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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel unveils Panther Lake, or Intel Core Ultra Series 3, the first chip built on its 18A process, coming to laptops and handhelds in late 2025 and early 2026 — What we know about the next Intel Core Ultra. … Panther Lake is the most important chip Intel has made in years.
More: Intel, Club386, PCWorld, Ars Technica, ZDNET, Gizmodo, CNET, The Register, CRN, Engadget, XDA Developers, Windows Central, Windows Central, The Economic Times, Digit, Expert Reviews, TechPowerUp, KitGuru, The Shortcut, Liliputing, Techaeris, Phoronix, Wccftech, Wccftech, Wccftech, Notebookcheck, and Digital Trends
X: @inteltech, @meng59739449, @hms1193, @intelnews, @ryanshrout, and @dylanonchips. Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Inside Intel's new 700-acre factories in the Arizona desert, which cost $32B and are starting large-scale 18A chip production, as it seeks to impress customers — Claims of a breakthrough at the chips company's new Arizona facility will be tested by sceptical Big Tech customers
More: Arizona Republic, The Register, Windows Central, Wired, and TipRanks Financial
X: @alex_intel_, @aschilling, @sashahupka, and @mzuhair123
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Discord estimates that 70K users' government ID photos may have been exposed in a 1.5TB data breach of third-party customer service Zendesk on September 20 — 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, BBC, Moneycontrol, Metacurity, Tom's Hardware, GBHackers Security, PCMag, Livemint, Security Affairs, Silicon Republic, Neowin, TheGamer, TechRadar, Engadget, DataBreaches.Net, The Cyber Express, PC Gamer, Tech Times, SecurityWeek, Mashable, 80 Level, Cyber Security News, 9to5Mac, CyberInsider, The Daily Hodl, Techdirt, Crikey, Tom's Guide, and Destructoid
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Bluesky: @dannypalmer, @cameronwilson, @phoul, and @jaypeters.net
Forums: Hacker News, r/ukpolitics, r/privacy, r/europe, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
China unveils sweeping export controls on rare-earth minerals, creating rules akin to US measures that block chip-related exports to China from third countries — Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain — China has unveiled sweeping new export controls …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Samsung introduces the Tiny Recursion Model, a 7M-parameter model that can outperform LLMs 10,000x larger, like Gemini 2.5 Pro and o3-mini, on specific problems — The trend of AI researchers developing new, small open source generative models that outperform far larger …
More: arXiv.org, Forbes, WinBuzzer, AI News, Analytics India Magazine, and AI News
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple plans to update its Declared Age Range API and launch new APIs “later this year” to verify the ages of Apple Account users in Texas from January 1, 2026 — Starting next year in Texas, new rules will go into effect. … Starting next year, Texas will require companies …
More: Apple Developer, PCMag, Tom's Guide, CyberInsider, Neowin, MacTech.com, Times of India, Engadget, iClarified, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill requiring web browsers to add a mechanism that lets residents opt-out of allowing third parties to sell their data — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill which requires web browsers to make it easier for Californians to opt …
More: Engadget, Governor of California, MediaPost, and Tech Times
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| Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: |
ASML names Marco Pieters as its new CTO, replacing Martin van den Brink who left in 2024; Pieters was most recently EVP of ASML's Applications business — ASML Holding NV named Marco Pieters as executive vice president and chief technology officer of the chip-equipment company reporting to Chief Executive Officer Christophe Fouquet.
More: ASML, Benzinga, Reuters, Implicator.ai, and Morningstar, Inc.
| Lee V. Gaines / NPR: |
A survey of 1,000 ninth through 12th grade US students finds that nearly one in five say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with AI — New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence.
More: Center for Democracy …, Implicator.ai, Center for Democracy …, Center for Democracy …, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Route Fifty
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Forums: r/technews, r/technology, and r/NPR
| Vince Quill / Cointelegraph: |
The Ethereum Foundation announces the “Privacy cluster”, a team of 47 blockchain industry experts developing protocol-level privacy features for the network — The team of 47 professionals from the blockchain industry will help research and develop privacy features for the Ethereum layer-1 network.| Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Berlin-based n8n, which lets businesses automate repetitive computing tasks through AI agents, raised a $180M Series C led by Accel at a $2.5B valuation — N8n, a German startup that helps businesses deploy artificial intelligence agents, has raised $180 million to compete in a crowded market that includes OpenAI.
More: n8n Blog, PitchBook, Sifted, GamesBeat, Analytics India Magazine, Accel, Tech.eu, and Tech Funding News
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Apple removes Eyes Up, which archives video evidence of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, Eyes Up 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, Engadget, The Verge, Tech Times, SiliconANGLE, The Overspill, AppleInsider, and iThinkDifferent
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Forums: r/applesucks, r/politics, r/apple, r/technology, r/ThePeoplesPress, r/ICE_Raids, and r/EyesOnIce
| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Reflection AI, which is developing an open-source AI model to compete with DeepSeek, raised $2B led by Nvidia, valuing it at $8B, up from $545M in March — The big fund-raising round was the latest sign of investor fervor for artificial intelligence companies despite concerns that the boom is overheated.
More: Implicator.ai
| Mayumi Negishi / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank-owned PayPay takes a 40% stake in Binance Japan for an undisclosed sum, to capitalize on Japan's crypto boom; PayPay filed for a US IPO in August — SoftBank Group Corp.'s digital payment provider PayPay Corp. has taken a 40% stake in Binance's Japan unit, seeking to capitalize on the country's booming crypto market.| 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 …
More: NullTX, NFTgators, CoinGape, The Block, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, The Crypto Times, CryptoPotato, Bitcoin Insider, BeInCrypto, CoinDesk, ZyCrypto, and Blockonomi. X: @yzilabs
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Netflix is making multiplayer video games available on smart TVs and streaming devices such as from Roku for the first time, with phones serving as controllers — Netflix Inc. wants you to play Boggle in between binges of Stranger Things. — The streaming service is making its video games available … | 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 … | Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information: |
Sources: Cursor-maker Anysphere is considering investment offers at a ~$30B valuation; Cursor generates $500M in ARR as of June, third highest for an AI app — Anysphere, the maker of coding assistant Cursor, is considering offers to invest in the startup at around a $30 billion valuation …
X: @nmasc_
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
An analysis of nearly 50 Amazon purchases over six months in 2025: during the October 7-8 Prime Day sales, average savings were only 0.6% and some items went up — Next time Amazon hypes its Prime Days savings, remember this: The prices during the sale aren't always better. I've got the receipts to prove it.| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Microsoft is planning a major healthcare push for Copilot in partnership with Harvard Medical School, as it seeks to reduce its dependence on OpenAI — Company is seeking to move away from dependence on its partner OpenAI and build a consumer base for its Copilot chatbot
More: Benzinga, Reuters, Implicator.ai, Windows Report, The Indian Express, and WinBuzzer
| Financial Times: |
During a Mumbai trade visit, UK PM Keir Starmer hailed India's digital ID program Aadhaar as a “massive success”, as the UK plans to introduce digital ID cards — British prime minister shrugs off criticism of controversial database as he prepares plans for UK scheme
More: Business Today, The Guardian, Fortune India, Bloomberg, The Irish News, GB News, Mirror, and BBC. Bluesky: @pickardje
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: US Commerce Department's BIS approves several billion dollars' worth of Nvidia chip exports to the UAE, an early step in a May 2025 bilateral AI deal — The US has approved several billion dollars worth of Nvidia Corp. chip exports to the United Arab Emirates …
More: Tom's Hardware, Ukrainian National News, Reuters, TipRanks Financial, Arabian Business, and The National
Forums: r/NVDA_Stock and r/worldnews
| Bloomberg: |
Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise, designed to help employees automate tasks and generate content across departments, priced at $30 per user per month — Google's cloud unit is launching an artificial intelligence platform called Gemini Enterprise that it hopes will reach everyday workers … | Mrinmay Dey / Reuters: |
Sources: Disney has opted out of having its IP appear in OpenAI's Sora app; CAA says OpenAI is exposing artists to “significant risk” with Sora — Hollywood's premier talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, said on Thursday OpenAI is exposing artists to “significant risk” through its new AI video-generating tool Sora.| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Logitech tells users that it will end support for its Pop smart home switches, launched in August 2016, on October 15, as it moves on from its smart home plans — In another loss for early smart home adopters, Logitech has announced that it will brick all Pop switches on October 15.
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Forums: r/gadgets, r/technology, r/homeassistant, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
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