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The Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia using its Goods Availability Act, a first, to safeguard chip supply for Europe — Move by The Hague escalates frictions between western countries and Beijing over access to high-end technology
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Sources: the Trump administration cut 176 CISA jobs last week as part of laying off 4,000+ US federal workers, and is likely to make further mass CISA layoffs — Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked 5m Qantas, 23m Vietnam Air customers' records, Spanish cops dismantle GXC Team … | Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI agrees to acquire 10GW of chips from Broadcom and co-design custom GPUs with Broadcom to run its AI models; sources: the deal is worth multiple billions — The companies plan to deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips over the next four years — OpenAI and Broadcom are working together …
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Slack is testing an AI-based version of Slackbot that acts as a personalized assistant, operating via AWS' virtual private cloud, rolling out at the end of 2025 — The revamped Slackbot acts more like an AI companion that can help you create plans, schedule meetings, find files, and more.| Calder McHugh / Politico: |
Q&A with journalist Jacob Silverman on his new book Gilded Rage, the radical politics of certain tech elites, AI's impact on Silicon Valley politics, and more — How did Silicon Valley leaders go from heaping praise on Barack Obama to going all in on Donald Trump?
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CoinGecko: crypto's combined market cap rises 6% to hit $4T, recovering from a brutal weekend selloff as President Trump tries to calm US-China trade war fears — Most major cryptocurrencies rebounded from steep losses suffered over a brutal weekend selloff, as President Donald Trump sought … | Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
Ofcom fines 4chan £20K under the OSA for failing to provide information on the risk of illegal content; a UK minister says the government “fully backed” Ofcom — Britain said on Monday it had issued U.S. internet forum site 4chan with a 20,000 pound ($26,644) …
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Sources: London-based self-driving tech startup Wayve is in early stage talks with Microsoft and SoftBank to raise between $1B and $2B, valuing it at ~$8B — London-based group seeks valuation of $8bn as global investors snap up deals with fast-growing AI start-ups
More: Reuters, Sifted, and Dow Jones Newswires
| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Strava CEO Michael Martin says Strava plans to launch a US IPO; Sensor Tower says Strava has 50M MAUs and users spent $180M+ on Premium in the year to September — CEO Michael Martin targets US IPO to raise capital for deals to keep Strava ahead of rivals including Garmin and Nike| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
OpenAI's blockbuster deals with Nvidia and AMD add a new layer to its complicated ownership structure and will dilute existing shareholders like Microsoft — Microsoft, OpenAI's staff and non-profit arm are due close to 90% of start-up. But Nvidia deal will dilute shareholders
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| Alex Traub / New York Times: |
John Searle, known for “the Chinese Room” thought experiment on AI consciousness, died on Sept. 16 at 93; his UCB tenure ended over alleged sexual harassment — His blunt debating and imaginative theorizing about artificial intelligence and the human mind made him a leading scholar.
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A profile of eBay CEO Jamie Iannone, who said the platform was “too complacent” in 2020 and now focuses on its power users, boosting its stock by ~50% in 2025 — THE SIGNAL INTERVIEW — As the AI frenzy drives US stock markets higher, one tech company's shares have jumped almost 50% … | Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to hire 250K workers for the 2025 holiday season, the same as in 2023 and 2024, including full-time and part-time, and will pay $19/hour on average — Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 250,000 workers during its peak season — unchanged from the previous two years …
More: Associated Press and About Amazon
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