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Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft asks its Xbox unit to hit 30% “accountability margins”, or profit margins, and Xbox canceled products, cut jobs, and raised prices to meet it  —  Management's goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects
Dane Stuckey / @cryps1s:
OpenAI CISO Dane Stuckey outlines prompt injection mitigations in ChatGPT Atlas, including a “logged out mode” that blocks agent access to user credentials  —  Yesterday we launched ChatGPT Atlas, our new web browser. In Atlas, ChatGPT agent can get things done for you. We're excited to see how this feature makes work and day-to-day life more efficient and effective for people. ChatGPT agent is powerful and helpful, and designed to be
Wall Street Journal:
A teen's parents allege OpenAI loosened ChatGPT's suicide-talk rules to boost engagement before their son died by suicide using a method discussed with ChatGPT  —  An amended complaint from the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide, alleges the changes were part of a push to increase engagement
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Lawyers for a teen who died by suicide after allegedly discussing methods with ChatGPT call OpenAI's request for all memorial documents “intentional harassment”
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon is testing AR glasses for delivery drivers, using AI and computer vision to help them scan packages, follow walking directions, and get proof of delivery  —  MILPITAS, Calif. — Amazon is bringing delivery details directly to drivers' eyeballs.  —  The e-commerce giant on Wednesday confirmed …
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wavequantum, and other computing companies are in talks to give the US Commerce Department equity in exchange for $10M+ funding each  —  Discussions signal Washington's wider involvement in key parts of the economy  —  WASHINGTON—Several quantum-computing companies …
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Email: Indian crypto exchange WazirX plans to resume operations on October 24, following a court-approved restructuring, after hackers stole $230M in July 2024  —  That was the final step in a process that began after a massive security breach last year froze assets, shuttered withdrawals …
James Reddick / The Record:
Starlink VP Lauren Dreyer says the company “proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected ‘scam centers’” in Myanmar  —  SpaceX says it has disabled more than 2,000 Starlink devices connected to scam compounds in Myanmar …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on GM's plans for AI, autonomous driving, ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, and more  —  We've got a special episode of Decoder today.  I'm talking to General Motors CEO Mary Barra and new GM Chief Product Officer …
Michael Wayland / CNBC:
GM plans to roll out Gemini in its vehicles starting in 2026 and aims to launch an advanced driver-assistance system with eyes-off driving capabilities in 2028
Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Sources: Polymarket is in early talks with investors to raise funds at a $12B to $15B valuation, up from ~$8B pre-investment in a raise earlier in October  —  The prediction market Polymarket is holding early conversations with investors and looking to raise money at a valuation between $12 billion …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple removes controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for failing to meet requirements around content moderation and user privacy  —  Controversial dating safety apps, Tea and Tea on Her, have been pulled from the Apple App Store.
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data scraping companies, accusing them of illegally stealing its data by scraping Google search results  —  In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google's search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
IBM reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $16.3B, above $16.1B est., and Hybrid Cloud revenue, including its Red Hat unit, up 14%, below 16% est.; IBM drops 6%+  —  International Business Machines Corp. reported disappointing revenue in its closely watched Red Hat unit, sparking concerns among investors …
Wall Street Journal:
Top AI researchers and executives in Silicon Valley are working 80 to 100 hours per week, driven by competition, as AI's progress compresses product timelines  —  With expertise in the field scarce, workers in Silicon Valley are pushing themselves to extremes day after day
Reuters:
Sources: the Trump administration is considering barring exports of products made with US software to China in response to the country's rare earth restrictions  —  - Trump administration considers potential escalation in China trade war  — Measure could restrict shipments to China of goods containing or made with U.S. software
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Google says its Willow quantum chip using a new Quantum Echoes algorithm ran computations 13,000x faster than supercomputers, aiding drug and materials research  —  Michel H. Devoret was one of three physicists who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for a series of experiments they conducted more than four decades ago.
Canadian Press:
Canada's financial crime watchdog fines crypto exchange Cryptomus a record ~$126M for infractions including failing to flag suspicious transactions  —  Firm failed to flag over 1,000 transactions with suspected links to criminal activity  —  A cryptocurrency exchange has been slapped …
Financial Times:
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales agree to a deal to combine their space businesses, promising “significant synergies” in a bid to build a European SpaceX competitor  —  European defence groups promise ‘significant synergies’ to respond to rapid expansion of Starlink network

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