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AMD launches its Instinct MI325X GPU to compete with Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell chips and says production will start in 2024, but doesn't disclose its pricing — AMD launched a new artificial-intelligence chip on Thursday that is taking direct aim at Nvidia's data center graphics processors, known as GPUs.| Tobias Mann / The Register: |
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Elon Musk reveals the Tesla Cybercab, saying “you will be able to buy one” for under $30,000 and that he expects the robotaxi to be in production “before 2027” — Tesla has finally revealed its Cybercab, and it looks like a smaller, sleeker Cybertruck.| Grace Kay / Business Insider: |
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Microsoft plans to let US users buy and play Xbox games from the Xbox app on Android from November, after a judge ordered Google to open up the Play Store — Microsoft is planning to update its Xbox mobile app on Android to allow US users to purchase and then play Xbox games on their mobile devices next month.| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
A look at the possible outcomes of the Google Search antitrust trial, including the very likely scenario that Google's default search engine deals won't survive — In August, a federal judge ruled that Google had illegally maintained its monopoly in search and search text advertising.| Financial Times: |
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Uniswap Labs unveils Unichain, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain built on Optimism tech, to enable faster, cheaper transactions and better liquidity across chains — Uniswap will launch an Ethereum layer-2 network called Unichain in an effort to cut fees, boost liquidity, and more.| Jack Kubinec / Blockworks: |
Stripe reintegrates crypto payments in the US, letting users pay merchants in USDC or USDP on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, after disabling the feature in 2018 — Customers can pay merchants in USDC or USDP on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, while US-based merchants are paid in dollars| Gavin Bonshor / The Register: |
Intel unveils its Arrow Lake desktop processors, with an NPU, better power efficiency at higher clock speeds, and 2x the graphics performance vs. its 14th Gen — New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down?| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
A review of Submerged, Apple's first scripted short film shot in Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience — I don't like submarines. The idea of being trapped, several hundred feet underwater, in a narrow, creaking death trap? No thanks.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn says ~10M people have created pages on its Services Marketplace for freelancers, up 48% in the past year; it launched the marketplace in October 2021 — More than 100,000 people have been laid off in the technology industry alone this year, and — either by circumstance or choice … | CNBC: |
Sources detail Meta's work on an Orion consumer version that could be built within two years, plans to bring Orion wristband tech to its other devices, and more — When Facebook changed its name to Meta in October 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the occasion to show the world his vision … | BBC: |
The US and the UK announce an agreement to keep children safer online, including plans to set up an online safety working group to share evidence and expertise — The argument over smartphones in schools has been “won”, the technology secretary Peter Kyle has told the BBC … | Conor Hale / Fierce Biotech: |
Glooko, whose diabetes management app is used by more than 4.4M patients and 10K clinics globally, raised a $100M Series F led by Georgian — Glooko Diabetes Data venture capital (VC) — The digital diabetes developer Glooko has collected $100 million and a new CEO to help boost the trajectory of its data management platform.| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
A look at the promise of AI agents as a way for companies to monetize models; PitchBook: AI agent startups raised $8.2B over the last 12 months, up 81.4% YoY — Humans have automated tasks for centuries. Now, AI companies see a path to profit in harnessing our love of efficiency, and they've got a name for their solution: agents.| Financial Times: |
The UK appoints Darktrace co-founder Poppy Gustafsson, who left last month before Thoma Bravo's £4.3B takeover of the cybersecurity firm, as investment minister — Appointment comes ahead of international investment summit — Darktrace co-founder Poppy Gustafsson has been appointed … | Gaby Del Valle / The Verge: |
The FBI reveals it created Ethereum-based token NexFundAI with the help of “cooperating witnesses” as part of an investigation into crypto price manipulation — The FBI created a cryptocurrency as part of an investigation into price manipulation in crypto markets, the government revealed Wednesday.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Relyance AI, which helps companies comply with data privacy regulations, raised a $32.1M Series B led by Thomvest, bringing its total funding to ~$59M — As the demand for AI surges, AI vendors are devoting greater bandwidth to data security issues. Not only are they being compelled …
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