Data briefsOctober 7, 2026

The news, measured.

Each brief starts from a story on the wire and adds one open dataset the story did not show. 15 briefs, 41 open sources. Saved · RSS

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1. 27Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents2 outlets · 767 HN points
2. 24Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force4 outlets
3. 21OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra found a way to play World of Warcraft without seeing the screen1 outlet · 437 HN points
4. 20"Muse Gadgets" turns AI hardware into an open-source DIY project2 outlets · 18 HN points
5. 18Now ‘RuneScape’ Is Getting a Series, Too1 outlet · 167 HN points

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