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October 27: Israel Votes as Brazil’s Markets Plunge After Lula’s Reelection
At Apple
Apple is offering replacement iPhone Duo handsets after customers reported cracks and display faults within days of its first foldable phone’s release. The company says a small number of devices are affected, without giving a count.
Separately, Apple patched 286 security vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS 27.2. It also extended a fix for an exploited CoreGraphics vulnerability to older iPhones running iOS 18.
Data centers and the power grid
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has spent months cracking down on data centers, but Politico reports his staff and appointees were recruiting projects less than a year ago. His top staff met privately with technology and transmission companies in December 2025, two days before Texas announced changes to accelerate grid access for data centers.
Spain, meanwhile, eased renewable power-procurement requirements for new data centers after industry pushback. Anthropic also identified access to electricity as a major concern in its initial public offering filing.
Hanford workers’ compensation
The U.S. Energy Department has spent nearly $12 million contesting compensation claims from workers who became ill while working at the Hanford nuclear site. Washington state approved 152 claims that remain tied up in appeals. About half the workers associated with those cases have died, leaving families waiting for decisions on benefits.
In the markets
Global stocks rose Tuesday as Anthropic’s IPO prospectus renewed investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. The company reported fourteenfold first-half revenue growth compared with the same period in 2025, alongside an $80 billion loss. The Nasdaq gained more than one percent.
Brazil’s benchmark stock index plunged 14 percent after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection. The currency recorded its worst daily fall this century. During Lula’s third term, the budget deficit grew beyond eight percent of economic output as spending increased, growth cooled and debt climbed.
Israel’s election
committee says turnout exceeded 31 percent by noon Tuesday, the highest midday level since 1977. Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to retain power in the first national election since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Polls suggest a tight race with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Security, ultra-Orthodox military service exemptions and judicial independence are central issues. Neither camp may win a parliamentary majority.
House Democrats’ report on Trump
A report by House Democrats alleges Donald Trump offered former Miss Switzerland finalist Beatrice Keul a U.S. visa and admission to New York University while seeking her silence over an alleged rape in 1993. Keul said he repeated the offers months later. She declined.
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