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Nvidia says it will begin selling the DGX Spark mini PC 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 the Vera Rubin NVL144 server rack architecture to the Open Compute Project and outlines its vision for “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 … | Wired: |
Researchers used an off-the-shelf system to compile a vast collection of private data, including T-Mobile users' calls and texts, sent by satellites unencrypted — With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users' calls …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI's massive deals show Sam Altman is selling a vision of a world-changing product and achieving it via world-changing financial engineering to raise $1T+ — Also crypto liquidations, inverse levered ETFs, stock buybacks and trade secrets. — OpenAI — The essence of finance is time travel.
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| The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI is working with Arm to develop a CPU designed to work with the AI chip OpenAI is developing with Broadcom; TSMC will manufacture the AI chip — OpenAI's development of its own artificial intelligence chip could end up benefiting SoftBank, one of its biggest shareholders …
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| Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: |
Nexperia says China banned it from exporting China-made products, as Beijing hits back at the Dutch government for taking over the Wingtech-owned chipmaker — Chipmaker Nexperia says it's been banned from exporting products it makes in China as Beijing hits back at the Dutch government for taking over the management of the company.| 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 … | 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 — Newsom, in a statement explaining his veto, said he shared concerns about “discriminatory threats, violence and coercive harassment online” but called SB771 “premature.”
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| Tyler Katzenberger / Politico: |
| 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 …
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| 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.| 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.| 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.| Michael Schneider / Variety: |
TiVo confirms that it exited the hardware business on October 1 when it stopped selling DVRs, but says it will continue to offer support for the products — The TiVo box, which sat at the cutting edge of television's early 2000s time-shifting viewer revolution, is no more.
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| 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.
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| Jaures Yip / CNBC: |
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| 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 — Ads in your search results might be a little less annoying now. … Ads in Google search results are getting a more prominent label …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Bank of England officials are holding up Revolut's full UK licence over concerns about whether its risk controls can keep pace with its global growth — Europe's most valuable start-up has waited years for approval to begin lending in its home market| 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 — Mr. Lebda died on Sunday after an all-terrain vehicle accident on his family's North Carolina farm, a company spokeswoman said.
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