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| Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal: |
Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035 — Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company's data centers, in a first-of-its-kind deal in the U.S.
More: The Keyword, Financial Express, BBC, The Guardian, The Register, Interesting Engineering, World Nuclear News, ITPro, Nikkei Asia, Construction Briefing, Power Engineering …, Bloomberg, CNBC, NucNet, Power Technology, Kairos Power, Proactive, Cryptopolitan, SiliconANGLE, The Information, OODA Loop, Wall Street Pit, NS Energy, belganewsagency.eu, POWER Magazine, Washington Examiner, Neowin, ScienceAlert, Capital Brief, Engadget, BetaNews, ZeroHedge News, Constellation Research, and NewsBytes
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The FIDO Alliance debuts Credential Exchange Protocol, a specification to make passkeys portable across systems, and Passkey Central, a developer resource site — “Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations …
More: FIDO Alliance, 9to5Mac, Neowin, 1Password Blog, PhoneArena, Biometric Update, Noah Talk, PCMag, PYMNTS.com, and Thurrott
Mastodon: @koutropoulos@social.ds106.us and @CryptoNerd@infosec.exchange
X: @fidoalliance and @craignewmark
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/Bitwarden, lobste.rs, and Slashdot
| Matt Mullenweg: |
Matt Mullenweg responds to DHH's claim that “Automattic is doing open source dirty”, pointing out Rails' own trademark policy and taking some jabs at 37signals — I'll just remind everyone at the start that this is a respectful debate, and DHH and I tried to get on a call but couldn't because we were both traveling.
More: The Register, HEY, TechIssuesToday.com, Theo - t3․gg on YouTube, and The Verge
Threads: @poshy, @benedictevans, @laurengoode, @jonporteruk, @tookthescenicroute, @parkert, @crumbler, @joe_rosenthal, @itsjackmilton, @benedictevans, and @adders
Mastodon: @photomatt@mastodon.social, @mathewi@journa.host, @adders@masto …, @Aaron@social.aaroncrocco.com, @ricmac@mastodon.social, @jbz@indieweb.social, @ernie@writing.exchange, @Scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz, and @chikorita157@sakurajima.moe. Bluesky: @sjvn.bsky.social
X: @dhh, @rianrietveld, @yacinemtb, @fireship_dev, @mitsuhiko, @adamrackis, @traskjd, @dvassallo, @eidolonnight, @dhh, @kellie, @_orcaman, @waqasali, @can, @tomwarren, @joserosado, @jeremiahprummer, @pbertrand_dev, @dhh, @dhh, @rich_harris, @levelsio, @nickadobos, @gergelyorosz, @jbenton, and @t3dotgg
Forums: Hacker News, r/Wordpress, r/theprimeagen, r/Wordpress, and Beehaw
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
UK podcaster Harry Stebbings' 20VC raised a $400M fund for early stage startups, one of Europe's biggest venture funds; the podcast recently hosted Sam Altman — British firm 20VC pulls in $400mn to invest in early stage tech start-ups — A venture firm founded by 28-year-old British …
More: EU-Startups, Tech.eu, and Sifted
X: @dinbisevac, @librariancap, @jean_deblock, @christianhern, and @eladgil
LinkedIn: Ed Cooke and Alexandre Dewez
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft's VP of GenAI research who is known for his work on its Phi small language models, is joining OpenAI to “further his work” on AGI — Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Monday said that its vice president of GenAI research, Sebastien Bubeck, is leaving the company to join ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
More: The Information, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, Neowin, TechCrunch, Maginative, GeekWire, Benzinga, The Decoder, Fortune, and Tom's Guide
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US mulls capping AI chip sales from Nvidia and others on a country-specific basis, with a focus on the Middle East, for national security reasons — From AGI to GPT, an AI Glossary You Can Actually Understand … Hello World … Quicktake
More: Cryptopolitan, Reuters, South China Morning Post, and Benzinga
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/NVDA_Stock
| Chris Kornelis / New York Times: |
Lillian Schwartz, one of the first artists to use a computer to make films and who brought together art, science, and tech communities in the 1970s, died at 97 — Early in the digital era, she worked at Bell Labs on the intersection of art and technology, making films and at one point arriving at a novel theory about the “Mona Lisa.”
More: ARTnews. X: @zachlieberman, @mikerugnetta, @noahbolanowski, @stoliarsteve, @clavendr, @clavendr, @brndnstrssng, @leeartr, and @edsunspot. Forums: Hacker News
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher — Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn't interested “in being anyone's antagonist,” CEO says.| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), a foundational technology of the internet age, died at age 78 on October 11 — On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
Threads: @blinkenjim. Mastodon: @CyberpunkLibrarian … and @m501@mastodon.social
X: @nash076, @mobygamer, @benjedwards, @erratarob, @davetroy, @therealadamg, @textfiles, and @textfiles
Forums: r/bbs, lobste.rs, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel: |
Adobe says its Firefly Video Model is the first “commercially safe” text-to-video generative AI model that was trained on licensed and public domain content — Adobe unveiled its Firefly Video Model last month, previewing a variety of new generative AI video features.
More: Gizchina.com, Ars Technica, Thurrott, Computerworld, The Indian Express, PetaPixel, TechRadar, Computerworld, Fast Company, and Forbes
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
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Threads: @youhavebeenwatchingfilms. X: @venturetwins, @adobevideo, @andrewcurran_, @bobbymiller, @maxeinhorn, @adobevideo, @nvidiastudio, @bilawalsidhu, @petepachal, @edludlow, @bilawalsidhu, @bilawalsidhu, @acostin, @bilawalsidhu, @andrewcurran_, @zuryart, @justin_salamon, @adoberesearch, @joematoske, @urinieto, and @williamlamkin. LinkedIn: Adolfo Hernandez S.
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Oura Ring 4 review: more sizes, slimmer body, redesigned app, and better battery life and auto workout detection, but needs a subscription and no charging case — Oura furthers its lead among smart rings with hardware and software refinements, but its subscription is still its biggest downside.
More: The Guardian, ZDNET, CNET, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Android Police, T3, Tom's Guide, Android Central, CNBC, Mashable, Digital Trends, and Cybernews.com
| Bloomberg: |
The US awards $750M to Wolfspeed, which makes EV chips, alongside $750M in financing led by Apollo to build new $6B+ factories in North Carolina and New York — - US grant of $750 million will support NC, NY factory sites — Company has struggled to turn a profit over the past decade
More: eeNews Europe, Reuters, Triangle Business Journal, Benzinga, ABC News, Wolfspeed, and DigiTimes
| Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: |
Sources: Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens before discontinuing the device, and is pulling back work on IVAS, the combat goggles for the US Army — - Microsoft is discontinuing HoloLens after losing billions of dollars on the project. — The company's 10-year IVAS contract … Sponsor Posts
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