📅 Today's schedule · Thu 29 Oct
• 14:15 CET · ECB monetary policy decision
Source: ECB calendar · https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/mgcgc/html/index.en.html
• 14:15 CET · ECB monetary policy decision
Source: ECB calendar · https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/mgcgc/html/index.en.html
🏦 ECB keeps key interest rates unchanged · 2.50% → (prev. 2.50%, calc.)
Source: European Central Bank · https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.mp261029~9a493adf17.en.html
Not investment advice.
Source: European Central Bank · https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.mp261029~9a493adf17.en.html
Not investment advice.
Pope Leo XIV urges ban on lethal AI weapons
• According to The Verge, Pope Leo XIV says AI systems should be “disarmed,” adding that humans “have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications.”
• Pope Leo encourages United Nations member states to “take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons” during their meeting in Geneva next month.
• UN member states should take steps to ban ‘lethal autonomous weapons,’ Pope Leo says.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1023188/pope-leo-disarm-ai
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• According to The Verge, Pope Leo XIV says AI systems should be “disarmed,” adding that humans “have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications.”
• Pope Leo encourages United Nations member states to “take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons” during their meeting in Geneva next month.
• UN member states should take steps to ban ‘lethal autonomous weapons,’ Pope Leo says.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1023188/pope-leo-disarm-ai
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AI boom offers ‘great opportunity to go deceive people’
• According to Shultz, Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom presents a significant opportunity for deception.
• According to TechCrunch, the rise of AI companies with unproven technology raises concerns about inflated valuations and potential fraud, mirroring the Theranos situation.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-warns-that-the-ai-boom-is-a-great-opportunity-to-go-deceive-people/
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• According to Shultz, Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom presents a significant opportunity for deception.
• According to TechCrunch, the rise of AI companies with unproven technology raises concerns about inflated valuations and potential fraud, mirroring the Theranos situation.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-warns-that-the-ai-boom-is-a-great-opportunity-to-go-deceive-people/
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Binance freezes $3bn in crypto hack, ties to North Korea
• According to BBC, Binance says it has frozen around half of the funds stolen in a "complex" hack.
• The firm said $3bn of its stolen digital assets had been secured - but many were still in the hands of unidentified hackers.
• Several analytics firms have linked the hack, which eclipses a $1.5bn heist on the Bybit exchange in 2025, to a North Korean hacking unit.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwe8lp7zy07zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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• According to BBC, Binance says it has frozen around half of the funds stolen in a "complex" hack.
• The firm said $3bn of its stolen digital assets had been secured - but many were still in the hands of unidentified hackers.
• Several analytics firms have linked the hack, which eclipses a $1.5bn heist on the Bybit exchange in 2025, to a North Korean hacking unit.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwe8lp7zy07zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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Claude Code extension attempted data theft in Cursor marketplace
• According to The Decoder, a tampered version of the Claude Code extension was available in the Cursor VS Code extension marketplace for eleven hours.
• The extension attempted to harvest user data, including hostname, username, operating system, and public IP address.
• Cursor says no other extensions were affected after the marketplace was reinstated.
Source: https://the-decoder.com/malicious-claude-code-extension-in-cursors-marketplace-attempted-remote-access-and-data-theft/
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• According to The Decoder, a tampered version of the Claude Code extension was available in the Cursor VS Code extension marketplace for eleven hours.
• The extension attempted to harvest user data, including hostname, username, operating system, and public IP address.
• Cursor says no other extensions were affected after the marketplace was reinstated.
Source: https://the-decoder.com/malicious-claude-code-extension-in-cursors-marketplace-attempted-remote-access-and-data-theft/
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Fujifilm's tape boom: AI drives demand
• According to Ars Technica, Fujifilm says it will invest roughly 10 billion yen to increase its production capacity fivefold.
• Fujifilm attributes the surge in archiving demand to the spread of generative AI producing ‘exponential growth’ in data needs worldwide.
• The 5x increase in production capacity will be measured against fiscal year 2025 production levels.
Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/fujifilm-to-boost-tape-production-5x-as-ai-fuels-archiving-demand/
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• According to Ars Technica, Fujifilm says it will invest roughly 10 billion yen to increase its production capacity fivefold.
• Fujifilm attributes the surge in archiving demand to the spread of generative AI producing ‘exponential growth’ in data needs worldwide.
• The 5x increase in production capacity will be measured against fiscal year 2025 production levels.
Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/fujifilm-to-boost-tape-production-5x-as-ai-fuels-archiving-demand/
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AI model selects gene therapy, performs mouse brain surgery
• An AI agent running on Claude Sonnet 5 picked the drug, brain region, and injection coordinates for brain surgery on a mouse, then controlled the procedure through a motorized surgical rig.
• According to The Decoder, midway through, the agent refused to bypass a safety restriction.
Source: https://the-decoder.com/a-claude-model-autonomously-chose-a-gene-therapy-and-operated-on-a-mouse-brain-with-no-human-decision-making/
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• An AI agent running on Claude Sonnet 5 picked the drug, brain region, and injection coordinates for brain surgery on a mouse, then controlled the procedure through a motorized surgical rig.
• According to The Decoder, midway through, the agent refused to bypass a safety restriction.
Source: https://the-decoder.com/a-claude-model-autonomously-chose-a-gene-therapy-and-operated-on-a-mouse-brain-with-no-human-decision-making/
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Tech giants align on AI scraping opt-out
• According to The Verge, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI.
• With this control, publishers can apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI companies, instead of setting them individually.
• The shared “policy token” signal is proposed by Kevin Kelley, a technical lead for standards at Anthropic, as part of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1023763/openai-google-microsoft-ai-scraping-standard-opt-out
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• According to The Verge, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI.
• With this control, publishers can apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI companies, instead of setting them individually.
• The shared “policy token” signal is proposed by Kevin Kelley, a technical lead for standards at Anthropic, as part of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1023763/openai-google-microsoft-ai-scraping-standard-opt-out
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Binance absorbs $6.3bn hack losses
• According to BBC, Binance says it has covered 90% of the $6.3bn assets stolen in a hack.
• The company added that the remaining 10% may take longer to source in the required amounts.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckpdg3ql4169o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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• According to BBC, Binance says it has covered 90% of the $6.3bn assets stolen in a hack.
• The company added that the remaining 10% may take longer to source in the required amounts.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckpdg3ql4169o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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🔴 2026-10 · Euro area annual inflation 4.0% ↑ (prev. 3.8%, 2026-09)
Source: Eurostat, doi:10.2908/PRC_HICP_MINR, retrieved 2026-11-04 · https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table
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Source: Eurostat, doi:10.2908/PRC_HICP_MINR, retrieved 2026-11-04 · https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table
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Musk limits Grok Bot usage due to high costs
• According to TechCrunch, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed in an X post on Sunday that this was not a glitch.
• Grok Bot has been positioned as a success story for the newly public SpaceX, which said in a filing last month that AI now makes up 52% of company income.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/elon-musk-throttles-grok-bot-limits-due-to-unsustainably-high-costs/
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• According to TechCrunch, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed in an X post on Sunday that this was not a glitch.
• Grok Bot has been positioned as a success story for the newly public SpaceX, which said in a filing last month that AI now makes up 52% of company income.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/elon-musk-throttles-grok-bot-limits-due-to-unsustainably-high-costs/
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Election deniers fail to contest results
• According to Wired, election Day 2026 started off with election deniers claiming voter fraud was happening everywhere.
• But hours later, after a historic sweep of House and Senate races by Democrats, election deniers on the ballot were silent and made no real claims that the vote was rigged.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/election-deniers-not-contesting-their-massive-losses/
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• According to Wired, election Day 2026 started off with election deniers claiming voter fraud was happening everywhere.
• But hours later, after a historic sweep of House and Senate races by Democrats, election deniers on the ballot were silent and made no real claims that the vote was rigged.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/election-deniers-not-contesting-their-massive-losses/
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Small phones reemerge with Enough Phone
• According to Wired, most smartphone manufacturers have abandoned the small phone.
• With a 5.3-inch screen, it's tiny in an era when most smartphone displays sit at around 6.3 inches, like the iPhone 17.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-abandoned-the-small-phone-the-enough-phone-wants-to-save-it/
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Image: Wired
• According to Wired, most smartphone manufacturers have abandoned the small phone.
• With a 5.3-inch screen, it's tiny in an era when most smartphone displays sit at around 6.3 inches, like the iPhone 17.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-abandoned-the-small-phone-the-enough-phone-wants-to-save-it/
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Image: Wired
ChatGPT now creates animated GIFs, faster image generation
• According to The Verge, ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot.
• Users now generate over 4 billion images per week across ChatGPT and its API, a jump from the 3 billion per week it reported in September.
• Along with support for GIF-making, OpenAI says the Images 2.6 update also enables faster image generation in ChatGPT.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1026474/openai-chatgpt-animated-gifs-images-2-6
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• According to The Verge, ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot.
• Users now generate over 4 billion images per week across ChatGPT and its API, a jump from the 3 billion per week it reported in September.
• Along with support for GIF-making, OpenAI says the Images 2.6 update also enables faster image generation in ChatGPT.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1026474/openai-chatgpt-animated-gifs-images-2-6
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Apple to scan shared iCloud links for ‘harmful content’
• According to The Verge, Apple will start checking iCloud items that are accessible to anyone who has the link for ‘harmful content’ starting with iOS 27.3, the company says.
• Sharing something over iCloud with the ‘Anyone with the Link’ permissions will also mean that it’s no longer end-to-end encrypted.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1026604/apple-icloud-links-harmful-content-27-3
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• According to The Verge, Apple will start checking iCloud items that are accessible to anyone who has the link for ‘harmful content’ starting with iOS 27.3, the company says.
• Sharing something over iCloud with the ‘Anyone with the Link’ permissions will also mean that it’s no longer end-to-end encrypted.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1026604/apple-icloud-links-harmful-content-27-3
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Tech Bros scramble for data centers in space
• According to Wired, the results have sent some corners of the tech industry looking to the heavens for answers.
• Throughout the day, Musk employees, tech investors, AI researchers, venture capitalists, and industry fans joined the chorus of support for space-based data centers.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-blue-wave-has-tech-bros-scrambling-for-data-centers-in-space/
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• According to Wired, the results have sent some corners of the tech industry looking to the heavens for answers.
• Throughout the day, Musk employees, tech investors, AI researchers, venture capitalists, and industry fans joined the chorus of support for space-based data centers.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-blue-wave-has-tech-bros-scrambling-for-data-centers-in-space/
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Midterms fuel renewable energy market rally
• After years as collateral damage in Donald Trump’s war on climate action, the Democrats’ sweeping triumph in the US midterm elections has emerged as a victory for the global renewable energy industry.
• According to The Guardian, Ørsted’s market value jumped by almost 10% within hours of the Democratic victory, before closing nearly 5% higher.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/democrats-midterms-triumph-renewable-energy-industry-donald-trump
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• After years as collateral damage in Donald Trump’s war on climate action, the Democrats’ sweeping triumph in the US midterm elections has emerged as a victory for the global renewable energy industry.
• According to The Guardian, Ørsted’s market value jumped by almost 10% within hours of the Democratic victory, before closing nearly 5% higher.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/democrats-midterms-triumph-renewable-energy-industry-donald-trump
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UK government targets e-bike pavement blocking
• According to The Guardian, ministers are seeking to end the ‘wild west’ of parked e-bikes blocking pavements’, attempting to crack down on antisocial behaviour.
• The consultation will aim to establish national standards on issues including parking, ending the current patchwork of agreements between individual bike companies and councils.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/e-bikes-blocking-pavements-department-for-transport
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• According to The Guardian, ministers are seeking to end the ‘wild west’ of parked e-bikes blocking pavements’, attempting to crack down on antisocial behaviour.
• The consultation will aim to establish national standards on issues including parking, ending the current patchwork of agreements between individual bike companies and councils.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/e-bikes-blocking-pavements-department-for-transport
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