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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 …
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| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
President Trump says that the US will impose an extra 100% tariff on imports from China and “Export Controls on any and all critical software” from November 1 — - CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Ad Choices
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| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
Google says it hit a milestone of 1.3 quadrillion monthly tokens processed across its services this summer, up from 980T monthly tokens announced in July — Google says it now processes more than 1.3 quadrillion tokens every month with its AI models. But this headline number mostly reflects …
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| 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 …
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer vision startup Prompt AI; it was approached by other potential suitors, including xAI and Neuralink — Apple is in late-stage talks to acquire top talent from computer vision startup Prompt AI, as well as the company's technology, CNBC has learned.
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| Omer Kabir / CTech: |
A group of US investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds agrees to acquire Israel-based spyware developer NSO Group for “tens of millions of dollars” — Hollywood producer Robert Simonds leads the deal, subject to Israeli and U.S. regulatory review.
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| 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
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| Sharon Goldman / Fortune: |
Nathan Calvin, general counsel of AI safety nonprofit Encode, says OpenAI used intimidation tactics to undermine California's SB 53 while it was being debated — Nathan Calvin, the 29-year-old general counsel of Encode—a small AI policy nonprofit with just three full-time employees … | Jacob Krol / TechRadar: |
The LA Lakers will livestream select 2025-26 season games in the Apple Immersive format in the NBA app and the upcoming Spectrum SportsNet app on the Vision Pro — Select games will be streamed live in Apple Immersive — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
Austria's privacy regulator finds that Microsoft violated EU law by illegally tracking students through Microsoft 365 Education, after noyb's complaint in 2024 — Austria's data protection authority on Wednesday ruled that Microsoft illegally tracked students using its education software … | SemiAnalysis: |
SemiAnalysis launches InferenceMAX, an open-source benchmark that automatically tracks LLM inference performance across AI models and frameworks every night — NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, AMD MI355X, Throughput Token per GPU, Latency Tok/s/user, Perf per Dollar, Cost per Million Tokens …
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| 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.
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Campus, which is building an online alternative to community colleges, hires former Meta VP of AI Jerome Pesenti as its CTO, and acquires his company Sizzle AI — Campus, a college startup backed by Sam Altman, has hired Meta's former AI Vice President Jerome Pesenti as its technology head, the company announced Friday.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Prezent, which offers enterprises an AI-powered presentation builder, raised $30M at a $400M valuation to make acquisitions, taking its total funding to $74M+ — Prezent, a startup that offers an AI-powered presentation builder to enterprises, said today that it has raised $30 million … | Sam Bourgi / Cointelegraph: |
Chainalysis: crypto balances tied to illicit activity exceed $75B, with ~$15B held by illicit entities and $60B+ in wallets with downstream exposure to them — Chainalysis says $75 billion in crypto tied to illicit activity could be recoverable — a figure that may influence nations weighing official crypto reserves.
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| Oma Seddiq / Bloomberg: |
The Senate passes a measure requiring Nvidia and AMD to prioritize US customers over China for advanced AI chip sales, as part of its annual defense policy bill — Advanced artificial intelligence chipmakers Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. would have to ensure US companies … | Politico: |
After Big Tech shut down political ads in the EU following a new law, the European Commission says it is talking to Big Tech to mitigate the unintended impacts — BRUSSELS — Fresh European Union rules intended to improve transparency around online advertisements have sparked a wave of criticism … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Govini, a Palantir competitor whose AI software Ark helps militaries manage product lifecycles, raised $150M from Bain Capital and says it hit $100M in ARR — Govini, a defense tech software startup taking on the likes of Palantir, has blown past $100 million in annual recurring revenue, the company announced Friday.
More: Defense One and Defense Daily
| Prakhar Srivastava / Reuters: |
Filing: corporate travel and expense management software maker Navan plans to raise up to $960M in a US IPO and is targeting a valuation of up to $6.45B — Corporate travel and expense company Navan said on Friday it was targeting to raise as much as $960 million in its initial public offering in the United States.
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US federal jury finds that Samsung owes Collision Communications nearly $445.5M in damages for infringing on patents related to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi standards — A federal jury in Marshall, Texas found on Friday that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) owes patent owner Collision Communications … Sponsor Posts
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