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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils an updated iPad mini with A17 Pro, Apple Intelligence, and the same 8.3" display, starting at $499 with 128GB of storage, available to pre-order — Apple today announced a significant update to the iPad mini, featuring the powerful A17 Pro chip and support for the company's new Apple Intelligence system.
More: Apple, Financial Express, The Independent, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechRadar, BGR, and CNBC
X: @vnchocotaco, @parkerortolani, @maxwinebach, @mgsiegler, @parkerortolani, @aaronp613, @aaronp613, and @brandonbutch. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal: |
Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035 — Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company's data centers, in a first-of-its-kind deal in the U.S.
More: The Keyword, BBC, Network World, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Financial Express, nextpit, New Electronics, TechRadar, New Civil Engineer, Gizchina.com, Advanced Television, Bloomberg, CNBC, Interesting Engineering, World Nuclear News, Kairos Power, Proactive, ITPro, OODA Loop, Power Engineering …, Construction Briefing, NS Energy, belganewsagency.eu, The Register, NucNet, Power Technology, Wall Street Pit, The Information, SiliconANGLE, Cryptopolitan, Marginal REVOLUTION, POWER Magazine, Washington Examiner, Neowin, Capital Brief, ScienceAlert, NewsBytes, Engadget, BetaNews, ZeroHedge News, The Indian Express, and Constellation Research
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The FIDO Alliance debuts Credential Exchange Protocol, a specification to make passkeys portable across systems, and Passkey Central, a developer resource site — “Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations …
More: FIDO Alliance, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Business Standard, 1Password Blog, PhoneArena, nextpit, Neowin, Noah Talk, Biometric Update, PCMag, PYMNTS.com, and Thurrott
Mastodon: @koutropoulos@social.ds106.us and @CryptoNerd@infosec.exchange
X: @fidoalliance and @craignewmark
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/Bitwarden, and Slashdot
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
UK podcaster Harry Stebbings' 20VC raised a $400M fund for early stage startups, one of Europe's biggest venture funds; the podcast recently hosted Sam Altman — British firm 20VC pulls in $400mn to invest in early stage tech start-ups — A venture firm founded by 28-year-old British …
More: Forbes, TechCrunch, EU-Startups, Tech.eu, and Sifted
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @matt_muir, @christianhern, @dinbisevac, @librariancap, @eladgil, and @jean_deblock
LinkedIn: Dmitry Gurski, Ed Cooke, and Alexandre Dewez
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
WordPress plugin Jetpack releases a critical security update to fix a bug letting logged-in users access forms from website visitors, in all versions since 2016 — WordPress plugin Jetpack released a critical security update earlier today, addressing a vulnerability that allowed a logged …
More: Jetpack, The Hacker News, Tech Monitor, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, and The Cyber Express
| Matt Mullenweg: |
Matt Mullenweg responds to DHH's claim that “Automattic is doing open source dirty”, pointing out Rails' own trademark policy and taking some jabs at 37signals — I'll just remind everyone at the start that this is a respectful debate, and DHH and I tried to get on a call but couldn't because we were both traveling.
More: The Register, HEY, TechIssuesToday.com, Theo - t3․gg on YouTube, and The Verge
Threads: @poshy, @benedictevans, @laurengoode, @jonporteruk, @tookthescenicroute, @parkert, @crumbler, @joe_rosenthal, @itsjackmilton, @benedictevans, and @adders
Mastodon: @photomatt@mastodon.social, @mathewi@journa.host, @adders@masto …, @Aaron@social.aaroncrocco.com, @ricmac@mastodon.social, @jbz@indieweb.social, @ernie@writing.exchange, and @Scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz. Bluesky: @sjvn.bsky.social
X: @dhh, @eidolonnight, @traskjd, @kellie, @_orcaman, @waqasali, @can, @yacinemtb, @tomwarren, @joserosado, @jeremiahprummer, @pbertrand_dev, @dhh, @dhh, @mitsuhiko, @rich_harris, @dvassallo, @adamrackis, @levelsio, @nickadobos, @gergelyorosz, @fireship_dev, @rianrietveld, @jbenton, @t3dotgg, and @dhh
Forums: Hacker News, r/Wordpress, r/theprimeagen, r/Wordpress, and Beehaw
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US mulls capping AI chip sales from Nvidia and others on a country-specific basis, with a focus on the Middle East, for national security reasons — From AGI to GPT, an AI Glossary You Can Actually Understand … Hello World … Quicktake
More: DatacenterDynamics, Benzinga, The Decoder, ZeroHedge News, International Business Times, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, and South China Morning Post
Forums: r/NVDA_Stock and r/wallstreetbets
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher — Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn't interested “in being anyone's antagonist,” CEO says.
More: PCMag, Seeking Alpha, Reuters, BusinessLIVE, and TestingCatalog
X: @brianstelter and @rustybrick
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify starts rolling out music videos in beta for Premium subscribers in 85 additional markets, after introducing the feature in 12 markets earlier in 2024 — Music streaming company Spotify said today that it is testing music videos for premium users in 85 additional markets.
More: Spotify, WinBuzzer, and MSPoweruser
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft's VP of GenAI research who is known for his work on its Phi small language models, is joining OpenAI to “further his work” on AGI — Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Monday said that its vice president of GenAI research, Sebastien Bubeck, is leaving the company to join ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
More: The Information, The Hindu, Computerworld, Fortune, Silicon Republic, Tech.co, WinBuzzer, Neowin, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Maginative, GeekWire, The Decoder, Fortune, and Tom's Guide
| Chris Kornelis / New York Times: |
Lillian Schwartz, one of the first artists to use a computer to make films and who brought together art, science, and tech communities in the 1970s, died at 97 — Early in the digital era, she worked at Bell Labs on the intersection of art and technology, making films and at one point arriving at a novel theory about the “Mona Lisa.”
More: ARTnews. X: @brndnstrssng, @stoliarsteve, @clavendr, @zachlieberman, @mikerugnetta, @leeartr, @noahbolanowski, @edsunspot, and @clavendr. Forums: Hacker News
| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), a foundational technology of the internet age, died at age 78 on October 11 — On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
More: The Register. Threads: @blinkenjim. Mastodon: @CyberpunkLibrarian … and @m501@mastodon.social
X: @benjedwards, @nash076, @erratarob, @davetroy, @mobygamer, @therealadamg, @textfiles, and @textfiles
Forums: r/technology, r/bbs, lobste.rs, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel: |
Adobe says its Firefly Video Model is the first “commercially safe” text-to-video generative AI model that was trained on licensed and public domain content — Adobe unveiled its Firefly Video Model last month, previewing a variety of new generative AI video features.
More: Ars Technica, Gizchina.com, Thurrott, Computerworld, The Indian Express, PetaPixel, TechRadar, Computerworld, Fast Company, and Forbes
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
More: Reuters, Adobe Newsroom, The Adobe Blog, The Adobe Blog, TechCrunch, Adobe Newsroom, Business Standard, Android Headlines, The Rundown AI, Business Today, MakeUseOf, Adobe on YouTube, The Adobe Blog, Digital Trends, iClarified, How-To Geek, WinBuzzer, Bloomberg, Neowin, Constellation Research, The Adobe Blog, Digital Photography Review, and The Verge
Threads: @youhavebeenwatchingfilms. X: @venturetwins, @adobevideo, @andrewcurran_, @bobbymiller, @maxeinhorn, @adobevideo, @nvidiastudio, @bilawalsidhu, @petepachal, @edludlow, @bilawalsidhu, @bilawalsidhu, @acostin, @bilawalsidhu, @andrewcurran_, @zuryart, @justin_salamon, @adoberesearch, @joematoske, @urinieto, and @williamlamkin. LinkedIn: Adolfo Hernandez S.
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