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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's glasses may run full visionOS when paired with Mac or a lighter UI with iPhone; Apple may unveil M5 iPad, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro this week — After spending a week with Meta's new display-embedded smart glasses, I'm convinced that Apple made the right call pivoting from the so-called Vision Air to spectacles.
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Forums: r/apple, r/VisionPro, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Financial Times: |
The Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia under the Goods Availability Act to safeguard chip supply for European industries — Move by The Hague escalates frictions between western countries and Beijing over access to high-end technology
More: Government.nl, Silicon Republic, CNBC, South China Morning Post, Associated Press, Pekingnology, BBC, Morningstar, Inc., and Reuters
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Forums: r/europe and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Wingtech's Shanghai-listed stock plunged by its daily 10% limit after the Dutch government moved to exert control over Nexperia, which Wingtech acquired in 2018 — The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, the European semiconductor unit of China's Wingtech Technology Co. … | Washington Post: |
Sora videos depicting dead celebrities spark backlash from families; OpenAI says reps of “recently deceased” public figures can request likenesses be blocked — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI's new tool lets users make realistic AI videos of dead public figures. A rush of crude and racist memes has followed.
More: The Joy of Tech, NBC News, Moneycontrol, Telegraph, Benzinga, Axios, Digital Trends, PCMag, and Fast Company
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Forums: r/technews and r/technology
| Calder McHugh / Politico: |
Q&A with journalist Jacob Silverman on his new book Gilded Rage, the radical politics of certain tech elites, AI's impact on Silicon Valley politics, and more — How did Silicon Valley leaders go from heaping praise on Barack Obama to going all in on Donald Trump?
More: The Guardian, The Nerd Reich, The Times, Bloomberg, The Bulwark, and Tech Won't Save Us
Bluesky: @michaelemann, @burritojustice, @robertscotthorton, and @jacobsilverman.com. Forums: r/politics
| Alex Traub / New York Times: |
John Searle, known for “the Chinese Room” thought experiment on AI consciousness, died on Sept. 16 at 93; his UCB tenure ended over alleged sexual harassment — His blunt debating and imaginative theorizing about artificial intelligence and the human mind made him a leading scholar.
More: Daily Nous, Daily Californian, Colin McGinn, The Times, IFLScience, and The Guardian
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| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
OpenAI's blockbuster deals with Nvidia and AMD add a new layer to its complicated ownership structure and will dilute existing shareholders like Microsoft — Microsoft, OpenAI's staff and non-profit arm are due close to 90% of start-up. But Nvidia deal will dilute shareholders
More: ComputerWeekly.com and TechCrunch
| Daniel Wu / Washington Post: |
Data center proposals are facing growing opposition from towns across the US, as residents and officials raise concerns about water and electricity use — A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.
Bluesky: @tweetintheblind
| Ben Blanchard / Reuters: |
Taiwan says it expects no significant impact from China's new export controls on rare earth minerals, as it uses different rare earths in chip manufacturing — No significant impact is expected on Taiwan's semiconductor industry from China's new curbs on rare earths as they differ …
More: Silicon UK, Politico, Channel NewsAsia, Tom's Hardware, PhoneArena, Focus Taiwan, CryptoSlate, Fortune, The Indian Express, The Business Times, Bloomberg Law, Benzinga, Al Jazeera, and Bloomberg. Forums: r/worldnews
| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Strava CEO Michael Martin says Strava plans to launch a US IPO; Sensor Tower says Strava has 50M MAUs and users spent $180M+ on Premium in the year to September — CEO Michael Martin targets US IPO to raise capital for deals to keep Strava ahead of rivals including Garmin and Nike
More: TechCrunch
| Derek Thompson: |
How modern media consumption is converging toward a continuous flow of episodic video, across streaming providers, podcasts, and social media apps — A theory of culture and attention — A spooky convergence is happening in media. Everything that is not already television is turning into television.
X: @mulvihill79 and @dkthomp
LinkedIn: Andy Hasselwander, Justin Bruno, and Vanessa Otero
Bluesky: @taumuyi, @maxread.info, and @dkthomp
| Reuters: |
Warburg Pincus agrees to acquire German industrial software company PSI for over €700M, offering €45 per share; PSI's stock closed at €33.20 on October 10 — - PSI shares jumped nearly 11% after takeover news on Friday — Warburg Pincus to maintain PSI's management structure
More: Morningstar, Inc. and MarketScreener
| Yi-Ling Liu / Rest of World: |
Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for therapy to save time and money, while avoiding stigma around mental health — Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Robots that collaborate with humans, or “cobots”, are bringing automation to even the smallest US factories, as the US tries to reshore foreign manufacturing — China has more industrial robots than the rest of the world combined, but newer, more flexible robots are keeping smaller U.S. manufacturers in the fightSponsor Posts
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