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October 10, 2025, 12:45 PM
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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Apple announces a “major evolution” of the Apple Security Bounty program, doubling its top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware  —  With the mercenary spyware industry booming, Apple VP Ivan Krstić tells WIRED that the company is also offering bonuses …
Jason Koebler / Wired:
Memo: Meta VP of Metaverse Vishal Shah tells his team to use AI to “go 5X faster” and expects 80% of them to integrate AI into their daily work by 2025's end  —  Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse chief is urging employees to adopt AI across every workflow as part of a broader shift inside the company.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to move its health and fitness teams under Eddy Cue's Services, with Craig Federighi overseeing watchOS and John Ternus overseeing Watch  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to expand the roles of some top executives in response to the pending departure of longtime Chief Operating …
Financial Times:
Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia's H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging local companies not to buy Nvidia's products  —  Stringent border checks come after Beijing orders tech companies to stop ordering US processors
Omer Kabir / CTech:
A group of American investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has agreed to acquire NSO Group in a deal valued at “several tens of millions of dollars”  —  Hollywood producer Robert Simonds leads the deal, subject to Israeli and U.S. regulatory review.
More: TechCrunch
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump threatens a “massive increase of Tariffs” on Chinese products, in response to export controls that China imposed on rare earth minerals  —  President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a “massive increase of Tariffs” on Chinese products imported …
Financial Times:
The UK CMA designates Google with “strategic market status” in search and ads, but excludes Gemini; Google has warned such oversight could slow product launches  —  Big Tech company becomes the first to be designated with special status under strict new digital laws
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Google says Cl0p hackers who exploited Oracle's E-Business Suite stole data from “dozens of organizations” since at least July 10, three months before detection  —  Security researchers at Google say hackers targeting corporate executives with extortion emails have stolen data from …
Fortune:
Sources: Coinbase and Mastercard have each held talks to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK for $1.5B-$2.5B; a deal would be the largest stablecoin acquisition yet  —  Almost one year after the fintech giant Stripe struck a $1.1 billion deal to acquire the stablecoin startup Bridge …
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Kalshi raised a $300M+ Series D at a $5B valuation, expands to 140 countries, and is on track for $50B in annualized trading volume, up from $300M in 2024  —  The fund-raising round comes as online prediction marketplaces gain mainstream prominence.  —  Online prediction markets have jumped …
Politico:
After Big Tech implemented a blackout on political advertising in the EU following a new law, the European Commission says it is in talks with Big Tech  —  Politicians and campaigners fear that an advertising law designed to improve transparency could stifle it.
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From Mediagazer

NBC News:
Trump says he was “only kidding” about offering UFC CEO Dana White the press secretary job, after White posted an AI image of himself at the White House lectern

Washington Post:
An ex-Trump campaign aide and others say Trump ally Laura Loomer was paid $3K-$5K per political X post; she announced a hiatus from her show after an inquiry

Julia Alexander / Puck:
NBC News' Kornacki Cam on Election Night and its broad use in others' YouTube and Twitch streams showed how legacy media and creators can build on each other

More News

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
China opens an investigation into Qualcomm's acquisition of Autotalks, a chipmaker specializing in vehicle communications, over potential antitrust violations
Jay Peters / The Verge:
EA's Battlefield 6, coming October 10, is a pivotal moment for the series and for EA, set to go private in a $55B deal, as EA competes with Activision and COD

Earlier Picks

Financial Times:
Microsoft and Anthropic appoint former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak as a senior adviser and pledge his role will not include lobbying with the UK government
New York Times:
Sources: crypto investor Roger Ver, aka “Bitcoin Jesus”, has reached a tentative agreement with the US DOJ to pay ~$48M to end a 2024 criminal tax fraud case
Zach Vallese / CNBC:
YouTube launches a pilot program to give “terminated creators” a “second chance” by letting them apply to create a new channel “and bring their voice back”
Bloomberg:
Adam Mosseri says Instagram is exploring building a TV app as part of a deeper video push, but isn't interested in licensing live sports or Hollywood content
Lucinda Shen / Axios:
Kernel, which helps AI agents access the internet more efficiently via Chrome, raised $22M in seed and Series A rounds led by Accel; YC and others also invested
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Inside Intel's 700-acre Fab 52 in the Arizona desert, which cost $32B and is starting large-scale 18A chip production, as the company seeks to impress customers
Bloomberg:
Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise, designed to help employees automate tasks and generate content across departments, priced at $30 per user per month
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
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