Science & Technology — October 3, 2026

Apple tightens Mac file access. Apple is restricting macOS Full Disk Access controls, warning that increasingly capable AI agents pose new privacy risks to users' files and messages.

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Tech CEO arrested over chip smuggling. Federal prosecutors arrested a California tech CEO accused of smuggling $300 million in Nvidia AI chips into China in violation of U.S. export controls.

According to Ars Technica, the case is part of a broader, ongoing pattern of Nvidia hardware reaching China despite U.S. export restrictions on advanced AI chips. Prosecutors allege the executive's actions helped China procure advanced AI hardware, underscoring continued enforcement challenges around controls intended to limit the country's access to cutting-edge computing technology.

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MIND diet linked to slower brain aging. People who closely followed the MIND diet showed slower brain shrinkage, equivalent to delaying brain aging by about 2.5 years, researchers found.

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Google tests data centers in space. Google's Project Suncatcher launched an experimental satellite carrying four AI chips to test whether sun-powered data centers in orbit are feasible.

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