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Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI and Microsoft say they have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the next phase of their partnership, and are working to finalize terms  —  OpenAI and Microsoft said Thursday they have reached preliminary terms on a revised partnership and are “actively working to finalize” a definitive agreement.
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
The FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to provide information on how their AI chatbots impact children and teens  —  The Federal Trade Commission ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google, OpenAI Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and four other makers of artificial intelligence chatbots …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity, alleging that it unlawfully scraped their websites and redirected their traffic to its AI summaries  —  Perplexity AI is the latest artificial intelligence company to be hit with a lawsuit by copyright holders …
Bloomberg:
Figure's shares closed up 24% at $31.11 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a ~$6.6B market cap, after the company and some of its backers raised $787.5M in its IPO  —  Shares of Figure Technology Solutions Inc. closed 24% above their IPO price after a listing raising $787.5 million …
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
The US DOJ sues Uber, with its civil rights division alleging that Uber discriminates against people with physical disabilities in violation of federal law  —  Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by the US Justice Department over claims that the ride-sharing giant discriminates against people …
Echo Wang / Reuters:
Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini has seen its planned US IPO oversubscribed by 20x; in an unusual move, the IPO proceeds will be capped at $425M  —  Gemini Space Station, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has drawn over 20 times as many orders …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google plans to shut down Tables, a work-tracking tool and competitor to Airtable, in December and directs users to migrate to Google Sheets or AppSheet  —  Google Tables, a work-tracking tool and competitor to the popular spreadsheet-database hybrid Airtable, is shutting down.
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
F5 plans to acquire CalypsoAI, which helps companies secure their generative AI infrastructure, for $180M; CalypsoAI raised $43.2M  —  Seattle-based security and application delivery giant F5 will pay $180 million to acquire CalypsoAI, a startup founded in 2018 that helps companies secure their generative AI infrastructure.
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
An iOS support page says AirPods' Live Translation feature won't be available to users in the EU with an EU-region Apple Account, likely due to EU regulations  —  Apple's new Live Translation feature for AirPods will be off-limits to millions of European users when it arrives next week …
Vas Panagiotopoulos / Wired:
Atlantic Council: the number of US-based investors in spyware companies nearly tripled in 2024 to 31, compared to just 11 in 2023, topping Israel's 26 investors  —  A new report warns that the number of US investors in powerful commercial spyware rose sharply in 2024 and names new countries linked to the dangerous technology.

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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega was fired while working on a feature on Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories

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Financial Times:
How Larry Ellison, briefly the world's richest man, and Oracle CEO Safra Catz capitalized on the AI boom and vaulted Oracle into contention with industry giants
Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times:
Sensor Tower: in July, Rapido had nearly 50M MAUs on Android in India, above Uber's 30M; Rapido has a nearly 30% share in four-wheeler cabs and Uber has ~50%
New York Times:
Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting, first posted to X, also spread to Instagram, Threads, YouTube, and Telegram within hours, amassing millions of views
Declan Harty / Politico:
CFTC nominee Brian Quintenz says the Winklevosses asked Trump to pause his confirmation after he refused to make promises “rectifying” a prior Gemini settlement

Earlier Picks

Tim Anderson / The Register:
Microsoft releases its first preview of Visual Studio 2026, the first major version update since November 2021, with a new design and deeper AI integration
Sam Schube / Wall Street Journal:
Interviews with Tim Cook, Apple VP of Industrial Design Molly Anderson, and others about iPhone Air design choices, cross-body straps, the iPhone Pro, and more
Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:
Opendoor names Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian as its CEO, following Carrie Wheeler's ouster, and appoints co-founder Keith Rabois as its chairman; OPEN closes up 79%+
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
US Senator Ted Cruz introduces a bill that would let AI companies apply for exemptions from federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new tech
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, People, O'Reilly, wikiHow, Ziff Davis, and others adopt the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard that sets terms for AI scraping
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium users over the next two months in 50 markets, without needing a pricier subscription
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