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China says the US spin-off of TikTok will use ByteDance's Chinese algorithm and the US-agreed framework includes “licensing the algorithm and other IP rights” — Security hawks have raised fears recommendation code could be manipulated to push propaganda
More: Engadget, The Information, Quartz, TechCentral.ie, B&T, Platformer, Sinocism, The Free Press, New York Post, CNET, and Reuters
| Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News: |
Sources: Oracle is among a consortium of companies that would enable TikTok to continue US operations if a framework deal between the US and China is finalized — Technology company Oracle is among a consortium of firms that would enable TikTok to continue operations in the U.S … | CNBC: |
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Forums: r/worldnews and Slashdot
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
A now-removed unlisted video on Meta's YouTube channel shows Meta Ray-Ban glasses with a HUD visible to the right eye, used for Meta AI and on-foot navigation — Meta's HUD glasses with sEMG wristband will in fact be Ray-Ban branded, a leaked clip which also depicts the HUD and wristband in action reveals.
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts GPT‑5-Codex, a version of GPT‑5 optimized for agentic coding in Codex and says it spends its “thinking” time more dynamically than previous models — OpenAI announced Monday that it's releasing a new version of GPT-5 to its AI coding agent, Codex.
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LinkedIn: Derrick Choi and Alexander Embiricos
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/programare, and r/ChatGPTPro
| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
OpenAI says it is developing a “different ChatGPT experience” for teens and plans to use age-prediction tech to bar kids under 18 from the standard version — OpenAI is developing a “different ChatGPT experience” for teens and plans to use age-prediction technology …
More: Washington Post, OpenAI, and Futurism
| Brandon Russell / The Verge: |
Amazon says it will hold its 2025 Prime Big Deal Days from October 7 at 12:01am PT through October 8, exclusive to Prime subscribers, shorter than Prime Day — The event jumpstarts the holiday shopping season, giving Prime members two days to save on TVs, headphones, and more.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft adds auto model selection to Visual Studio Code that primarily favors Claude Sonnet 4 over GPT-5 for paid GitHub Copilot users — Visual Studio Code now has a new auto AI model selector that favors Claude 4 over GPT-5. … Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection …
More: Visual Studio Code, Thurrott, Implicator.ai, Windows Report, and WinBuzzer. Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
macOS 26 Tahoe review: Liquid Glass has small regressions in usability and accessibility, but the upgrade has enough iterative changes, like automated Shortcuts — Liquid Glass brings translucent sheen to the typical batch of iterative changes. — The last time Apple gave macOS a fresh design was in 2020's macOS 11 Big Sur.
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| Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal: |
Google plans to invest £5B in the UK on AI, energy, R&D, and more over the next two years, and expects to add 8,000 jobs a year at businesses across the country — The company said the investment would add more than 8,000 jobs a year at businesses across the U.K.
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| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
Filing: the Internet Archive and major music labels settle a copyright infringement lawsuit against IA over its project to preserve early music recordings — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit where music publishers sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project … | Reuters: |
A study finds that six major AI chatbots can be easily tricked into creating phishing emails targeting elderly people, despite being trained not to — Major AI chatbots were happy to help. — Reuters and a Harvard University researcher used top chatbots to plot a simulated phishing scam …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Invisible Technologies, a Scale AI rival that helped train ChatGPT, raised $100M, sources say at a $2B+ valuation, and reports $134M in 2024 sales — Vanara, a spinoff of TPG, led the latest funding round. — Add us on Google — Artificial intelligence startup Invisible Technologies …
More: eeNews Europe and Business Wire
| Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia's China-only RTX 6000D receives lukewarm demand, with some seeing it as expensive given its performance lags the RTX 5090 — - RTX6000D not cost-effective; better card can be found on grey market, sources say — Tech firms awaiting clarity on H20 orders, potential B30A chip, sources say
More: Network World, Tom's Hardware, Reuters, TipRanks Financial, Watcher Guru, and TheStreet
| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Filing: cloud cybersecurity software startup Netskope raised its IPO price range to $17-$19 per share, up from $15-$17, aiming to raise $908.2M, up from $812.6M — Netskope Inc. raised the price of its initial public offering, boosting the potential deal size to $908.2 million from $812.6 million …
More: Reuters, Axios, and The Information
| Yasmin Khorram / Politico: |
Tech executives say the Trump administration's stake in Intel and its intervention into other private businesses have had a chilling effect on decision-making — In one case, a tech executive turned down a dinner invitation to the White House earlier this month — and sent a deputy instead.| Alicia Park / Forbes: |
A look at prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket; Kalshi has ~$1B in current monthly volume and processed $6.9B in total, including $6.4B since October 2024 — Kalshi co-founders, Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara — The savviest billionaire traders are placing their bets on budding prediction marketplaces.| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
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 — OpenAI has hired Mike Liberatore, former finance chief at Elon Musk's xAI, to be the artificial intelligence startup's business finance officer …
More: Business Standard, Business Insider, Reuters, and Analytics India Magazine
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 11 review: 5G, better battery, and intuitive Sleep Score, but the most exciting updates are coming to older watches through watchOS 26 — No one is going to wax lyrical about the Apple Watch Series 11. Not because it's a bad smartwatch — it's a great smartwatch, actually.
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| Josh Sisco / Bloomberg: |
Sources: US FTC is probing if Ticketmaster does enough to stop bots from illegal resales, focusing on its compliance with a law against automated ticket resales — Live Nation Inc.'s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it's done enough to keep bots …
More: Music Ally, Hypebot, Reuters, Mirror, and Digital Music News
Forums: r/LadyGaga, r/Fauxmoi, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Investor docs: Revolut reported Q2 revenue up 46% YoY to £1.01B and is on track to deliver more than £4.1B in 2025 annual revenue, up from £3.1B in 2024 — Revolut Ltd. is touting a 46% revenue surge from a year ago as it courts investors for its primary fundraising, which is set to value the fintech at $75 billion.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese hardware maker Goertek tightened its grip on Meta's AI glasses supply chain, including making “Hypernova”, through a spate of dealmaking — Goertek takes stronger grip of US tech giant's supply chain, even as Zuckerberg aligns with Trump's anti-China stance| New York Times: |
A new super PAC called the Fellowship PAC says it will spend $100M+ to support pro-crypto legislators; sources say Tether is expected to be one of the backers — The effort, called the Fellowship PAC, is the crypto industry's latest move to help elect legislators that will force through its interests in Washington.| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Seon, which uses AI to detect and prevent fraud, raised an $80M Series C led by Sixth Street Growth, bringing its total funding to $187M — Fraud prevention and anti-money-laundering compliance company SEON Technologies Kft. announced today that it has raised $80 million in new funding …
More: Austin Business Journal, Tech.eu, Biometric Update, InfoRiskToday.com, SecurityWeek, and SEON
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