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Tech News Roundup: Amazon Burns $42B on AI, Intel Heads for Its Worst Day Ever, a Malicious Claude Code Extension Hits Cursor & More (Oct 30, 2026)

Amazon (image via CNBC) Amazon's AI spending pushed its free cash flow to negative $42 billion even as AWS grew at its fastest pace since 2021, and Intel is headed for its worst day ever after a weak forecast and a deadly fab explosion. Plus the Binance hack hits $6.3 billion, a booby-trapped Claude Code extension in Cursor, Foxconn's AI server ambitions, GM's $220 million data settlement, AO3 going dark for weeks, Thrive buying ADT, a criminal probe into Google's Finnish data center, Cisco's unlimited-token rewrite, Meta's Style Sketch, Korea's Tesla FSD crackdown, GCHQ's missing drives, LiveWire's warning and NASA's Hubble rescue options. Here's the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 30, 2026 . Amazon's AI spending pushes it $42 billion into negative cash flow, even as AWS posts its fastest growth since 2021 Amazon spent $77.3 billion on capital expenditures last quarter, way above the roughly $58.7 billion analysts expected, and mos...
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Gaming News Roundup: GTA 6's Justice Score Gets an Album, Gaming Honors Patrick Stewart, Ubisoft Shelves Assassin's Creed Remakes & More (Oct 30, 2026)

Grand Theft Auto VI (image via VGC / Rockstar Games) GTA 6's score by Justice is getting its own album, Rockstar explains why it slowed Leonida down, and the union vote at Rockstar's UK studios could cover more than 1,600 people. Gaming is also saying goodbye to Sir Patrick Stewart, Phantom Blade Zero passed 723,000 players on Steam, Ubisoft says it's done with Assassin's Creed remakes for now, and Bungie finally has an unvaulting timeline. Plus Turn 10's merger, a Death Stranding anime, a Mouthwashing movie and more. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 30, 2026 . Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score by Justice (image via Gematsu / Rockstar Games) GTA 6's score by Justice gets its own album on December 11, and the first track, "Pusher," is out now GTA 6's music isn't stopping at the radio. Rockstar says the game's score, composed by French electronic duo Justice , is getting its own release on December 11 , VGC reports. ...

Tech News Roundup: Alphabet Heads for Its Worst Earnings Drop Ever, ServiceNow Plunges 24%, RTX 5080 Hits $2,000 & More (Oct 29, 2026)

Alphabet (image via CNBC) Alphabet is on track for its worst post-earnings drop ever after admitting AI Mode searches earn less than classic search, ServiceNow is having its own worst day, and Samsung posts a record 100 trillion won quarter that investors shrugged at. Plus Marvell's reported Lumentum deal, DOJ questions about Nvidia's Hugging Face buy, $2,000 RTX 5080s, a sneaky GitHub supply-chain attack, a poker-cheating hack caught by an AI agent, Apple and Google fines in South Korea, Wabi's $1.25 billion round, Alexa for Shopping upgrades, Reddit's new For You feed, Rust in systemd, Fujifilm's tape boom and a possible new dwarf planet. Here's the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 29, 2026 . Alphabet heads for its worst post-earnings drop ever as AI Mode ads lag behind classic search Alphabet shares fell about 13% in early trading Thursday, putting the Google parent on track for its biggest post-earnings drop since it went public in 2004, CNBC reports. S...

Gaming News Roundup: GTA 6 Gameplay Lands on South Park, Phantom Blade Zero Storms Steam, BioWare's Co-Founder Speaks Out & More (Oct 29, 2026)

Grand Theft Auto VI (image via Kotaku / Rockstar Games) GTA 6 just made a surprise appearance on South Park, and Edge's big preview added police dogs, smarter NPCs and even a smell system. Phantom Blade Zero had a huge launch on Steam, Modern Warfare 4 is facing criticism over real tragedy footage in its intro and has a first big patch, and BioWare's co-founder is speaking out as EA staff describe low morale. Plus Epic's AI coding push, Helldivers 2's review bombing, Alien: Isolation 2's outdoor Xenomorph and plenty more. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 29, 2026 . GTA 6 gameplay pops up in a new South Park episode, and yes, you can throw dog poop Nobody saw this one coming. GTA 6 showed up in the latest episode of South Park, "Guinea Pig on a Stick," with just under 20 seconds of real gameplay footage, IGN reports. In the clip, a dog does its business on a crowded Leonida beach, the NPC dog walker picks it up, and Jason attacks them ...