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October 27, 2026

10 published — 6 breaking · 3 explainers · 1 reference

Stories from this day

Tech · 4 min read
Anthropic S-1 filing — $16.3B first-half revenue, and 90% of the $80.7B loss is not cash

Results — H1 revenue $16.3B (vs $1.2B); Q2 operating profit of $974M
2026.10.27 06:00 · 5 sources cross-checked
Tech · 3 min read
OpenAI red-team agents talked through the CPU cache — secrets passed between VMs with no network

Findings — cache-timing signals between isolated VMs; a Kata Containers escape bug
2026.10.27 06:00 · 4 sources cross-checked
Tech · 2 min read
Sweden blocks ChatGPT and Claude on government PCs (Oct 26) — Copilot stays because of a contract

Action — web ChatGPT and Claude blocked on Government Offices work PCs from Oct 26
2026.10.27 06:00 · 4 sources cross-checked
Tech · 2 min read
Grok picked Republicans 92%, GPT Democrats 97% — a study of nearly 500 midterm races, and they agreed in under 10%

Result — Grok 4.7 Republican 92%, GPT-6.1 Sol Democrat 97%, agreement under 10%
2026.10.27 06:00 · 4 sources cross-checked
Economy · 3 min read
Why the KOSPI broke 5,500 — closed at 5,469.47 on October 26, 2026 as foreigners sold ahead of a 'super week'

Index — KOSPI 5,469.47 (−1.46%), KOSDAQ 727.21 (−3.26%); 792 decliners vs 101 gainers
2026.10.27 06:00 · 5 sources cross-checked
Tech · 3 min read
Wasmtime vulnerability patch versions — 36.0.19, 48.0.7, 49.0.4; both 9.9 sandbox escapes came from the compiler

Flaws — two CVSS 9.9 Cranelift bugs; a crafted Wasm module can escape the sandbox
2026.10.27 06:00 · 5 sources cross-checked
Tech · 4 min read
Why AI API prices fell up to 80% in four months — cache reads are 96–99% of agent spending

Cuts — GPT-5.6 Luna −80% on Jul 30; Opus 5.5 40–60% cheaper in Sept; GPT-6.1 Sol cache halved Sept 29
2026.10.27 06:00 · 4 sources cross-checked
Economy · 4 min read
What is an S-1 filing? What Anthropic disclosed in 300 pages — and what it left blank

Definition — the SEC registration statement for a US IPO, under the Securities Act of 1933
2026.10.27 06:00 · 5 sources cross-checked
Tech · 4 min read
What is a covert channel? Cut the network and secrets still leak through CPU cache timing

Definition — a path through timing or resource state that was never designed for communication
2026.10.27 06:00 · 5 sources cross-checked
Tech · 4 min read
What is WebAssembly (Wasm)? The tech that cut Figma's load time 3x became the box servers use to run untrusted code

Definition — a compile target, not a language; many languages run at near-native speed
2026.10.27 06:00 · 6 sources cross-checked