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President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial — Pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company — President Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Mico, a character that responds with real-time expressions when talked to, now on by default in Copilot's voice mode in the US, UK, and Canada — Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode. … It's been nearly 30 years since Microsoft's Office assistant …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Copilot to add Copilot Groups, enabling up to 32 people to collaborate in a session, and a “real talk” mode to add more personality to Copilot — Microsoft is also adding better memory, improvements to health queries, and a new Mico voice character.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft asked its Xbox unit to hit 30% profit margins, well above the industry average, prompting product cancellations, price hikes, and job cuts — Management's goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects — Microsoft Corp. is asking …
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Forums: r/Games, r/xbox, r/consoles, r/kindafunny, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/gaming, and Slashdot
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI acquires Software Applications Incorporated, which is building an AI-powered user interface for macOS and raised $6.5M from Sam Altman and others — OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Inc., a startup building an AI-powered user interface for Mac desktops …
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| 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
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| Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget: |
Amazon relaunches its game streaming service Luna, available at no additional cost for Prime subscribers, and adds new beginner-friendly multiplayer games — The big addition is a collection of multiplayer games that can be controlled with a smartphone. — After detailing its plans …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources and docs: the US DOJ charged an ex-director of zero-day vendor L3Harris' Trenchant with stealing secrets from two companies to sell to a Russian buyer — A director at a company that sells computer vulnerabilities has been charged with stealing secrets to sell to an unspecified buyer in Russia …
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| 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
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| Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: |
Meta cuts roles in its Risk unit citing a shift from manual reviews to a “consistent and automated process” that is delivering “reliable compliance outcomes” — - Meta is cutting roles in its Risk org, according to an internal memo.
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| 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 …
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| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules against Apple in a lawsuit accusing it of abusing its dominant position by charging a 30% App Store commission — Apple (AAPL.O) on Thursday lost a London lawsuit accusing the U.S. tech company of abusing its dominant position by charging app developers …
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, and other quantum 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 …
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Chainguard, which helps companies secure software supply chains, raised $280M, six months after a $356M Series D, bringing its total funding to $892M — GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory.
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| Kayla Cobb / The Wrap: |
VideoShops, an affiliate retail platform that lets creators start personalized storefronts with no minimum follower count, raised a $42M seed — Abra Potkin and Nicole Winnaman are changing that — When you think of the most basic definition of an influencer — a person whose recommendations … | Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
Cyprus' financial regulator grants a crypto license to Revolut, allowing the startup to offer crypto services across the EU under new regulations — British finance app Revolut has been granted a licence by Cyprus that will enable it to continue to target crypto-related services to grow its business … | 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” — Family of teen who took his own life after ChatGPT use alleges chatbot maker intentionally weakened protections
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| Financial Times: |
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales agree to a deal to combine their space and satellite businesses, seeking to build a European SpaceX competitor — European defence groups promise ‘significant synergies’ to respond to rapid expansion of Starlink network — Airbus, Leonardo and Thales have struck … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Eight Sleep adds an outage mode to its smart beds after complaints they were stuck at sweltering temperatures and in inclined positions during the AWS outage — Thousands of Eight Sleep owners were unable to adjust temperatures or bed positions while while Amazon's servers were down.
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Forums: r/technology, r/hardware, r/technews, and Ars OpenForum
| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Internal memo: TikTok plans leadership changes, moving two teams under ByteDance veteran Fiona Zhi and undoing earlier efforts to empower Western executives — TikTok is implementing drastic leadership changes that pull the video app closer to the orbit of its parent ByteDance … | Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: Suno hit ~$150M in ARR from subscriptions to its app, up nearly 4x YoY; it has $10 and $30 per month subscription tiers, implying 5M+ subscribers — You can count the number of breakout consumer AI applications on the fingers of one hand. There's OpenAI's ChatGPT and...that's about it, at least so far.| 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 …
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| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
OpenAI, Oracle, and Vantage Data Centers plan to build a data center in Wisconsin called Lighthouse, costing $15B+ and set to open in 2028, as part of Stargate — OpenAI, along with Oracle (ORCL.N) and Vantage Data Centers, will develop a data center campus in Wisconsin, as part of the Stargate project …
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| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
Data center startup Crusoe raised $1.4B led by Mubadala and Valor, more than tripling its valuation to $10B+ in one year and taking its total funding to $3.9B — Infrastructure provider to OpenAI triples its valuation to $10bn in a year — Data centre start-up Crusoe has raised $1.4bn …
More: DatacenterDynamics and Axios
| Najat Kantouar / Wall Street Journal: |
AI creative studio Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI and Google DeepMind execs, raised a $12M seed led by Atomico and aims to release its first content in 2026 — The funds will double the company's engineering team and accelerate a push into intellectual-property ownership and content production| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Super Micro's shares drop 5%+ after the server maker reports it expects $5B in Q1 revenue, down from its $6B to $7B guidance, due to “design win upgrades” — Super Micro Computer shares fell 6% on Thursday after the company released weak preliminary results for its fiscal first quarter of 2026.
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