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Apple just decided your AI agent has seen quite enough of your hard drive.
Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. 🎬 Paramount & Warner Bros. Discovery Will Be Called Skydance
Turns out Paramount's answer to naming a $110Bn studio was to reach for the family business. CEO David Ellison says the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will operate as Skydance once the deal closes October 6, pulling CBS, CNN, MTV, HBO Max and Paramount+ under one roof. A judge cleared the 12-state settlement this week. Both studio brands reportedly stay. (TechCrunch)
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3. 🍏 Apple is Locking Down Mac Disk Access Over AI Agents
Turns out letting an AI agent read your entire hard drive has consequences, and Apple noticed. The company is adding new controls around macOS Full Disk Access, saying agents have increased the risks of that permission. It follows an Inc. columnist's claim that Meta's Muse app knew his private messages, which Meta disputes, plus a reported ChatGPT Mac flaw. (TechCrunch)
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5. 🏥 Epic Froze Development to Patch MyChart Security Holes
Nothing clears a roadmap quite like finding out Epic's MyChart might leak patient records silently. Founder Judy Faulkner says the medical records giant paused most product work for roughly six weeks after Anthropic's Mythos cybersecurity model surfaced flaws. Its security chief told the Times some configurations could let outsiders read records without leaving a trace. MyChart holds over 320 million patient records. (TechCrunch)
6. 🇨🇳 A State-Backed Chinese Lender Funded Restricted Nvidia Chip Buys
Turns out Nvidia's restricted chips found a lender in Beijing's own backyard. Filings reviewed by Bloomberg show Semi-Tech Leasing Group, a financing firm controlled by local Chinese government entities, funded over 3 billion yuan of server purchases for Glory View Technology. Those servers reportedly run Nvidia Blackwell chips that U.S. export rules keep out of China. (Quartz)
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7. 🇸🇮 Slovenia's .si Domain is Booming After Trump's Super Intelligence Order
Slovenia just got handed the .ai boom's sequel, and nobody planned it. Registry SI told the BBC that .si registrations jumped 2,199% in September after an executive order required federal agencies to call AI super intelligence instead. Roughly 11,000 addresses landed on September 30 alone. Wix, for its part, reportedly sees no meaningful uptick yet. (TechCrunch)
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