WIREDOct 29, 2026
I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock
Death Clock promises to predict when you’re going to die and help you extend your time on Earth. After a month, I felt like it was sucking the life out of me.
AI
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WIREDOct 28, 2026
Norton Coupon Codes: Up to 58% Off
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Business Consulting
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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.
Business ConsultingCybersecurity
Source: TechCrunch · Marina Temkin
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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 competitor in the market, AWS.
Business ConsultingAI
Source: TechCrunch · Aditya Mehta
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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.
AIMarketing
Source: TechCrunch · Lauren Forristal
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of the partnership.
AIBusiness Consulting
Source: TechCrunch · Rebecca Bellan
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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 Wednesday: $92.3 billion, a 19% increase over the year-ago quarter.
Business ConsultingAI
Source: TechCrunch · Julie Bort
WIREDOct 28, 2026
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.
IT
Source: WIRED · Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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.
Cybersecurity
Source: TechCrunch · Zack Whittaker
WIREDOct 28, 2026
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 software, and xAI’s Grok chatbot.
CybersecurityAI
Source: WIRED · Dhruv Mehrotra, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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.
AIBusiness Consulting
Source: TechCrunch · Tim Fernholz
TechCrunchOct 28, 2026
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 websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking sites offline until the vulnerabilities…
Cybersecurity
Source: TechCrunch · Theresa Loconsolo