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September 26, 2025, 1:55 PM
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Bloomberg:
The Trump administration's $14B valuation of TikTok's US business falls well below previous estimates of around $40B, considered a bargain by investors  —  The $14 billion valuation that the Trump administration has estimated for TikTok's US business falls well below projections …
Associated Press:
Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States …
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Trump says Xi Jinping approved the TikTok deal, and JD Vance says the transaction values TikTok US at $14B; ByteDance hasn't acknowledged the deal
Kate Whannel / BBC:
The UK unveils plans for a digital ID, which will be required to work in the country, to combat illegal immigration; the ID will be stored on people's phones  —  Digital ID will be mandatory in order to work in the UK, as part of plans to tackle illegal migration.
Bloomberg:
Meta plans to launch paid, ad-free versions of Instagram and Facebook in the UK, each costing £2.99 per month on the web, and £3.99 on iOS and Android  —  Meta Platforms Inc. will soon offer paid versions of Facebook and Instagram in the UK that will remove advertising from both platforms.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Microsoft and Asus open preorders for the first Xbox handhelds, the ROG Xbox Ally for $599 and the ROG Xbox Ally X for $999 in the US, shipping October 16  —  Xbox Ally X and Xbox Ally go on sale with PC-like prices, with preorders starting today. … Today, Microsoft and Asus …
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Trump administration is considering requiring chipmakers to produce as many chips in the US as they import, with tariffs on those who fail to comply  —  Administration wants domestic manufacturing to match imports and would impose tariffs on those companies that don't step up production
Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack:
Microsoft launches Microsoft Marketplace, combining Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource in a single destination for cloud tools and AI apps and agents  —  Microsoft has long offered a variety of marketplaces for businesses in its ecosystem.  For cloud solutions, there is the Azure Marketplace …
Juby Babu / Reuters:
Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create and share short-form, AI-generated videos, in the Meta AI app and on the meta.ai website  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) launched a new feed of AI videos, called Vibes, as the social media giant looks to fast-track work on artificial intelligence technology.
Michael Nuñez / Venturebeat:
Perplexity launches Search API, giving developers direct access to the same web index that powers the startup's answer engine  —  Perplexity AI launched a comprehensive search application programming interface on Thursday, giving developers direct access to the same massive web index that powers …
Joice Alves / Reuters:
A look at the use of tools like ChatGPT by retail investors to pick stocks, fueling a robo-advisory market boom, as experts warn of solely relying on AI  —  - Robo-advisory market projected to grow 600% by 2029  — Half of retail investors open to using AI tools, survey finds
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser will retire on December 31 after more than a decade with the company; Nintendo exec Devon Pritchard will succeed him  —  Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser will retire Dec. 31 after more than a decade at the company.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
CISA issues an emergency directive ordering US federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws exploited in zero-day attacks  —  CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws that have been exploited in zero-day attacks.
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US regulators examined 200+ companies about sharp share-price gains in the lead-up to their announcements about making buying crypto a core strategy  —  SEC, Finra reach out to companies whose shares moved sharply before they announced plans to buy bitcoin, other digital assets
Jacob Judah / MIT Technology Review:
How inaccurate AI translations of Wikipedia pages, which AI models use for training, may cause a doom spiral that further marginalizes vulnerable languages  —  When Kenneth Wehr started managing the Greenlandic-language version of Wikipedia four years ago, his first act was to delete almost everything.

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From Mediagazer

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

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Elissa Welle / The Verge:
As the lyricist behind AI artist Xania Monet signs a $3M record deal, experts say current copyright law may only protect the human-made expressive elements
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A China Labor Watch six-month investigation at Foxconn's Zhengzhou iPhone factory finds tough working conditions for seasonal staff building the latest iPhones

Earlier Picks

The Works in Progress Newsletter:
Why AI isn't replacing radiologists: models underperform in hospital settings, AI use faces legal hurdles, and the job is much more than image recognition
TechCrunch:
Call-recording app Neon, which became the #2 social app on the US App Store, goes dark after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US federal judge preliminarily approves Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement with authors
Erin Woo / The Information:
Sources: Meta considers using Google's Gemini and Gemma AI models to improve its ad targeting; Meta says it regularly evaluates 3rd-party tools for benchmarking
Arjun Neil Alim / Financial Times:
HSBC says it has tested an IBM quantum computing tool on European bond market data and saw a 34% improvement over traditional methods in predicting order fills
Hayden Field / The Verge:
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse, a mobile feature for Pro users that delivers daily personalized updates based on their chats, feedback, and connected apps
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