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| AFP: |
Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA, saying the law “is leading to a worse experience for Apple users in the EU” and “exposing them to new risks” — Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Apple asked the European Union to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday …
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Bluesky: @fbermingham, @hidde.blog, @margotdor, @andrewstroehlein, @gateklons, and @carnage4life
Mastodon: @brucelawson@social …, @rileytestut@mastodon.social, @slightlyoff@toot.cafe, @Wen@mastodon.scot, @kjhealy@mastodon.social, and @jer@hachyderm.io
Forums: r/BuyFromEU, r/europe, r/eutech, and Slashdot
| Daniel Bader / Android Police: |
Qualcomm details the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its latest flagship mobile SoC, claiming a 20% boost in YoY CPU performance and a 23% uplift in GPU performance — Daniel started writing about tech in 2007, before Android existed. He got his start reviewing phones, wearables, and headphones, as the managing editor of MobileSyrup.| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips for PCs, offering up to 18 cores, and says the latter is the first Arm chip to hit 5GHz — Systems with the chips are scheduled for the first half of 2026. … At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii …
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Forums: r/AMD_Stock, r/hardware, r/hardware, r/Android, and r/snapdragon
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together — Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Bluesky: @devindra and @shiraovide
Mastodon: @darkghosthunter … and @nixCraft@mastodon.social
Forums: r/apple, r/hardware, and MacRumors Forums
| NBC News: |
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock — This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
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X: @news_jul, @shelbytalcott, @timheuer, @theatlantic, @jessecharleslee, @repdonbeyer, and @edwardlawrence
Bluesky: @davidgilbert, @jakelahut.writes.news, @jakelahut.writes.news, @katie-drummond, @davekarpf, @chadstanton.blacksky.app, @aaronrosspowell.com, @tyleraking.com, @esqueer.net, @esqueer.net, and @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com
Forums: r/Journalism and r/politics
| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies — Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp's ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media — Would you rather a Chinese-owned TikTok …
More: Tubefilter, International Business Times, CBC News, and SiliconANGLE
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @melindaclem, @socialmedialab.ca, @haydenstarr, @sgdickinson, and @sgdickinson
Forums: r/aussie and r/PoliticsDownUnder
| Joel Drapper: |
Sources allege that nonprofit Ruby Central took control of some Ruby open-source projects from their maintainers without consent, after pressure from Shopify — Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.
More: André Arko, pupdates, Freedom's Substack, Ruby Central, André Arko, Michael Tsai, Matt Mullenweg, and The Register
LinkedIn: Brian Greene. Bluesky: @martinemde.com, @rmfranca, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @katproto.girlonthemoon.xyz, @davidcel.is, @seldo.com, @thomasfuchs.at, @duckinator, @wwahammy.com, @valeriecodes, and @baweaver
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ruby, and Lobsters
| Wired: |
Sources: Meta poached Yang Song, who led OpenAI's strategic explorations team, to be the research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs earlier this month — The Best Robot Vacuums to Keep Your Home Clean — Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Revolutionized Windows Laptops. Here Comes the Second Act| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Windows 10 users will receive free Extended Security Updates in the EEA without enabling Windows Backup, after pressure from the Euroconsumers group — You won't have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area.
More: Windows Central, ZDNET, BleepingComputer, and Pureinfotech
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Forums: r/technews, r/windows, and r/Windows10
| Makini Brice / Reuters: |
The EU launches an antitrust probe into SAP over its ERP software maintenance and support services, with a potential fine of ~10% of its annual global sales — The European Commission has opened an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Germany's SAP (SAPG.DE) … | Richard Henderson / Bloomberg: |
Australian lawmakers propose rules to regulate crypto exchanges, allowing the government to slap penalties of 10% of annual turnover on firms that violate rules — Australia will slap penalties of as much as 10% of annual turnover on digital asset platform operators that breach proposed rules …
More: Australian Financial Review, Decrypt, crypto.news, Cryptonews, The Block, and Blockhead. LinkedIn: Liam Hennessy
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Neon, which pays users to record their phone calls and sells that audio data to AI companies for training, becomes the #2 social app on the US App Store — A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably …
More: 9to5Mac, PCMag, Implicator.ai, Digital Trends, and Tech Times
Forums: r/passive_income and Slashdot
| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo has been meeting with potential candidates for a role overseeing monetization efforts, including ads in ChatGPT — Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including, yes, bringing advertising to ChatGPT.
More: Financial Express, PYMNTS.com, Adweek, and The Decoder
X: @loudmouthjulia. Bluesky: @kazmonaut.kzstan.com, @edzitron.com, @peterswimm.com, and @alexeheath.com. Threads: @eric_seufert
Forums: r/singularity and r/BetterOffline
| Financial Times: |
Circle president Heath Tarbert says Circle is exploring the possibility of reversible stablecoin transactions to allow refunds in cases of fraud or disputes — President says sector should learn from traditional finance and allow refunds in cases of fraud or disputes
More: The Crypto Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, and Cryptonews. Bluesky: @dlknowles
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman have sought to get closer to President Trump after Elon Musk fallout, but WH officials remain deeply skeptical of them — White House officials remain sceptical of Meta and OpenAI chiefs as they seek to embrace US president| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
A profile of AI skeptic Ed Zitron: Sam Altman's firing and return was his “Joker moment”, tech journalism is flawed, his brash persona is not a mask, and more — How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech's punchiest critics — Ed Zitron is not a journalist … | Jon Keegan / Sherwood News: |
xAI sues OpenAI in California for allegedly stealing trade secrets by means of hiring away key employees; in August, xAI sued an ex-staffer who left for OpenAI — Following a recent lawsuit against a former employee over allegedly stealing trade secrets, Musk's xAI is now suing the company that executive left to work for — OpenAI.
More: Reuters, The Information, and Bloomberg Law
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
CoreWeave expands its data center capacity agreements with OpenAI by $6.5B, bringing their total potential value to $22.4B, to support training of OpenAI models — CoreWeave Inc. expanded its agreements to supply data center capacity to OpenAI by as much as $6.5 billion to $22.4 billion …
More: Reuters, CNBC, Benzinga, and Crypto Briefing
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Databricks says it plans to integrate OpenAI's models, including GPT-5, into its data platform and AI product Agent Bricks, as part of a $100M multiyear deal — Databricks said on Thursday that it is incorporating OpenAI's models, including GPT-5, into its data platform as well as its AI product …
More: CNBC, Databricks, Wall Street Journal, and Constellation Research
| Oma Seddiq / Bloomberg: |
xAI signed a deal with the GSA to offer Grok to US federal agencies for $0.42 per agency for 18 months, a discount to OpenAI's $1 per year for ChatGPT — - Follows recent deals with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google — xAI engineers to assist federal agencies with implementation
More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fox News, Crypto Briefing, and Newsweek. Bluesky: @jeczjan
| Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: |
SAP, whose cloud sales are set to reach €22B this year, nearly triple 2019 levels, faces competition from other tech giants as it targets AI apps for the future — SAP has to pivot with cloud growth set to slow — Christian Klein jogs onto the stage at SAP SE's annual sales conference … | Bloomberg: |
Taiwan suspends chip export controls on South Africa after just two days, signaling discomfort with using the key tech export as a weapon in diplomatic disputes — Taiwan is holding off on chip export controls it placed on South Africa just two days ago — a sign it's uncomfortable with using …
More: Financial Times and DigiTimes
| Marc Rubinstein / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan's recent data access deal with Plaid, if extended to other aggregators, could allow Plaid to use its cost advantage to further consolidate market share — The agreement setting a price for customers' financial information stands to benefit the biggest market players.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Nothing plans to invest $100M to spin off budget brand CMF into an independent subsidiary, with India as its manufacturing and R&D headquarters — Hardware startup Nothing said Thursday that it plans to make its affordable device brand, CMF, into an independent subsidiary with India serving …
More: Business Today, Reuters, The Hindu, Moneycontrol, NDTV Profit, Fortune India, Inc42 Media, and The Verge
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta expands Facebook and Messenger teen accounts, which have extra safety controls, globally; Instagram now lets all US schools report safety concerns — Instagram is also opening up its program that allows middle schools and high schools to report bullying.
More: Meta Newsroom and The News International
| Nikkei Asia: |
DealStreetAsia: VC funding in Indonesian startups fell to just $80M in H1 2025 from $200M a year earlier, as startups face fallout from corruption scandals — JAKARTA — At the beginning of this month, Jakarta prosecutors paraded three suspects in an alleged $25 million corruption …
LinkedIn: Martyn Terpilowski
| Pratik Bhakta / The Economic Times: |
Google Pay and PhonePe accounted for 80% of India's UPI transactions in Aug. 2025, down from 85% a year ago, as smaller players like Navi and BHIM gained ground — The race for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) market share is heating up, with smaller fintechs ramping up volumes and pushing …
More: MediaNama, NDTV Profit, Finextra, Inc42 Media, Hindustan Times, and The Arc Web
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