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October 1, 2024, 10:05 AM

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CNBC:
AI chip startup Cerebras Systems files for a US IPO, with plans to trade on the Nasdaq as CBRS, and reports a $66.6M net loss on $136.4M in sales in H1 2024  —  Artificial intelligence chip startup Cerebras Systems on Monday filed its prospectus for an initial public offering …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence announces a plan to understand its software and corporate culture missteps and rebuild trust with customers, after the app debacle  —  The Sonos app debacle will go down as an all-time tech industry blunder, but now the company is taking steps to turn the page.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
MIT spinoff Liquid AI debuts its non-transformer AI models LFM-1B, LFM-3B, and LFM-40B MoE, claiming they achieve “state-of-the-art performance at every scale”  —  Liquid AI, a startup co-founded by former researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) …
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Apple asks a US judge to throw out or narrow an App Store anti-steering injunction, saying rulings in two unrelated cases undermine an order that Epic had won  —  Apple (AAPL.O) has asked a U.S. judge to throw out or narrow a decision governing its lucrative App Store, saying …
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Some criticize YC-backed PearAI for forking AI code editor Continue, which has the Apache open-source license, and slapping on a ChatGPT-written closed license  —  A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday and created immediate controversy.
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
FCC connectivity data in counties affected by Hurricane Helene: as of September 30, 370 of North Carolina's 1,452 cell sites are out because of a lack of power  —  In some counties, fewer than 10% of all cellphone service sites are fully functioning.  —  Some of the victims of Hurricane Helene are cut off from the outside world.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google announces new Chromebook models with Samsung and Lenovo, and adds AI features to ChromeOS; Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus gets a new Quick Insert key  —  Google is announcing new Chromebook models today with Samsung and Lenovo.  With Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Plus model in particular …
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Sony fixes a massive outage of its online gaming network PSN, affecting the PS3, PS4, PS5, PS Vita, web, and more, lasting for eight hours; some issues persist  —  PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 console users are now able to play online games again following a massive outage on Sony's gaming network that started on Monday night.
Andrew Solomon / New Yorker:
Parents and US lawmakers are debating whether social media has fueled a teen suicide crisis, as mental health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans  —  Mental-health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans, and parents and lawmakers alike are scrutinizing life online for answers.
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Notes on Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which generates a podcast with two AI hosts discussing user-provided content and is surprisingly effective  —  Audio Overview is a fun new feature of Google's NotebookLM which is getting a lot of attention right now.
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
An unredacted New Mexico lawsuit shows Snap grappled internally with how to warn users of Snapchat sextortion risks without striking fear in users or parents  —  New Mexico claims the social-media company's product features and enforcement gaps make its platform a haven for child predation and blackmail
Stephen Morris / Financial Times:
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
A US court awards Amazon a partial dismissal of an FTC lawsuit accusing it of illegal monopolies, in a sealed ruling whose details weren't immediately clear  —  Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) won partial dismissal of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit accusing it of maintaining illegal monopolies …

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