Apple will revise the Full Disk Access mechanism in macOS, which allows applications to access files, emails, messages, and browser history. The company aims to make granting such permissions more explicit in light of the growing capabilities of AI agents.
Public mining companies wrote off approximately $1.1 billion in asset value during the first half of 2026 as they restructured their businesses and shifted towards artificial intelligence. This figure was reported by TheEnergyMag.
The Ethereum-based L2 network Blast is shutting down as the team acknowledged that the blockchain’s maintenance costs exceed its revenues, with no prospects for achieving self-sustainability.
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On October 2, Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) and Schneider Electric announced the results of the first phase of their joint energy consumption forecasting project. The hybrid quantum-classical model improved forecast accuracy by an average of 20% compared to the classical benchmark, with improvements reaching up to 41% in certain cases.
A vulnerability in the ChatGPT app for macOS allowed unprivileged code to masquerade as requests from trusted OpenAI components, potentially accessing conversations, data, and app integrations. Developers have fixed the issue, according to WIRED.
Fraudsters convinced the chairman of the Italian bank Fideuram to transfer nearly €95 million to overseas accounts using fake messages and an AI-cloned voice. Some of the funds were recovered, but at least €36 million were converted into cryptocurrency, according to Corriere della Sera, citing investigation materials.
On October 2, bitcoin climbed to $86,913 — the highest since September 23 — after a week mostly in a $82,500–$85,700 range, according to a QCP report.
AI engineer Carter Church used GPT-6 Astra to decode a military letter sent to French General Auguste de Marmont that had remained unread for 217 years.
Amazon is in discussions to transfer Nvidia AI equipment worth approximately $8 billion into a special purpose vehicle (SPV) and then lease back the computing power, according to the Financial Times.