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Australia sues Microsoft for allegedly misleading ~2.7M Microsoft 365 users into accepting a price hike for Copilot plans while hiding cheaper non-AI options — - Microsoft 365 personal plan price increased by 45% — Cheaper ‘classic’ plan only revealed during cancellation process
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a vapor chamber for the next iPad Pro in 2027, and the company plans to start selling ads in its Maps app as early as 2026 — Apple is working on a vapor chamber to improve cooling and performance in an iPad Pro slated for as early as 2027.
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| Lien Hoang / Nikkei Asia: |
Vietnam and 64 countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite tech companies' and activists' privacy and security concerns — HO CHI MINH CITY — Under a new United Nations treaty, 65 countries have agreed to fight cybercrime, including by sharing data … | Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Employees are increasingly using AI to create ultra-realistic fake expense receipts; AppZen and others attribute the rise to advances in image generation models — Business software groups warn that top AI models are increasingly being used to create ultra-realistic fake receipts
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump and Xi will “consummate” a TikTok deal on October 30 in South Korea, confirming a final US-China deal on the sale — The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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| Financial Times: |
Inside OpenAI's deals with Nvidia, Oracle, and AMD, where sources say Sam Altman largely relied on his executive team, with little input from outside advisors — Altman tapped a handful of in-house dealmakers over his bankers and lawyers to design huge web of infrastructure agreements| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs hires Mikhail Shapiro, who works on noninvasive techniques for neural imaging and control — The hire suggests that Merge is taking a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk's Neuralink. Also: Sources IRL and reactions to yesterday's Snap scoop.
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LinkedIn: Jo Jo and Peter Meijer
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| Verity Burns / Wired: |
An interview with Mauro Porcini, who became Samsung's first Chief Design Officer in April, about creating a “consistent experience” across devices, and more — Mauro Porcini is, amazingly, Samsung's first ever chief design officer. He's got a hell of a job ahead of him.| Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Q&A with Bill Ready, who became Pinterest's CEO in 2022, about changes during his tenure, winning over Gen Z, Pinterest's business model, AI content, and more — Bill Ready, the company's chief executive, is shifting the virtual pinboard platform toward shopping and things that “make you feel better.”| New York Times: |
A look at Cal State's plans to become an “AI-empowered” university via partnerships with Amazon and a $16.9M deal to provide ChatGPT Edu to students and staff — On the first day of A.I. Camp, a new summer program at California State University, Savannah Bosley got a hands …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Swift releases a Swift SDK preview for Android, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift and making it easier to share code across iOS and Android — The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
How building robotic hands that match human dexterity remains a major technical obstacle to deploying humanoid robots in factories and for caregiving jobs — Armies of humanoid robots are poised to march into the world's factories. But before they're ready to turn a wrench, they must solve what Elon Musk calls “the hands problem.”| Reuters: |
Papers, patents, and tenders show China's military is integrating DeepSeek and Qwen models in weapons like AI-powered drones, and continues to use Nvidia chips — - PLA entities research using AI for autonomous target recognition and battlefield decision support, documents show
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| Judy Lagrou / Bloomberg: |
Artemis: $10B+ was moved through stablecoins in August, up from $6B in February and more than double YoY, after President Trump signed the Genius Act on July 18 — Consumers and businesses are using stablecoins - digital tokens pegged to the dollar - to make real-world purchases and payments … Sponsor Posts
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