, including virtual AI companions, and whether apps share a user's real-world location. Dating apps will receive a minimum 18+ age rating, and developers must answer both questions for all their apps by January 12, 2027.
Android Authority reports that adding a phone number to a Google account can lead Google to link it to other accounts on the same device without prior consent. It calls the behavior an intentional feature, not a security flaw, and outlines privacy risks plus steps to disable automatic verification and audit linked numbers.
Anthropic amended its SEC Form S-1, reporting Q3 revenue of $17 billion, a $23.29 billion net loss and roughly $895.4 billion in purchase and lease commitments, mostly for compute and infrastructure. It also disclosed compute deals with Google, SpaceX, Amazon and Microsoft.
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle disclosed plans in the past week to raise more than $131 billion through debt and equity to fund AI infrastructure. Amazon leads with an $80 billion loan facility, while Microsoft plans $25 billion in bonds and Oracle $20 billion.
Anthropic's amended IPO filing shows over $1.7 billion in personnel expenses from July to September, about $107,300 per employee monthly across 5,300 staff, including $1.1 billion in stock-based compensation. Personnel costs for the first nine months of 2026 totaled $4.8 billion, roughly 15% of $33.2 billion in revenue.
More than 100 stores in several European countries, including Belgium and the Netherlands, had refrigeration units heat up overnight, and several retailers blamed a cyberattack. Investigators have not determined whether the two waves are linked.
OpenAI raised security bug bounty rewards, with critical findings in products such as ChatGPT, Codex and the API Platform eligible for base payouts up to $30,000 and exceptional reports up to $100,000. Total payouts with bonuses can reach $172,000; OpenAI says midpoint reward ranges more than quadrupled on average.
Synology is urging customers to update DiskStation Manager after ransomware attacks targeted NAS devices running outdated DSM versions. The company linked the attacks to a November 2024 advisory listing three vulnerabilities, while customers reported C3RB3R ransomware locking files with a .L0CK3D extension.
VulnCheck says attackers have exploited CVE-2026-58115, a critical Node-RED missing-authentication flaw that can let unauthenticated remote attackers execute code with maximum privileges. Siemens found the issue in SIMATIC IoT2050 Advanced devices and says version 4.3.4.1 and later include patches.
Apple's fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 call cited a September-quarter iPhone revenue record and an all-time services record, along with supply constraints and higher memory costs. Executives also discussed planned Siri AI usage limits and said iPhone Duo demand is not being met.
Apple said memory chip costs will keep rising, pressuring gross margin, and guided 45-46% for the December quarter, down from 47.9%. Fourth-quarter revenue of US$114.48-billion beat estimates as iPhone 18 Pro demand and higher prices helped, while CEO John Ternus said iPhone Duo supply stays constrained.
VulnCheck reports active exploitation of CVE-2026-58115, a maximum-severity missing-authentication flaw in Siemens SIMATIC IoT2050 Advanced devices running Industrial OS with Node-RED. Attackers deployed malicious Node-RED flows to fetch and execute payloads, while Siemens says versions 4.3.4.1 or later contain a fix.
Apple will require App Store developers to declare dating and relationship features, including virtual romantic companions, when completing age-rating questionnaires beginning November 16. Such apps will receive at least an 18+ rating, and all declarations must be finished by January 12, 2027.
Apple will require App Store dating and romantic-relationship apps, plus AI companions offering sexual or romantic content, to carry an 18+ rating. Starting November 16, developers must add content descriptors, and apps sharing users' real-world locations must disclose that feature.
Apple posted US$57.58 billion in iPhone revenue for its fourth quarter, a 17 per cent year-over-year gain achieved with only the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max and foldable Duo on sale. Total revenue rose 12 per cent to US$114.5 billion, with services reaching a record US$31.57 billion while iPad revenue fell 10 per cent.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized Madison Square Garden's owner over the company's use of surveillance technology, arguing it should not be permitted. City Council member Shahana Hanif has introduced two local bills that would ban collecting biometric data, including through facial recognition, in public places citywide.
Mercedes-Benz is developing a holographic display that uses a transparent film laminated into windshield glass to reflect projector light toward the passenger. The current prototype, shown at its Sindelfingen research facilities, remains limited in resolution and image quality and would need major improvements before production.
