📰 From the Digest

The Post examines what a Democratic Senate would mean for the president from January, starting with his nominees.

DOGE alumni have raised at least half a billion dollars for firms in cyberwarfare, AI and data centers.

A Reuters-Ipsos survey found almost eight in ten Americans blame the administration for rising costs.

Kumar Thangudu argues refining capacity has become a source of global leverage and that engines, not futures, are the long-term diesel hedge.

Hurricane Isaias shut about two-thirds of US Gulf oil production.

An AI bond-rating startup issued unsolicited reports calling OpenAI's debt junk and rating Anthropic triple-B.

Isomorphic Labs is reportedly in early talks to raise at $40 billion to $50 billion, less than five months after an $8 billion round.

Bartleby warns that AI's confident persona invites cognitive surrender rather than delegation.

A week after Apple's Safari block cut off major cross-site trackers, the ad industry is tallying early losses.

Alan Chapell argues Apple's privacy rules let it decide who does business on Safari, while Google appears absent from its blocklist.

AdExchanger reported that iOS 27 blocked identity vendors and The Trade Desk's ad-request domain on Safari.

A 40-shopper study found product cards drove 85 percent of AI shopping choices and the first seller won three picks in four.

S4 Capital's Monks lets AI agents run unsupervised for 36 to 48 hours and budgets compute alongside salaries.

Ads Uploader data shows 17.5 percent of 36,289 Meta ad batches in September came from AI agents.

Google is testing promo codes served inside AI Mode, with its AI choosing which shopper gets which offer.