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Wired:
Researchers used $800 of off-the-shelf hardware to collect data sent by satellites unencrypted, like T-Mobile users' calls and texts and some US military comms  —  With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users' calls …
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Nvidia says it will begin selling the DGX Spark mini PC, with DGX OS, for AI developers on October 15 on Nvidia.com and select third-party retailers for $3,999  —  (PCMag/Michael Kan) … It's not a consumer desktop, but Nvidia's foray into an AI developer-focused mini PC is finally ready to launch.
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Nvidia says it is donating its Vera Rubin NVL144 server rack architecture to the Open Compute Project and working with 70+ partners on “gigawatt AI factories”  —  Nvidia Corp. took to the stage at the 2025 OCP Global Summit in San Jose today to talk about how it's collaborating …
Financial Times:
Court filings: the Dutch government seized Nexperia after the US said it would remain on its export control list if Chinese CEO Zhang Xuezheng stayed in charge  —  Takeover of Nexperia plunges Netherlands into US-China tech war  —  Andy Bounds in Horsens, Denmark, Ben Hall in London and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing
David Ingram / NBC News:
Instagram overhauls the app for teen users with age-gating, like showing age-appropriate content to Teen Accounts by default, “guided by PG-13 movie ratings”  —  After outrage over teens' well-being on Instagram erupted, the company said it would adopt the film industry's approach …
Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
OpenAI's massive deals show that Sam Altman is selling a vision of a world-changing product and using world-changing financial engineering to try to raise $1T+  —  Also crypto liquidations, inverse levered ETFs, stock buybacks and trade secrets.  —  OpenAI  —  The essence of finance is time travel.
The Information:
Sources: OpenAI is talking with Arm about using a CPU with the OpenAI-Broadcom AI chip; source: Arm wants OpenAI to use the CPU with Nvidia's and AMD's AI chips
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Broadcom closed up 9.88% following the announcement of its OpenAI custom chip deal; Broadcom's stock is up 50%+ in 2025 after more than doubling in 2024
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils MAI-Image-1, its first text-to-image AI model developed in house, and says it excels at photorealistic imagery, like lighting and landscapes  —  The model has already secured a spot in the top 10 of LMArena. … Microsoft AI just announced its first text-to-image generator …
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung projects Q3 operating profit up 32% YoY to ~$8.47B, vs. ~$6.8B est., its biggest quarterly profit in over three years, as AI development accelerates  —  Samsung Electronics Co. reported its biggest quarterly profit in more than three years in a sign of healthy AI chip demand …
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 243, which mandates safety protocols for AI chatbot companions, the first US state law to regulate such AI chatbots  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill on Monday that regulates AI companion chatbots, making it the first state …
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 771, which would've fined social media companies if their algorithms intentionally promoted violent or extremist content
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 1043, which requires device makers and app stores to verify users' ages; Google, Meta, and OpenAI supported the bill
Joe Tidy / BBC:
The UK's NCSC dealt with a record 204 “nationally significant” cyberattacks in the year to August, up 89% YoY, and “highly significant” cyberattacks rose by 50%  —  People should plan for potential cyber-attacks by going back to pen and paper, according to the latest advice.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers detail “Pixnapping”, a new covert attack to steal 2FA codes and other private data on Android; Google's September patch only partially mitigates it  —  Android devices are vulnerable to a new attack that can covertly steal 2FA codes, location timelines, and other private data in less than 30 seconds.
Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph:
Bhutan announces that it is migrating its national ID system for roughly 800,000 residents from Polygon to Ethereum, with completion expected by Q1 2026  —  The Kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Ethereum to store the national identities of its roughly 800,000 citizens, leveraging the network's immutability and decentralization.
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Meta brings back job listings on Facebook, available for mobile users in the US via a dedicated Jobs tab in Marketplace, and across Groups and Pages  —  As AI reshapes the jobs market, Facebook is reviving its jobs board to help “young adults” find local entry-level work.
Bloomberg:
Sources: the EU considers forcing Chinese companies seeking access to digital markets to hand over tech to European companies if they want to operate locally  —  The European Union is considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over technology to European companies if they want to operate locally …
Hugh Son / CNBC:
JPMorgan Chase launches a decade-long plan to invest $10B in industries critical for national security, including “frontier” tech like AI and quantum computing  —  JPMorgan Chase on Monday said it is launching a decade-long plan to help finance and take direct stakes in companies it considers crucial to U.S. interests.
Jaures Yip / CNBC:
Quantum computing stocks jumped after JPMorgan announced a $10B strategic tech investment; Arqit, D-Wave, Rigetti, and IonQ each rose about 20%

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Filing: Paramount and state AGs agree to freeze the WBD merger until an antitrust trial occurs or until June 2027; a preliminary injunction hearing is canceled

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
At the rescheduled WHCA dinner, Trump praised the press corps' response to the April shooting before insulting journalists and celebrities who criticized him

Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump says he supports subpoenaing reporters in leak probes and that reporters should be forced to reveal the source of the leaked SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe

More News

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google plans to invest $15B over five years in India to set up a 1GW data center and AI hub in the southern Andhra Pradesh state; Google has 14K staff in India
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Online loans marketplace LendingTree says CEO and Chairman Doug Lebda died at 55 in an ATV accident on his family's farm; Lebda founded LendingTree in 1996

Earlier Picks

Saeed Azhar / Reuters:
Goldman Sachs agrees to acquire multi-stage investment firm Industry Ventures, which has $7B AUM, for $665M in cash and equity plus $300M tied to performance
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google updates Search to group paid results into a collapsible section with a single, larger “Sponsored” label at the top and a hide button at the bottom
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google updates NotebookLM's Video Overviews, adding six new Nano Banana-powered visual styles and a new “Brief” format for quick insights
Krystal Hu / Reuters:
Data integration startup Fivetran and data management startup dbt Labs announce a merger in an all-stock deal; Fivetran CEO will be CEO of the combined company
Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy:
Andrej Karpathy unveils nanochat, a full-stack training and inference implementation of an LLM in a single, dependency-minimal codebase
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple says the iPhone Air will go on sale in China on October 22, after initially delaying its launch due to regulatory issues with the Air's eSIM-only design
Brandi Vincent / DefenseScoop:
Anduril plans to deliver ~100 units of its AI-powered EagleEye helmet and eyewear to the US Army by Q2 2026, replacing Microsoft's IVAS; Meta provided some tech
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