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Associated Press:
Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns  —  President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating …
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Sources: Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX will be the main TikTok USA investors, with a ~45% stake; ByteDance will own 19.9% and ByteDance investors 35%  —  Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGX will be main investors in TikTok's U.S. business, sources told CNBC's David Faber on Thursday.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Trump says Xi Jinping approved the TikTok deal, and JD Vance says the transaction values TikTok US at $14B; ByteDance hasn't acknowledged the deal  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order approving a proposed deal that would keep TikTok alive in the U.S.
Financial Times:
Amazon reaches a $2.5B settlement with the FTC over deceptive Prime practices, with a $1B civil penalty and $1.5B in consumer redress, three days into the trial  —  Agreement includes largest penalty issued for violating consumer protection agency's rules  —  Amazon has reached a $2.5bn settlement …
The Guardian:
Microsoft terminated Israel military's Unit 8200 access to Azure, after an investigation found the tech was used for mass surveillance in Gaza and West Bank  —  Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit's access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
Apple:
Apple says the DMA exposes users to new risks, reduces choice by making iOS resemble Android, and creates unfair competition by not applying to Samsung  —  At Apple, we've always focused on creating technology that empowers people and enriches their lives.  We design our products to be intuitive …
France 24:
Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA; EU rejects Apple's demand, saying it is “not surprised” as Apple has “contested every little bit” of DMA since day one
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
CISA issues an emergency directive ordering US federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws exploited in zero-day attacks  —  CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws that have been exploited in zero-day attacks.
Hayden Field / The Verge:
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse, a mobile feature for Pro users that delivers daily personalized updates based on their chats, feedback, and connected apps  —  ChatGPT's new Pulse feature does personalized research on your behalf overnight and serves you up a digest each morning.
TechCrunch:
Call-recording app Neon, which became the #2 social app on the US App Store, goes dark after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts  —  A viral app called Neon, which offers to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell that data to AI companies …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft Windows 10 users will receive free Extended Security Updates in the EEA without enabling Windows Backup, after pressure from the Euroconsumers group  —  You won't have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI releases GDPval, a benchmark to test AI performance on “economically valuable, real-world tasks”, and says Claude Opus 4.1 was the best performing model  —  OpenAI released a new benchmark on Thursday that tests how its AI models perform compared to human professionals across a wide range of industries and jobs.
Juby Babu / Reuters:
Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create and share short-form, AI-generated videos, in the Meta AI app and on the meta.ai website  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) launched a new feed of AI videos, called Vibes, as the social media giant looks to fast-track work on artificial intelligence technology.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser will retire on December 31 after more than a decade with the company; Nintendo exec Devon Pritchard will succeed him  —  Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser will retire Dec. 31 after more than a decade at the company.
Blockworks:
Cloudflare announces plans to launch NET Dollar, a US dollar-backed stablecoin designed to support payments for the “agentic web”  —  The company introduced a dollar-backed stablecoin to power instant payments and microtransactions for AI-driven web platforms
Arjun Neil Alim / Financial Times:
HSBC says it has tested an IBM quantum computing tool on European bond market data and saw a 34% improvement over traditional methods in predicting order fills  —  Europe's largest lender tested a tool developed by IBM on bond market data  —  HSBC claimed quantum computing tools …
The Works in Progress Newsletter:
Why AI isn't replacing radiologists: models underperform in hospital settings, AI use faces legal hurdles, and the job is much more than image recognition  —  Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks.  But demand for human radiologists is at an all-time high.
Oma Seddiq / Bloomberg:
xAI signed a deal with the GSA to offer Grok to US federal agencies for $0.42 per agency for 18 months, a discount to OpenAI's $1 per year for ChatGPT  —  - Follows recent deals with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google  — xAI engineers to assist federal agencies with implementation
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
Flox, which lets engineers install a development environment on their machines with a single terminal command, raised a $25M Series B led by Addition  —  Flox, a startup that helps software teams create software development environments, has raised $25 million in funding to finance growth initiatives.
Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Robotics-ER 1.5 models, enabling multi-step tasks for robots like sorting laundry, including by using web search  —  New technology advances reasoning capabilities in general-purpose machines in push to make them more useful
Joel Drapper:
Sources allege that nonprofit Ruby Central took control of some Ruby open-source projects from their maintainers without consent, after pressure from Shopify  —  Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.
Makini Brice / Reuters:
The EU launches an antitrust probe into SAP over its ERP software maintenance and support services, with a potential fine of ~10% of its annual global sales  —  The European Commission has opened an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Germany's SAP (SAPG.DE) …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify updates its AI policy, including adopting the upcoming DDEX standard to label and identify AI music and rolling out a new music spam filter  —  Spotify on Thursday announced a series of updates to its AI policy, designed to better indicate when AI is being used to make music …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Xiaomi unveils 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, available September 27 in China; Pro phones feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a back screen  —  The company could lay off the Apple comparisons a bit though. … A critic might accuse Xiaomi of copying Apple a little too closely …

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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

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