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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic told investors that its revenue jumped to $16.8B in Q3, up from $11.5B in Q2, and that the company was profitable on an adjusted basis in Q3 — AI start-up gathered investors for presentations in San Francisco on Wednesday ahead of its expected public listing
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| Yuliia Dysa / Reuters: |
Ukraine says SpaceX has stopped Starshield, its military-grade Starlink service, from working at speeds above 100mph with no warning, disrupting drone missions — SpaceX (SPCX.O) has introduced a limit on some Starlink services in Ukraine, disrupting combat drone missions for which the technology …
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| Elon Musk / @elonmusk: |
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI agrees not to use trade secrets that Apple claims were stolen while their lawsuit plays out, and to collect forensic images of 14 employees' devices — OpenAI agreed not to use trade secrets that Apple Inc. claims were stolen by employees who defected from the iPhone maker …
More: 9to5Mac, CNN, New York Post, iClarified, Quartz, and The Verge
| Reuters: |
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| Michelle Fox / CNBC: |
CoreWeave closed down 15.5% as yields on its bonds near 15% amid concern over tech companies' heavy AI borrowing; Oracle dropped 8.8%, Nebius 10%, Dell 11.3% — CoreWeave's stock and bonds were both hit on Wednesday as investor fear grew that some technology companies are borrowing too heavily … | Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
More: The Information, CNBC, and ZeroHedge News
| Cassandre Coyer / Bloomberg Law: |
Eight US states sue OpenAI separately in a bipartisan effort, alleging it didn't implement sufficient safeguards to protect kids and other vulnerable users — More than half a dozen states sued OpenAI Inc. Wednesday alleging the tech giant didn't implement sufficient safeguards to protect vulnerable users, including kids.
More: CNET, The Verge, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, The Guardian, NBC News, Iowa Attorney General, The Hill, Engadget, CNBC, PC Gamer, NBC News, Politico, Office of the WV …, CNBC, and Arizona Capitol Times
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Netflix is cutting 6% of its staff, or ~1,000 jobs globally across product, tech, legal, and HR, its biggest layoffs since 2022, amid slowing growth — Job cuts affect about 1,000 positions and come as the company struggles with slowing growth — Netflix is cutting 6% of its staff …
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Forums: r/bayarea, r/entertainment, r/Layoffs, and r/business
| SpaceXSI: |
SpaceXSI debuts Grok Voice 3.0, saying it tops Artificial Analysis' speech-to-speech index, responds in under a second, and costs less than rivals, at $0.08/min — The world's most intelligent voice model. … Today, we're announcing Grok Voice 3.0, the world's most intelligent speech-to-speech model.
More: SiliconANGLE, iClarified, Unite.AI, TheStreet, and Blockchain.News
| Dylan Freedman / New York Times: |
Researchers say they discovered and communicated with Chinese AI agents that were trying to bypass security controls on websites and were traced to Tencent — Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them.
More: swarmcha.se, The Decoder, The Deep View, and RuntimeWire
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI names Uday Ruddarraju, who joined OpenAI last year and was promoted as CTO for compute in July, to lead its infrastructure and compute businesses — OpenAI has named former xAI executive Uday Ruddarraju to lead its infrastructure and compute businesses, marking the latest leadership shakeup … | Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal: |
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Music rolls out labels for songs created with the help of AI; Spotify has AI labels, and Apple Music plans to add “Made With AI” labels later this year — YouTube Music announced Wednesday the rollout of a new labeling system aimed at improving transparency around songs created with the help of generative AI.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Shareholders for both Fox Corp. and Roku approve Fox's $22B acquisition of Roku; Fox expects the deal to be finished in H1 2027, subject to regulatory clearance — At separate special meetings of shareholders Wednesday to vote on the deal, the majority of shares owned by Fox Corp. and Roku investors were in favor the deal.
More: Deadline, TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, Cord Cutters News, Media Play News, and TheDesk.net
Forums: r/enshittification, r/technology, r/movies, r/MediaMergers, r/Roku, and r/cordcutters
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in China in December via iOS 27.3, with features first rolled out in 2024; the launch won't include Siri AI — Apple Inc. is gearing up to release its artificial intelligence platform in mainland China, following a lengthy regulatory delay … | Peter Wells / Financial Times: |
Berkshire Hathaway invests an additional $330M in Bending Spoons, taking its stake to 4%, after investing $600M during Bending Spoons' July IPO; BSP jumps 40%+ — Shares of conglomerate that owns AOL and Vimeo jump more than 50% on news of expanded investment by Nebraska asset manager
More: Reuters, Barron's Online, The Information, CNBC, Business Wire, Forbes, Motley Fool, Pulse 2.0, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, and Startup.eu
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic unveils a refresh of its Epic Games Launcher for PC in preview, saying that the new version is “vibe coded” and “way faster”, and now supports Linux — Epic is making a big push into AI-assisted development, and that approach includes its work on the new, faster launcher.
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X: @epicgames, @dhh, @fortnitelinux, @timsweeneyepic, @epicgames, @wario64, @mark_k, @hypex, @planogaming, @kaizoslop, @jthefrog0, @rezztro, @olexgamedev, @agelessoath, @mattworkman, and @firemonkey. LinkedIn: Sean Palomino
Forums: r/NixOS, r/iRacing, r/LowSodiumStarCitizen, r/singularity, r/linux_gaming, r/archlinux, r/linux, r/Games, r/cachyos, r/gaming, r/cs2, r/Games, r/linux, r/pcgaming, r/programmingcirclejerk, r/fuckepic, and r/linux
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
AI infrastructure startup Modal raised a $750M Series D led by Accel at a $15.75B post-money valuation, taking its total funding to $1.2B, and passes $1B ARR — AI infrastructure startup Modal raised a $750 million Series D at a $15.75 billion post-money valuation and topped $1 billion in ARR … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anduril opens a tender offer of up to ~$1.3B for staff at a ~$90B valuation, available in 16 countries for the first time; it was valued at $61B in May — Anduril Industries Inc. is allowing employees to sell shares as part of a tender that stands to value the defense technology startup … | Reuters: |
ASML says it cannot fully meet AI-driven demand for its chipmaking tools in 2027 and 2028, and is seeing “strong interest” in orders for 2029 and 2030 — ASML (ASML.AS) said on Wednesday AI-driven demand for its chip-printing tools is so strong that it will not be able …
More: International Business Times and Pulse 2.0
X: @arjunkharpal, @techfund1, @zephyr_z9, @_ram_, @rickyho_1989, @thetranscript_, @thetranscript_, and @pequityresearch. Forums: Hacker News
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Zenzap, a private messenger with AI agents that aims to replace apps like WhatsApp in the workplace, raised $44M from Bessemer, Lightspeed, and others — Many businesses around the world use consumer-facing chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or iMessage to talk and coordinate with staff, and exchange documents or data.| Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
A US appeals court lets Florida enforce a law banning social media accounts for under-14s, rejecting tech groups' claims that it violates free speech rights — A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed Florida to enforce a state law barring children under 14 from accessing social media platforms … | Reuters: |
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum signs a decree banning digital platforms from exposing minors to sexual and violent content, giving them one month to comply — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will sign a presidential decree on Wednesday requiring digital platforms … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Salience Labs, which develops specialized all-optical circuit switching tech for AI data centers, raised a $125M Series B led by Bullhound Capital — A startup called Salience Labs Inc. wants to play a bigger role in speeding up artificial intelligence workloads after raising $125 million in a Series B funding.
More: Tech.eu, Salience Labs, Pulse 2.0, and Startup.eu
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple closes above a $5T market cap for the first time, the second company after Nvidia to do so; Apple had crossed $5T six times intraday previously — To power Apple's next phase, CEO John Ternus needs to raise Apple's AI game — Apple became the second company to close above … | Anna Washenko / Engadget: |
WhatsApp rolls out a guest calling feature letting people join a call even if they don't have an account; guests cannot start a call and have to be invited — It's also working on calendar integrations for later this year. — WhatsApp is adding more flexibility for talking to people who aren't regular users of its service.
More: Meta Newsroom, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Phandroid, PCMag, WABetaInfo, 9to5Google, iThinkDifferent, Firstpost, Windows Report, and MacRumors
| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
Jensen Huang announces $2B in new European Nvidia investments, including in French startups Doctolib and Genesis AI, adding to $8B invested over the past year — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced plans to invest $2 billion in European deals during a tour of the region … | Reuters: |
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Telegraph, Bloomberg, and The Guardian
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