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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Google says it has removed its AI model Gemma from AI Studio; in a letter to Google, Sen. Blackburn said it fabricated sexual misconduct allegations against her  —  Google says it has removed Gemma from its AI Studio after a U.S. senator accused the AI model of fabricating accusations of sexual misconduct against her.
Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Trump says Nvidia's Blackwell chips would not be available to “other people”; Trump suggested in August he might allow sales of a scaled-down version to China  —  Nvidia's (NVDA.O) advanced Blackwell chip for artificial intelligence would not be available to “other people,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday.
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
The White House says China has agreed to effectively end rare earth export controls issued in 2025 and 2022, and will also close probes of US chip companies  —  China will effectively suspend implementation of additional export controls on rare earth metals and terminate investigations targeting US companies …
Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Palantir's four-month “Meritocracy Fellowship” for high school graduates, which offers a path to a job at Palantir without a university degree  —  Tech company offers 22 teens a chance to skip college for its fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western civilization
James Shotter / Financial Times:
Israel unveils tax incentives to reverse tech brain drain that increased during the war in Gaza and tax breaks for investors in Israeli funds and tech firms  —  Measures aim to lure back high-skilled workers who moved abroad after 2023 war with Hamas  —  Israel has unveiled tax incentives …
Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider:
In a reply to Elon Musk's post of “you stole a non-profit”, Sam Altman says OpenAI's structure is needed to create “what should be the largest non-profit ever”  —  - Elon Musk and Sam Altman are throwing shade at each other on X.  — On Sunday, Altman said Musk left OpenAI “for dead.”
Reuters:
Nexperia's China unit says it has “sufficient inventories” to sustain order fulfillment “through year-end and beyond”, after the parent suspended wafer supplies  —  Dutch chipmaker Nexperia's China unit said on Sunday that it had established “sufficient inventories …
Nina Bambysheva / Forbes:
A profile of David Bailey, Trump's informal crypto advisor who organizes the Bitcoin Conference, as he seeks to turn a Utah health clinic into a bitcoin bank  —  Bitcoin Magazine publisher David Bailey believes he can turn a tiny Utah healthcare clinic into the Berkshire Hathaway of bitcoin.
Jackson Chen / Engadget:
An Italian law requiring porn sites, including Pornhub, YouPorn, and OnlyFans, to verify the ages of their users will go into effect on November 12  —  The age verification process is required for every visit and will be done through “certified third parties.”
George Steer / Financial Times:
Big Tech's dominance on the S&P 500 is becoming more extreme; the eight biggest tech stocks account for 60% of the gains since the market bottomed in April 2025  —  In a week when Nvidia's value reached $5tn, investors in even the broadest index of global companies are now heavily exposed to the AI boom
Financial Times:
Analysis: sports volumes on Kalshi approach $1B a week, with open interest in sports contracts regularly above $100M, significantly higher than other categories  —  Open interest in Kalshi sports contracts has surged past any other category as lawsuits threaten operations

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ABC could lose ~$50M in licensing costs to WBD and an estimated $35M in advertising revenue after abruptly pulling the new season of The Bachelorette

Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
A federal judge slows Voice of America return-to-work order and eliminates the March 23 deadline, now ordering 70 people due back each week

Erik Wemple / New York Times:
A district court judge rules in favor of the NYT in its suit challenging rules that limited press access to the Pentagon, citing the First Amendment

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