October 04, 2026

Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force: This new task force is Trump's latest response to the debate over AI safety. Read More

Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs: The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers. Read More

Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’: A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.  Read More

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OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’: By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job. Read More

Apple says it's tightening macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls due to new risks from AI agents: Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history riskier. Read More

Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused: Meta wants Muse in your TV and your toaster, so it's giving the code away for free. Read More

Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies: Vessev hopes its electric hydrofoil ferry will change the way people and cities think about boats. Read More

All the AI agents that can live in your text messages : We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work. Read More

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Spotify billionaire’s body scan startup has come to America: Farooq Abbasi, an investor in Neko Health, talked to Equity about the hot health tech company and what's next for it. Read More

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October 02, 2026

Apple says it's tightening macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls due to new risks from AI agents: Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history riskier. Read More

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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to become Skydance: The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6. Read More

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Rivian's R2 just helped it set a new sales record: Deliveries jumped roughly 45% compared to the same quarter last year, with Rivian delivering more than 19,000 EVs. Read More

Slovenia's .si domain sees a surge in registrations after Trump's 'super intelligence' order: The .si domain name is seeing unprecedented demand after President Trump's super intelligence executive order. Read More

Tesla sustains its EV sales momentum despite US troubles: The company delivered more than 486,000 EVs in the third quarter, down from last year's record but moving in a positive direction. Read More

Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you): With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it's easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created "crash-test dummies" to solve that. Read More

Rivian issues R2 recall for poorly tightened battery packs: The company says around 14 vehicles may be affected, and that it has resolved the issue on the assembly line. Read More

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Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients' data: The health tech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next few weeks. Read More

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