Day · Oct 24, 2026

Saturday, Oct 24

Saturday October 24

Evening Digest

Bitcoin dips below $80,000 markets BTC slipped under $80,000 Saturday, its lowest in over a month, as the US pulled staff from Middle East posts over an Iran threat memo.
Argentine judge drops LIBRA case vs Milei crypto A federal judge cleared President Milei, his sister Karina and 9 others, ruling his 2025 token post wasn't fraud.
Pennsylvania makes AI ad labels law ai-tech Gov. Shapiro signed SB 806, requiring a clear label when ads use AI-made or heavily AI-edited content that misleads buyers.
Sweden's Government Offices block ChatGPT, Claude ai-tech From Oct 26, staff can't reach the two chatbots' web versions on work computers and are pointed to Microsoft Copilot.
Block unveils Dessa speech-only AI model ai-tech Block's lab says Dessa learned only from recorded conversation, with no text, and runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or better.

Weekend Digest

US cuts staff at four Middle East embassies after intelligence memo on Iranian plots conflict The State Department is reducing staff at its embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates after the US intelligence chief warned that Iranian plots against Americans had reached advanced stages.
Trump says US 'may do another little Epic Fury' against Iran politics At a Florida rally on Friday, President Trump said the US may carry out another military operation against Iran, without giving details.
Gunmen kill at least seven at church funeral in Jordan public-safety Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan's Karak governorate on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding about 40, AP reported.
Mortgage rates dip to 7.32%, Freddie Mac says mortgages The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 7.32% this week from 7.40%, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey.
Indonesia trims pipeline gas exports to Singapore energy Indonesia began cutting pipeline gas exports to Singapore on Oct 24 to shore up domestic supply; Singapore's Energy Market Authority said the cut is under 2% of daily demand.
Kim Jong Un crosses new bridge into China for border-city visit diplomacy North Korean leader Kim Jong Un entered China's Dandong on Saturday via the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge, Yonhap reported, and later returned home, according to CNA.
'Clayface' leads weekend box office, heading for about $24 million film-tv Warner Bros.' DC horror film 'Clayface' took first place at the North American box office with $10.4 million on Friday and is tracking toward about $24 million for the weekend, Variety and Deadline reported.
Brewers beat Rays 3-2 in World Series Game 1 sports Milwaukee held off a ninth-inning Tampa Bay rally to win the opener of the World Series 3-2, AP reported.
Japan's GMO says forex customer data was leaked and used in fraud security GMO Internet Group said customer information from its foreign exchange trading service was leaked without authorization and used in fraudulent transactions, Kyodo News reported.