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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Discord estimates 70,000 users globally may have had their government ID photos exposed in a September 20 data breach of third-party customer service Zendesk — Discord claims that the attackers are circulating inaccurate information about the breach of a customer service provider as part of an extortion attempt.
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X: @vxunderground, @sashahodler, @zkurishi, @senatorshoshana, @jsrailton, @pocacointas, @racheltobac, @prestonjbyrne, and @cameronwilson
Bluesky: @dannypalmer, @cameronwilson, @phoul, and @jaypeters.net
Forums: Hacker News, r/ukpolitics, r/privacy, r/technews, r/europe, and r/technology
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
A Samsung researcher introduces the Tiny Recursion Model, a 7M-parameter model that was able to outperform LLMs 10,000x larger like o3-mini on specific problems — The trend of AI researchers developing new, small open source generative models that outperform far larger …
More: arXiv.org, AI News, WinBuzzer, Analytics India Magazine, and AI News
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple plans to update its Declared Age Range API and launch new APIs “later this year” to verify the ages of Apple Account users in Texas from January 1, 2026 — Starting next year in Texas, new rules will go into effect. … Starting next year, Texas will require companies …
More: Apple Developer, PCMag, Tom's Guide, CyberInsider, Neowin, MacTech.com, Times of India, Engadget, iClarified, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that will require web browsers to add settings that allow residents to opt out of third-party data collection — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill which requires web browsers to make it easier for Californians to opt-out of allowing third parties to sell their data.
More: Engadget, Governor of California, Tech Times, and Bloomberg Law
Forums: Hacker News and r/California
| Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
China unveils sweeping export controls on rare-earth minerals, creating rules akin to US measures that block chip-related exports to China from third countries — Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain — China has unveiled sweeping new export controls …
More: The Economic Times, Business Today, RTÉ, The Information, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Middle East, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg Law, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Semafor, Capitalbay News, Benzinga, Deutsche Welle, Associated Press, CNBC, New York Times, CNN, BBC, Politico, The Japan Times, The Hill, and France 24. X: @henrysgao
| Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: |
ASML names Marco Pieters as its new CTO, replacing Martin van den Brink who left in 2024; Pieters was most recently EVP of ASML's Applications business — ASML Holding NV named Marco Pieters as executive vice president and chief technology officer of the chip-equipment company reporting to Chief Executive Officer Christophe Fouquet.
More: Benzinga, Reuters, ASML, and Morningstar, Inc.
| Vince Quill / Cointelegraph: |
The Ethereum Foundation announces the “Privacy cluster”, a team of 47 blockchain industry experts developing protocol-level privacy features for the network — The team of 47 professionals from the blockchain industry will help research and develop privacy features for the Ethereum layer-1 network.| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Apple removes Eyes Up, which archives video evidence of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, Eyes Up doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations — Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned.
More: Migrant Insider, Engadget, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, The Overspill, Tech Times, AppleInsider, and iThinkDifferent
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Forums: r/applesucks, r/politics, r/apple, r/technology, r/ThePeoplesPress, r/ICE_Raids, and r/EyesOnIce
| Lee V. Gaines / NPR: |
A survey of 1,000 ninth through 12th grade US students finds that nearly one in five say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with AI — New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence.
More: Center for Democracy …, Center for Democracy …, Center for Democracy …, Center for Democracy and Technology, Route Fifty, and San Francisco Examiner
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| Logan Hitchcock / Decrypt: |
YZi Labs, formerly Binance Labs, announces a $1B Builder Fund to support long-term builders developing on BNB Chain in areas like trading, AI, and DeFi — YZi Labs, the venture office of Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao and formerly known as Binance Labs, is creating a $1 billion fund …
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| Mayumi Negishi / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank-owned PayPay takes a 40% stake in Binance Japan for an undisclosed sum, to capitalize on Japan's crypto boom; PayPay filed for a US IPO in August — SoftBank Group Corp.'s digital payment provider PayPay Corp. has taken a 40% stake in Binance's Japan unit, seeking to capitalize on the country's booming crypto market.| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
An analysis of nearly 50 Amazon purchases over six months in 2025: during the October 7-8 Prime Day sales, average savings were only 0.6% and some items went up — Next time Amazon hypes its Prime Days savings, remember this: The prices during the sale aren't always better. I've got the receipts to prove it.
Bluesky: @marypcbuk
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Verizon signs a commercial agreement with AST SpaceMobile to offer satellite-to-phone connectivity in cellular dead zones starting in 2026; ASTS closed up 8.6% — As SpaceX races to dominate satellite-to-phone services, Verizon is doubling down on rival AST SpaceMobile instead.| Masha Abarinova / Fierce Network: |
More: The Verge, PhoneArena, The Fast Mode, PCMag, Capacity, The Boston Globe, Telecompetitor, Engadget, and Cord Cutters News. Forums: Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DHS has reassigned hundreds of CISA staffers to jobs that support deportations, including at ICE, and said it would dismiss anyone who refused — The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel …
Bluesky: @drewharwell.com, @ericjgeller.com, and @patrickhowelloneill.com
| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Microsoft is planning a major healthcare push for Copilot in partnership with Harvard Medical School, as it seeks to reduce its dependence on OpenAI — Company is seeking to move away from dependence on its partner OpenAI and build a consumer base for its Copilot chatbot
More: Reuters, Windows Report, WinBuzzer, Implicator.ai, and The Indian Express
| Financial Times: |
During a Mumbai trade visit, UK PM Keir Starmer hailed India's digital ID program Aadhaar as a “massive success”, as the UK plans to introduce digital ID cards — British prime minister shrugs off criticism of controversial database as he prepares plans for UK scheme
More: The Guardian, Fortune India, Bloomberg, The Irish News, GB News, Mirror, and BBC. Bluesky: @pickardje
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Netflix is making its video games available on smart TVs and streaming devices like Roku for the first time, with phones serving as controllers — Netflix Inc. wants you to play Boggle in between binges of Stranger Things. — The streaming service is making its video games available … | Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: US Commerce Department's BIS approves several billion dollars' worth of Nvidia chip exports to the UAE, an early step in a May 2025 bilateral AI deal — The US has approved several billion dollars worth of Nvidia Corp. chip exports to the United Arab Emirates …
More: Tom's Hardware, Reuters, TipRanks Financial, Arabian Business, and The National
Forums: r/NVDA_Stock and r/worldnews
| Mrinmay Dey / Reuters: |
Sources: Disney has opted out of having its IP appear in OpenAI's Sora app; CAA says OpenAI is exposing artists to “significant risk” with Sora — Hollywood's premier talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, said on Thursday OpenAI is exposing artists to “significant risk” through its new AI video-generating tool Sora.| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Logitech tells users that it will end support for its Pop smart home switches, launched in August 2016, on October 15, as it moves on from its smart home plans — In another loss for early smart home adopters, Logitech has announced that it will brick all Pop switches on October 15.
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Forums: r/gadgets, r/technology, r/homeassistant, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
The Browser Company says AI browser Dia is “now open to everyone on macOS” without an invite, Dia's first time being widely available since its June launch — The waitlist is over for Mac users, though there's still no word on when the AI browser will come to Windows.| Caiwei Chen / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at China's AI toy boom, which builds on decades of consumer electronics designed for children, as AI toy companies expand into the US and other markets — Kids have always played with and talked to stuffed animals. But now their toys can talk back, thanks to a wave of companies …
Forums: r/technology
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Toronto-based Spellbook, whose AI helps with legal contracts, raised $50M led by Khosla Ventures at a $350M valuation and says it has ~4,000 customers — Artificial intelligence startup Spellbook raised $50 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures managing partner Keith Rabois … | Emmanuel Morgan / New York Times: |
A profile of Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, who has 19M followers on the platform, many of them young people, and drew nearly 50M viewers to a monthlong stream — With his boisterous antics, Cenat has gained 19 million Twitch followers and the attention of celebrities who covet that audience.| Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information: |
Sources: Cursor-maker Anysphere is considering investment offers at a ~$30B valuation; Cursor generates $500M in ARR as of June, third highest for an AI app — Anysphere, the maker of coding assistant Cursor, is considering offers to invest in the startup at around a $30 billion valuation …
X: @nmasc_
| Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News: |
A teardown of the $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display reveals a system of mirrors enabling its “geometric” waveguide tech, setting it apart from other AR glasses — Meta Ray-Ban Display Teardown — If wearables are going to replace our phones, they need to age as gracefully as our favorite pair of glasses.Sponsor Posts
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