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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to build its upcoming indoor security camera, home hub, and tabletop robot in Vietnam as part an effort to lessen its dependence on China  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to expand its manufacturing operations in Vietnam as part of a push into the smart home market …
Reuters:
China's Industry Ministry says Tim Cook pledged to boost Apple's investment in China during a visit, but offers few details, as the US and China clash on trade
Sam Altman / @sama:
Sam Altman says OpenAI plans a ChatGPT version with a “personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o” and will add “erotica for verified adults”  —  We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
OpenAI forms the Expert Council on Well-Being and AI, with eight experts to help guide OpenAI's work on ChatGPT and Sora
April Roach / CNBC:
ASML reports Q3 net sales of €7.5B, v. €7.7B est., and €2.12B net profit, v. €2.11B est., warning that it expects China sales to decline “significantly” in 2026  —  Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML on Wednesday looked to calm concerns over 2026 growth …
New York Times:
Spotify's deal to bring video podcasts to Netflix bars shows from airing in full on YouTube; Netflix won't run ad breaks, but Spotify's integrated ads remain  —  Netflix will show video versions of 16 podcasts on sports, culture, entertainment and true crime.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI makes a five-year business plan to meet $1T+ spending pledges; OpenAI currently books ~$13B in ARR, 70% of which comes from consumer ChatGPT use  —  New revenue lines, debt partnerships and further fundraising targeted to cover enormous costs
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube starts rolling out its redesigned video player, which features rounded, slightly translucent on-screen buttons, across mobile, web, and TV globally  —  The ‘cleaner’ look is rolling out across mobile, web, and TV. … YouTube is updating the look of the video player to be …
Mother Jones:
Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia that has exploited the SS7 telecom protocol to target politicians, journalists, and others  —  Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
Danny Park / The Block:
Coinbase invests in Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX to expand into India and the Middle East; CEO Sumit Gupta said the deal values CoinDCX at $2.45B post-money  —  - Coinbase said it is investing in Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX to scale its presence in India and the Middle East.
Jason Del Rey / Fortune:
Sources: Amazon plans to cut as much as 15% of its HR staff, and additional layoffs will likely affect other areas of its core consumer business  —  Amazon is preparing to cut as much as 15% of its human resources staff, with additional layoffs likely in other divisions, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Microsoft officially ends support for Windows 10, which runs on ~40% of Windows PCs, per Statcounter; users can enroll in an Extended Security Updates program  —  End users can get an extra year of security updates relatively easily.  —  Today is the official end-of-support date for Microsoft's Windows 10.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Samsung schedules a “Worlds Wide Open” Galaxy event on October 21 at 10pm ET, where it will provide more details on its “groundbreaking” Project Moohan headset  —  It's nearly time to learn a lot more about the Project Moohan headset.
Dylan Martin / CRN:
Intel unveils Crescent Island, a data center GPU designed for AI inference workloads, featuring Intel's Xe3P microarchitecture and 160GB of LPDDR5X memory  —  Revealed this week at the 2025 OCP Global Summit, ‘Crescent Island’ marks the beginning of Intel's annual cadence of GPU releases …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Waymo plans to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London, starting in 2026, its first European launch; human-supervised cars will first collect data  —  It's good timing too.  The UK is ready to start piloting fully driverless vehicles. … London's iconic black cabs could soon face a new rival: Waymo.
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
US DHS: Chinese criminal organizations made $1B+ in the past three years via scam texts; Proofpoint: last month, a record 330K US toll-scam texts were reported  —  Messages seeking payment for unpaid tolls or postage fees prompt victims to hand over credit-card information, which gangs use to buy gift cards and luxury goods
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
The US DOJ seizes ~$15B in bitcoin held in wallets owned by a man who oversaw a “pig butchering” operation in Cambodia, in the DOJ's largest ever forfeiture  —  The Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held by a man who oversaw a massive “pig butchering” …
Verity Townsend / IGN:
The Japanese government says it formally requested that OpenAI refrain from infringing on Japanese IPs, such as anime, calling them “irreplaceable treasures”  —  “We are a country that has captivated the world with the creative power of anime, games, and music.”
Tobias Mann / The Register:
Nvidia's DGX Spark hands-on: trades performance and bandwidth for 128GB of unified memory, Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem is valuable, flow-through design, and more  —  This relatively affordable AI workstation isn't about going fast; it's about doing everything well enough

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James Oliphant / Reuters:
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Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg:
Walmart partners with OpenAI to let consumers purchase Walmart's products via ChatGPT using Instant Checkout, starting later this fall; WMT closed up 5%
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