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View More NewsIn brief Meta’s Muse AI agent told columnist Jason Aten it only saw notification previews from his Mac, but had actually synced more than 187,000 rows of his private iMessages despite him declining that access. Meta Superintelligence Labs’ David Singleton called Muse’s explanation “on us,” a fabricated account of its own feature, and separately confirmed a different hallucination sent another user’s Muse agent probing their Gmail. Amazon has blocked Muse from shopping on its site over undisclosed agent activity and credential capture, as Muse passes 2.5 million downloads since its September 8 launch. Meta’s new personal AI agent, Muse, read…
Kansas And Missouri Voters Protected Civil Liberties – Here’s What Comes Next On August 4, voters in Kansas and Missouri voted down ballot measures that would have opened the door for attacks on our democracy. In both states, politicians referred measures to the ballot to deceive voters and attempt to diminish the power of the people. But the people struck those efforts down by wide margins: 61% voted No in Kansas, and a striking 80% voted No in Missouri. The Kansas measure would have dismantled the state’s impartial Supreme Court and made it subject to partisan elections, while a measure…
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In case you missed them, here are the essays Quillette readers valued most this year.As the new Michael Jackson biopic broke box-office records, Andrew Hammel went back through the evidence the film leaves out: the police searches at Neverland, the accusers’ accounts, and the 2005 acquittal. It’s one of the most thorough examinations of the case you’ll find.Never Neverland: What the Michael Jackson Biopic Leaves OutThe new Michael Jackson biopic and the campaign to whitewash the King of Pop’s reputation.QuilletteAndrew HammelPhilosopher Maarten Boudry once rolled his eyes at proposals to “decolonise” the curriculum. Then came 7 October, and the celebrations…
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Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of…
Bitcoin Cash jumped 28% to nearly $349 over 24 hours, the largest move among sizeable tokens, after CME Group said on Monday it will…
Bitcoin (BTC) faces its “next real test” at $90,000 as traders continue to return to unrealized profit.Key points:Bitcoin profit-takers may stall BTC price upside…
In brief CFTC market oversight staff said prediction market contracts settling on whether a named person says certain words should be presumed readily susceptible…
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $1.7 billion in net inflows over two days as Bitcoin rose above investors’ estimated average cost basis.…
In brief Claude Opus 5.5 launched Tuesday priced at $4 and $20 per million input and output tokens, 40% cheaper than Opus 5 at…
Dakar, September 18, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Guinean authorities to reverse Thursday’s ban on France 24 after a presenter called President…
Whether this year follows a similar path – a red October followed by a big bull run – or takes a different route entirely,…
US President Donald Trump previously tapped David Sacks as his AI and crypto czar before Sacks stepped down from the role earlier this year…
In brief Bernstein projects prediction-market volume hitting $10 trillion annually by 2035, up from an estimated $410 billion in 2026, replacing the bank’s own…
New York, September 18, 2026–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to immediately release Ahmet Polad, a Kurdish-Turkish journalist who was transferred…
Applications keep executing transactions as they do today, and users will not need to change wallets or how they send funds.Alpenglow has spent more…