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October 24, 2025, 3:30 PM

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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 …
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
OpenAI launches a “company knowledge” ChatGPT update to let Business, Enterprise, and Education users search for data in connected apps like Slack and GitHub  —  The ‘company knowledge’ update allows ChatGPT to be used as a search engine for workspace data.
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 …
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 value of digital items in the popular video-game Counter—Strike has fallen 48% following an update by the title's developer Valve Corp.
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
IBM says it was able to run a key algorithm for correcting qubit errors, which runs alongside quantum chips, on readily available AMD chips  —  IBM (IBM.N) said on Friday it is able to run a key quantum computing algorithm on commonly available chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) …
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Apple says it may turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe, citing “intense lobbying” 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 …
Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Crypto.com follows Circle, BitGo, and others in applying for a US bank charter, as it seeks to further its custody-service business for products such as ETFs  —  Crypto.com became the latest cryptocurrency firm to pursue a US bank charter as it seeks to further its custody-service business …
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 …
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.
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