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September 22, 2025, 10:50 PM
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OpenAI:
Nvidia plans to invest $100B in OpenAI progressively as part of a deal to deploy at least 10 GW of Nvidia systems for OpenAI's infrastructure  —  - Strategic partnership enables OpenAI to build and deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters with NVIDIA systems representing millions of GPUs …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Jensen Huang says the 10 GW OpenAI project is equivalent to 4M-5M GPUs; the first phase is expected to come online in H2 2026 using Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform  —  Nvidia will invest $100 billion in OpenAI as the artificial intelligence lab sets out to build hundreds of billions of dollars …
Axios:
White House says TikTok's new US entity would lease a copy of ByteDance's algorithm, which Oracle would retrain; US users wouldn't need to re-download the app  —  TikTok's new U.S. entity would lease its algorithm from Chinese owner ByteDance under the terms of a proposed deal between the U.S. and China …
Bloomberg:
A White House official says the US will not hold a golden share or equity in TikTok US and the new board will not have a member selected by the US government
Manish Singh / India Dispatch:
The $100K+ H-1B fee could accelerate offshoring as tech companies route work to India and other countries rather than bringing engineers to the US
Reuters:
The EU's cybersecurity agency says a ransomware attack caused the recent disruptions that affected check-in systems at Heathrow and other European airports  —  - Collins Aerospace works to restore systems at key airports  — Berlin Marathon worsens delays; Brussels uses manual check-ins
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Oracle promotes Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to co-CEOs, replacing Safra Catz; Magouyrk previously led Cloud Infrastructure, and Sicilia led Oracle Industries  —  Oracle Corp. on Monday promoted Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to become co-chief executive officers, signaling the company's focus …
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
Over 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create “red lines” for AI development by the end of 2026  —  Experts are calling for international agreements as the United Nations meets, but they face an uphill battle turning words into action
Carl Franzen / Venturebeat:
Alibaba releases Qwen3-Omni, a family of open-source AI models that can process text, audio, image, and video inputs and generate both text and speech outputs  —  U.S. tech giants are facing a reckoning from the East. … To be clear: Qwen3-Omni can accept and analyze inputs of text …
The Information:
Sources: humanoid robotics startup 1X is seeking to raise up to $1B at a $10B+ valuation, more than 12x its previous valuation from a January financing  —  Humanoid robotics startup 1X has told investors and employees it is trying to raise as much as $1 billion, according to three people who spoke to CEO Bernt Øivind.
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025  —  TCL's QM9K series TVs will be the first to offer Gemini on Google TV, with more devices getting it later this year.
Sydney Bradley / Business Insider:
Meta rolls out an AI assistant for Facebook Dating in the US and Canada, to reduce “swipe fatigue” by letting users find matches via natural language prompts  —  - Meta is launching an AI assistant to help you date.  — Facebook Dating, the company's dating app experience, rolled out a new AI feature on Monday.
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority:
MediaTek unveils its 3nm Dimensity 9500 mobile SoC, featuring an 8-core CPU, 12-core GPU with hardware ray tracing, and its ninth-gen MediaTek NPU 990  —  Phones with the Dimensity 9500 could be video capture powerhouses.  —  •  —  •  —  •  —  TL;DR
Steven Levy / Wired:
Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots  —  Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump.  A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.  —  For decades, Mark Lemley's life as an intellectual property lawyer was orderly enough.
Ateev Bhandari / Reuters:
Bitcoin-treasury company Strive, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, will acquire Semler Scientific, a medical device company that has a bitcoin treasury, for $1.34B  —  Strive (ASST.O) said on Monday it will acquire Semler Scientific (SMLR.O) in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.34 billion …

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James Faris / Business Insider:
Sources: Disney is discussing a potential free tier for Disney+; product and tech chief Adam Smith discussed the initiative at a town hall but gave no timeline

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: Letterboxd's owners have held early talks with potential buyers, including Netflix, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and PE giant TPG

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
As Hollywood looks for its next Obsession-type hit, 11 studios bid on YouTube series The Mandela Catalogue and sources say WBD paid $1M for rights to Siren Head

More News

Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Perplexity debuts Email Assistant for Gmail and Outlook, which can manage inboxes, schedule meetings, and more, for subscribers of its $200/month Max plan
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The RIAA amends its lawsuit against Suno, now accusing it of unlawfully “stream ripping” songs on YouTube and violating the DMCA

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Sources: smart ring maker Oura is raising an $875M+ Series E at a $10.9B valuation, up from $5B in November 2024, and has sold ~3M rings over the past year
Digiday:
The US v. Google ad tech trial, in which a judge ruled that the company illegally monopolized the digital ad market, begins its remedies phase
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
The GSA adds Meta's Llama to its list of approved AI tools for US agencies, after previously approving tools from Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI
Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News:
iPhone Air teardown: clever use of space by placing the logic board above the 12.26 Wh battery, the same cell used in Apple's MagSafe Battery pack, and more
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