Chainalysis disclosed that a breach exposed usernames, password hashes and live authentication tokens for every customer, prompting it to take its login portal, Reactor, Data Solutions, KYT tools and address screening products offline. The company says it found no evidence that investigative graph data or blockchain attribution records were accessed or altered, but is requiring all users to reset passwords and rotate API keys before regaining access.
it.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-06
Apple has released a new MacBook Pro that reviewers describe as high-quality but expensive, with fully configured models reaching prices mostly affordable to well-funded businesses. The laptop notably includes a touchscreen, a first for Apple's lineup, while remaining largely built around established computing design rather than new AI-driven paradigms.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-11-06
On Apple's quarterly earnings call, CEO John Ternus said the newly shipped Siri AI features are just a starting point, with 'so much more' planned. He noted Siri currently works on a 'request-based' model built on an orchestrator-driven architecture that leaves room to add agentic capabilities, provided Apple can ensure user awareness, security and privacy.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-03
OpenAI announced it will combine ChatGPT's Chat and Work tabs into one unified interface starting in December, folding the agentic 'Work' capabilities into the main ChatGPT experience. The merged version will first roll out to select users for feedback before wider release, while Codex remains a separate tool within the desktop app.
zdnet.com
· 2026-11-02
JPMorgan Chase, Charles Schwab, Amazon, Neiman Marcus and Kohl's are blocking AI personal agents from acting on customers' behalf, while Walmart has opened its site to such bots, pricing products the same for agents as for humans. A Billions Network audit of 51 large U.S. retailers found only 11 have deliberately set a policy on AI agents, with most blocking them unintentionally via older anti-scraper rules.
cnbc.com
· 2026-11-01
Meta says more than 10 million people in the US and Canada have activated its agentic AI tool Muse, with over 25% using it for shopping and average purchases above $200. But roughly 50 companies across travel, retail, telecom and finance told WIRED or said on earnings calls that orders, bookings and cancellations tied to Muse and similar agents remain minimal, with firms like DoorDash, T-Mobile, Hilton, Ally Financial and eBay describing activity as negligible.
wired.com
· 2026-10-31
Intel stock dropped nearly 29% to close at $65.76 on Friday, its worst single-day performance since 1974, despite beating Wall Street's earnings estimates for the quarter. The company's fourth-quarter revenue forecast of $15-16 billion fell well short of the $17 billion analysts expected, with Intel citing a projected 12% drop in PC shipments in 2026 due to rising memory prices, plus a fab shutdown in Israel following a fatal explosion.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-31
Apple has acquired Ascension Labs, Inc., known as Ascend.io, according to a disclosure required under the EU's Digital Markets Act. The deal is structured as an acquihire, giving Apple the right to hire certain Ascend employees, a non-exclusive license to its intellectual property, and assignment of certain patents. Ascend.io, founded in 2015, built an 'Agentic Data Engineering' platform using AI agents to automate data pipeline tasks.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-30
Tom's Hardware tested Nvidia's new Vera data center CPU in standalone form against AMD's EPYC Turin and Intel's Granite Rapids-AP chips. Vera posted leading results in Python performance and memory bandwidth, and also held its own in general-purpose server workloads, though x86 rivals retained an edge in core-density-driven frontend tasks.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-30
A tech guide highlights that agentic AI tools, once mostly used in technical circles, have expanded this year into mainstream consumer use for tasks like grocery shopping and to-do list management. Major AI labs including Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic are now competing directly in this space, offering different agent products with varying capabilities. The guide offers tips for newcomers trying to navigate the differences between these offerings.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-29
Amazon has rolled out more than 100 new shopping capabilities for Alexa, letting users manage lists, adjust subscription delivery frequency, update delivery instructions, and resolve payment issues through voice commands. Users can also ask Alexa questions about Prime and Audible subscriptions and billing problems. Amazon said use of its agentic shopping features has grown eightfold since the start of the year, with over 400 million people using Alexa for shopping in the past 12 months.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-29
Tom's Hardware is building an internal benchmark to measure how CPU and memory performance affect agentic AI loops, isolating these components from the AI accelerator. The outlet says it has prototyped the test and settled on a core design, but acknowledges the methodology is unfinished and the results aren't yet reliable enough for publication.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-29
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