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September 21, 2025, 3:35 PM

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Karoline Leavitt / @presssec:
White House Press Secretary says the $100K H-1B fee is not an annual fee and it is a “one-time fee that applies only to the petition” in the upcoming lottery  —  To be clear: 1.) This is NOT an annual fee. It's a one-time fee that applies only to the petition. 2.) Those who already hold H-1B visas and are currently outside of the country right now will NOT be charged $100,000 to re-enter. H-1B visa holders can leave and re-enter the
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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Trump says Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch “is involved” in the ownership group for TikTok US and “Rupert is probably going to be in the group” along with Michael Dell  —  President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday that conservative media baron Rupert Murdoch …
Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News:
iPhone Air teardown: clever use of space by placing the logic board above the 12.26 Wh battery, the same cell used in Apple's MagSafe Battery pack, and more  —  iPhone Air Teardown  —  To be honest, we were holding our breath for the iPhone Air.  Thinner usually means flimsier, harder to fix, and more glued-down parts.
Katie Tarasov / CNBC:
Interviews with Apple's Tim Millet, Arun Mathias, and Kaiann Drance on the new neural accelerators in A19 Pro GPU cores, C1X modem, N1 wireless chip, and more  —  iPhone Air is the big newcomer among Apple's latest lineup that went on sale Friday, but inside the slim phone's raised plateau …
Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
The UK FCA has improved its crypto registration process, reducing approval times and increasing acceptance rate after criticism it was too slow and restrictive  —  Regulators in Britain are facing calls to be more accommodating to the fast-growing sector  —  The UK financial watchdog …
John Thornhill / Financial Times:
A review of Tim Berners-Lee's new book This is for Everyone, while his startup Inrupt, which aims to commercialize the Solid web protocol, struggles to scale  —  The World Wide Web inventor criticises the ‘rage bait’ of algorithms and social media — and advocates tighter user control of personal data
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Nikita Ostrovsky / Time:
UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting cup that asks entrants to predict 60 geopolitical events, the first time an AI made the top 10  —  Reactions to Kimmel's suspension, Trump publicly rebukes Putin, and more … For Vassalo, AIs' unfair advantage solves …
More: The GuardianX: @_mantic_ai, @tshevl, @_mantic_ai, and @_mantic_aiLinkedIn: Anthony VassaloForums: r/singularity
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An inside look at Léon Thévenin, the only undersea internet cable repair ship permanently stationed in Africa, operated by the French telecom company Orange  —  Undersea internet cables are critical in today's hyperconnected world.  The crew of the Léon Thévenin maintains one stretch of this global network.
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