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Myanmar shut down a major online scam center on October 21 as part of operations starting in September to curb cross-border online scams and illegal gambling (Associated Press)

Myanmar shut down a major online scam center on October...

Oct 28, 2025

Associated Press: Myanmar shut down a major online scam center on October 21 as...

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During Nvidia's first ever GTC conference in Washington, DC, Jensen Huang praised Trump's policies and emphasized themes of patriotism and US national interests (Wall Street Journal)

During Nvidia's first ever GTC conference in Washington,...

Oct 28, 2025

Wall Street Journal: During Nvidia's first ever GTC conference in Washington, DC,...

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Musk launches AI-powered Grokipedia to challenge ‘left-biased’ Wikipedia

Musk launches AI-powered Grokipedia to challenge ‘left-biased’...

Oct 28, 2025

After months of delays to "purge out the propaganda", Elon Musk on Monday announced...

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Argentina midterm elections seen as confidence vote for Milei's economic reforms

Argentina midterm elections seen as confidence vote for...

Oct 28, 2025

Even if Argentinian President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza party is still short...

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Could US trade deals push ASEAN countries into the arms of China?

Could US trade deals push ASEAN countries into the arms...

Oct 28, 2025

Several trade deals and frameworks between the US and Southeast Asian countries...

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NXP reports Q3 revenue down 2% YoY to $3.17B, vs. $3.16B est., automotive revenue flat YoY to $1.83B, and expects above estimates Q4 revenue of $3.20B to $3.40B (Juby Babu/Reuters)

NXP reports Q3 revenue down 2% YoY to $3.17B, vs. $3.16B...

Oct 28, 2025

Juby Babu / Reuters: NXP reports Q3 revenue down 2% YoY to $3.17B, vs. $3.16B est.,...

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EU officials are scrambling to resolve a growing trade clash with China over rare earths and chips, as the bloc gets caught between Beijing and Washington (Financial Times)

EU officials are scrambling to resolve a growing trade...

Oct 28, 2025

Financial Times: EU officials are scrambling to resolve a growing trade clash with...

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Riyadh-based BNPL startup Tabby completes a secondary share sale of existing shareholders' stakes, valuing it at $4.5B ahead of a possible IPO (Reuters)

Riyadh-based BNPL startup Tabby completes a secondary share...

Oct 28, 2025

Reuters: Riyadh-based BNPL startup Tabby completes a secondary share sale of existing...

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Argentina midterm elections seen as confidence vote for Milei's economic refoms

Argentina midterm elections seen as confidence vote for...

Oct 28, 2025

Even if Argentine President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza party is still short...

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Filing: iRobot says its last potential buyer withdrew from the process and its financials remain dire, following Amazon abandoning a 2024 bid; IRBT drops 33%+ (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Filing: iRobot says its last potential buyer withdrew from...

Oct 27, 2025

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Filing: iRobot says its last potential buyer withdrew from...

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Sources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10% of corporate staff, or ~30,000 people, its largest layoffs since 2022, to reduce costs and address pandemic overhiring (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Sources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10% of corporate staff,...

Oct 27, 2025

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Sources: Amazon plans to lay off ~10% of corporate staff,...

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Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software company BlackLine, after its previous bid of nearly $4.5B was rejected in June (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software...

Oct 27, 2025

Milana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software...

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A look at Cal State's plans to become an "AI-empowered" university via partnerships with Amazon and a $16.9M deal to provide ChatGPT Edu to students and staff (New York Times)

A look at Cal State's plans to become an "AI-empowered"...

Oct 27, 2025

New York Times: A look at Cal State's plans to become an “AI-empowered” university...

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Sixty-five countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite privacy and security concerns from tech companies and activists (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

Sixty-five countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share...

Oct 27, 2025

Lien Hoang / Nikkei Asia: Sixty-five countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share...

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Papers, patents, and tenders show China's military is integrating DeepSeek and Qwen models in weapons like AI-powered drones, and continues to use Nvidia chips (Reuters)

Papers, patents, and tenders show China's military is integrating...

Oct 27, 2025

Reuters: Papers, patents, and tenders show China's military is integrating DeepSeek...

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Nigerian regulator wants more control of TikTok: 'It eats our youth's time'

Nigerian regulator wants more control of TikTok: 'It eats...

Oct 26, 2025

Nigeria’s technology regulator says the country must wield more power over TikTok,...

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Sources: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs hires Mikhail Shapiro, who works on noninvasive techniques for neural imaging and control (Alex Heath/Sources)

Sources: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup...

Oct 26, 2025

Alex Heath / Sources: Sources: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge...

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Swift releases Swift SDK preview for Android, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift and making it easier to share code across iOS and Android (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Swift releases Swift SDK preview for Android, allowing...

Oct 26, 2025

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Swift releases Swift SDK preview for Android, allowing...

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Inside OpenAI's deals with Nvidia, Oracle, and AMD, where sources say Sam Altman largely relied on his executive team, with little input from outside advisors (Financial Times)

Inside OpenAI's deals with Nvidia, Oracle, and AMD, where...

Oct 26, 2025

Financial Times: Inside OpenAI's deals with Nvidia, Oracle, and AMD, where sources...

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Austin-based Roller, a provider of venue management software, raised $50M led by Insight Partners, taking its total funding to over $100M (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Austin-based Roller, a provider of venue management software,...

Oct 26, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: Austin-based Roller, a provider of venue management software,...

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Seneca, which is developing autonomous firefighting drones, raised $60M in seed and Series A rounds led by Caffeinated Capital and Convective Capital (Christopher Marquis/Forbes)

Seneca, which is developing autonomous firefighting drones,...

Oct 26, 2025

Christopher Marquis / Forbes: Seneca, which is developing autonomous firefighting...

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Microsoft says its Gaming Copilot feature, which recently hit Windows 11 as a public beta, uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not to train AI models (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Microsoft says its Gaming Copilot feature, which recently...

Oct 26, 2025

Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware: Microsoft says its Gaming Copilot feature, which...

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A look at AI startups aiming to address loneliness among the elderly; a study predicts the AI market for aging and elderly care will grow to over $43B in 2025 (Forbes)

A look at AI startups aiming to address loneliness among...

Oct 25, 2025

Forbes: A look at AI startups aiming to address loneliness among the elderly; a...

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Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks acquires Dynamic, which streamlines crypto wallet setup, authentication, and onboarding for 50M+ accounts, for ~$90M (CTech)

Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks acquires Dynamic,...

Oct 25, 2025

CTech: Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks acquires Dynamic, which streamlines...

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Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music from text and audio prompts, including capabilities such as adding guitar accompaniment to vocal tracks (The Information)

Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music...

Oct 25, 2025

The Information: Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music from text...

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Sources detail how Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others brokered a call between SF Mayor Daniel Lurie and Trump to stop National Guard deployment (Wall Street Journal)

Sources detail how Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff,...

Oct 24, 2025

Wall Street Journal: Sources detail how Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff,...

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Sources: X's advertising chief John Nitti, who joined in January, has left; X's CFO Mahmoud Reza Banki left in early October after less than a year in the role (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Sources: X's advertising chief John Nitti, who joined in...

Oct 24, 2025

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Sources: X's advertising chief John Nitti, who...

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Oreo maker Mondelez has spent $40M+ on an AI tool, developed with Publicis and Accenture, to cut costs for the production of marketing content by 30% to 50% (Jessica DiNapoli/Reuters)

Oreo maker Mondelez has spent $40M+ on an AI tool, developed...

Oct 24, 2025

Jessica DiNapoli / Reuters: Oreo maker Mondelez has spent $40M+ on an AI tool, developed...

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$70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, says UN

$70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, says UN

Oct 24, 2025

This week, Charles Pellegrin talks to Jaco Cilliersd, the UN development programme's...

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UK prosecutors say the ringleader of a 2024 arson attack on Ukraine-linked businesses in London discussed kidnapping Revolut's Russia-born CEO Nikolay Storonsky (Michael Holden/Reuters)

UK prosecutors say the ringleader of a 2024 arson attack...

Oct 24, 2025

Michael Holden / Reuters: UK prosecutors say the ringleader of a 2024 arson attack...

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HP plans to build millions of computers in Saudi Arabia by 2030, primarily for export to MENA, as part of the kingdom's plans to boost manufacturing and exports (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

HP plans to build millions of computers in Saudi Arabia...

Oct 24, 2025

Matthew Martin / Semafor: HP plans to build millions of computers in Saudi Arabia...

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Sources: banks are preparing to launch a $38B debt sale to fund Oracle data centers, including $23.25B for a Texas data center and $14.75B for a Wisconsin site (Jeannine Amodeo/Bloomberg)

Sources: banks are preparing to launch a $38B debt sale...

Oct 24, 2025

Jeannine Amodeo / Bloomberg: Sources: banks are preparing to launch a $38B debt...

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Trump pardon's Binance founder Chanpeng Zhao

Trump pardon's Binance founder Chanpeng Zhao

Oct 24, 2025

US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for the founder of Binance, the world's...

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Filing: Applied Materials plans to cut ~4% of its global workforce and expects the layoffs to cost $160M to $180M; it had 36,100 employees as of the end of July (Nick Turner/Bloomberg)

Filing: Applied Materials plans to cut ~4% of its global...

Oct 23, 2025

Nick Turner / Bloomberg: Filing: Applied Materials plans to cut ~4% of its global...

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EA strikes a partnership with Stability AI to build game developer tools that serve as "smarter paintbrushes" (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

EA strikes a partnership with Stability AI to build game...

Oct 23, 2025

Jennifer Maas / Variety: EA strikes a partnership with Stability AI to build game...

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Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft won't provide erotica AI services and that "other companies will build that", after Sam Altman said ChatGPT would offer erotica (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)

Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft won't provide erotica AI...

Oct 23, 2025

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft won't provide erotica...

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French court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers in greenwashing trial

French court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers in greenwashing...

Oct 23, 2025

A French court on Thursday ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in...

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US takes aim at Russia's war chest with sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil

US takes aim at Russia's war chest with sanctions on Rosneft...

Oct 23, 2025

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was placing Russia’s two...

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Chinese robovan startup Neolix raised $600M led by UAE-based Stone Venture without disclosing its valuation, ahead of a potential Hong Kong IPO as soon as 2026 (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)

Chinese robovan startup Neolix raised $600M led by UAE-based...

Oct 23, 2025

Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia: Chinese robovan startup Neolix raised $600M led by...

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AI creative studio Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI and Google DeepMind execs, raised a $12M seed led by Atomico and aims to release its first content in 2026 (Najat Kantouar/Wall Street Journal)

AI creative studio Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI and...

Oct 23, 2025

Najat Kantouar / Wall Street Journal: AI creative studio Wonder Studios, backed...

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Alibaba launches a free consumer-focused AI chatbot in its Quark app, powered by Qwen 3, and plans to open pre-sales for its $660 Quark AI Glasses on October 24 (Reuters)

Alibaba launches a free consumer-focused AI chatbot in...

Oct 23, 2025

Reuters: Alibaba launches a free consumer-focused AI chatbot in its Quark app, powered...

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A look at Italy's economy as Giorgia Meloni marks three years in office

A look at Italy's economy as Giorgia Meloni marks three...

Oct 23, 2025

It's been three years since Giorgia Meloni became Italy's prime minister.  During...

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IBM reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $16.3B, above $16.1B est., and Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat) revenue up 14%, below 16% est.; IBM drops 5%+ after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

IBM reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $16.3B, above $16.1B...

Oct 22, 2025

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: IBM reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $16.3B, above $16.1B...

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SAP reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to €9.08B, cloud revenue up 22% to €5.29B, below €5.33B est., and current cloud backlog up 23% to €18.84B (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

SAP reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to €9.08B, cloud revenue...

Oct 22, 2025

Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: SAP reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to €9.08B, cloud...

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Q&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on GM's plans for AI and autonomous driving, ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on...

Oct 22, 2025

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on...

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Is TikTok luring children to death?

Is TikTok luring children to death?

Oct 22, 2025

New research shows that children who go onto the social media app TikTok and make...

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Warner Bros. Discovery open for sale after failed Paramount takeover bids

Warner Bros. Discovery open for sale after failed Paramount...

Oct 22, 2025

US entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery has said it is exploring a potential...

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Keycard, which lets enterprises manage AI agent access to internal systems, raised a $30M Series A led by Acrew Capital and a $8M seed led by a16z and boldstart (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Keycard, which lets enterprises manage AI agent access...

Oct 22, 2025

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Keycard, which lets enterprises manage AI agent...

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Electricity demand from data centers powering the AI boom has caused a gas turbine supply crunch, as the US becomes the epicenter of new gas-fired power plants (Financial Times)

Electricity demand from data centers powering the AI boom...

Oct 22, 2025

Financial Times: Electricity demand from data centers powering the AI boom has caused...

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EBU/BBC study: 45% of responses from top AI assistants misrepresented news content with at least one significant issue and 31% showed serious sourcing problems (Olivia Le Poidevin/Reuters)

EBU/BBC study: 45% of responses from top AI assistants...

Oct 22, 2025

Olivia Le Poidevin / Reuters: EBU/BBC study: 45% of responses from top AI assistants...

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Crown jewels stolen from the Louvre estimated at €88 million

Crown jewels stolen from the Louvre estimated at €88 million

Oct 22, 2025

The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris on Sunday is valued at 88 million...

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Google launches new features for its Google AI Studio developer platform, including a revamped "Build" tab to vibe code AI apps (Alexey Shabanov/TestingCatalog)

Google launches new features for its Google AI Studio developer...

Oct 21, 2025

Alexey Shabanov / TestingCatalog: Google launches new features for its Google AI...

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OpenAI says ChatGPT Atlas' opt-in browser memories feature can remember key details from users' web browsing to improve chat responses and offer suggestions (OpenAI)

OpenAI says ChatGPT Atlas' opt-in browser memories feature...

Oct 21, 2025

OpenAI: OpenAI says ChatGPT Atlas' opt-in browser memories feature can remember...

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First impressions of ChatGPT Atlas, as browser agents remain confusing, with insurmountable security and privacy risks including prompt injection attacks (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

First impressions of ChatGPT Atlas, as browser agents remain...

Oct 21, 2025

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: First impressions of ChatGPT Atlas, as...

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Amazon Web Services starts to recover after major outage

Amazon Web Services starts to recover after major outage

Oct 21, 2025

Hit by a major outage, Amazon Web Services (AWS) says it found significant errors...

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US, Australia ink rare earths deal to curb reliance on China amid rising trade tensions

US, Australia ink rare earths deal to curb reliance on...

Oct 21, 2025

Washington and Canberra have signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation on...

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Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins, joins VC firm Benchmark as general partner, following a slew of personnel departures at Benchmark (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)

Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins, joins...

Oct 21, 2025

Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information: Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner...

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To secure vast compute for OpenAI, Sam Altman's deal spree pits Silicon Valley giants against each other as they race to cash in, making OpenAI too big to fail (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

To secure vast compute for OpenAI, Sam Altman's deal spree...

Oct 21, 2025

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: To secure vast compute for OpenAI, Sam Altman's...

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Some Japanese stores are using robots from the startup Telexistence to restock shelves, piloted remotely by Filipino workers whose actions train AI models (Michael Beltran/Rest of World)

Some Japanese stores are using robots from the startup...

Oct 21, 2025

Michael Beltran / Rest of World: Some Japanese stores are using robots from the...

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Amazon web services start to recover after major outage

Amazon web services start to recover after major outage

Oct 20, 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) says it found significant errors in its Domain Name System,...

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Anthropic announces Claude Life Sciences, a new offering for researchers that integrates Claude AI models with lab tools like Benchling to boost efficiency (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Anthropic announces Claude Life Sciences, a new offering...

Oct 20, 2025

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Anthropic announces Claude Life Sciences, a new offering for...

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CleanSpark shares jump 12%+ after the bitcoin miner expands into AI infrastructure, hiring Humain's president Jeffrey Thomas as SVP of AI data centers (David Pan/Bloomberg)

CleanSpark shares jump 12%+ after the bitcoin miner expands...

Oct 20, 2025

David Pan / Bloomberg: CleanSpark shares jump 12%+ after the bitcoin miner expands...

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LangChain, whose open-source framework connects AI apps to real-time data, raised a $125M Series B led by IVP at a $1.25B valuation (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)

LangChain, whose open-source framework connects AI apps...

Oct 20, 2025

Sharon Goldman / Fortune: LangChain, whose open-source framework connects AI apps...

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Chinese leaders meet to formulate country's next five-year plan

Chinese leaders meet to formulate country's next five-year...

Oct 20, 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Communist Party elites are in Beijing for the Fourth...

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Alibaba Cloud details a GPU pooling system that it claims reduced the number of Nvidia H20 required by 82% when serving dozens of LLMs of up to 72B parameters (Vincent Chow/South China Morning Post)

Alibaba Cloud details a GPU pooling system that it claims...

Oct 20, 2025

Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post: Alibaba Cloud details a GPU pooling system...

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A look at Opera's Neon, a $20-per-month agentic AI browser that can take over browsing tasks, but its three built-in AI chatbots can be confusing and unreliable (The Verge)

A look at Opera's Neon, a $20-per-month agentic AI browser...

Oct 20, 2025

The Verge: A look at Opera's Neon, a $20-per-month agentic AI browser that can take...

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Counterpoint: iPhone 17 series outsold iPhone 16 by ~14% in the first 10 days of sales in the US and China; base iPhone 17 sales doubled over iPhone 16 in China (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)

Counterpoint: iPhone 17 series outsold iPhone 16 by ~14%...

Oct 20, 2025

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Counterpoint: iPhone 17 series outsold iPhone 16 by ~14%...

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China and the Netherlands wrestle to control key chipmaker Nexperia

China and the Netherlands wrestle to control key chipmaker...

Oct 19, 2025

Major chipmaker Nexperia is being torn apart by a tug-of-war between China and the...

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ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia (Zeyi Yang/Wired)

ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most...

Oct 19, 2025

Zeyi Yang / Wired: ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular...

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Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions...

Oct 19, 2025

Jocelyn Gecker / Associated Press: Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing...

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China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023 (Bloomberg)

China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service...

Oct 19, 2025

Bloomberg: China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center,...

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US military has adopted an aggressive push to embrace AI; the top US Army commander in South Korea says "Chat and I" have become "really close lately" (Business Insider)

US military has adopted an aggressive push to embrace AI;...

Oct 18, 2025

Business Insider: US military has adopted an aggressive push to embrace AI; the...

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A profile of Anton Pavlovsky, CEO of Kyiv-based Headway Inc, which develops gamified educational apps and has 160M users across its five-product portfolio (Martina Di Licosa/Forbes)

A profile of Anton Pavlovsky, CEO of Kyiv-based Headway...

Oct 18, 2025

Martina Di Licosa / Forbes: A profile of Anton Pavlovsky, CEO of Kyiv-based Headway...

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How Robinhood is expanding beyond commission-free trading into retirement accounts, tokenized equities, and sports betting, with some 27M people using its app (Bloomberg)

How Robinhood is expanding beyond commission-free trading...

Oct 18, 2025

Bloomberg: How Robinhood is expanding beyond commission-free trading into retirement...

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Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies about the video app Sora; some agents say studios have been too reluctant to challenge tech giants (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)

Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies...

Oct 18, 2025

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: Inside the discussions between OpenAI and...

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The AI boom has pushed SF's residential rents up by the most in the US over the past year, as AI companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)

The AI boom has pushed SF's residential rents up by the...

Oct 18, 2025

Natallie Rocha / New York Times: The AI boom has pushed SF's residential rents up...

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An interview with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on the company's new Content Signals Policy, which lets sites fine tune how their data can be used by crawlers (Samuel Axon/Ars Technica)

An interview with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on the...

Oct 18, 2025

Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: An interview with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on the...

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S&P cuts France’s credit rating to A+ over political instability risking deficit

S&P cuts France’s credit rating to A+ over political instability...

Oct 18, 2025

S&P Global on Friday downgraded France from AA to A+ in a surprise update on the...

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US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas liable for damages for enabling Sudan atrocities

US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas liable for damages...

Oct 18, 2025

A New York jury on Friday found BNP Paribas liable for more than $20 million in...

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Google is phasing out its Privacy Sandbox technologies; the initiative was launched in 2019 to develop privacy-protecting tech to replace third-party cookies (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)

Google is phasing out its Privacy Sandbox technologies;...

Oct 17, 2025

Kendra Barnett / Adweek: Google is phasing out its Privacy Sandbox technologies;...

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Senate Republicans share an AI-generated video falsely depicting Chuck Schumer saying on camera comments he made in a print interview on the government shutdown (Thomas Beaumont/Associated Press)

Senate Republicans share an AI-generated video falsely...

Oct 17, 2025

Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press: Senate Republicans share an AI-generated video...

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Google says North Korea hackers are using "EtherHiding" to embed malware on blockchains, the first time it has seen a nation-state threat actor using the method (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Google says North Korea hackers are using "EtherHiding"...

Oct 17, 2025

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Google says North Korea hackers are using “EtherHiding”...

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The vagina business: The rise of femtech

The vagina business: The rise of femtech

Oct 17, 2025

It's an industry tipped to be worth more than a trillion dollars in the coming decade. Femtech refers...

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Renewable energy output overtakes coal, with China leading the way

Renewable energy output overtakes coal, with China leading...

Oct 17, 2025

This week, we take a look at the renewable energy sector, specifically in China...

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Anthropic's Skills for Claude, which are conceptually very simple, may become a bigger deal than MCP, whose high token usage is its most significant limitation (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

Anthropic's Skills for Claude, which are conceptually very...

Oct 17, 2025

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: Anthropic's Skills for Claude, which are...

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Meta plans new Instagram teen safety tools in 2026, letting parents block teens from chatting with AI characters and sending them "insights" from teens' chats (Robert Hart/The Verge)

Meta plans new Instagram teen safety tools in 2026, letting...

Oct 17, 2025

Robert Hart / The Verge: Meta plans new Instagram teen safety tools in 2026, letting...

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EssilorLuxottica stock jumps 10%+ after reporting Q3 revenue up 11.7% YoY to €6.9B, with wearables like Ray-Ban Meta contributing 4 percentage points to growth (CNBC)

EssilorLuxottica stock jumps 10%+ after reporting Q3 revenue...

Oct 17, 2025

CNBC: EssilorLuxottica stock jumps 10%+ after reporting Q3 revenue up 11.7% YoY...

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A profile of Joshua Kushner, including Thrive Capital's investments in GitHub and Stripe and its role in reinstating Sam Altman as OpenAI CEO in November 2023 (Jeremy Stern/Colossus)

A profile of Joshua Kushner, including Thrive Capital's...

Oct 16, 2025

Jeremy Stern / Colossus: A profile of Joshua Kushner, including Thrive Capital's...

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Amazon's Ring partners with Flock to let law enforcement agencies that work with Flock request footage from Ring doorbell users (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Amazon's Ring partners with Flock to let law enforcement...

Oct 16, 2025

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Amazon's Ring partners with Flock to let law enforcement...

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Aboon, an AI-powered platform for financial advisers to help business owners launch and manage 401(k) plans, raised a $17.5M seed led by Bain Capital Ventures (Davis Janowski/WealthManagement.com)

Aboon, an AI-powered platform for financial advisers to...

Oct 16, 2025

Davis Janowski / WealthManagement.com: Aboon, an AI-powered platform for financial...

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‘New common sense’: Oxfam calls on governments to do more to tax the rich

‘New common sense’: Oxfam calls on governments to do more...

Oct 16, 2025

Reintroducing a wealth tax has become a particularly divisive issue in France’s...

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Trump says India's Modi has pledged to stop buying Russian oil

Trump says India's Modi has pledged to stop buying Russian...

Oct 16, 2025

US President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed that India...

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Kraken acquires Small Exchange, a US-licensed futures exchange, from the IG Group, for $32.5M in cash and $67.5M in Kraken parent's Payward stock (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Kraken acquires Small Exchange, a US-licensed futures exchange,...

Oct 16, 2025

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Kraken acquires Small Exchange, a US-licensed futures...

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Indian startup Kuku, which offers audio content and vertical dramas, raised an $85M Series C led by Granite at a $500M valuation and has 10M+ paid subscribers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Indian startup Kuku, which offers audio content and vertical...

Oct 16, 2025

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian startup Kuku, which offers audio content and...

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Japanese chip material maker Tekscend rose 13% on its Tokyo debut after raising $1B in its IPO; Tekscend makes photomasks to transfer tiny circuits onto wafers (Yasutaka Tamura/Bloomberg)

Japanese chip material maker Tekscend rose 13% on its Tokyo...

Oct 16, 2025

Yasutaka Tamura / Bloomberg: Japanese chip material maker Tekscend rose 13% on its...

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'It's a new common sense' Oxfam calls on governments to do more to tax the rich

'It's a new common sense' Oxfam calls on governments to...

Oct 16, 2025

Reintroducing a wealth tax has been a particularly divisive issue in the ongoing...

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Viven, which builds AI "digital twins" that grant employees access to crucial information when coworkers are unavailable, emerges from stealth with a $35M seed (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Viven, which builds AI "digital twins" that grant employees...

Oct 15, 2025

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Viven, which builds AI “digital twins” that grant employees...

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Sam Altman says OpenAI is "not the elected moral police of the world" after receiving backlash for saying ChatGPT will allow "erotica for verified adults" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Sam Altman says OpenAI is "not the elected moral police...

Oct 15, 2025

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Sam Altman says OpenAI is “not the elected moral police of...

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David Sacks says Anthropic is running a "regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering", responding to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark's post on AI policy (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)

David Sacks says Anthropic is running a "regulatory capture...

Oct 15, 2025

Dave Lee / Bloomberg: David Sacks says Anthropic is running a “regulatory capture...

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How AI is upending India's business process management sector, which employs 1.65M people; conversational AI startup LimeChat claims to have automated 5K jobs (Reuters)

How AI is upending India's business process management...

Oct 15, 2025

Reuters: How AI is upending India's business process management sector, which employs...

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Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia that has exploited the SS7 telecom protocol to target politicians, journalists, and others (Mother Jones)

Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company...

Oct 15, 2025

Mother Jones: Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia...

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SoftBank's $5.4B purchase of ABB's robotics unit is another setback for Europe, which risks losing its edge to Asian and US companies in the "physical AI" era (Chris Bryant/Bloomberg)

SoftBank's $5.4B purchase of ABB's robotics unit is another...

Oct 15, 2025

Chris Bryant / Bloomberg: SoftBank's $5.4B purchase of ABB's robotics unit is another...

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French PM Lecornu pledges to suspend 2023 pension reform

French PM Lecornu pledges to suspend 2023 pension reform

Oct 14, 2025

In the face of an unprecedented political crisis, France's re-appointed prime minister...

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Document: to avoid an EU fine, Google offered to tweak its search results to show vertical search engines in their own box on Search (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Document: to avoid an EU fine, Google offered to tweak...

Oct 14, 2025

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Document: to avoid an EU fine, Google offered to tweak its...

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Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection...

Oct 14, 2025

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection...

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Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year by using AI tools in its customer service operations (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year...

Oct 14, 2025

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year...

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Trio of researchers share Nobel in economics for ‘explaining innovation-driven growth’

Trio of researchers share Nobel in economics for ‘explaining...

Oct 14, 2025

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and...

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US-China trade tensions escalate as tit-for-tat port fees come into effect

US-China trade tensions escalate as tit-for-tat port fees...

Oct 14, 2025

Port fees imposed by China and the US took effect on Tuesday, adding a new front...

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Researchers used an off-the-shelf system to compile a vast collection of private data, including T-Mobile users' calls and texts, sent by satellites unencrypted (Wired)

Researchers used an off-the-shelf system to compile a vast...

Oct 14, 2025

Wired: Researchers used an off-the-shelf system to compile a vast collection of...

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Nvidia says it is donating the Vera Rubin NVL144 server rack architecture to the Open Compute Project and outlines its vision for "gigawatt AI factories" (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Nvidia says it is donating the Vera Rubin NVL144 server...

Oct 14, 2025

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Nvidia says it is donating the Vera Rubin NVL144 server...

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Dealroom: 230+ European defense tech startups have launched since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, driven by interest in drones, as investors foresee a shake-out (Sylvia Pfeifer/Financial Times)

Dealroom: 230+ European defense tech startups have launched...

Oct 14, 2025

Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times: Dealroom: 230+ European defense tech startups...

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Trio of researchers share Nobel in economics for "explaining innovation-driven growth"

Trio of researchers share Nobel in economics for "explaining...

Oct 13, 2025

The 2025 Nobel economics prize went to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt...

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Apple says that its Apple TV+ streaming service has been renamed Apple TV, "with a vibrant new identity" (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

Apple says that its Apple TV+ streaming service has been...

Oct 13, 2025

Eric Slivka / MacRumors: Apple says that its Apple TV+ streaming service has been...

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Apple says iPhone Air will go on sale in China on October 22, after initially delaying the launch due to regulatory issues with the device's eSIM-only design (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)

Apple says iPhone Air will go on sale in China on October...

Oct 13, 2025

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: Apple says iPhone Air will go on sale in China on October...

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Sources: Raymond Zage and James Lu, who control most of Grindr, are in talks to take it private after a Temasek unit sold shares pledged for personal loans (Liz Hoffman/Semafor)

Sources: Raymond Zage and James Lu, who control most of...

Oct 13, 2025

Liz Hoffman / Semafor: Sources: Raymond Zage and James Lu, who control most of Grindr,...

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Meta and Fortnite bring AI video game characters to the mainstream

Meta and Fortnite bring AI video game characters to the...

Oct 13, 2025

We're used to video game characters repeating the same lines of scripted dialogue....

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Gaza's economy and infrastructure in ruins after two years of siege

Gaza's economy and infrastructure in ruins after two years...

Oct 13, 2025

Long reliant on humanitarian aid due to the Israeli blockade, Gaza’s economy is...

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Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for therapy to save time and money, while avoiding stigma around mental health (Yi-Ling Liu/Rest of World)

Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like DeepSeek...

Oct 13, 2025

Yi-Ling Liu / Rest of World: Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like...

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The Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia under the Goods Availability Act to safeguard chip supply for European industries (Financial Times)

The Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned Dutch...

Oct 13, 2025

Financial Times: The Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker...

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John Searle, known for "the Chinese Room" thought experiment on AI consciousness, died on Sept. 16 at 93; his UCB tenure ended over alleged sexual harassment (Alex Traub/New York Times)

John Searle, known for "the Chinese Room" thought experiment...

Oct 13, 2025

Alex Traub / New York Times: John Searle, known for “the Chinese Room” thought experiment...

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Meta and Fortnite push AI video game characters into the mainstream

Meta and Fortnite push AI video game characters into the...

Oct 12, 2025

We're used to video game characters repeating the same lines of scripted dialogue....

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A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated 11% stake is now worth $1B+ following ICE's $2B investment, as its rivalry with Kalshi intensifies (Forbes)

A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated...

Oct 12, 2025

Forbes: A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated 11% stake is...

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How culture and regulations are shaping AI companion platforms worldwide, with US platforms primarily targeting men and Chinese platforms mainly targeting women (Zilan Qian/ChinaTalk)

How culture and regulations are shaping AI companion platforms...

Oct 12, 2025

Zilan Qian / ChinaTalk: How culture and regulations are shaping AI companion platforms...

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Sources: Apple glasses may run full visionOS when paired with Mac and a lighter UI with iPhone; Apple may unveil M5 iPad, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro this week (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple glasses may run full visionOS when paired...

Oct 12, 2025

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple glasses may run full visionOS when paired...

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AMD's SVP of AI Vamsi Boppana says the company's AI software, designed with input from OpenAI, helped secure the multi-billion dollar deal with OpenAI (Richard Nieva/Forbes)

AMD's SVP of AI Vamsi Boppana says the company's AI software,...

Oct 11, 2025

Richard Nieva / Forbes: AMD's SVP of AI Vamsi Boppana says the company's AI software,...

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Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that tokenizes investments, is in talks to go public via a SPAC started by Cantor Fitzgerald at a $1B+ valuation (Bloomberg)

Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that tokenizes...

Oct 11, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that tokenizes investments,...

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Google adds Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, aka Nano Banana, to Search's AI Mode and Google Lens, on Android in the US for those with an account opted into Search Lab (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google adds Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, aka Nano Banana, to...

Oct 11, 2025

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google adds Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, aka Nano Banana, to Search's...

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Google adds a Chrome feature that automatically disables browser notifications from websites users haven't interacted with recently, on Android and desktop (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Google adds a Chrome feature that automatically disables...

Oct 11, 2025

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google adds a Chrome feature that automatically disables...

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Crypto markets crashed after Trump threatened an extra 100% tariff on China, triggering $19.1B+ in liquidations, 10x+ the liquidations during the FTX crash (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Crypto markets crashed after Trump threatened an extra...

Oct 11, 2025

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Crypto markets crashed after Trump threatened an extra...

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Thoughts on The Curve conference, where prominent figures debated about AI progress, and why automating research engineers is plausible within years (Nathan Lambert/Interconnects)

Thoughts on The Curve conference, where prominent figures...

Oct 11, 2025

Nathan Lambert / Interconnects: Thoughts on The Curve conference, where prominent...

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Trump threatens to impose additional 100% tariff on China and scrap Xi talks

Trump threatens to impose additional 100% tariff on China...

Oct 11, 2025

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place an additional 100 percent...

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Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer vision startup Prompt AI; it was approached by other potential suitors, including xAI and Neuralink (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer...

Oct 10, 2025

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer vision...

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Filing: corporate travel and expense management software maker Navan plans to raise up to $960M in a US IPO and is targeting a valuation of up to $6.45B (Prakhar Srivastava/Reuters)

Filing: corporate travel and expense management software...

Oct 10, 2025

Prakhar Srivastava / Reuters: Filing: corporate travel and expense management software...

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Google says it hit a milestone of 1.3 quadrillion monthly tokens processed across its services this summer, up from 980T monthly tokens announced in July (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)

Google says it hit a milestone of 1.3 quadrillion monthly...

Oct 10, 2025

Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: Google says it hit a milestone of 1.3 quadrillion...

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Will sexually explicit AI girlfriends take over our love lives? Papers on love and AI

Will sexually explicit AI girlfriends take over our love...

Oct 10, 2025

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, October 8, 2025: France's political misfortunes continue...

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Gold reaches record highs and threatens supremacy of US dollar

Gold reaches record highs and threatens supremacy of US...

Oct 10, 2025

The price of an ounce of gold soared past $4,000 on Tuesday, as investors move towards...

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Outgoing French PM says he will present draft budget next Monday

Outgoing French PM says he will present draft budget next...

Oct 10, 2025

France's caretaker Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says he'll present a draft budget bill...

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China further tightens export rules for rare earth elements crucial to tech sector

China further tightens export rules for rare earth elements...

Oct 10, 2025

China's commerce ministry has announced it is imposing new rules limiting the export...

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Ferrari unveils chassis of its first electric car, but financial outlook disappoints

Ferrari unveils chassis of its first electric car, but...

Oct 10, 2025

Ferrari has unveiled technology – new powertrain and chassis – that will power its...

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Milei's shock therapy for Argentina: Economic miracle or mirage?

Milei's shock therapy for Argentina: Economic miracle or...

Oct 10, 2025

Was the "Argentina miracle" that Javier Milei boasted about really a miracle? As...

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Sources: xAI nears a deal to raise $20B in equity and debt, tied to the Nvidia GPUs that xAI plans to use in Colossus 2; Nvidia is investing as much as $2B (Bloomberg)

Sources: xAI nears a deal to raise $20B in equity and debt,...

Oct 8, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: xAI nears a deal to raise $20B in equity and debt, tied to the...

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A profile of Josh Wallace Kerrigan, also known as Neural Viz, an independent creator using Midjourney, Runway, and other AI tools to create a cinematic universe (Christopher Beam/Wired)

A profile of Josh Wallace Kerrigan, also known as Neural...

Oct 8, 2025

Christopher Beam / Wired: A profile of Josh Wallace Kerrigan, also known as Neural...

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Anthropic plans to open its first Indian office in Bengaluru in early 2026; Dario Amodei is visiting India to meet government officials and potential partners (Anthropic)

Anthropic plans to open its first Indian office in Bengaluru...

Oct 8, 2025

Anthropic: Anthropic plans to open its first Indian office in Bengaluru in early...

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'There's gonna have to be a compromise' on French budget, Prof. Antonio Fatas says

'There's gonna have to be a compromise' on French budget,...

Oct 7, 2025

With markets under pressure amid French political turmoil in the wake of Prime Minister...

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EU proposes halving steel import quota and doubling out-of-quota tariffs to 50%

EU proposes halving steel import quota and doubling out-of-quota...

Oct 7, 2025

The European Commission has moved to cut free-trade quotas by 47% for steel and...

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Dell says it now expects annual revenue to grow between 7% and 9%, up from its prior forecast of 3% to 4%, citing demand for AI infrastructure (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Dell says it now expects annual revenue to grow between...

Oct 7, 2025

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Dell says it now expects annual revenue to grow between 7%...

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JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to...

Oct 7, 2025

Caleb Mutua / Bloomberg: JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to...

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FurtherAI, which uses AI to automate insurance tasks such as claims processing, raised a $25M Series A led by a16z, bringing its total funding to $30M (Chris Metinko/Axios)

FurtherAI, which uses AI to automate insurance tasks such...

Oct 7, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: FurtherAI, which uses AI to automate insurance tasks such...

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Google launches a dedicated AI bug bounty program that offers security researchers up to $30,000 for finding vulnerabilities in its AI products (Elissa Welle/The Verge)

Google launches a dedicated AI bug bounty program that...

Oct 6, 2025

Elissa Welle / The Verge: Google launches a dedicated AI bug bounty program that...

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Qualtrics agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps healthcare companies compile feedback from patients and doctors, for $6.75B including debt (Financial Times)

Qualtrics agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps...

Oct 6, 2025

Financial Times: Qualtrics agrees to acquire Press Ganey Forsta, which helps healthcare...

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Apps in ChatGPT could be OpenAI's most ambitious platform play to date, drawing parallels with Facebook's 2007 efforts to become a platform via social graph (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Apps in ChatGPT could be OpenAI's most ambitious platform...

Oct 6, 2025

Casey Newton / Platformer: Apps in ChatGPT could be OpenAI's most ambitious platform...

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Will TikTok deal affect pro-Palestinian speech on platform?

Will TikTok deal affect pro-Palestinian speech on platform?

Oct 6, 2025

This week on FRANCE 24's media show Scoop we look at the future of TikTok. US President...

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From Bollywood to Hollywood, artists push back against AI

From Bollywood to Hollywood, artists push back against...

Oct 6, 2025

It's artificial intelligence versus the entertainment industry, as Bollywood stars...

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AstraZeneca signs $555mn AI deal to develop gene-editing therapies (Financial Times)

AstraZeneca signs $555mn AI deal to develop gene-editing...

Oct 6, 2025

Financial Times: AstraZeneca signs $555mn AI deal to develop gene-editing therapies ...

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The Paris prosecutor's office refers a probe into Apple's Siri recordings to the Office for Combating Cybercrime, after a human rights organization's complaint (Bloomberg)

The Paris prosecutor's office refers a probe into Apple's...

Oct 6, 2025

Bloomberg: The Paris prosecutor's office refers a probe into Apple's Siri recordings...

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Verizon names Dan Schulman as CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg effective immediately; Schulman was PayPal CEO, and Vestberg will help manage the transition (Molly Schuetz/Bloomberg)

Verizon names Dan Schulman as CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg...

Oct 6, 2025

Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Verizon names Dan Schulman as CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg...

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Polars, the Amsterdam-based startup behind the popular open-source library for data manipulation of the same name, raised a €18M Series A led by Accel (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

Polars, the Amsterdam-based startup behind the popular...

Oct 5, 2025

Anna Heim / TechCrunch: Polars, the Amsterdam-based startup behind the popular open-source...

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Scorability, a college sports recruiting marketplace for athletes and coaches, raised $40M led by Bluestone Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to $51M (Jessica Golden/CNBC)

Scorability, a college sports recruiting marketplace for...

Oct 5, 2025

Jessica Golden / CNBC: Scorability, a college sports recruiting marketplace for...

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PitchBook: US VCs have invested ~$14.2B in European AI startups so far in 2025, with founders saying US investors better fit the sector's high upfront costs (Anvee Bhutani/Wall Street Journal)

PitchBook: US VCs have invested ~$14.2B in European AI...

Oct 5, 2025

Anvee Bhutani / Wall Street Journal: PitchBook: US VCs have invested ~$14.2B in...

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A study found that by late 2024, around 24% of English-language corporate press releases and 14% of UN press releases involved LLM-assisted writing (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)

A study found that by late 2024, around 24% of English-language...

Oct 5, 2025

AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo: A study found that by late 2024, around 24% of English-language...

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How Ordos, a coal-rich northern Chinese city, has become a testing ground for self-driving trucks after turning into a ghost town due to 2012's coal price crash (Kinling Lo/Rest of World)

How Ordos, a coal-rich northern Chinese city, has become...

Oct 5, 2025

Kinling Lo / Rest of World: How Ordos, a coal-rich northern Chinese city, has become...

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PitchBook: VC investment in Asia slowed to $48.9B in the first nine months of 2025, just over half of 2024's total, amid uncertainty due to US tariff policies (Pak Yiu/Nikkei Asia)

PitchBook: VC investment in Asia slowed to $48.9B in the...

Oct 5, 2025

Pak Yiu / Nikkei Asia: PitchBook: VC investment in Asia slowed to $48.9B in the...

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OpenAI updates GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support people in distress; ChatGPT will route such sensitive parts of conversations to the model (@openai)

OpenAI updates GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support...

Oct 4, 2025

@openai: OpenAI updates GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support people in...

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A look at challenges facing Tether and Circle's stablecoin duopoly, such as intermediaries like exchanges and DeFi protocols exploring their own stablecoins (Nic Carter/Murmurations II)

A look at challenges facing Tether and Circle's stablecoin...

Oct 4, 2025

Nic Carter / Murmurations II: A look at challenges facing Tether and Circle's stablecoin...

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Huawei's Zurich Lab unveils SINQ, an open-source quantization method that it claims can reduce LLM memory use by 60-70% without significant quality loss (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Huawei's Zurich Lab unveils SINQ, an open-source quantization...

Oct 4, 2025

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Huawei's Zurich Lab unveils SINQ, an open-source quantization...

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Will TikTok deal affect Pro-Palestinian speech on platform?

Will TikTok deal affect Pro-Palestinian speech on platform?

Oct 4, 2025

This week on FRANCE 24's media show Scoop we look at the future of TikTok. US President...

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Singapore dollar-pegged XSGD stablecoin debuts on Coinbase, giving the city-state a head start over Hong Kong in launching a local currency-linked stablecoin (Dylan Loh/Nikkei Asia)

Singapore dollar-pegged XSGD stablecoin debuts on Coinbase,...

Oct 4, 2025

Dylan Loh / Nikkei Asia: Singapore dollar-pegged XSGD stablecoin debuts on Coinbase,...

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Kioxia, whose stock has more than tripled since its public debut in Tokyo last December, expects NAND storage demand to grow by ~20% annually amid the AI boom (Bloomberg)

Kioxia, whose stock has more than tripled since its public...

Oct 4, 2025

Bloomberg: Kioxia, whose stock has more than tripled since its public debut in Tokyo...

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Inside the aftermath of FTX's collapse, law firm Sullivan & Cromwell's role, and an interview with SBF, who is preparing to appeal his conviction in November (Mother Jones)

Inside the aftermath of FTX's collapse, law firm Sullivan...

Oct 4, 2025

Mother Jones: Inside the aftermath of FTX's collapse, law firm Sullivan & Cromwell's...

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US government shuts down, casting uncertainty over American economy

US government shuts down, casting uncertainty over American...

Oct 4, 2025

The US federal government entered a shutdown at midnight on October 1, leaving as...

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Trump warns of 'irreversible' actions in case of US government shutdown

Trump warns of 'irreversible' actions in case of US government...

Oct 4, 2025

As the US Senate prepared to vote again on a stopgap bill to keep the government...

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US shutdown blame game: Republicans and Democrats trade accusations over funding halt

US shutdown blame game: Republicans and Democrats trade...

Oct 4, 2025

The United States has ambled into another government shutdown as Republicans and...

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'Zucman tax': Calls to tax the ultra-rich grow louder in France

'Zucman tax': Calls to tax the ultra-rich grow louder in...

Oct 4, 2025

This week, we focus on the Zucman tax. Named after French economist Gabriel Zucman,...

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Q&A with Pavel Durov on Telegram, his arrest, censorship, not using a phone, Romanian elections, VK, encryption, Edward Snowden, spring 2018 poisoning, and more (Lex Fridman)

Q&A with Pavel Durov on Telegram, his arrest, censorship,...

Oct 1, 2025

Lex Fridman: Q&A with Pavel Durov on Telegram, his arrest, censorship, not using...

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Russia's Ukraine war spurred a new generation of defense tech investors and startups like Helsing, applying a profit-driven model to Europe's military buildup (Patricia Cohen/New York Times)

Russia's Ukraine war spurred a new generation of defense...

Oct 1, 2025

Patricia Cohen / New York Times: Russia's Ukraine war spurred a new generation of...

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Wikimedia Deutschland launches the Wikidata Embedding Project, a vector-based semantic search database with nearly 120M entries, to make data accessible to AI (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)

Wikimedia Deutschland launches the Wikidata Embedding Project,...

Oct 1, 2025

Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: Wikimedia Deutschland launches the Wikidata Embedding...

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Trump warns of "irreversible" actions in case of government shutdown

Trump warns of "irreversible" actions in case of government...

Oct 1, 2025

As the US Senate prepared to vote again on a stopgap bill to keep the government...

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President Trump signs an executive order directing his administration to invest $50M in AI-driven pediatric cancer research (Tina Reed/Axios)

President Trump signs an executive order directing his...

Sep 30, 2025

Tina Reed / Axios: President Trump signs an executive order directing his administration...

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The FTC sues Zillow and Redfin, alleging they violated antitrust laws when Zillow paid Redfin $100M to stop competing against it in online rental listings (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

The FTC sues Zillow and Redfin, alleging they violated...

Sep 30, 2025

Jody Godoy / Reuters: The FTC sues Zillow and Redfin, alleging they violated antitrust...

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Anthropic's System Card: Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to recognize many alignment evaluation environments as tests and would modify its behavior accordingly (Celia Ford/Transformer)

Anthropic's System Card: Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to...

Sep 30, 2025

Celia Ford / Transformer: Anthropic's System Card: Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to...

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US government shutdown looms, potentially delaying key economic reports

US government shutdown looms, potentially delaying key...

Sep 30, 2025

As an October 1 deadline fast approaches for the US Congress to agree on a spending...

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Gaming giant EA to be taken private in $55 billion deal

Gaming giant EA to be taken private in $55 billion deal

Sep 30, 2025

Electronic Arts, the company behind blockbuster video games such as the Sims and...

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NetBlocks: Afghanistan is experiencing a "total internet blackout" as the Taliban imposes a telecom shutdown; an official says it will last until further notice (Anbarasan Ethirajan/BBC)

NetBlocks: Afghanistan is experiencing a "total internet...

Sep 30, 2025

Anbarasan Ethirajan / BBC: NetBlocks: Afghanistan is experiencing a “total internet...

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OpenAI's financial disclosures to investors suggest it generated ~$4.3B in H1 2025 revenue, 16% more than all of 2024, and burned $2.5B, largely due to R&D (The Information)

OpenAI's financial disclosures to investors suggest it...

Sep 30, 2025

The Information: OpenAI's financial disclosures to investors suggest it generated...

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Analysis: US wholesale electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did in 2020 in areas located near significant data center activity (Bloomberg)

Analysis: US wholesale electricity now costs as much as...

Sep 30, 2025

Bloomberg: Analysis: US wholesale electricity now costs as much as 267% more for...

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Gaming giant EA to be taken private in a $55bn deal

Gaming giant EA to be taken private in a $55bn deal

Sep 30, 2025

Electronic Arts, the company behind blockbuster video games such as the Sims and...

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Sources: OpenAI plans a stand-alone social app powered by Sora 2, featuring a TikTok-like vertical feed with AI-generated videos and a recommendation page (Wired)

Sources: OpenAI plans a stand-alone social app powered...

Sep 29, 2025

Wired: Sources: OpenAI plans a stand-alone social app powered by Sora 2, featuring...

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Sources: Vanguard, the asset manager which has historically been critical of cryptocurrencies, prepares to allow access to crypto ETFs on its brokerage platform (Crypto in America)

Sources: Vanguard, the asset manager which has historically...

Sep 29, 2025

Crypto in America: Sources: Vanguard, the asset manager which has historically been...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 53 into law; the first-in-the-nation AI safety law requires AI companies to disclose their safety testing regimes (Chase DiFeliciantonio/Politico)

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 53 into law;...

Sep 29, 2025

Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico: California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 53 into...

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Lufthansa announces plan to cut 4,000 jobs in bid to boost profitability

Lufthansa announces plan to cut 4,000 jobs in bid to boost...

Sep 29, 2025

German airline giant Lufthansa says it will axe 4,000 positions by 2030, chasing...

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London-based Paid, which helps AI agent providers monetize and track costs, raised a $21.6M seed led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $100M+ valuation (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

London-based Paid, which helps AI agent providers monetize...

Sep 29, 2025

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: London-based Paid, which helps AI agent providers monetize...

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EA's ~$50B buyout talks highlight the slowdown and consolidation trends in the $178B global gaming market after the COVID-19 boom, as gamers stick to old titles (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

EA's ~$50B buyout talks highlight the slowdown and consolidation...

Sep 29, 2025

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: EA's ~$50B buyout talks highlight the slowdown and consolidation...

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Several US states have passed bills to ban or restrict AI mental health treatment, as experts say state laws lag behind the fast-moving AI therapy landscape (Devi Shastri/Associated Press)

Several US states have passed bills to ban or restrict...

Sep 29, 2025

Devi Shastri / Associated Press: Several US states have passed bills to ban or restrict...

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Since 2019, Brazil's courts have developed or implemented over 140 AI projects that have helped make the country's overburdened judicial system more efficient (Pedro Nakamura/Rest of World)

Since 2019, Brazil's courts have developed or implemented...

Sep 28, 2025

Pedro Nakamura / Rest of World: Since 2019, Brazil's courts have developed or implemented...

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How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid concerns about the VP acting as a corporate dealmaker in the forced spin-off of a private company (Washington Post)

How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid...

Sep 28, 2025

Washington Post: How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid concerns...

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A profile of digital microlender Tala, which has an annualized revenue of $340M but remains unprofitable 11 years in, as it plans to double its lending in 2027 (Jeff Kauflin/Forbes)

A profile of digital microlender Tala, which has an annualized...

Sep 28, 2025

Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: A profile of digital microlender Tala, which has an annualized...

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At the UN, the US rejected calls for collaborative efforts around AI governance, even as many leaders endorsed a need for urgent international collaboration (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

At the UN, the US rejected calls for collaborative efforts...

Sep 28, 2025

Jared Perlo / NBC News: At the UN, the US rejected calls for collaborative efforts...

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iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks details why humanoid robots won't learn human-level dexterity from current methods, how to make them safe for humans, and more (Rodney Brooks)

iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks details why humanoid robots...

Sep 28, 2025

Rodney Brooks: iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks details why humanoid robots won't...

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A look at the implosion of CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization startup whose ex-CEO Christine Hunsicker is accused of swindling investors out of $300M (Bloomberg)

A look at the implosion of CaaStle, a clothing inventory...

Sep 28, 2025

Bloomberg: A look at the implosion of CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization...

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Leaked Meta internal document shows updated training protocols for its AI chatbot to refuse any prompts involving sexual roleplay with minors (Jyoti Mann/Business Insider)

Leaked Meta internal document shows updated training protocols...

Sep 27, 2025

Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: Leaked Meta internal document shows updated training...

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A fire at South Korea's National Information Resources Service's data center shut down 647 government IT systems, disrupting services such as postal banking (Lee Jung-joo/The Korea Herald)

A fire at South Korea's National Information Resources...

Sep 27, 2025

Lee Jung-joo / The Korea Herald: A fire at South Korea's National Information Resources...

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A profile of Ant International, Ant Group's cross-border payments unit using AI and blockchain for treasury management, which handled $1.1T in cash flow in 2024 (Lulu Yilun Chen/Bloomberg)

A profile of Ant International, Ant Group's cross-border...

Sep 27, 2025

Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: A profile of Ant International, Ant Group's cross-border...

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At an all-hands, AWS CEO Matt Garman criticized staff for slow product rollouts and demonstrated a new agentic AI product for internal testing called Quick (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

At an all-hands, AWS CEO Matt Garman criticized staff for...

Sep 27, 2025

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: At an all-hands, AWS CEO Matt Garman criticized staff...

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China's central bank opens a digital yuan hub in Shanghai; a Chinese state media report says the hub will oversee cross-border payments and blockchain tech (Foster Wong/Bloomberg)

China's central bank opens a digital yuan hub in Shanghai;...

Sep 27, 2025

Foster Wong / Bloomberg: China's central bank opens a digital yuan hub in Shanghai;...

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A look at some California tech regulation bills, including one banning AI use in firing or disciplining workers, that await Gov. Newsom's signature or his veto (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)

A look at some California tech regulation bills, including...

Sep 27, 2025

Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine: A look at some California tech regulation...

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Andrew Bosworth says humanoid robots, internally called "Metabot", are Meta's next "AR size bet" and envisions licensing software to other robot makers (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Andrew Bosworth says humanoid robots, internally called...

Sep 26, 2025

Alex Heath / The Verge: Andrew Bosworth says humanoid robots, internally called...

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Sources: Kraken is in advanced talks to raise $200M to $300M from a strategic investor at a valuation of ~$20B, after recently raising $500M at a $15B valuation (Bloomberg)

Sources: Kraken is in advanced talks to raise $200M to...

Sep 26, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: Kraken is in advanced talks to raise $200M to $300M from a strategic...

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Leaked letter: NLRB drops claims against Tim Cook, including that he violated workers' rights with a 2021 email threatening staffers who leak confidential info (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

Leaked letter: NLRB drops claims against Tim Cook, including...

Sep 26, 2025

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Leaked letter: NLRB drops claims against Tim Cook, including...

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French national debt rises to €3.4 trillion

French national debt rises to €3.4 trillion

Sep 26, 2025

France's public debt has risen above €3.4 trillion in the second quarter of this...

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Trump's tariffs over treatment of Bolsonaro push Brazil closer to China

Trump's tariffs over treatment of Bolsonaro push Brazil...

Sep 26, 2025

Brazil, under the leadership of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is now the...

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Sources: the Trump admin plans to require chipmakers to match local output with imports and impose tariffs on companies that fail to maintain a 1:1 ratio (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: the Trump admin plans to require chipmakers to...

Sep 26, 2025

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: Sources: the Trump admin plans to require...

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The robo-advisory market, which includes companies that use AI tools to help investors pick stocks, is expected to grow from $61.75B in 2024 to $470.91B by 2029 (Joice Alves/Reuters)

The robo-advisory market, which includes companies that...

Sep 26, 2025

Joice Alves / Reuters: The robo-advisory market, which includes companies that use...

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OLX Group, an online marketplace owned by Prosus, agrees to acquire La Centrale, a French auto classifieds platform, for $1.3B in cash, expected to close in Q4 (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg)

OLX Group, an online marketplace owned by Prosus, agrees...

Sep 26, 2025

Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: OLX Group, an online marketplace owned by Prosus, agrees...

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Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create and share short-form, AI-generated videos, in the Meta AI app and on the meta.ai website (Juby Babu/Reuters)

Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create...

Sep 25, 2025

Juby Babu / Reuters: Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create and...

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Google asks SCOTUS to pause a lower court's order requiring a Play Store overhaul set to take effect on October 22, while the company seeks high court review (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)

Google asks SCOTUS to pause a lower court's order requiring...

Sep 25, 2025

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: Google asks SCOTUS to pause a lower court's order requiring...

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Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns (Associated Press)

Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing...

Sep 25, 2025

Associated Press: Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok...

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US tariffs, Chinese competition & limited fiscal space keep EBRD economies 'under pressure'

US tariffs, Chinese competition & limited fiscal space...

Sep 25, 2025

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) released its latest...

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TotalEnergies wins bid for France's largest offshore wind farm

TotalEnergies wins bid for France's largest offshore wind...

Sep 25, 2025

Oil and gas giant TotalEnergies has won a contract to build "Centre Manche 2", a...

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How a Microsoft-backed $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya faced construction delays due to uncertainty over its value for local businesses (Semafor)

How a Microsoft-backed $1B geothermal-powered data center...

Sep 25, 2025

Semafor: How a Microsoft-backed $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya faced...

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Copenhagen-based Light, which develops AI-powered software to automate financial tasks like accounting and bookkeeping, raised a $30M Series A led by Balderton (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Copenhagen-based Light, which develops AI-powered software...

Sep 25, 2025

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Copenhagen-based Light, which develops AI-powered software to...

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London-based "neocloud" startup Nscale raised a $1.1B Series B led by Aker, with Nvidia participating; Aker says it is investing $285M for a 9.3% stake (Bloomberg)

London-based "neocloud" startup Nscale raised a $1.1B Series...

Sep 25, 2025

Bloomberg: London-based “neocloud” startup Nscale raised a $1.1B Series B led by...

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Canadian PE firm Novacap agrees to acquire Integral Ad Science, which provides digital ad measurement and verification, in a deal valuing IAS at about $1.9B (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)

Canadian PE firm Novacap agrees to acquire Integral Ad...

Sep 24, 2025

Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: Canadian PE firm Novacap agrees to acquire Integral Ad Science,...

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Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together (Bloomberg)

Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment...

Sep 24, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker...

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Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock (NBC News)

Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source:...

Sep 24, 2025

NBC News: Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would...

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Jimmy Kimmel returns to air, but not everywhere as local ABC-affiliates opt out

Jimmy Kimmel returns to air, but not everywhere as local...

Sep 24, 2025

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel returned to US airwaves on Tuesday night following his suspension...

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A look at some uncertainties surrounding Nvidia's proposed $100B investment in OpenAI, including concerns about the agreement's circular structure (Financial Times)

A look at some uncertainties surrounding Nvidia's proposed...

Sep 24, 2025

Financial Times: A look at some uncertainties surrounding Nvidia's proposed $100B...

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Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high after CEO Eddie Wu announces plans to increase AI spending beyond the $53B target over three years (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)

Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year...

Sep 24, 2025

Luz Ding / Bloomberg: Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high...

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Indian digital payments giant PhonePe confidentially files for an IPO in India, seeking to raise $1.5B, sources say at a valuation of $15B (The Economic Times)

Indian digital payments giant PhonePe confidentially files...

Sep 24, 2025

The Economic Times: Indian digital payments giant PhonePe confidentially files for...

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Stellantis to suspend production at two European plants due to weak demand

Stellantis to suspend production at two European plants...

Sep 24, 2025

Stellantis, the owner of Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, Chrysler and other brands, has...

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Sources: Tether is in talks to raise $15B to $20B in exchange for a ~3% stake through a private placement in a deal that could value the company at ~$500B (Bloomberg)

Sources: Tether is in talks to raise $15B to $20B in exchange...

Sep 23, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: Tether is in talks to raise $15B to $20B in exchange for a ~3%...

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The Trump administration proposes an H-1B visa process giving more weight to applications from employers who pay higher wages if visa demand exceeds the 85K cap (Ted Hesson/Reuters)

The Trump administration proposes an H-1B visa process...

Sep 23, 2025

Ted Hesson / Reuters: The Trump administration proposes an H-1B visa process giving...

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Micron reports Q4 revenue up 46% YoY to $11.32B, vs. $11.22B est., net income up 261% to $3.2B, data center revenue down 22%, and Q1 revenue forecast above est. (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Micron reports Q4 revenue up 46% YoY to $11.32B, vs. $11.22B...

Sep 23, 2025

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Micron reports Q4 revenue up 46% YoY to $11.32B, vs. $11.22B...

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The mounting cost of war for both Palestinians and Israel

The mounting cost of war for both Palestinians and Israel

Sep 23, 2025

France has joined several of its European peers in formally recognising a Palestinian...

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Nvidia invests $100 billion in OpenAI in major tech deal

Nvidia invests $100 billion in OpenAI in major tech deal

Sep 23, 2025

Chipmaking giant Nvidia announced on Monday that it would invest up to $100 billion...

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Indian AI app development platform Rocket.new raised a $15M seed led by Salesforce Ventures; it has 400K+ users, including 10K+ paid subscribers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Indian AI app development platform Rocket.new raised a...

Sep 23, 2025

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian AI app development platform Rocket.new raised...

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go in Indonesia for ~$4.50 per month, expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan after debuting it in India in August (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go in Indonesia for ~$4.50 per...

Sep 23, 2025

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go in Indonesia for ~$4.50 per...

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Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce "workslop", or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others (Harvard Business Review)

Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from...

Sep 23, 2025

Harvard Business Review: Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from...

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Mounting cost of war on both Palestinians and Israel

Mounting cost of war on both Palestinians and Israel

Sep 23, 2025

France has joined several of its European peers in formally recognising a Palestinian...

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Bakkt shares jump 40%+ after naming Mike Alfred, the crypto veteran who co-founded Digital Assets Data, to its board (RT Watson/The Block)

Bakkt shares jump 40%+ after naming Mike Alfred, the crypto...

Sep 22, 2025

RT Watson / The Block: Bakkt shares jump 40%+ after naming Mike Alfred, the crypto...

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Meta rolls out an AI assistant for Facebook Dating in the US and Canada, to reduce "swipe fatigue" by letting users find matches via natural language prompts (Sydney Bradley/Business Insider)

Meta rolls out an AI assistant for Facebook Dating in the...

Sep 22, 2025

Sydney Bradley / Business Insider: Meta rolls out an AI assistant for Facebook Dating...

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A look at CoreWeave, whose financing strategy involves using GPUs as collateral for large loans, which enabled rapid expansion but resulted in $11.2B in debt (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

A look at CoreWeave, whose financing strategy involves...

Sep 22, 2025

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: A look at CoreWeave, whose financing strategy involves...

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‘MurdochTok’: Trump taps Fox Corp for role in new US TikTok ownership

‘MurdochTok’: Trump taps Fox Corp for role in new US TikTok...

Sep 22, 2025

President Donald Trump name-dropped media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his heir Lachlan...

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In an interview, Brian Armstrong says Coinbase plans to become a financial super app that integrates its crypto offering with traditional banking services (CoinDesk)

In an interview, Brian Armstrong says Coinbase plans to...

Sep 22, 2025

CoinDesk: In an interview, Brian Armstrong says Coinbase plans to become a financial...

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How Seattle, transformed into a tech hub by Amazon and Microsoft's explosive growth, is grappling with the companies' layoffs affecting local economy (Wall Street Journal)

How Seattle, transformed into a tech hub by Amazon and...

Sep 22, 2025

Wall Street Journal: How Seattle, transformed into a tech hub by Amazon and Microsoft's...

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The European Commission considers tweaking rules to simplify users' cookie preference settings, after its 2009 rule plastered the internet with consent banners (Ellen O'Regan/Politico)

The European Commission considers tweaking rules to simplify...

Sep 22, 2025

Ellen O'Regan / Politico: The European Commission considers tweaking rules to simplify...

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UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting cup that asks entrants to predict 60 geopolitical events, the first time an AI made the top 10 (Nikita Ostrovsky/Time)

UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting...

Sep 21, 2025

Nikita Ostrovsky / Time: UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting...

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Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee threatens India's $280B IT services sector, which heavily relies on H-1B visas to deploy engineers to US client sites (Bloomberg)

Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee threatens India's...

Sep 21, 2025

Bloomberg: Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee threatens India's $280B IT services...

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The UK FCA has improved its crypto registration process, reducing approval times and increasing acceptance rate after criticism it was too slow and restrictive (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)

The UK FCA has improved its crypto registration process,...

Sep 21, 2025

Martin Arnold / Financial Times: The UK FCA has improved its crypto registration...

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Amazon expands Multichannel Fulfillment to let Walmart sellers use Amazon's logistics network to deliver orders and announces support for Shein by year-end (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Amazon expands Multichannel Fulfillment to let Walmart...

Sep 21, 2025

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Amazon expands Multichannel Fulfillment to let Walmart sellers...

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Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the top 30 Hong Kong-listed tech stocks, is up 41% YTD vs. Nasdaq's 17%, driven by China's AI and chip self-sufficiency push (William Sandlund/Financial Times)

Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the top 30 Hong Kong-listed...

Sep 21, 2025

William Sandlund / Financial Times: Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the top 30...

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A profile of Edwin Chen, the CEO of Surge AI, a Scale AI rival that had $1.2B revenue in 2024, is profitable, and is reportedly raising $1B at a $30B valuation (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)

A profile of Edwin Chen, the CEO of Surge AI, a Scale AI...

Sep 21, 2025

Phoebe Liu / Forbes: A profile of Edwin Chen, the CEO of Surge AI, a Scale AI rival...

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White House says the $100K H-1B fee will not apply to renewals or existing H-1B holders re-entering the US, only to future applicants in the February lottery (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)

White House says the $100K H-1B fee will not apply to renewals...

Sep 20, 2025

Ben Berkowitz / Axios: White House says the $100K H-1B fee will not apply to renewals...

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Karoline Leavitt confirms Oracle will handle TikTok's data and security, and says the US is "100% confident" a deal is done and it "just needs to be signed" (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)

Karoline Leavitt confirms Oracle will handle TikTok's data...

Sep 20, 2025

Ben Berkowitz / Axios: Karoline Leavitt confirms Oracle will handle TikTok's data...

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A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a critic of Trump and David Sacks' AI agenda, arguing its hands-off approach could steer AI down a dangerous path (Wall Street Journal)

A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a critic of Trump...

Sep 20, 2025

Wall Street Journal: A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a critic of Trump...

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China's market regulator opens a probe into Chengdu Kuaigou, a Kuaishou unit involved in livestream shopping, for suspected violations of e-commerce rules (Olivia Tam/Bloomberg)

China's market regulator opens a probe into Chengdu Kuaigou,...

Sep 20, 2025

Olivia Tam / Bloomberg: China's market regulator opens a probe into Chengdu Kuaigou,...

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Similarweb: TikTok had 183M US MAUs on iOS and Android in August 2025, up 16% YoY, vs. Instagram's 169M, Facebook's 157M, Pinterest's 100M, and Snapchat's 70M (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)

Similarweb: TikTok had 183M US MAUs on iOS and Android...

Sep 20, 2025

Rani Molla / Sherwood News: Similarweb: TikTok had 183M US MAUs on iOS and Android...

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Nvidia and Intel sidestepping questions about manufacturing in their new deal only reinforces that Intel's best path forward is to spin off its foundry business (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

Nvidia and Intel sidestepping questions about manufacturing...

Sep 20, 2025

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: Nvidia and Intel sidestepping questions about manufacturing...

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Meta CTO says the technical issues during live demos of its new smart glasses were due to a self-inflicted DDoS and a bug that put Zuckerberg's glasses to sleep (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Meta CTO says the technical issues during live demos of...

Sep 19, 2025

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Meta CTO says the technical issues during live demos...

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Sources: xAI has raised $10B at a post-money valuation of $200B, weeks after reportedly raising $10B in debt and equity at a ~$150B valuation (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Sources: xAI has raised $10B at a post-money valuation...

Sep 19, 2025

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Sources: xAI has raised $10B at a post-money valuation of $200B,...

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Sources: Apple told at least two suppliers to boost their daily output of entry-level iPhone 17 by at least 30%, after strong pre-orders last weekend (The Information)

Sources: Apple told at least two suppliers to boost their...

Sep 19, 2025

The Information: Sources: Apple told at least two suppliers to boost their daily...

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Cisco President Jeetu Patel: 'China is a formidable competitor'

Cisco President Jeetu Patel: 'China is a formidable competitor'

Sep 19, 2025

Are Companies Ready for the Next Wave of AI? Cisco President and Chief Product Officer...

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Canadian law enforcement seizes $40.5M in digital assets after shutting down TradeOgre crypto exchange, making it the largest Canadian crypto seizure to date. (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt)

Canadian law enforcement seizes $40.5M in digital assets...

Sep 19, 2025

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: Canadian law enforcement seizes $40.5M in digital assets...

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China says Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K+ SU7 EVs to fix assisted driving safety issues, its second recall-related fix since the 2024 launch (Reuters)

China says Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K+...

Sep 19, 2025

Reuters: China says Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K+ SU7 EVs to fix...

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How Apple tests Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 5G, and satellite connectivity on the Apple Watch, including using a Global Navigation Satellite System simulation room (Vanessa Hand Orellana/CNET)

How Apple tests Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 5G, and satellite connectivity...

Sep 19, 2025

Vanessa Hand Orellana / CNET: How Apple tests Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 5G, and satellite...

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Google is rolling out a Gemini button in Chrome for all desktop users in the US browsing in English, and other AI features, including AI Mode in the address bar (Reece Rogers/Wired)

Google is rolling out a Gemini button in Chrome for all...

Sep 18, 2025

Reece Rogers / Wired: Google is rolling out a Gemini button in Chrome for all desktop...

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Numeral, which provides AI-powered sales tax compliance software, raised a $35M Series B led by Mayfield at a $350M valuation, six months after an $18M Series A (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Numeral, which provides AI-powered sales tax compliance...

Sep 18, 2025

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Numeral, which provides AI-powered sales tax compliance...

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Meta announces a preview of the Wearable Device Access Toolkit, which lets developers build apps that use the vision and audio capabilities of its smart glasses (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Meta announces a preview of the Wearable Device Access...

Sep 18, 2025

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta announces a preview of the Wearable Device Access Toolkit,...

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Fed cuts rate amid job concerns: What it means for the housing market

Fed cuts rate amid job concerns: What it means for the...

Sep 18, 2025

On Wednesday, the US central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percent...

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US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for first time in nine months

US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for first time in...

Sep 18, 2025

The US Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates by a quarter percentage point,...

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Activist investor Elliott announces a $2B stake in Workday and says the company's new multi-year plan will drive "substantial long-term value creation" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Activist investor Elliott announces a $2B stake in Workday...

Sep 18, 2025

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Activist investor Elliott announces a $2B stake in Workday...

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OpenAI and Apollo Research trained o3 and o4-mini versions to not engage in "scheming", or secretly pursuing undesirable goals, reducing "covert actions" ~30X (Radhika Rajkumar/ZDNET)

OpenAI and Apollo Research trained o3 and o4-mini versions...

Sep 18, 2025

Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET: OpenAI and Apollo Research trained o3 and o4-mini versions...

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Anthropic details three infrastructure bugs that intermittently degraded Claude's responses between August and early September, and explains how they were fixed (Anthropic)

Anthropic details three infrastructure bugs that intermittently...

Sep 18, 2025

Anthropic: Anthropic details three infrastructure bugs that intermittently degraded...

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US Fed makes first rate cut of 2025 as concerns mount over jobs

US Fed makes first rate cut of 2025 as concerns mount over...

Sep 17, 2025

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point on Wednesday, to...

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Google updates its Search app's Discover page to let users follow specific publishers and creators; it plans to add YouTube Shorts and X and Instagram posts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Google updates its Search app's Discover page to let users...

Sep 17, 2025

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google updates its Search app's Discover page to let users...

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Gemini 2.5 Deep Think achieves a gold medal performance at the 2025 ICPC World Finals programming competition; only four out of 139 human teams won gold medals (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)

Gemini 2.5 Deep Think achieves a gold medal performance...

Sep 17, 2025

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: Gemini 2.5 Deep Think achieves a gold medal performance...

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Court filings: Tesla has settled two lawsuits over deaths in two separate California crashes in 2019 involving Autopilot; the terms were not disclosed (Reuters)

Court filings: Tesla has settled two lawsuits over deaths...

Sep 17, 2025

Reuters: Court filings: Tesla has settled two lawsuits over deaths in two separate...

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US Fed set for first rate cut of 2025 as concerns mount over jobs

US Fed set for first rate cut of 2025 as concerns mount...

Sep 17, 2025

The US central bank is widely expected to lower its benchmark interest rates Wednesday...

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Draghi warns Europe is falling further behind US, China due to government complacency

Draghi warns Europe is falling further behind US, China...

Sep 17, 2025

One year after releasing a far-reaching report on European competitiveness, former...

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As Trump makes state visit, Starmer bets on US tech to power UK growth

As Trump makes state visit, Starmer bets on US tech to...

Sep 17, 2025

As US President Donald Trump makes his unprecedented second state visit to the United...

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Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu have raised $5B+ via bonds this month for AI and digital infra; with JD.com, their combined 2025 AI capex is projected to top $32B (Bloomberg)

Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu have raised $5B+ via bonds...

Sep 17, 2025

Bloomberg: Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu have raised $5B+ via bonds this month for...

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The UK has ramped up the use of facial recognition, AI, and internet regulation to address crime and other issues, stoking concerns of surveillance overreach (New York Times)

The UK has ramped up the use of facial recognition, AI,...

Sep 17, 2025

New York Times: The UK has ramped up the use of facial recognition, AI, and internet...

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Indian on-demand home services provider Urban Company surged 56%+ in its stock market debut after raising $215M in India's most oversubscribed major IPO of 2025 (Ashutosh Joshi/Bloomberg)

Indian on-demand home services provider Urban Company surged...

Sep 17, 2025

Ashutosh Joshi / Bloomberg: Indian on-demand home services provider Urban Company...

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Mario Draghi warns Europe is falling further behind US, China due to government complacency

Mario Draghi warns Europe is falling further behind US,...

Sep 16, 2025

One year after releasing a far-reaching report on European competitiveness, former...

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Modern Animal, a veterinary clinic network that uses proprietary AI-powered software to enhance veterinary workflows, raised a $46M Series D (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

Modern Animal, a veterinary clinic network that uses proprietary...

Sep 16, 2025

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Modern Animal, a veterinary clinic network that uses...

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Jack Altman's Alt Capital raised $275M for a new fund to lead more Series A rounds at AI startups, a jump from the $150M fund it closed in February 2024 (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Jack Altman's Alt Capital raised $275M for a new fund to...

Sep 16, 2025

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: Jack Altman's Alt Capital raised $275M for...

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Sources: Binance nears a deal with the US DOJ to remove the outside compliance monitor imposed under its $4.3B 2023 settlement over money laundering failures (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg)

Sources: Binance nears a deal with the US DOJ to remove...

Sep 16, 2025

Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: Sources: Binance nears a deal with the US DOJ to remove...

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US, China reach framework deal on TikTok

US, China reach framework deal on TikTok

Sep 16, 2025

The United States and China have reached a framework deal for the ownership of TikTok,...

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Trump's pressure campaign weighs on US Federal Reserve September meeting

Trump's pressure campaign weighs on US Federal Reserve...

Sep 16, 2025

A US court has ruled that Federal Reserve board governor Lisa Cook can stay in her...

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OpenAI hires former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as business finance officer, reporting to CFO Sarah Friar, to oversee infrastructure spend; he left xAI in July (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

OpenAI hires former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as business...

Sep 16, 2025

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: OpenAI hires former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as business...

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Sources: Chinese hardware maker Goertek tightened its grip on Meta's AI glasses supply chain, including making "Hypernova", through a spate of dealmaking (Financial Times)

Sources: Chinese hardware maker Goertek tightened its grip...

Sep 16, 2025

Financial Times: Sources: Chinese hardware maker Goertek tightened its grip on Meta's...

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Amazon plans to hold its 2025 Prime Big Deal Days from October 7 at 12:01am PT through October 8, exclusive to Prime subscribers (Brandon Russell/The Verge)

Amazon plans to hold its 2025 Prime Big Deal Days from...

Sep 16, 2025

Brandon Russell / The Verge: Amazon plans to hold its 2025 Prime Big Deal Days from...

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Apple launches iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, and tvOS 26, featuring Liquid Glass design, new Apple Intelligence features, and more (José Adorno/BGR)

Apple launches iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS...

Sep 15, 2025

José Adorno / BGR: Apple launches iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26,...

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iOS 26 review: Liquid Glass is aesthetically pleasing, many quality-of-life upgrades, call screening is a true game changer, but the Games app feels unfinished (Zachary McAuliffe/CNET)

iOS 26 review: Liquid Glass is aesthetically pleasing,...

Sep 15, 2025

Zachary McAuliffe / CNET: iOS 26 review: Liquid Glass is aesthetically pleasing,...

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macOS 26 Tahoe review: Liquid Glass has small regressions in usability and accessibility but the upgrade has enough iterative changes like automated Shortcuts (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

macOS 26 Tahoe review: Liquid Glass has small regressions...

Sep 15, 2025

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: macOS 26 Tahoe review: Liquid Glass has small...

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The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization than the boom unleashed by the microprocessor: diffuse global benefits but few new fortunes (Jerry Neumann/Colossus)

The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization...

Sep 15, 2025

Jerry Neumann / Colossus: The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization...

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A deep dive into the architecture of Nvidia's Rubin CPX chip, which is optimized for long-context AI tasks and the prefill phase of inference (SemiAnalysis)

A deep dive into the architecture of Nvidia's Rubin CPX...

Sep 15, 2025

SemiAnalysis: A deep dive into the architecture of Nvidia's Rubin CPX chip, which...

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A look at training sessions hosted by robotaxi companies, like Zoox, to teach first responders how to handle emergencies involving self-driving cars (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)

A look at training sessions hosted by robotaxi companies,...

Sep 15, 2025

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: A look at training sessions hosted by robotaxi companies,...

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Concerns mount over EU plans to scan private pics for child sexual abuse content

Concerns mount over EU plans to scan private pics for child...

Sep 14, 2025

It’s crunch time for “chat control”, the European Commission's plan to scan private...

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A look at Starlink's plans to launch a cellphone service that some experts say will likely remain complementary to existing networks, focusing on rural coverage (Washington Post)

A look at Starlink's plans to launch a cellphone service...

Sep 14, 2025

Washington Post: A look at Starlink's plans to launch a cellphone service that some...

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World Liberty Financial blocking Justin Sun's wallet contrasts with the Trump sons' complaints about being "debanked", the issue they said inspired the project (Molly White/Citation Needed)

World Liberty Financial blocking Justin Sun's wallet contrasts...

Sep 14, 2025

Molly White / Citation Needed: World Liberty Financial blocking Justin Sun's wallet...

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Google's Gemini app is the #1 app in the US App Store, driven by its Nano Banana model, which has been used to edit 500M+ images since its August 26 launch (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google's Gemini app is the #1 app in the US App Store,...

Sep 14, 2025

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google's Gemini app is the #1 app in the US App Store, driven...

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Japan says it will provide $3.63B to Micron for R&D and capital spending at its Hiroshima fab to mass produce advanced DRAM, aiming for shipments by August 2028 (Hajime Tsukada/Nikkei Asia)

Japan says it will provide $3.63B to Micron for R&D and...

Sep 14, 2025

Hajime Tsukada / Nikkei Asia: Japan says it will provide $3.63B to Micron for R&D...

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Google releases VaultGemma, a 1B-parameter model it says is the largest open LLM trained from scratch with differential privacy, on Hugging Face and Kaggle (Google Research)

Google releases VaultGemma, a 1B-parameter model it says...

Sep 14, 2025

Google Research: Google releases VaultGemma, a 1B-parameter model it says is the...

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Nearly all funding for AI safety research comes from Silicon Valley companies racing to develop AI, as the voices of AI "doomers" fade in prominence (Peter Guest/Bloomberg)

Nearly all funding for AI safety research comes from Silicon...

Sep 14, 2025

Peter Guest / Bloomberg: Nearly all funding for AI safety research comes from Silicon...

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China launches probes into alleged US discrimination against Chinese chip companies and suspected dumping of US analog chips used in devices like Wi-Fi routers (Ryan Woo/Reuters)

China launches probes into alleged US discrimination against...

Sep 13, 2025

Ryan Woo / Reuters: China launches probes into alleged US discrimination against...

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Sources: Anthropic scrapped plans to hire a Republican for its top policy role, instead choosing an Obama alumn as it adopts a cooler stance towards Trump (Sylvia Varnham O'Regan/The Information)

Sources: Anthropic scrapped plans to hire a Republican...

Sep 13, 2025

Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: Sources: Anthropic scrapped plans to hire...

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What to expect from the Meta Connect 2025 keynote on September 17 at 5pm PT: "Hypernova" smart glasses with a display, Meta AI and Llama updates, and more (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

What to expect from the Meta Connect 2025 keynote on September...

Sep 13, 2025

Karissa Bell / Engadget: What to expect from the Meta Connect 2025 keynote on September...

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Another prime minister gone in France: How a budget deficit became a political crisis

Another prime minister gone in France: How a budget deficit...

Sep 13, 2025

French PM François Bayrou submitted his resignation on Tuesday after losing a confidence...

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Lendbuzz, which uses AI to underwrite auto loans, files for a US IPO and reports H1 2025 revenue up 38% YoY to $172.9M and net income up 98.2% YoY to $11.1M (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)

Lendbuzz, which uses AI to underwrite auto loans, files...

Sep 13, 2025

Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: Lendbuzz, which uses AI to underwrite auto loans,...

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Internal email: xAI lays off hundreds of data annotation team staffers, following a strategic shift to prioritize specialist AI tutors over generalist roles (Grace Kay/Business Insider)

Internal email: xAI lays off hundreds of data annotation...

Sep 13, 2025

Grace Kay / Business Insider: Internal email: xAI lays off hundreds of data annotation...

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Downloads of Jack Dorsey-backed Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat spiked to 48K+ in Nepal during recent protests, according to Bitchat developer "callebtc" (Javier Bastardo/Forbes)

Downloads of Jack Dorsey-backed Bluetooth P2P messaging...

Sep 13, 2025

Javier Bastardo / Forbes: Downloads of Jack Dorsey-backed Bluetooth P2P messaging...

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The unlikely success story of tech-giant ASML, the biggest backer of France's Mistral AI

The unlikely success story of tech-giant ASML, the biggest...

Sep 12, 2025

France's Mistral AI has become Europe's most valuable artificial intelligence start-up,...

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Sources: Alibaba and Baidu have begun using their own internally designed chips to train their AI models, partly replacing AI chips made by Nvidia (Qianer Liu/The Information)

Sources: Alibaba and Baidu have begun using their own internally...

Sep 12, 2025

Qianer Liu / The Information: Sources: Alibaba and Baidu have begun using their...

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Sources: Tencent recruited prominent AI researcher Yao Shunyu from OpenAI; a source and Chinese media say Tencent offered him a CN¥100M+, or ~$66M, pay package (Pei Li/Bloomberg)

Sources: Tencent recruited prominent AI researcher Yao...

Sep 12, 2025

Pei Li / Bloomberg: Sources: Tencent recruited prominent AI researcher Yao Shunyu...

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Micro1, a Scale AI competitor that lets AI companies find contractors for data labeling and training, raised a $35M Series A led by O1A at a $500M valuation (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Micro1, a Scale AI competitor that lets AI companies find...

Sep 12, 2025

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Micro1, a Scale AI competitor that lets AI companies...

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Sources: OpenAI and Nvidia will pledge billions in UK data center investments during their next week's trip, which coincides with President Trump's UK visit (Bloomberg)

Sources: OpenAI and Nvidia will pledge billions in UK data...

Sep 12, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI and Nvidia will pledge billions in UK data center investments...

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Apple gets FDA clearance for hypertension alerts on Apple Watch, and plans to roll out the feature to Series 11, 10, and 9, and Watch Ultra 3, and 2 next week (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Apple gets FDA clearance for hypertension alerts on Apple...

Sep 12, 2025

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple gets FDA clearance for hypertension alerts on Apple...

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Despite hype and optimistic projections, the humanoid robot industry faces hurdles, from battery life and design to limited demand for large-scale deployments (Evan Ackerman/IEEE Spectrum)

Despite hype and optimistic projections, the humanoid robot...

Sep 12, 2025

Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum: Despite hype and optimistic projections, the humanoid...

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France faces series of credit rating tests amid political chaos

France faces series of credit rating tests amid political...

Sep 11, 2025

France faces a series of credit rating tests, with political chaos raising the risk...

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GE Vernova plans to sell its Proficy industrial software unit to PE firm TPG for $600M and reinvest the proceeds in grid software (Reuters)

GE Vernova plans to sell its Proficy industrial software...

Sep 11, 2025

Reuters: GE Vernova plans to sell its Proficy industrial software unit to PE firm...

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Figure's shares opened up 44% at $44 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a $7.62B+ market cap, after the company and some of its backers raised $787.5M in its IPO (Reuters)

Figure's shares opened up 44% at $44 in its Nasdaq debut,...

Sep 11, 2025

Reuters: Figure's shares opened up 44% at $44 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a $7.62B+...

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The US DOJ sues Uber, with its civil rights division alleging that Uber discriminates against people with physical disabilities in violation of federal law (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

The US DOJ sues Uber, with its civil rights division alleging...

Sep 11, 2025

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: The US DOJ sues Uber, with its civil rights division alleging...

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French budget crisis: What are the counter-proposals?

French budget crisis: What are the counter-proposals?

Sep 11, 2025

Protests gripped France nationwide on Wednesday as the newly appointed prime minister,...

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Oracle co-founder Ellison briefly overtakes Musk as world's richest man

Oracle co-founder Ellison briefly overtakes Musk as world's...

Sep 11, 2025

Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old co-founder of US business software company Oracle,...

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Ant Group unit Robbyant showcases its first LLM-powered humanoid robot, the R1, at a conference in Shanghai, joining an intensifying effort by Chinese companies (Lulu Yilun Chen/Bloomberg)

Ant Group unit Robbyant showcases its first LLM-powered...

Sep 11, 2025

Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: Ant Group unit Robbyant showcases its first LLM-powered...

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Sensor Tower: as of July 2025, Rapido had 50M MAUs on Android in India vs. Uber's 30M; in the four-wheeler cab segment, Rapido holds ~30% share vs. Uber's ~50% (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)

Sensor Tower: as of July 2025, Rapido had 50M MAUs on Android...

Sep 11, 2025

Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times: Sensor Tower: as of July 2025, Rapido had 50M...

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Blockchain-based lender Figure and some of its backers raised $787.5M in an IPO, selling 31.5M shares at $25 each, valuing the company at about $5.3B (Bloomberg)

Blockchain-based lender Figure and some of its backers...

Sep 11, 2025

Bloomberg: Blockchain-based lender Figure and some of its backers raised $787.5M...

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French budget crisis: what are the counter-proposals?

French budget crisis: what are the counter-proposals?

Sep 10, 2025

Protests gripped France nationwide as the newly-appointed prime minister, Sébastien...

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ByteDance launches Seedream 4.0, an AI image model it claims can beat Google's viral "nano banana" model in prompt adherence, alignment, and aesthetics (Vincent Chow/South China Morning Post)

ByteDance launches Seedream 4.0, an AI image model it claims...

Sep 10, 2025

Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post: ByteDance launches Seedream 4.0, an AI...

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Bluesky says it will comply with age-verification laws in South Dakota and Wyoming because they strike the "right balance", after exiting Mississippi (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Bluesky says it will comply with age-verification laws...

Sep 10, 2025

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Bluesky says it will comply with age-verification laws...

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Klarna shares jump 30% in their NYSE debut, opening at $52, above the IPO price of $40, after the company and some of its backers raised $1.37B in the offering (Bloomberg)

Klarna shares jump 30% in their NYSE debut, opening at...

Sep 10, 2025

Bloomberg: Klarna shares jump 30% in their NYSE debut, opening at $52, above the...

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France's new PM tasked with forging consensus on 2026 budget

France's new PM tasked with forging consensus on 2026 budget

Sep 10, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron has picked defence chief Sébastien Lecornu as his...

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The economic context of France's 'Block Everything' protests

The economic context of France's 'Block Everything' protests

Sep 10, 2025

As grassroots "Block Everything" protests take place all across France, we examine...

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The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media acquires VideoVerse, whose AI tools let broadcasters extract highlights from sports footage, sources say for $200M-$250M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media acquires VideoVerse,...

Sep 10, 2025

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media acquires VideoVerse,...

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The Trump administration's Big Tech courtship and its efforts to accelerate AI adoption across the US are alarming populists in the president's base (Joe Miller/Financial Times)

The Trump administration's Big Tech courtship and its efforts...

Sep 10, 2025

Joe Miller / Financial Times: The Trump administration's Big Tech courtship and...

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Leaked docs: Chinese network-monitoring provider Geedge Networks has sold Great Firewall-style censorship systems to at least four countries, including Pakistan (Zeyi Yang/Wired)

Leaked docs: Chinese network-monitoring provider Geedge...

Sep 10, 2025

Zeyi Yang / Wired: Leaked docs: Chinese network-monitoring provider Geedge Networks...

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France's new PM tasked with forging consensus on a 2026 budget

France's new PM tasked with forging consensus on a 2026...

Sep 9, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron has picked defence chief Sébastien Lecornu as his...

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Apple says iOS 26 will officially release on September 15 with a Liquid Glass redesign, major updates to Apple Wallet, CarPlay, Messages, and more (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)

Apple says iOS 26 will officially release on September...

Sep 9, 2025

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: Apple says iOS 26 will officially release on September...

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Apple announces the iPhone 17, featuring the A19 chip, larger 6.3" display and 120Hz ProMotion support, improved brightness of up to 3,000 nits, and more (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Apple announces the iPhone 17, featuring the A19 chip,...

Sep 9, 2025

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple announces the iPhone 17, featuring the A19 chip,...

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Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air with a 5.6mm design, an A19 Pro chip, a 6.5" display with ProMotion, N1 wireless chip for WiFi and Bluetooth, and more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air with a 5.6mm...

Sep 9, 2025

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air with a 5.6mm...

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What's next for France's budget after Bayrou government collapses?

What's next for France's budget after Bayrou government...

Sep 9, 2025

The collapse of PM François Bayrou's government after losing a confidence vote in...

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Murdoch heirs settle dispute over control of the right-wing mogul's media empire

Murdoch heirs settle dispute over control of the right-wing...

Sep 9, 2025

Rupert Murdoch’s children reached a settlement in their legal battle over control...

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The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and over £250K to recover from an August 2021 hack that exposed private data of 40M voters to Chinese spies (Joe Tidy/BBC)

The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and...

Sep 9, 2025

Joe Tidy / BBC: The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and over £250K...

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Helsinki-based ReOrbit, which builds satellites and a software platform to help countries fully control their satellite systems, raised a €45M Series A (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

Helsinki-based ReOrbit, which builds satellites and a software...

Sep 9, 2025

Anna Heim / TechCrunch: Helsinki-based ReOrbit, which builds satellites and a software...

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Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation; ASML led the round with €1.3B to become its largest shareholder, joined by a16z, DST, and others (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation;...

Sep 9, 2025

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation;...

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The US Army awards a $159M contract to a partnership of Anduril and Meta and a $195M contract to Rivet, to produce competing prototypes of a new combat goggle (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)

The US Army awards a $159M contract to a partnership of...

Sep 8, 2025

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: The US Army awards a $159M contract to a partnership...

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In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said "the open web is already in rapid decline", contradicting Google's recent statements (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)

In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial,...

Sep 8, 2025

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable: In a September 5 filing in the US v....

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Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed after police opened fire on "Gen Z protests" against a government ban on major social media platforms (Andres Schipani/Financial Times)

Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed...

Sep 8, 2025

Andres Schipani / Financial Times: Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people...

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Munich Auto Show goes big on EVs as Europe's car industry struggles

Munich Auto Show goes big on EVs as Europe's car industry...

Sep 8, 2025

Europe's largest car show kicks off in Munich, as industry leaders warn the continent's...

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Shenzhen-based humanoid startup X Square Robot raised ~$100M led by Alibaba, bringing total funding to ~$280M, and released a foundation model for embodied AI (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)

Shenzhen-based humanoid startup X Square Robot raised ~$100M...

Sep 8, 2025

Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: Shenzhen-based humanoid startup X Square Robot raised ~$100M...

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PitchBook: European defense tech startups have raised €2.4B since 2022, including €1.4B in the first 7 months of 2025, up from €30M in 2020 and €150M in 2021 (Financial Times)

PitchBook: European defense tech startups have raised €2.4B...

Sep 8, 2025

Financial Times: PitchBook: European defense tech startups have raised €2.4B since...

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Filing: Shanghai-based, US-listed lidar maker Hesai aims to raise ~$497M in its Hong Kong IPO, offering 17M shares at up to $29.25 each, amid US delisting risks (Dave Sebastian/Bloomberg)

Filing: Shanghai-based, US-listed lidar maker Hesai aims...

Sep 8, 2025

Dave Sebastian / Bloomberg: Filing: Shanghai-based, US-listed lidar maker Hesai...

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Artificial intelligence saves tech giant Google from divest order... for now

Artificial intelligence saves tech giant Google from divest...

Sep 7, 2025

It’s been a week for the history books for Google. The tech giant dodged an order...

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A profile of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, as the gaming hardware giant readies AI tools for game development and to help players sharpen their skills (John Kang/Forbes)

A profile of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, as the gaming hardware...

Sep 7, 2025

John Kang / Forbes: A profile of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, as the gaming hardware...

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Shift5, which develops cybersecurity tools for the military and critical infrastructure, raised a $75M Series C led by Hedosophia (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Shift5, which develops cybersecurity tools for the military...

Sep 7, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: Shift5, which develops cybersecurity tools for the military...

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Sources: ASML is committing €1.3B for Mistral's €1.7B Series C funding round, becoming the top shareholder, and is expected to get a board seat (Reuters)

Sources: ASML is committing €1.3B for Mistral's €1.7B Series...

Sep 7, 2025

Reuters: Sources: ASML is committing €1.3B for Mistral's €1.7B Series C funding...

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Predoc, which uses AI to automate medical records management, raised $30M seed and Series A led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Northzone and others (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

Predoc, which uses AI to automate medical records management,...

Sep 7, 2025

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Predoc, which uses AI to automate medical records management,...

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Recall.ai, which offers an API and a desktop SDK for managing meeting recordings and transcripts, raised $38M in a Series B led by Bessemer at a $250M valuation (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)

Recall.ai, which offers an API and a desktop SDK for managing...

Sep 7, 2025

Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: Recall.ai, which offers an API and a desktop SDK for...

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Mojo Vision raised a $75M Series B led by Vanedge Capital to commercialize its microLED tech for products such as AI glasses and optical interconnects (David Harold/Jon Peddie Research)

Mojo Vision raised a $75M Series B led by Vanedge Capital...

Sep 7, 2025

David Harold / Jon Peddie Research: Mojo Vision raised a $75M Series B led by Vanedge...

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OnePlus ends its five-year partnership with camera company Hasselblad and plans to develop its own imaging engine called DetailMax Engine for upcoming phones (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

OnePlus ends its five-year partnership with camera company...

Sep 6, 2025

Dominic Preston / The Verge: OnePlus ends its five-year partnership with camera...

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Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges, not Justin Sun's token movements; WLFI blames phishing-related compromises (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and...

Sep 6, 2025

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and...

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An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector's unemployment rate fell from 5.5% in July to 4.5% in August, while active tech job postings declined 2.6% from July (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector's unemployment...

Sep 6, 2025

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector's unemployment...

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurates the Jupiter supercomputer, powered by Nvidia chips, the world's fourth-fastest and Europe's first Exascale system (Reuters)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurates the Jupiter...

Sep 6, 2025

Reuters: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurates the Jupiter supercomputer,...

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C3 AI, whose NYSE ticker symbol is AI, has fallen 32%+ in the past month on growth concerns, after its Q1 revenue fell 19% YoY to $70.3M, below $100M+ est. (Hyunsoo Rim/Sherwood News)

C3 AI, whose NYSE ticker symbol is AI, has fallen 32%+...

Sep 6, 2025

Hyunsoo Rim / Sherwood News: C3 AI, whose NYSE ticker symbol is AI, has fallen 32%+...

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TikTok says it now has more than 200M MAUs in Europe, up from 175M in 2024, the latest sign of its rapid growth among teenagers (Supantha Mukherjee/Reuters)

TikTok says it now has more than 200M MAUs in Europe, up...

Sep 6, 2025

Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: TikTok says it now has more than 200M MAUs in Europe,...

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At the White House dinner on Thursday night, Big Tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump by taking turns praising his leadership (Brian Barrett/Wired)

At the White House dinner on Thursday night, Big Tech executives...

Sep 5, 2025

Brian Barrett / Wired: At the White House dinner on Thursday night, Big Tech executives...

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Isotopes, co-founded by Scale AI's former CTO Arun Murthy to build an AI agent for enterprise business analytics, raised a $20M seed (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Isotopes, co-founded by Scale AI's former CTO Arun Murthy...

Sep 5, 2025

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Isotopes, co-founded by Scale AI's former CTO Arun Murthy...

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Roblox is testing Roblox Moments, a TikTok-like video app allowing users to share 30-second clips of gameplay, and makes the source code available to developers (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Roblox is testing Roblox Moments, a TikTok-like video app...

Sep 5, 2025

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: Roblox is testing Roblox Moments, a TikTok-like...

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Giorgio Armani leaves behind multi-billion-dollar fashion empire

Giorgio Armani leaves behind multi-billion-dollar fashion...

Sep 5, 2025

Giorgio Armani, who has passed away aged 91, directed an empire that generated €2.3...

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Source: AI contractor marketplace Mercor has received investment offers valuing it as high as $10B, just six months after raising $100M at a $2B valuation (Katie Roof/The Information)

Source: AI contractor marketplace Mercor has received investment...

Sep 5, 2025

Katie Roof / The Information: Source: AI contractor marketplace Mercor has received...

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Conversational AI firm Cerence sues Apple in Texas for infringing patents tied to virtual keyboards and "Hey Siri", says it raised the issues with Apple in 2021 (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)

Conversational AI firm Cerence sues Apple in Texas for...

Sep 5, 2025

Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: Conversational AI firm Cerence sues Apple in Texas for...

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Nepal says it is blocking most major social media platforms, including Facebook, X, and YouTube, after they failed to register with the government (Binaj Gurubacharya/Associated Press)

Nepal says it is blocking most major social media platforms,...

Sep 5, 2025

Binaj Gurubacharya / Associated Press: Nepal says it is blocking most major social...

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Ukraine's digital front lines: Startups on bleeding edge of military tech

Ukraine's digital front lines: Startups on bleeding edge...

Sep 4, 2025

This week we zero in on the military tech sector in Ukraine with our correspondent...

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Giorgio Armani leaves behind multibillion dollar fashion empire

Giorgio Armani leaves behind multibillion dollar fashion...

Sep 4, 2025

Giorgio Armani directed an empire that generated 2.3 billion euros in 2024... and...

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Adobe plans to launch a free version of its Premiere video editor for iPhone later this month, with one-tap exporting to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Adobe plans to launch a free version of its Premiere video...

Sep 4, 2025

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Adobe plans to launch a free version of its Premiere...

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DOJ charges ex-IRL CEO Abraham Shafi with securities and wire fraud for allegedly misleading investors about user growth, concealing personal expenses, and more (Fortune)

DOJ charges ex-IRL CEO Abraham Shafi with securities and...

Sep 4, 2025

Fortune: DOJ charges ex-IRL CEO Abraham Shafi with securities and wire fraud for...

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Meta rolls out a tool that lets users attach up to 10,000 characters of text to Threads posts, building upon the 500-character text limit for posts (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Meta rolls out a tool that lets users attach up to 10,000...

Sep 4, 2025

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta rolls out a tool that lets users attach up to 10,000...

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EU moves ahead with massive Mercosur trade deal, with safeguards in place

EU moves ahead with massive Mercosur trade deal, with safeguards...

Sep 4, 2025

The European Commission has given final approval to a massive trade deal with South...

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Google faces fresh fines over privacy issues in US and France

Google faces fresh fines over privacy issues in US and...

Sep 4, 2025

US internet search giant Google was ordered by a US federal jury on Wednesday to...

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Despite setback in the DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration continues to pursue antitrust cases against Big Tech while defending US tech companies abroad (Financial Times)

Despite setback in the DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration...

Sep 4, 2025

Financial Times: Despite setback in the DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration...

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Uber is tapping Indian drivers for its data-labeling arm, Uber AI Solutions, offering extra income for completing micro tasks like tagging objects in photos (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)

Uber is tapping Indian drivers for its data-labeling arm,...

Sep 4, 2025

Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times: Uber is tapping Indian drivers for its data-labeling...

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At IFA 2025, tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Samsung and startups like Doma are expected to showcase how AI could make smart homes more intuitive (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

At IFA 2025, tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Samsung...

Sep 4, 2025

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: At IFA 2025, tech giants like Amazon, Google,...

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EU moves ahead with massive trade deal with Mercosur, with safeguards in place

EU moves ahead with massive trade deal with Mercosur, with...

Sep 3, 2025

The European Commission has given final approval to a massive trade deal with South...

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Meta launches an Instagram app for the iPad, 15 years after its mobile app; it is slightly different than the mobile app, opening directly to a feed of Reels (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Meta launches an Instagram app for the iPad, 15 years after...

Sep 3, 2025

Mia Sato / The Verge: Meta launches an Instagram app for the iPad, 15 years after...

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Etherealize, which develops products and infrastructure for financial institutions on Ethereum, raised $40M in a round co‑led by Electric Capital and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Etherealize, which develops products and infrastructure...

Sep 3, 2025

Ben Weiss / Fortune: Etherealize, which develops products and infrastructure for...

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Mistral updates Le Chat with a memory feature for chats and an MCP connector directory supporting over 20 enterprise platforms, both available on its free plan (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Mistral updates Le Chat with a memory feature for chats...

Sep 3, 2025

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Mistral updates Le Chat with a memory feature for chats...

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China, Russia sign gas pipeline deal as Beijing seeks to present new world order

China, Russia sign gas pipeline deal as Beijing seeks to...

Sep 3, 2025

China has wrapped up a high-profile summit of the Shanghai Coorperation Organization,...

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US judge rules against Google selling off Chrome browser, Android operating system

US judge rules against Google selling off Chrome browser,...

Sep 3, 2025

US Federal Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday that Google did not have to sell off...

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Source: Sierra, which builds AI customer service agents, nears a $350M raise at a $10B valuation, up from $4.5B in October 2024, and is set to top $100M in ARR (Ina Fried/Axios)

Source: Sierra, which builds AI customer service agents,...

Sep 3, 2025

Ina Fried / Axios: Source: Sierra, which builds AI customer service agents, nears...

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A US district judge rules that Amazon must face a class action lawsuit involving 288M customers over claims it overcharged for products sold by third parties (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

A US district judge rules that Amazon must face a class...

Sep 3, 2025

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: A US district judge rules that Amazon must face a class...

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The ruling that allows Google to continue paying for traffic acquisition is a huge win for Apple and for Mozilla, which relies heavily on payments from Google (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

The ruling that allows Google to continue paying for traffic...

Sep 3, 2025

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: The ruling that allows Google to continue paying for traffic...

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China, Russia sign new gas pipe deal as Beijing seeks to present new world order

China, Russia sign new gas pipe deal as Beijing seeks to...

Sep 2, 2025

China has wrapped up a high-profile summit of the Shanghai Coorperation Organisation,...

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OpenAI subpoenaed AI governance nonprofits Encode and CANI, alleging they are part of a conspiracy involving billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)

OpenAI subpoenaed AI governance nonprofits Encode and CANI,...

Sep 2, 2025

Emily Shugerman / The San Francisco Standard: OpenAI subpoenaed AI governance nonprofits...

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WordPress showed off Telex, its experimental AI development tool, at WordCamp US; CEO Matt Mullenweg called it "V0 or Lovable, but specifically for WordPress" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

WordPress showed off Telex, its experimental AI development...

Sep 2, 2025

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: WordPress showed off Telex, its experimental AI development...

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Disney agrees to pay $10M to settle an FTC complaint that alleges Disney failed to designate certain YouTube videos as being made for children (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Disney agrees to pay $10M to settle an FTC complaint that...

Sep 2, 2025

Sara Fischer / Axios: Disney agrees to pay $10M to settle an FTC complaint that...

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Italy hits back at French PM's 'fiscal dumping' claim

Italy hits back at French PM's 'fiscal dumping' claim

Sep 2, 2025

Italy has rejected claims by French Prime Minister François Bayrou that Rome is...

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Nestle fires CEO for romantic relationship with colleague

Nestle fires CEO for romantic relationship with colleague

Sep 2, 2025

Swiss food giant Nestle removes its CEO Laurent Freixe after just a year on the...

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TrendForce: global chip foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ to $41.7B in Q2, with TSMC securing a 70% market share, followed by Samsung with 7% and SMIC with 5% (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)

TrendForce: global chip foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ...

Sep 2, 2025

Luke James / Tom's Hardware: TrendForce: global chip foundry revenue surged 14.6%...

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Interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition, staying in Europe, and more; the company now has 2.3M+ active users, including 180K paying subscribers (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition,...

Sep 2, 2025

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Interview with Lovable CEO Anton Osika on competition,...

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UK-based Phasecraft, which develops algorithms for quantum computers, raised a $34M Series B co-led by Plural, Playground Global, and Novo Holdings (Daphné Leprince-Ringuet/Sifted)

UK-based Phasecraft, which develops algorithms for quantum...

Sep 2, 2025

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet / Sifted: UK-based Phasecraft, which develops algorithms...