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Google and Epic Games settle Epic's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, with Android and Google Play changes to expand competition and choice, pending a US judge's approval — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Tuesday it has reached a comprehensive U.S. court settlement with “Fortnite” … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
In its Epic settlement, Google proposes lowering app store fees globally, a program to let alternative app stores become first-class Android citizens, and more — Instead of breaking Google's app store, Google will let them in. … He issued a permanent injunction that will force Google …
More: Mobilegamer.biz, 80 Level, WinBuzzer, and Tech in Asia
| Lee Ying Shan / CNBC: |
Samsung, TSMC, SoftBank, SK Hynix, and others closed as much as 10% down, matching their US peers, as investors worry over stretched AI and tech valuations — Shares in Japan's SoftBank Group closed 10% lower on Wednesday, amid a broader drop in AI-linked companies as investors turned wary … | Bloomberg: |
More: NewsMax.com, Tech Times, Korea Joongang Daily, CoinDesk, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, BeInCrypto, Crypto Briefing, and ZeroHedge News
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon sues Perplexity, accusing it of computer fraud, after sending a cease-and-desist letter demanding it stop letting Comet make purchases on users' behalf — Amazon.com Inc. is suing Perplexity AI Inc. to try and stop the startup from helping users buy items on the world's largest online marketplace …
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LinkedIn: Henning Steier, Fiona Phillips, and Spencer Soper
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| CNBC: |
Perplexity AI accuses Amazon of “bullying” via an “aggressive legal threat” that demands it stop Comet Assistant purchases for users, who “love this experience” — Perplexity AI accused Amazon of “bullying” on Tuesday after it received a letter …
More: Perplexity, Analytics India Magazine, SiliconANGLE, Ad Age, Constellation Research, Proactive, Hindustan Times, The Information, and Business Insider
X: @davidclinchnews, @beejoli, @friedmandave, @peterdedene, @ruidiaox, and @perplexity_ai. LinkedIn: Nathan Barksdale
| Robin Wigglesworth / Financial Times: |
Barclays: hyperscalers have announced a total of 46 GW of AI data center capacity, which at full utilization will consume as much energy as ~44.2M US households — The financing package stitched together for Meta's humongous Hyperion data centre campus in Louisiana made Alphaville curious … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail Elon Musk's time at xAI after he left DOGE: he oversaw racy chatbot Ani's design, unwound by playing one of his favorite video games, and more — Focus on winning tech arms race leads to long hours at xAI; employees turned over biometric data to develop controversial avatars
More: BonTech Labs and Business Insider
| Reuters: |
Sources: the Chinese government issues guidance requiring new data center projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made AI chips — - Order likely to affect U.S. chipmakers Nvidia, AMD, Intel — Beijing trying to cultivate domestic AI chipmakers like Huawei
More: Benzinga, The Information, PC Gamer, TipRanks Financial, COINOTAG NEWS, WinBuzzer, Blockchain.News, TechWire Asia, and Rapid City Journal. Forums: r/hardware
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip in H1 2026 to rival Chromebooks, aimed at students and casual users, codenamed J700 — Apple Inc. is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers …
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| Josh Sisco / Bloomberg: |
Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport says the US DOJ concluded its review of Google's planned $32B acquisition; the FTC website dated the early termination to October 24 — Alphabet Inc.'s Google and cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. cleared a key hurdle to closing their $32 billion deal …
More: Globes, BonTech Labs, Reuters, CTech, Blockonomi, WinBuzzer, and Proactive
| The Intercept: |
YouTube confirms it removed 700+ videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights groups in early October to comply with US State Department sanctions — A documentary featuring mothers surviving Israel's genocide in Gaza. A video investigation uncovering Israel's role in the killing of a Palestinian American journalist.
X: @_zachfoster, @falasteen47, @receipts_lol, and @jonahmv. Bluesky: @jonahmv
| Philip Stafford / Financial Times: |
UK retailer M&S reports a £135.6M profit hit in H1 2025 after a cyber attack in April, which it attributes to DragonForce, and claimed £100M from its insurers — Stuart Machin says prospect of Budget tax rises is making customers uneasy — Marks and Spencer chief executive …
More: The Independent, Wall Street Journal, RTÉ, and The Grocer
| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
Sources detail a leadership vacuum and staff cuts at the NSA, eroding morale among its analysts and weakening the US agency's long-term cyber capabilities — The National Security Agency is confronting a wave of internal strain — including leadership gaps, program cuts and deferred resignation offers … | Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
Stablecoin operator Ripple raised $500M from Citadel, Fortress, and more at a $40B valuation and says the value of payments on its platform passed $95B in 2025 — $500mn investment round underlines appetite for stablecoin payments sector — Ripple has raised $500mn from investors including …
More: Reuters, CoinDesk, City A.M., CNBC, Crypto Briefing, and Bitcoin Insider
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Maps plans to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android and iOS, giving users a “hands-free, conversational driving experience”, in the “coming weeks” — In Google Maps, Gemini already exists in place listings, and it's now coming to the navigation experience on Android and iOS.
More: Ars Technica, Engadget, PCMag, TechCrunch, The Verge, Android Authority, Carscoops, The Keyword, and Android Headlines
| Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: |
Reevo, which aims to use AI to help bring products to market, raised $80M, split across a $10M seed and $70M Series A led by Kleiner, at a $500M valuation — Artificial intelligence startup Reevo Inc. has raised $80 million from investors including Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins … | Beatrice Nolan / Fortune: |
Giga, which develops voice-based AI agents for customer support, raised a $61M Series A led by Redpoint with participation from Y Combinator and Nexus — Giga raises $61 million to expand enterprise voice AI. — Giga, a San Francisco-based startup that builds voice-based AI agents … | Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal: |
Letter: the MPA sent a cease-and-desist to Meta over Instagram's use of PG-13 for teen content restrictions, calling it “literally false and highly misleading” — Meta says it never claimed or implied that its teen accounts were officially PG-13 rated or certified by MPA
More: Variety and The Hollywood Reporter
| Conversations with Tyler: |
Q&A with Sam Altman on OpenAI's growth management, delegation, hiring hardware talent, GPT-6 enabling research breakthroughs, societal challenges, and more — How hard is it to change someone's mind, and could AI do it accidentally? … Sam Altman makes his second appearance on the show …
X: @tylercowen
| Boaz Barak / Windows On Theory: |
Research: AI's ability to complete long and complex software engineering tasks doubles every 6-7 months, but there is a “messiness tax” for real-world tasks — METR has had a very influential work by Kwa and West et al on measuring AI's ability to complete long tasks.
X: @kirillzzy, @boazbaraktcs, @benshindel, @jasonfurman, @jasonfurman, and @sama
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Motorola Edge 70 review: the new £699 ultra-thin device has a silicone back and great battery life, but the OS is full of ads; the phone won't launch in the US — I've been as much of a thin phone skeptic as anyone. Why would I give up on camera specs and battery life just to shave …
More: CNET, 9to5Mac, Tech Advisor, Android Police, Android Headlines, Mirror, TechRadar, GSMArena.com, and Mashable. Forums: r/gadgets
| Chris Allnutt / Financial Times: |
A profile of Football Manager game developer Sports Interactive, which has ~280 full-time staff and licenses its scouting data to 40+ teams, as it releases FM26 — Over 33 years, the series has won over frustrated fans, the football industry, even Americans — but it took three Lionesses to get women's teams into the game
More: ESPN, BBC, The Athletic, The Athletic, Football Manager 26, Radio Times, T3, Top Gear, The Guardian, and BBC
| Jenny Che / Bloomberg: |
Shein opens a store in Paris, its first physical outlet, on the top floor of the historic BHV Marais department store, as politicians and retailers protest it — Shein, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is opening its first store Wednesday in Paris, defying an uproar over the childlike sex dolls … | Bloomberg: |
Singapore-based Video Rebirth, founded by Tencent AI veteran Liu Wei to develop AI video generation models, raised a $50M seed from Qiming, ActozSoft, and more — The scientist who oversaw development of Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s flagship AI model has raised $50 million with a startup planning …
LinkedIn: Zheping Huang
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Roelof Botha was asked to step aside after some Sequoia partners raised concerns about his leadership; Botha had declined to comment on Shaun Maguire — Sequoia leaders asked Roelof Botha to step aside amid leadership concerns and a turbulent stretch
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, StrictlyVC, Forbes, The Information, Venture Capital Journal, Fortune, TechCrunch, and Axios
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435M at a $6.1B valuation, up from $4.2B after raising a $200M Series D in October 2024 — Cybersecurity startup Armis has raised $435 million in a funding round that values the company at $6.1 billion.
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Axios, and Armis
| Jiahui Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
XPeng says it plans to launch three self-developed robotaxis in 2026, the first Chinese EV maker to do so, using in-house chips and its own software system — The Nasdaq-listed Chinese EV maker sees high potential in overseas markets — XPeng is set to become the first Chinese carmaker …
More: South China Morning Post, CNBC, Blockonomi, Electrek, Reuters, CnEVPost, Sherwood News, EV, Business Insider, and TechNode
| Tarpley Hitt / The Guardian: |
How “porno-troll” Strike 3, owner of porn production company Vixen, made millions by filing copyright suits accusing users of illegally downloading its videos — A company called Strike 3, owner of Vixen and Tushy, has clogged US courts with lawsuits, mostly against porn watchers who feel shamed into settling privately| Tulsi Rauniyar / Wired: |
Insiders detail how Nepal's Gen Z protests, born on Discord servers, TikTok feeds, and encrypted messaging apps, ended with an online poll to pick the new PM — The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.Sponsor Posts
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