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| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive's LoveFrom are in advanced talks with Masayoshi Son to raise $1B+ from SoftBank to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence” — ChatGPT creator in early discussions to create the ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’
More: Gizmodo, Forbes, Business Today, The Verge, Reuters, Notebookcheck, TechSpot, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, BGR, Tech in Asia, MacRumors, and Channel NewsAsia
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Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google patches a zero-day in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor, just two days after it was reported by Google's Threat Analysis Group — Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor.
More: BleepingComputer, PCMag, Tech Monitor, Tom's Guide, Ghacks, SecurityWeek, Hackread, Infosecurity, Security Affairs, and The Hacker News
X: @maddiestone, @maddiestone, and @hosselot
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Raspberry Pi 5 launches with 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor, up to 8GB of RAM, two 4K HDMI ports with HDR, available in October for $60 for 4GB model — Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a $60 starting price.
More: Raspberry Pi, Ars Technica, XDA Developers, Thurrott, The Register, PCMag, Phoronix, Dexerto, TechSpot, Liliputing, TechRadar, Cybernews.com, Neowin, ZDNet, Analytics India Magazine, TechPowerUp, ITPro, TechCrunch, CNX Software, MakeUseOf, Engadget, BetaNews, Ghacks, and Tom's Hardware
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Forums: r/linux, r/selfhosted, r/technology, r/SBCGaming, r/homelab, r/LinusTechTips, r/homeassistant, r/RetroPie, and Ars OpenForum
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Meta announces AI-generated chat stickers for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and unveils new AI-powered image editing tools for Instagram — New generative AI tools announced Wednesday at Meta's Connect event will allow users to edit images and create stickers using text prompts.
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Threads: @carnage4life, @noise.in.vacuum, and @ambich0o
Bluesky: @crystalpepsiis.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Meta's celebrity AIs are generated AI animations built from filming the 28 people they represent; Meta would not comment on how the celebrities were compensated — Actors are in the middle of a major, protracted battle with Hollywood over what role AI will be playing in the future of entertainment … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Reddit removes the ability to opt out of ad personalization based on Reddit activity but says users will still have opt-out controls in “select countries” — Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent.| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Source: Epic Games announced in a staff memo that it is laying off about 900 employees or 16% of its workforce — The job cuts were announced in a memo to staff, said the person, who asked not to be named disclosing information that's not yet public. — Based in Cary, North Carolina …
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Game Developer, Reuters, TheGamer, Dot Esports, Eurogamer.net, WRAL TechWire, and Video Games Chronicle
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Games, and r/pcgaming
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The US and Japan warn that the China-backed BlackTech hacking group is breaching network devices, including Cisco's, to install backdoors on corporate networks — US and Japanese law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of the Chinese ‘BlackTech’ hackers breaching network devices …
More: Cisco, Cybersecurity …, SecurityWeek, Ars Technica, The Register, Cybersecurity …, Security Boulevard, The Hacker News, Dark Reading, The Record, Infosecurity, TechRadar, SiliconANGLE, and iTnews. Forums: r/technology
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a Wallet feature in the UK using the country's Open Banking API, showing users their current account balances, deposits, and payment history — Apple is soft launching a new iPhone Wallet app integration today that is powered by the United Kingdom's Open Banking API.
More: AppleInsider, Forbes, MacRumors, MacRumors, AltFi, Engadget, iMore, and Apple Must
X: @srivi20, @chris_skinner, @bzamayo, and @whereswongo
LinkedIn: Simon Lyons and Lauren Jones
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| RT Watson / The Block: |
Coinbase says it has gained approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to offer non-US retail users perpetual futures trading — - Coinbase has gained approval to offer non-U.S. retail users perpetual futures trading from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. — About 75% of global crypto … | Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
Apple asks SCOTUS to revisit the 2021 Epic ruling regarding alternate IAP payment options, a day after Epic separately asked SCOTUS to take up the case — - IPhone maker wants to avoid allowing an end run around store — Fortnite maker has separately asked high court to take up case
More: Reuters, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iMore, TechCrunch, and MediaNama. Bluesky: @tigerwolf.bsky.social
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: X is cutting ~50% of its global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud, less than a month after saying it would expand the team — Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, is cutting around half of the global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud …
More: Gizmodo, The Guardian, NBC News, Tech Oversight Project, Forbes, Newser, Rolling Stone, BBC, Insider, Engadget, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, MobileSyrup, and Reuters
X: @elonmusk, @verambergen, @verambergen, @erinkwoo, @stokel, and @karlbode
| Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: |
OpenAI says ChatGPT can now browse the web, available first to Plus and Enterprise users, and the chatbot is “no longer limited to data before September 2021” — ChatGPT users will now be able to surf the web, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI said on Wednesday …
More: PCMag, San Francisco Business Journal, ZDNet, The Register, BBC, OpenAI Help Center, Voicebot.ai, Digital Trends, Tech.co, OnMSFT.com, TechRadar, Cointelegraph, ITPro, MediaNama, Android Authority, Cryptopolitan, Coinspeaker, BGR, WinBuzzer, International Business Times, XDA Developers, Silicon Republic, Business Today, Social Media Today, The Verge, Search Engine Land, Washington Post, CIO Dive, Neowin, The Messenger, The Decoder, and VentureBeat
| Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: |
Report: Bank for International Settlements and French, Swiss, and Singaporean central banks successfully tested cross-border wholesale CBDC trading using DeFi — The Bank for International Settlements alongside the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland tested out using wholesale CBDC to conduct cross border trading.
More: Banque de France, PYMNTS.com, Bank for International …, The Block, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Watcher Guru, Metaverse Post, CoinGape, CCN.com, CryptoSlate, and Cryptonews
LinkedIn: Matt Long, Sonja Davidovic, Keith Bear, and Prof. Alexander Lipton
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3, featuring a 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, new lenses, a thinner design, and new controllers — - New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year
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| The Verge: |
More: CNBC, Silicon Valley Business …, Insider, and The Verge on YouTube
Threads: @timothyjchambers, @0xjessel, @carnage4life, @technicallymims, and @alexheath. Mastodon: @Jonathanglick@mstdn.social
X: @elonmusk, @jamesborow, @xdaily, @oswaldvalue, and @alexeheath
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Mistral AI makes its first LLM, Mistral 7B, that it claims outperforms open models with up to 13B parameters, free to use without restrictions — The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground.
More: Mistral AI, Bloomberg, Mistral AI, Analytics India Magazine, Robots.net, and VentureBeat
| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
SpaceX gets its first US Space Force contract, valued at up to $70M, offering the military custom satellite communications via the company's Starshield service — - Contract extends billionaire's role as a defense contractor — Starshield provides customized satellite communications| Bloomberg: |
A review of 115 warrants for Google's location and search data in five US states shows investigators are increasingly using the data to solve nonviolent cases — Investigators increasingly use warrants to obtain location and search data from Google, even for nonviolent cases—and even for people who had nothing to do with the crime.
X: @deirdrehipwell, @livstroud, @sarahfrier, and @daveyalba
| Wanqing Zhang / Rest of World: |
A look at the rise of online feminism in China, driven by content on apps like Weibo, Douyin, WeChat, and Douban, despite increased scrutiny from the platforms — Lying in bed one night in 2021, Zhang Zirui was swiping through Chinese social media app Weibo when she came across a post that gave her pause.
Mastodon: @TechDesk@flipboard.social
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based market intelligence company AlphaSense raised a $150M Series E at a $2.5B valuation, after raising $100M at a $1.8B valuation in April 2023 — Market intelligence — where organizations gather information about industries, other businesses, trends, and more in order to use that data …
More: Metaverse Post, Forbes, Livemint, Reuters, and AlphaSense
| Reuters: |
A US Senate staffer says officials told lawmakers that Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft's email system stole 60K emails from ten State Department accounts — Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft's (MSFT.O) email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails …
More: CRN, Washington Post, RT, Politico, New York Times, and Rolling Stone
Forums: r/technology and r/news
| CNBC: |
GameStop names Ryan Cohen as CEO effective immediately and says he won't receive compensation for his work as CEO, president, and executive chairman — - Ryan Cohen was appointed the company's CEO, president and chairman and won't receive compensation for his work.
More: GamesIndustry.biz, Finbold, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, KNSD-TV, The Messenger, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Tech Xplore, and socaltech.com. Mastodon: @NIH_LLAMAS@mastodon.social
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Google unveils Fitbit Charge 6, with a physical side button, integration with Google services like YouTube Music, and more, available on October 12 for $160 — Fitbit is back with the Charge 6 — and on paper, this one feels like the most Fitbit-y Fitbit since Google actively began folding the company into its ecosystem.
More: 9to5Google, PCMag, Gizmodo, Engadget, TechCrunch, Thurrott, and Phone Scoop
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: a classic look, 12MP vs. 5MP makes a big difference, some audio leakage, and a promising tool for content creators — Unlike the original, I kind of see where Meta's going with its second-gen smart glasses.
More: Engadget, New York Post, MobileSyrup, Gizchina, Display Daily, CNET on YouTube, nextpit, Engadget on YouTube, and Laptop Mag
Mastodon: @vicmsong@mastodon.social. X: @kentbye and @kentbye. LinkedIn: Honghong Peng. Forums: r/hardware
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
More: Meta, UploadVR, Pocketnow, Analytics India Magazine, Music Ally, nextpit, Phandroid, Meta, TechRadar, PCMag, TechCrunch, TechEBlog, Mashable, PetaPixel, T3, Gizmodo, Liliputing, The Messenger, MIXED Reality News, Tech Advisor, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, SlashGear, and Forbes
Threads: @parkerortolani and @chrisd9083
X: @scottew, @bengeskin, @verge, @lanceulanoff, @mikeisaac, @scobleizer, @grousark, @richlightshed, @munster_gene, @austen, @pavtalk, @mkbhd, and @boztank. Forums: Slashdot
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