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October 11, 2025, 4:15 PM
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Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
Crypto markets crashed after Trump threatened an extra 100% tariff on China, triggering $19.1B+ in liquidations, 10x+ the liquidations during the FTX crash  —  Trump's 100% tariff warning on China ignited a global sell-off that wiped out $16 billion in leveraged crypto longs and pushed Ethena's USDe to a rare sub-$1 print.
Wall Street Journal:
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch has left to join Meta; he reportedly declined Zuckerberg's offer of a $1.5B+ package in August  —  Andrew Tulloch is the latest big-name AI researcher to join the social-media giant  —  A co-founder of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds a Chrome feature that automatically disables browser notifications from websites users haven't interacted with recently, on Android and desktop  —  Google's Chrome web browser is about to become much less noisy.  —  On Friday, the technology giant announced a new feature …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated  —  Apple has essentially discontinued Clips, its video-editing app designed to allow users to combine video clips, images …
Linda Yulisman / Rest of World:
Indonesia's film industry is embracing AI tools to produce Hollywood-style movies at a significantly lower cost; the average local film budget is about $602,500  —  Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia's homegrown industry.
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
How TBPN's daily livestream became the preferred news show of tech insiders, as it taps into the “who's up, who's down” part of Silicon Valley culture  —  Inside a film studio lot in Hollywood on a Tuesday morning in August, Jordi Hays, a 29-year-old entrepreneur, ran into the frame of a live shot, waving a giant red flag.
Stephen Witt / New York Times:
Interviews with security researchers about AI's potential for large-scale destruction, as experts remain divided and global regulatory frameworks lag  —  How much do we have to fear from A.I., really?  It's a question I've been asking experts since the debut of ChatGPT in late 2022.
Reuters:
Ten major banks including Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and UBS announce an early-stage project to explore issuing stablecoins pegged to G7 currencies  —  - Group includes US, UK, Swiss, Japanese, Canadian lenders  — Banks seeking to find their way as stablecoin demand grows

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ABC could lose ~$50M in licensing costs to WBD and an estimated $35M in advertising revenue after abruptly pulling the new season of The Bachelorette

Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
A federal judge slows Voice of America return-to-work order and eliminates the March 23 deadline, now ordering 70 people due back each week

Erik Wemple / New York Times:
A district court judge rules in favor of the NYT in its suit challenging rules that limited press access to the Pentagon, citing the First Amendment

More News

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
NPCI, which runs India's UPI, partners with OpenAI and digital payment company Razorpay on a pilot to let consumers shop and pay directly through ChatGPT
Heather Knight / New York Times:
Marc Benioff says President Trump is “doing a great job” and believes National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco to help reduce crime in the city

Earlier Picks

Hugh Son / CNBC:
Sources: Morgan Stanley told its financial advisors it will broaden access to crypto investments to all clients and allow such investments in any account type
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
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
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
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
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
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