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AWS says “the underlying DNS issue has been fully mitigated” and most “operations are succeeding normally now” after a major US-EAST-1 outage from 3:11AM ET — The cause of the AWS outage is currently unclear. … Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing …
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| Julia Black / New York Times: |
A profile of Katherine Boyle, an a16z partner and a friend to JD Vance, as Silicon Valley increasingly adopts her views, including embracing defense tech — Katherine Boyle, an influential venture capitalist who is a friend of the vice president, thinks the country's path forward involves …
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| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
OpenAI researchers delete X posts claiming that GPT-5 solved Erdös math problems, after pushback from Demis Hassabis and others; Yann LeCun ridicules OpenAI — OpenAI researchers recently claimed a major math breakthrough on X, but quickly walked it back after criticism from the community …
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| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
X plans a Handle Marketplace for Premium+ and Business subscribers to search for and request inactive usernames; rare handles can cost from $2,500 to $1M+ — Premium subscribers will be able to search and request usernames that have been unavailable. … Handles are going to be broken up into two broad categories.
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| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
X is testing a new way of opening links without fully covering an X post, allowing users to see the Like, Repost, and other buttons, starting on iOS — It comes in response to creators' complaints about the reach of posts containing links. — Links have proven to be a tricky thing when it comes to social media engagement.
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| Bloomberg: |
Nexperia accuses ousted CEO Zhang Xuezheng of spreading “falsehoods” that the chipmaker is now operating independently in China and of “unauthorized actions” — Chipmaker Nexperia has accused its ousted chief executive officer of spreading “falsehoods” … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Asana co-founder Dustin Moskovitz on Facebook, starting Asana, SaaS companies, enterprise AI, the “empty seat problem”, AI modesty, AI safety, and more — This week's Stratechery Interview is with Asana co-founder and Chairman Dustin Moskovitz.
| New York Times: |
US tech giants are on a data center building spree, sparking fury worldwide; research says ~60% of the 1,244 largest global centers in June were outside the US — As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.
X: @paulmozur and @paulmozur
| Reuters: |
A lawyer says 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed an antitrust complaint in China alleging Apple abuses its market dominance by restricting app distribution — A group of 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed a complaint with China's market regulator on Monday, a lawyer representing the group said …
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| The Verge: |
Opera Neon hands-on: the $20-per-month agentic AI browser can take over browsing tasks, but its three built-in AI chatbots can be confusing and unreliable — Neon is three AI tools dressed up as one, with a $20-per-month subscription attached. … The trick to understanding Opera's Neon browser … | Carol Ryan / Wall Street Journal: |
How luxury brands' stiffest competition is coming from secondhand online resellers like The RealReal and Fashionphile, driven by Gen Z and millennial consumers — Sales of secondhand luxury goods are growing faster than in brands' own stores — For luxury brands trying to win back shoppers … | Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
OpenEvidence, which makes an ad-supported AI chatbot for medical practitioners, raised $200M at a $6B valuation, up from $3.5B after raising $210M in July — The three-year-old artificial intelligence start-up has drawn investor attention, and money, as its use among doctors, nurses and others skyrockets.
LinkedIn: Sangeen Zeb
| Michael Paulson / New York Times: |
Ariel Emanuel's new company MARI acquires NYC- and London-based theater ticketing app TodayTix from PE firm Great Hill; TodayTix sells ~10M tickets per year — The ticketing company is already a significant player in the two big theater markets of New York and London.| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
SpaceX launched 56 Starlink satellites on separate Falcon 9 rockets on October 19, surpassing 10,000 total satellites launched into low Earth orbit to date — About 1,400 have been decommissioned. … On Sunday, SpaceX launched 56 additional Starlink satellites on separate Falcon 9 rockets … Sponsor Posts
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