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October 24, 2025, 12:05 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 …
Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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”.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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