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Amazon accounts for roughly a third of US e-commerce, so whoever controls the AI agents that shop for consumers controls the customer. Read more: https://t.co/k2tP3JKdGf

Global smartphone shipments fell 22 percent year over year in the September quarter to 255.3 million units, the worst decline of any quarter on record, per IDC. Read more: https://t.co/yy2vhnFfXy

The December 3 execution would be the first US military execution since 1961. Read more: https://t.co/Pz1y8d33eX

Non-owners expect to buy their first home at 41 on average, 12 years later than current owners did, and half of non-owners say they simply do not know when they will be able to buy at all. Read more: https://t.co/hvztJnBsru

Sources told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that the production company, Mastiff, had given an AI agent access to its server, and the agent deleted the completed, fully edited season. Read more: https://t.co/r59Tc1XPDv

The Fed were expected to cut three times, per Barclays. See how the odds change on Polymarket. See more: https://t.co/F82oIojyOp

To see how SpaceX fairs against Anthropic, check Polymarket. See more: https://t.co/EEDzYA5QmV

All the major donors to the ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member. Read more: https://t.co/cnBET3HnT6

OpenAI is warning its employees to watch out for spies, especially romantic ones, per the Wall Street Journal. Read more: https://t.co/visFa2Ys22

In work published in Science, Google's Quantum AI team demonstrated a technique called magic state cultivation on the company's 105-qubit Willow processor. Read more: https://t.co/uCJ1Zn8F1z

Trump: If you’re in doubt about somebody's name from the Middle East, just say Mohammed, you have about a 65% chance. Hello, Mohammed. I've done it for years now. I’ve never been wrong.

The original Halo: Combat Evolved now runs in a web browser with 128-player multiplayer, built by fans decompiling and rebuilding the game. Read more: https://t.co/1NSRGycWsF

Traders are predicting that the Fed will hold rates steady this month. Polymarket odds of no change at the October meeting: 87%. This is despite two hotter than expected inflation numbers this week. https://t.co/RyjxvsC25p

All nine of the largest national banks the OCC supervises maintained policies that restricted services based on customers' political, religious or social views, or on lawful business activities. Read more: https://t.co/vycKAs00bE

BREAKING: The Canadian government is removing the requirement for employers to prove they can't find a Canadian for high wage jobs, per CTV

The typical homeowner now spends $23,686 a year on housing costs beyond the mortgage, roughly $710,580 over a 30-year mortgage. Read more: https://t.co/zhxhmwr3Tq

The bedrock of America was having a career, Fink said, and the country has lost it as workers jump from job to job. Read more: https://t.co/eFwZcr2MYu

SpaceX has retaken the lead as the favorite for the biggest IPO of 2026, per Polymarket⁠.com. Anthropic led for much of the past two months, but its odds dropped sharply after Reuters reported that some investors are considering a $1.5 trillion IPO valuation, down from earlier expectations of $2 trillion.

Robots available today can perform about three-quarters of physical tasks in the US, but are cost-competitive with a human worker for just 0.3 percent of them. Read more: https://t.co/7Q4zS9Wzma

AI data centers are installing new cooling technology that saves water locally, but their growing electricity use is increasing water consumption at the power plants that feed them, per Bloomberg

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez transferred $1 million to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive running for Senate in Michigan, per NYT The transfer represents a huge sum for a House member to give to a Senate race, especially one in a different state.

"Online pornography depicting strangulation or incestuous relationships will be banned from early November in the UK," per BBC

Call your weekend. https://t.co/ecYuYFpDgO

Anthropic is facing a call to delay its IPO over AI safety concerns. New York City Comptroller Mark Levine urged the company to postpone its planned listing until it addresses AI safety and governance risks. Anthropic has opened discussions with him.

Iran says it’s open to talks, and oil prices are falling. Iran’s president says Tehran isn’t seeking nuclear weapons and is ready for dialogue, per Reuters

BREAKING: The US has recorded its 25th straight fiscal year in a row of operating at a deficit, per CNBC

Apple’s, $AAPL, new iPhone Duo sold out almost immediately, per Bloomberg. Initial pre-order inventory was gone within minutes, and estimated delivery dates have slipped from Oct. 23 to Nov. 16–23. That’s a different picture from earlier this month, when Apple reportedly told some suppliers to cut production of parts for its new iPhone line over soft demand.

BREAKING: Bank of America is warning that the AI boom is starting to look like a classic boom-and-bust cycle. The warning signs: surging spending, intensifying competition and falling prices.

BREAKING: Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired after less than a week on the job, per NYT

BREAKING: Anthropic just received a BB+ credit rating from KBRA, one notch below investment grade. The rating comes ahead of a $35 billion chip financing deal, part of a broader $60 billion AI financing effort being lined up on Wall Street. It follows Broadcom’s agreement to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to buy chips and computing hardware.