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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI releases an invitation-only Sora app on iOS, powered by Sora 2, to let people create and share AI-generated videos of themselves and their friends — An Android version will follow eventually, OpenAI told Axios. — The social app is powered by Sora 2, a new version of OpenAI's video model, which also launched Tuesday.
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI launches Sora 2, which it says may be the “GPT‑3.5 moment for video” with the ability to follow intricate instructions spanning multiple shots — Our latest video generation model is more physically accurate, realistic, and controllable than prior systems.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and MacRumors Forums
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
More: Business Today, Moneycontrol, Sources, OpenAI, Axios, Android Headlines, Motley Fool, CNBC, and OpenAI
X: @gabrielpeterss4, @racheltobac, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, and @fofrai
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon unveils the $100 Echo Dot Max and $220 Echo Studio smart speakers and upgrades its $180 Echo Show 8 and $220 Echo Show 11 smart displays, all with Alexa+ — New speakers include revamped look, upgraded silicon and integration with Alexa+ subscription service.
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| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils new Kindle Scribes, including the $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, with a larger 11" E Ink display and a lighter, thinner body at 400g and 5.4mm — Three new versions of the Kindle Scribe are launching in the coming months with larger screens and improved note-taking.
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LinkedIn: Alexander Porcaro and Lee Hillman. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …. Forums: r/kindlescribe
| Ryan Epps / Tom's Guide: |
Amazon launches new Fire TVs and a $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Select with a new OS called Vega and built in Alexa+ — A new Fire TV Stick also one-ups the competition — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. … The new Mini-LED set will come in five sizes …
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X: @greengart, @hellonehha, @raywongy, and @panos_panay. LinkedIn: Woosung Ahn. Bluesky: @davelee.me. Forums: Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More: The Economic Times, Ars Technica, Implicator.ai, PCMag, and Engadget
| Politico: |
The White House withdraws Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the CFTC; the Winklevoss twins pressured Trump in July to reconsider his nomination — The White House withdrew Brian Quintenz's nomination to be a board member and chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission late Tuesday …
More: Bloomberg, crypto.news, CoinDesk, The Block, Blockchain.News, Cointelegraph, The Hill, and NOTUS
| Z.ai: |
Z.ai released GLM-4.6, an open-weights model with a context window of up to 200K tokens, claiming near parity with Claude Sonnet 4 on coding and reasoning tasks — Today, we are releasing the latest version of our flagship model: GLM-4.6. Compared with GLM-4.5, this generation brings several key improvements:
More: Z.ai on Hugging Face, Z.ai, Z.ai on GitHub, arXiv, OpenRouter, and MarkTechPost
X: @gm8xx8 and @mutewinter
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/singularity
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Stripe launches Open Issuance, a Bridge-powered platform that lets companies create its own stablecoins, used by crypto wallet Phantom to issue its CASH token — Payments giant Stripe unveiled a stablecoin issuance platform and AI commerce tools at its New York showcase on Tuesday …
More: Stripe, Stripe, The Information, Unchained, Decrypt, Yahoo Finance, Bitcoin Insider, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, The Block, Payments Dive, and Blockworks
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon's Ring unveils the $200 Outdoor Cam Pro, $250 Spotlight Cam Pro, $280 Floodlight Cam Pro with Retinal Vision, a Search Party tool to find pets, and more — Company also rolls out new TV sets and upgraded home security products from Ring and Blink. — Amazon.com Inc. is revamping …
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| Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: |
Imgur blocks UK access after the ICO notified it of a possible fine over its handling of kids' data; the ICO calls Imgur's move a “commercial decision” — Imgur, one of the web's most popular image sharing and hosting platforms, has shut off access to its site to users in the United Kingdom …
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Forums: r/pcmasterrace, r/anime_titties, r/Scotland, r/mildlyinfuriating, and Slashdot
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash unveils delivery robot Dot, standing 4-foot, 6-inches tall and able to carry up to 30lb of cargo at up to 20mph, and a smart scale for restaurants — DoorDash Inc., the largest food-delivery app in the US, unveiled a delivery robot and a smart scale for restaurants …
More: Engadget, TechCrunch, The Daily Dot, The Robot Report, UPI, The Register, Washington Post, and DoorDash
Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app and @glinden
| Financial Times: |
Yale and Brookings study: generative AI is reshaping US jobs slightly faster than computers and the internet did, with little evidence of job loss so far — Research shows little evidence the cutting-edge tech such as chatbots is putting people out of work
More: The Budget Lab at Yale
| Christine Mui / Politico: |
Interviews with 50+ people detail how the Trump administration seized control of Biden's $7.4B Natcast chips initiative, a move that many consider shortsighted — SAN FRANCISCO — A $7.4 billion tech initiative devised as the linchpin of America's semiconductor resurgence is in limbo … | Celia Ford / Transformer: |
Anthropic's System Card: Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to recognize many alignment evaluation environments as tests and would modify its behavior accordingly — Anthropic's new model appears to use “eval awareness” to be on its best behavior — Anthropic's newly-released Claude Sonnet 4.5 is …
More: Android Headlines, Engadget, TechCrunch, Anthropic, and Barron's Online
| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
A Delaware court dismissed Arm's last claim against Qualcomm, ruling that Qualcomm and subsidiary Nuvia didn't breach license agreements; Arm plans to appeal — Qualcomm Inc. said a Delaware court dismissed Arm Holdings Plc's last remaining legal claim against the chipmaker …
More: Reuters and MarketWatch
| Spotify: |
Spotify says Daniel Ek will step down as CEO and become executive chairman in January 2026, and names CPTO Gustav Söderström and CBO Alex Norström as co-CEOs — Today, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) announced that Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek will transition to the role …
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| Bloomberg: |
Meta intends to acquire AI chip startup Rivos, as it seeks to reduce reliance on Nvidia; Rivos was reportedly seeking new funding at a $2B valuation in August — Meta Platforms Inc. is acquiring chips startup Rivos Inc., according to a person familiar with the deal, part of an effort …
More: The Information, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Seeking Alpha, The Economic Times, Proactive, Quiver Quantitative, and MarketWatch
X: @patrickmoorhead and @benbajarin
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Forums: r/intelstock, r/hardware, and r/StockMarket
| Reuters: |
Taiwan's vice premier, who is leading US negotiations, says Taiwan would not agree to a 50-50 split in chip production, adding no such condition was discussed — Taiwan will not agree to a deal with the United States for half of all semiconductor production to take place in the country …
More: Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Times of India, DigiTimes, and Xinhua
| Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
A California jury finds Uber not liable for a woman's alleged sexual assault by her driver, in the first trial out of 500+ consolidated lawsuits in the state — Uber is not liable for the sexual assault of a woman who said she was attacked by her driver on a ride she ordered from the app …
More: New York Times, The Japan Times, and Bloomberg Law
| Daphné Leprince-Ringuet / Sifted: |
Vibe.co, a self-serve platform for businesses to run targeted ads on streaming services, raised a $50M Series B led by Hedosophia at a $410M valuation — The round was led by Uber backer Hedosophia with participation from Nik Storonsky's QuantumLight — Vibe.co, a Paris-based startup …
More: Vibe.co, Advanced Television, and EU-Startups
| Resilience Media: |
Tel Aviv-based Commcrete, maker of handheld satellite communication devices and software, raised a $21M Series A led by Greenfield; sources value it at $100M+ — The startup is building a revolutionary approach to making satcoms mobile, opening the door to devices that can evade Electronic Warfare
More: Pulse 2.0, CTech, Globes, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Satellite Evolution, and Via Satellite
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Assort Health, which is developing voice AI agents for healthcare, raised a $76M Series B led by Lightspeed, bringing its total funding to $102M — Like so many people with busy 9-to-5s, high school teacher Suzanne Grinberg has a scheduling problem: By the time she has a free moment …
More: AI, Robotics & …, Assort Health, HIT Consultant, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. X: @astasiamyers
| Manish Singh / India Dispatch: |
How Amazon's 48% stake in Indian supermarket chain More is becoming a strategic asset in the e-commerce giant's patient grocery delivery expansion across India — The grocery expansion that benefits a certain 48% stakeholder. — In cities like Guntur and Hubli, the unassuming storefronts …
X: @refsrc
| Tina Reed / Axios: |
President Trump signs an executive order directing his administration to invest $50M in AI-driven pediatric cancer research — President Trump signed an order Tuesday directing his administration to invest $50 million in AI-driven pediatric cancer research.| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Periodic Labs, co-founded by ChatGPT co-creator Liam Fedus, poaches 20+ researchers from Meta, OpenAI, DeepMind, and others to use AI for scientific discoveries — Founded by a co-creator of ChatGPT, Periodic Labs aims to build artificial intelligence that can accelerate discoveries in physics, chemistry and other fields.
More: TechCrunch, Politico, and Implicator.ai
X: @barret_zoph, @a16z, @periodiclabs, @tszzl, @crv, @ronconway, @polynoamial, @matternjustus, @caseyaylward, @creatine_cycle, @johnschulman2, @sama, @xanderai, @liamfedus, and @_jasonwei
LinkedIn: Molly Welch and Stuart Greif
| Reuters: |
US chipmaker Wolfspeed's shares close up 29.41% after the company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and achieved its goal of reducing overall debt by ~70% — Wolfspeed (WOLF.N) shares surged 33% on Tuesday, after the chipmaker successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a substantially reduced debt load.
More: Yahoo Finance
| Reuters: |
Fermi, a data center real estate investment trust co-founded by former US Energy Secretary Rick Perry, raised $682.5M in its US IPO, valuing Fermi at $12.46B — Fermi, a data center real estate investment trust co-founded by former U.S. energy secretary Rick Perry, said on Tuesday …
More: MarketWatch and Fermi America
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