Saturday, October 31, 2026
The front page that day
Power and data centers (2)
- Power bills up more than 10% since 2024 put utilities on the ballot
Reuters via Honolulu Star-Advertiser · 17:02 UTC
Ohio residential bills rose more than 20% in two years; seats on nine state utility commissions are on ballots this year.
Who this touches: Household electricity customers in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other states with new data centers - Minnesota town votes yes on Google's data center despite protests
KARE 11 via Yahoo News · 14:38 UTC
Most comments came from opponents. Google still needs other agencies' permits, and three lawsuits against the project are pending.
Who this touches: Hermantown, Minnesota residents near the planned three-building, 200-acre Google site
Money and markets (1)
- S&P cuts Meta's credit outlook to negative, projecting $71 billion of negative free cash flow in 2027
Fortune · 16:41 UTC
S&P kept Meta's AA- rating but says leverage could pass its downgrade line as soon as 2027, mainly from leased data centers.
Who this touches: Holders of Meta's bonds and shares
AI attacks (3)
- Warning: scammers posing as Chainalysis
BleepingComputer
A spokesperson confirmed the breach; Chainalysis has not said which flaws or tools were used, or how long the attackers had access.
Who this touches: Chainalysis's customers, whose names, work emails and roles were exposed - AI-driven attackers got into Chainalysis, the firm that traces crypto crime
CoinGape · 06:48 UTC
Customers' user IDs, names, emails and role labels were exposed; no sign of passwords, MFA secrets or investigation data taken.
Who this touches: Chainalysis's customers: the law-enforcement agencies, tax authorities, exchanges and financial firms that use its crypto-tracing tools - No count yet of customers exposed
FinanceFeeds · 06:37 UTC
Chainalysis says it serves more than 1,500 clients; it has not said how many were affected.
Who this touches: Chainalysis's customers
AI incidents (1)
- Lab only Researchers: a booby-trapped ChatGPT share link could read private chats; OpenAI fixed it in eight days
The Hacker News
Parameter reported it Oct 18; OpenAI fixed it on its side Oct 26 and paid $5,000. No real-world use reported.
Who this touches: ChatGPT users who open conversation links other people share
Families and kids (1)
- Character.AI's approved sale rules make Disney's $20 million the opening bid, with a $700,000 fee if it loses
Pirates & Princesses
The judge overruled the states' objections for now; they can raise them again at the final sale hearing.
Who this touches: Character.AI's users, including minors, whose chat data is part of the sale
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