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Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
Tether names Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, as CEO of its new US unit and launches the US-regulated USAT stablecoin  —  - USAT is designed to be a U.S.-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin and a complement to USDT, which has about $169 billion in circulation.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
The US FDA clears hypertension notifications on Apple Watch, and Apple plans to roll out the feature to Series 11, 10, and 9, and Watch Ultra 3 and 2 next week  —  When Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 this week, it unveiled its latest health feature: hypertension notifications.
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Apple delays iPhone Air preorders in China, likely over eSIM regulatory issues, and replaces the launch schedule with “release information to be updated later”  —  Apple says all three state-owned telecoms network operators would provide eSIM support ‘subject to regulatory approval’
Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI and Microsoft say they “signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the next phase of our partnership”, and are working to finalize the terms  —  OpenAI and Microsoft said Thursday they have reached preliminary terms on a revised partnership and are “actively working to finalize” a definitive agreement.
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
OpenAI says its nonprofit parent company will own a $100B+ equity stake and continue to have oversight over the startup, which last week was valued at $500B
Pranav Baskar / New York Times:
Over 100K Nepali citizens regularly met on Discord to nominate an interim leader, after protests sparked by a social media ban led to the government's collapse  —  “The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord,” a user said of the platform popular with video gamers, where tens of thousands are debating the nation's future.
Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
The EU ends an antitrust probe against Microsoft with no fine and accepts its concessions, including offering Office without Teams in Europe for seven years  —  US tech group faced scrutiny over how it bundled together its Teams and Office products  —  Microsoft has avoided an EU fine …
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On Techmeme's 20th birthday, its founder explains what's behind the site's consistency, debunks some supposed media trends, and outlines future directions  —  Please clap for Techmeme  —  Techmeme turns 20 freaking years old today.  This is our self-congratulatory post marking the occasion.
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
California SB 243, which would mandate safety protocols for AI chatbot companions, passes the State Assembly and Senate and now heads to Governor Newsom's desk  —  California has taken a big step toward regulating AI.  SB 243 — a bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots in order …
Wall Street Journal:
Some 20-somethings flocking to SF to build trillion-dollar AI startups say no to booze, sleep, and fun as they strive to be, or appear to be, the most obsessed  —  To reach the dream of creating a trillion-dollar company, the 20-somethings flocking to San Francisco give up everything but their laptops
Tanaya Macheel / CNBC:
Gemini opened up 32.2% at $37.01 per share in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a ~$4.4B market cap, after the Winklevoss' crypto exchange raised $425M in its IPO  —  Shares of Gemini Space Station soared more than 40% on Thursday after the exchange operator raised $425 million in an initial public offering.
Bloomberg:
Winklevosses' crypto exchange Gemini raises $425M in its IPO, selling ~15.2M shares for $28 each after marketing them for $24 to $26, with Nasdaq buying $50M
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
SK Hynix announces that it has completed development of HBM4, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory crucial for AI work; stock jumps 7% to a record high  —  SK Hynix Inc.'s stock climbed 7% on Friday to a record after the company announced it had completed development of HBM4 …

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico amend their lawsuit against the White House, alleging it has kept all three off press pool duty since Sept. 18 despite an injunction

Reuters:
Sources: Bloomberg, Susquehanna, and Jump Trading signed up for Truth Social's real-time feed of top accounts, including Trump's posts, paying $60K to $100K

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Versant, owner of MS NOW and CNBC, is launching four new FAST channels, including Snapped, Botched, and CNBC Ambition, bringing its portfolio to 13 outlets

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Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI and Nvidia will pledge billions of dollars in UK data center investments during their trip next week, coinciding with President Trump's UK visit
Crystal Liu / Alizila:
Alibaba releases Qwen3-Next, a new model architecture optimized for long-context understanding, large parameter scale, and better computational efficiency
Reuters:
Albania appoints an AI bot named Diella as the minister for managing and awarding all public procurement tenders, to combat corruption around such contracts
Bloomberg:
Figure's shares closed up 24% at $31.11 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a ~$6.6B market cap, after the company and some of its backers raised $787.5M in its IPO
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens
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