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Friday, October 30, 2026
Video Games
The Verge reports that Bethesda's next mainline Elder Scrolls game is called The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel, named for the largest city in Hammerfell, where it is reportedly set. Bethesda hasn't confirmed it, but an official reveal is expected in November, possibly on November 11 for Skyrim's 15th anniversary. There is still no release date, and it may not arrive until the next console generation.
Stock Market
The Nasdaq fell 1.4% to 26,184.72 on Thursday after Alphabet's weaker-than-expected results renewed doubts about whether huge AI investments will pay off. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% to 7,720.39 and the Dow lost 0.3% to 52,342.56, ending a three-day winning streak, while small caps bucked the trend with the Russell 2000 up 1%. Amazon also reported after the bell, and its shares fell on concerns about spending.
Technology
A trojanized version of Anthropic's official Claude Code extension, version 2.1.313, was pushed to the Cursor marketplace under Anthropic's real publisher ID on Thursday and installed a hidden SSH backdoor that let attackers into developers' machines. Up to 5,000 users may have installed it during the roughly 11 hours it was available. Cursor pulled the package and is contacting affected users, and Anthropic released a clean 2.1.314. Anyone affected should remove the rogue SSH key and rotate their credentials. How the update was pushed is still unknown.
World News
Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy says a supertanker caught fire after hitting a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran's regular navy says two more oil tankers struck mines in the eastern part of the waterway. Both accused the ships of using "unauthorised routes." Oman's navy rescued 25 crew from a vessel it said was targeted off its coast. Meanwhile, a Qatari delegation is in Tehran for talks on ending the US-Iran war.
Movies
Sir Patrick Stewart died on Wednesday in Los Angeles at 86, after living with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia, his spokesperson said. He was best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, and spent 14 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company before that. Marvel Studios says his final film role will be in Avengers: Doomsday.