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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Apple has removed Eyes Up, which archives video evidence of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, it doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations — Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned.
More: Migrant Insider, The Verge, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, and iThinkDifferent
X: @404mediaco and @jonathancohn
Bluesky: @josephcox, @josephcox, @questingvole, @coachfinstock, @infrequently.org, @jonathancohn, @bennjordan, @reichlinmelnick, @jasonkoebler, and @mims
Mastodon: @slightlyoff@toot.cafe, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @paul@tapbots.social
Forums: r/politics, r/technology, r/ThePeoplesPress, and r/apple
| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia's and OpenAI's wave of deals is escalating concerns that the $1T+ AI boom is being artificially propped up by interconnected business transactions — A wave of deals and partnerships are escalating concerns that the trillion-dollar AI boom is being propped up by interconnected business transactions.
More: Mercury News, Financial Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Hardware, Redmonk, The Economic Times, Benzinga, Implicator.ai, ZeroHedge News, Spyglass, New York Times, Bloomberg, Platformer, Bloomberg, and Bloomberg
X: @peter_atwater, @darioperkins, @mattzeitlin, @shanumathew93, @adisurreyenergy, @pbridgefounders, @garethdennis, @vshih2, @jaguaranalytics, and @oliviasolon
LinkedIn: Andrey Sidorenko, Paola Meta, Victor Baron, Jai Prakash Gautam, John Collins, Agnee Ghosh, and Senko Rašić
Bluesky: @jessefelder, @benbraun, @robertscotthorton, @pauljdavies, @aguasonic.com, @tomscocca, @mausellmoli, and @justinhendrix. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News and r/AMD_Stock
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Jensen Huang says AMD offering a 10% stake to OpenAI is “imaginative” and “surprising” considering that AMD was “so excited about” its next-generation chip — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that he's surprised Advanced Micro Devices offered 10% …
More: CNBC, Benzinga, The Information, Axios, PYMNTS.com, The Coin Republic, TipRanks Financial, and Investor's Business Daily
X: @rwang07, @rwang07, @firstadopter, @zerohedge, @edludlow, @apompliano, @zephyr_z9, @mikelongterm, @mikelongterm, and @stevehou0
Forums: r/AMD_Stock and Slashdot
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Discord estimates 70,000 users globally may have had government ID photos exposed in a September 20 third-party customer service data breach — Discord claims that the attackers are circulating inaccurate information about the breach of a customer service provider as part of an extortion attempt.
More: BleepingComputer, TheGamer, Engadget, Crikey, Cryptonews, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Cointelegraph
X: @vxunderground and @cameronwilson
Bluesky: @phoul, @cameronwilson, and @jaypeters.net
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Verizon signs a commercial agreement with AST SpaceMobile to offer satellite-to-phone connectivity in cellular dead zones starting in 2026; ASTS closes up 8.6% — As SpaceX races to dominate satellite-to-phone services, Verizon is doubling down on rival AST SpaceMobile instead.| Masha Abarinova / Fierce Network: |
More: The Verge, Benzinga, Verizon, PCMag, TelecomTV, Engadget, The Boston Globe, and Cord Cutters News. Forums: Slashdot
| Logan Hitchcock / Decrypt: |
YZi Labs, formerly Binance Labs, announces a $1B Builder Fund to support long-term builders developing on BNB Chain in areas like trading, AI, and DeFi — YZi Labs, the venture office of Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao and formerly known as Binance Labs, is creating a $1 billion fund … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Filing: Elon Musk and X settle a lawsuit by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde, and others over $128M+ in unpaid 2024 severance — The settlement agreement over withheld severance is dependent on Musk meeting ‘certain conditions.’
More: Mercury News, The Independent, LAW.com, UPI, The Wrap, TVNewsCheck, Deadline, Reuters, Engadget, The Information, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, TechCrunch, and Fox Business
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Google Pixel Watch 4 review: a significant leap in Google's smartwatch lineup with a nice domed display, but Gemini is unreliable, and GPS maps are still wonky — Five years ago, I used to groan when it came time to review an Android smartwatch. Back then, anything that wasn't a Samsung watch was disappointing at best.
More: Wired, CGMagazine, Android Authority, 9to5Google, ZDNET, PCMag, Engadget, Android Central, Wired, Wareable, New York Times, Android Authority, Mashable, Droid Life, 9to5Google, Android Headlines, Pocket-lint, Trusted Reviews, and Wired
X: @engadget, @cnet, @androidcentral, @maxwinebach, @caro_milanesi, and @maxwinebach. Bluesky: @vicmsong
Forums: r/PixelWatch and r/Android
| Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: |
More: MrMobile [Michael Fisher] on YouTube, Gizmodo, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, CNET on YouTube, Jon Valiagas on YouTube, The Verge, Tech Advisor, ZDNET, Bloomberg, Multicore, Hindustan Times, Engadget, 9to5Google, CNET, SlashGear, Stuff, CGMagazine, iPhone in Canada, Tom's Guide, Android Police, Android Authority, Trusted Reviews, and Mashable
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Forums: r/Android and Ars OpenForum
| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
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| Los Angeles Times: |
Prosecutors say the evidence against a man accused of starting what became the Pacific Palisades fire includes a ChatGPT-generated image of a burning city — - Authorities have arrested a suspect in the Palisades fire after a nine-month investigation into the blaze that killed 12 people.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DHS has reassigned hundreds of CISA staffers to jobs that support deportations, including at ICE, and said it would dismiss anyone who refused — The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel …
Bluesky: @drewharwell.com, @patrickhowelloneill.com, and @ericjgeller.com
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
New York City sues Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and ByteDance, accusing them of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media — - City alleges gross negligence, creating public nuisance — ‘Subway surfing’ deaths attributed to social media — Google denies accusations about YouTube| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Relace, which makes tools and specialized language models to help AI agents code faster for customers like Lovable and Figma, raised a $23M Series A led by a16z — Countless startups sell tools to software engineers, such as version control systems to track who's making changes to a codebase …
More: SiliconANGLE, Relace, and Andreessen Horowitz
| Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Sources: data streaming software maker Confluent is exploring a sale after attracting acquisition interest from PE firms and tech companies; CFLT jumps 9%+ — - Firm working with bankers after attracting interest from private equity and tech firms, sources say
More: SiliconANGLE, Motley Fool, The Information, and Investor's Business Daily
Forums: r/apachekafka and Lobsters
| Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media: |
New York-based Crosby, a law firm that uses AI to help speed up the contracts process, raised a $20M Series A co-led by Index Ventures, BCV, and Elad Gil — Crosby, led by lawyer turned founder Ryan Daniels, has raised a $20 million Series A from Index and Bain Capital Ventures to expand its AI-assisted legal work.
More: Index Ventures. X: @eddienasser, @anthonycorletti, @crosbylegal, @sahiladhawade, @jmelaskyriazi, and @shreyanj98
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
David AI, which sells audio data sets for AI training, raised a $50M Series B, sources say at a $500M valuation, up from ~$100M from its $25M Series A in May — David AI Labs Inc. a startup selling audio data sets to help train artificial intelligence models, has raised $50 million …
More: David AI. X: @michaelandma, @lizwessel, @jaltma, @barrnanas, @ycombinator, @badgalgge, @withdavidai, and @atkurland
| Mark Hallam / DW News: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office opens an investigation into whether Temu is influencing the pricing of third-party merchants, potentially stifling competition — Germany's competition watchdog has announced an investigation of Chinese discount online retail site temu.com, suspecting it of influencing retailers' prices.| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
German officials say they will vote against the EU's “Chat Control” proposal, signaling the bloc will not have enough support to pass the measure on October 14 — German officials on Wednesday said they will vote against a European Union proposal to allow the scanning …
More: TechRadar, CyberScoop, Reclaim The Net, Implicator.ai, and WinBuzzer
| CryptPad Blog: |
More: Patrick Breyer, European Commission, Nextcloud, and heise online News
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Bluesky: @nemeciii and @cryptpad.org
Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social and @CryptPad@social.xwiki.com
| Sam Clark / Politico: |
More: Fight Chat Control, The Register, and GovInfoSecurity.com
X: @mer__edith, @paddi_hansen, @defmon3, @techworkersber, @murenacom, @dhh, @noyyy, and @eff. Bluesky: @matthewdgreen
Mastodon: @metacurity@infosec.exchange and @randy_@social.linux.pizza
Forums: Hacker News, r/europe, r/BuyFromEU, r/eutech, r/privacy, r/stupidpol, r/france, and r/europrivacy
| Danny Park / The Block: |
MetaMask launches in-app perpetual futures trading powered by Hyperliquid, and plans to integrate Polymarket's prediction markets later this year — - MetaMask launched its in-app perpetuals trading feature today, powered by Hyperliquid. — Further expanding its roadmap … | Dasha Afanasieva / Bloomberg: |
US House lawmakers criticize ASML, Tokyo Electron, KLA, and other equipment makers for selling to the Chinese military and helping build China's chip industry — Semiconductor companies including Applied Materials Inc. and ASML Holding NV fell after a US House committee said that the industry …
More: The American Bazaar, Select Committee on the CCP, and Reuters
X: @committeeonccp, @jchengwsj, @dnystedt, and @committeeonccp
| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that will require web browsers to add settings that allow residents to opt out of third-party data collection — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill which requires web browsers to make it easier for Californians to opt-out of allowing third parties to sell their data.
More: Bloomberg Law and BDC
| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta and Apple are close to settling two EU antitrust cases and agreeing to a deal to change their business practices after a total €700M in DMA fines — US Big Tech groups in final stages of agreeing deal with Brussels to avoid series of escalating fines
More: Appleosophy, iThinkDifferent, The Information, GSMArena.com, Computerworld, BGR, iClarified, Benzinga, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
X: @timsweeneyepic, @jason_kint, and @timsweeneyepic
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Sam Altman on OpenAI's unifying vision, infrastructure deals, the investor mindset, ChatGPT apps, Instant Checkout, Sora, copyright, feedback, and more — Today's Stratechery Interview is with OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. I have interviewed Altman twice before …
More: Search Engine Land and Implicator.ai
X: @venturetwins, @buccocapital, @jerrycap, @zephyr_z9, @eric_seufert, @johncoogan, and @jerrycap. LinkedIn: Elana Widmann. Bluesky: @carnage4life
| Reuters: |
Crypto exchange Gemini launches an Australian arm, Gemini Intergalactic Australia, to offer its services in the country after registering with regulator AUSTRAC — Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini said on Thursday it has launched an Australian operation as the firm expands into the country …
More: Decrypt, Gemini, Cointelegraph, BeInCrypto, Australian Financial Review, Gemini, Yahoo Finance, Blockonomi, and CoinDesk. Bluesky: @caseynewton
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