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October 12, 2026, 10:40 AM
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils its third-gen in-house AI chip, the Maia 300, built on TSMC's N2P process node and aimed at serving as its “primary AI inference system”  —  The new Maia 300 chip will start rolling out to production AI workloads in 2027.
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg:
Google unveils the $180 Fitbit Edge, featuring an oval, 1.34" display and shipping October 27, replacing the Fitbit Charge 6 and discontinuing the Charge line  —  The Edge, which replaces the Fitbit Charge 6, offers consumers another vehicle for trying out the recently revamped Google Health app.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
X has re-found its footing under Elon Musk, as it continues to host more interesting discussions on AI and other fun and smart topics than rival platforms  —  X is the only place these posts go. … You may not like it that X has re-found its footing under Elon Musk's ownership, but it has.
Mitchell Labiak / BBC:
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for global safety regulations for AI, arguing that milk and washing machines currently face more stringent safety standards  —  Milk and washing machines are currently more regulated than AI, the president of Microsoft has said.
Tony Diver / Telegraph:
Sources: the US restores the UK AISI's access to the latest US models for safety testing, after ordering OpenAI and Anthropic to stop sharing models last month
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon is in talks to buy AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at ~$7B; Anthropic had decided against acquiring Decart for ~$6B in September  —  San Francisco company's software makes it easier for developers to switch between different AI chips
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Quantum computing company IonQ agrees to buy Elisity, which helps stop cyberattacks and ransomware from spreading, in an all-stock deal valued at up to $1.3B  —  Privately held Elisity stops cyber attackers and ransomware from spreading across organizations
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk contributed $276M+ since July to Republican entities, including $158M to the Senate Leadership Fund; sources: he is taking a more hands-off approach  —  The world's richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans' Senate majority …
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Hardware wallet maker Ledger says the $86M+ theft from hundreds of its wallets involved devices sold by reseller CryptoBilis and confirms a “hardware implant”  —  A spy implant in some Ledger crypto wallets may be the root of an $86 million supply chain attack.
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Elon Musk and Mark Benioff pledged to rename SpaceXAI and AIForce, while Satya Nadella and Nvidia adopt “super intelligence”, as Silicon Valley follows Trump  —  Musk, Benioff, Huang, and now Nadella have all capitulated to Trump's ‘super intelligence’ rebrand.
Alex Heath / Sources:
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says AI companies are “starting to do phones” and asking Qualcomm to support running 100B-parameter local LLMs continuously by 2028  —  Cristiano Amon on the China vs. US AI sentiment, how AI is changing smartphones and wearables, Qualcomm's data center strategy, and what 6G will unlock.

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From Mediagazer

Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
President Trump says Fox News “bears responsibility” for the GOP's losses after “constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse”

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
As Democrats take the House and the Senate, David Ellison and other media executives are likely to face inquiries and hearings over their deals and Trump ties

The New York Times Company:
NYT reports Q3 revenue up 9.7% YoY to $768.5M, digital-only subscription revenue up 14.6% to $421.3M, and operating profit up 16.4% to $121.9M; NYT jumps 4%+

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