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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Anthropic and Google announce their cloud partnership worth tens of billions of dollars, giving Anthropic access to 1M TPUs and 1GW of capacity in 2026 — Anthropic and Google officially announced their cloud partnership Thursday, a deal that gives the artificial intelligence company access …
More: Anthropic, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, Windows Report, Blockonomi, Google Cloud, The Decoder, eeNews Europe, Sherwood News, Reuters, Analytics India Magazine, Proactive, Capacity, WinBuzzer, South China Morning Post, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, The Register, Neowin, Yahoo Finance, Maginative, Dow Jones Newswires, The Information, and Constellation Research
X: @edzitron, @jeffdean, @benbajarin, @anthropicai, @googlecloud, @patrickmoorhead, @pirroh, @basedbeffjezos, @anthropicai, @scaling01, and @zephyr_z9
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
| Eliza Gkritsi / Politico: |
The EU accuses Meta and TikTok of violating their obligations to give researchers adequate access to public data on their platforms under the DSA — Move comes as EU faces pressure over enforcing its tech lawbooks. — BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday accused Meta and TikTok … | Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal: |
More: Bloomberg, The Guardian, Ukrainian National News, RTÉ, and European Commission
X: @hennavirkkunen, @firstsquawk, and @brusselsmatters
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon blames a rare software bug and “faulty automation” for this week's massive AWS glitch, and says it has turned off the flawed automation worldwide — In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant's hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.
More: Amazon Web Services, The Guardian, Constellation Research, and The Verge
LinkedIn: Sharique Kamal, Miguel Angel Muñoz Sanchez, C.K. Tse, Dhaval Nagar, and Markus Ostertag
Bluesky: @orthanc.nz, @lordbonkers, @paulblinkhorn, @oldcoleminer, @sealab2021.org, @rayminehane, @dungbeetle, and @themilfmag.net
Mastodon: @mikeolson@mastodon.social and @ewenmcneill@cloudisland.nz
Forums: Hacker News, r/programming, and Lobsters
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
More: New York Times. X: @m_franceschetti, @mikeisaac, @isamlambert, @fearedbuck, @eigenrobot, @nearcyan, @varunramg, @gergelyorosz, @ggooooddddoogg, @_zeets, @lukeweston, @nearcyan, @nextokens, @wizaj, @byalexhalverson, @adrianweckler, @moveincircles, @srinath_rajaram, @florianherrengt, @nearcyan, @anothercohen, @theprimeagen, @makofukasame, and @internetofshit
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Mastodon: @ZDL@mstdn.social and @josephcox@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/hardware, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Brooke Singman / Fox Business: |
Apple's Houston manufacturing facility, originally scheduled to open in 2026, is now shipping AI servers that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute — Apple's Houston manufacturing facility is operating ahead of schedule — EXCLUSIVE: Apple is now building and shipping American …
More: MacRumors, MacRumors, CNN, AppleInsider, Fortune, Reuters, MacDailyNews, iThinkDifferent, Benzinga, The Wrap, The Verge, CNBC, BonTech Labs, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
X: @benbajarin, @tim_cook, @houstonomics, @brookesingman, and @rapidresponse47. Bluesky: @craiggrannell
Mastodon: @caseyliss@mastodon.social and @ry@duck.haus
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q3 revenue up 3% YoY to $13.7B, vs. $13.2B est., and net income of $4.1B, vs. a net loss of $16.6B in Q3 2024; INTC jumps 7%+ — Intel reported better-than-expected revenue on Thursday, signaling that demand for its core x86 processors for PCs has recovered. The stock jumped 6% in extended trading.
More: Intel, TechCrunch, Tom's Hardware, Wall Street Journal, Verdict, Nikkei Asia, Intel, and The Verge
X: @patrickmoorhead, @intelnews, @danielnewmanuv, @earnings_time, @economyapp, @kobeissiletter, and @joshdwalrath
Forums: r/TechHardware and r/intel
| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
EA and Stability AI announce a partnership to build game developer tools, including “smarter paintbrushes” to quickly generate high-quality 2D textures — Video game giant Electronic Arts has struck a new partnership with generative tech company Stability AI … | Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law: |
A US judge says Meta lawyers told staff to block or remove parts of internal teen mental health research to limit liability; Meta says no findings were removed — Meta Platforms Inc.'s lawyers advised employees to block or remove portions of internal research on teen mental health harm … | Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Trump's pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality — The move by Trump comes as his family works to profit from coins.
More: U.S. House Committee …, CNN, Axios, Axios, Raw Story, The Crypto Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, Bitcoinist.com, France 24, and Politico. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
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Mastodon: @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple may turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe due to “intense lobbying efforts” in Germany and other countries over alleged anticompetitive conduct — In a statement to the German Press Agency, Apple claimed that it may have to turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe as a result of “intense lobbying efforts”.
More: Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Thurrott, International Business Times, Implicator.ai, Moneycontrol, MacTech.com, WinBuzzer, EPIC, BGR, AppleInsider, and MacRumors. LinkedIn: Florent Morin
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Mico, a new character for Copilot's voice mode that responds with real-time expressions and is enabled by default, available in the US — Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode. … It's been nearly 30 years since Microsoft's Office assistant …
More: Microsoft Copilot Blog, Windows Blog, Microsoft Copilot on YouTube, MacRumors, Associated Press, The Register, The Hans India, The Indian Express, KnowTechie, CNN, Trusted Reviews, Android Authority, Analytics India Magazine, NDTV Profit, XDA Developers, Business Standard, Tech Times, Microsoft Copilot, and Neowin
X: @satyanadella, @mustafasuleyman, @mreflow, @copilot, @tbpn, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @microsoftedge, @zacbowden, @jaxonloid, @satyanadella, @yusuf_i_mehdi, and @tbpn
LinkedIn: Catrin Hinkel, Rob Elsinga, Janny Woo, Aishwarya Nagarajan, and Peter Hames
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @moreorloess, @tyleraking.com, @taumuyi, @acidrains, and @tomwarren.co.uk
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Forums: r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: Moneycontrol, Business Standard, BGR, Axios, Windows Central, and ZDNET
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Sources: JPMorgan plans to allow institutional clients globally to use their holdings of bitcoin and ether as collateral for loans by end of year — JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to allow institutional clients to use their holdings of Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for loans by the end … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft won't provide erotica AI services and that “other companies will build that”, after Sam Altman said ChatGPT would offer erotica — Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said the software giant won't build artificial intelligence services that provide …
More: Wired, Moneycontrol, WinBuzzer, and Digit
| Jeannine Amodeo / Bloomberg: |
Sources: banks are preparing to launch a $38B debt sale to fund Oracle data centers, including $23.25B for a Texas data center and $14.75B for a Wisconsin site — Banks are preparing to launch a $38 billion debt offering as soon as Monday that will help fund data centers tied to Oracle Corp …
More: DatacenterDynamics, CoinDesk, Semafor, Sherwood News, Urban Milwaukee, Business Wire, and Reuters
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Pricempire: after Valve updated the exchange rate of Counter-Strike digital items, the market fell by $1.75B, or 25%, on October 23; in 2024, a gun sold for $1M — The market for digital items in the popular video-game Counter—Strike fell 25% overnight, following an update by the title's developer Valve Corp.
More: Polygon.com, Dexerto, Forbes, Eurogamer.net, PC Gamer, GamesRadar, and Kotaku
X: @cecianasta, @ralseii, @traghazl, @basket_4naggets, @dexiecs, @sughcs, @kinda_cs2, @cs2_coco, @cioudedfilms, @dinglecs2, @boldleonidas, @vqltuk, @ne0kai, @thewarowl, @matthewfoxaf, @fwiz, @indexcs, @csunfortunate, @lvscars, and @cecianasta. Forums: Hacker News
| 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 …
More: OpenAI, MacStories, TechCrunch, Datamation, Pulse 2.0, 9to5Mac, CNBC, Silicon Republic, The Indian Express, Digit, The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Unite.AI, Ars Technica, Wccftech, Engadget, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada, Implicator.ai, and MacDailyNews
| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: Snap is in talks with investors, including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, to raise at least $1B for its AR glasses division — New details on Evan Spiegel's quest to win the AR race. Also: this week on ACCESS. — ∙ Paid — Snap is in talks to raise at least … | 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 …
More: Reuters, GamesIndustry.biz, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Tech in Asia, Mobile World Live, Benzinga, UKTN, Sky News, iThinkDifferent, Moneycontrol, Silicon UK, and Digital Music News
X: @reuterslegal, @kayjebelli, @appleinsider, @kayjebelli, and @jason_kint. LinkedIn: Damien Geradin. Mastodon: @brucelawson@social …
| Kate Rogers / CNBC: |
Trump says he canceled plans for a “surge” of National Guard to San Francisco after speaking to “great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others” — President Donald Trump said in a post on Thursday that the federal government was preparing to “surge” … | Nick Turner / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Applied Materials plans to cut ~4% of its global workforce and expects the layoffs to cost $160M to $180M; it had 36,100 employees as of the end of July — Applied Materials Inc., the largest US producer of chipmaking equipment, plans to cut 4% of its global workforce as it copes with a sales slowdown and trade turmoil.
More: DatacenterDynamics, Reuters, CNBC, Tech in Asia, and San Francisco Chronicle
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