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October 15, 2025, 12:15 PM
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Apple:
Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores  —  M5 delivers over 4x the peak GPU compute performance for AI compared to M4, featuring a next-generation GPU with a Neural Accelerator …
Apple:
Apple refreshes its 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip, offering up to 3.5x more AI performance and faster storage, for the same $1,599+, shipping October 22  —  With up to 3.5x more performance for AI workflows, faster storage, up to a phenomenal 24 hours of battery life, and macOS Tahoe, the 14-inch MacBook Pro gets even better
Apple:
Apple upgrades its Vision Pro with an M5 chip for rendering 10% more pixels and a Dual Knit Band for a more comfortable fit, available on October 22 for $3,499+  —  The latest version improves performance, display rendering, battery life, and comfort, while offering innovative features …
David Pierce / The Verge:
Apple updates its iPad Pro with an M5 chip, its new C1X modem, and an N1 chip, priced at $999+ for the 11" and $1,299+ for the 13", shipping from October 22  —  The Pro is becoming a showcase for Apple's new chips — and seems poised to remain the company's best tablet.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple says it will sell Vision Pro-compatible PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for $250 from November 11 and the $130 Logitech Muse digital pen from October 22  —  Apple Vision Pro is officially being upgraded from the M2 to the new M5, but existing customers don't need an all-new Vision Pro to enhance the experience.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
ROG Xbox Ally review: great grips, good speakers, and Windows is easier to control with joysticks, but worse performance than the Steam Deck and a half-baked UI  —  What does “Xbox” mean?  Some might say it can only refer to a box-shaped Microsoft game machine.
Rebecca Spear / Windows Central:
ROG Xbox Ally X review: solid performance, the best grips, silent cooling, and a good 120Hz display, but Windows needs more optimizing and battery life is poor
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to build its upcoming indoor security camera, home hub, and tabletop robot in Vietnam, part of its effort to lessen its dependence on China  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to expand its manufacturing operations in Vietnam as part of a push into the smart home market …
Reuters:
China's Industry Ministry says that during a visit, Tim Cook pledged to boost Apple's investment in China, but offers no details, amid the US-China trade war
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI makes a five-year business plan to meet $1T+ spending pledges; OpenAI currently books ~$13B in ARR, 70% of which comes from consumer ChatGPT use  —  New revenue lines, debt partnerships and further fundraising targeted to cover enormous costs
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
US cybersecurity company F5 discloses a cyberattack in August by suspected nation-state hackers that stole undisclosed BIG-IP vulnerabilities and source code  —  U.S. cybersecurity company F5 disclosed that it suffered a cyberattack in early August, where suspected nation-state hackers breached …
April Roach / CNBC:
ASML reports Q3 net sales of €7.52B, v. €7.79B est., and €2.13B net profit, v. €2.11B est., warning that it expects a “significant” China sales decline in 2026
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube starts rolling out a “cleaner and more immersive” video player, with rounded, slightly translucent on-screen buttons, across mobile, the web, and TVs  —  The ‘cleaner’ look is rolling out across mobile, web, and TV. … YouTube is updating the look of the video player to be …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Waymo plans to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London in 2026, its first international expansion, after human-supervised cars first collect data  —  It's good timing too.  The UK is ready to start piloting fully driverless vehicles. … London's iconic black cabs could soon face a new rival: Waymo.
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
UK-based cloud provider Nscale signs an up to $14B deal with Microsoft to deploy ~104K Nvidia GB300 chips in Texas within 18 months and 12,600 GPUs in Portugal  —  Nvidia-backed AI cloud group secures huge new contract as chief executive eyes public listing in ‘back end of next year’
Jason Del Rey / Fortune:
Sources: Amazon plans to cut as much as 15% of its 10,000+ HR employees, and additional layoffs will likely affect other areas of its core consumer business  —  Amazon is preparing to cut as much as 15% of its human resources staff, with additional layoffs likely in other divisions …
Mother Jones:
Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia that has exploited the SS7 telecom protocol to target politicians, journalists, and others  —  Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
Financial Times:
An investment consortium that includes BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, and Microsoft says it will acquire Texas-based Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie in a $40B deal  —  Buyer consortium also includes Nvidia and Microsoft and plans to expand Aligned Data Centers to meet computing demand
Danny Park / The Block:
Coinbase invests in Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX to expand into India and the Middle East; CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta said the deal values CoinDCX at $2.45B  —  - Coinbase said it is investing in Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX to scale its presence in India and the Middle East.
Verity Townsend / IGN:
Japan says it formally requested that OpenAI refrain from infringing on Japanese IP, including anime, manga, and games, calling them “irreplaceable treasures”  —  “We are a country that has captivated the world with the creative power of anime, games, and music.”
New York Times:
Spotify's deal to bring video podcasts to Netflix prevents shows from airing in full on YouTube; Netflix won't run ads, but Spotify's integrated ads will remain  —  Netflix will show video versions of 16 podcasts on sports, culture, entertainment and true crime.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Samsung schedules a “Worlds Wide Open” Galaxy event on October 21 at 10pm ET, where it will share more details on its “groundbreaking” Project Moohan XR headset  —  It's nearly time to learn a lot more about the Project Moohan headset.

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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal

More News

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Reducto, which uses OCR with vision language models to convert complex documents into inputs for LLMs, raised a $75M Series B led by a16z at a $600M valuation
Tobias Mann / The Register:
Nvidia DGX Spark hands-on: trades performance and bandwidth for 128GB of unified memory, the ecosystem is a big selling point, the design is standard, and more

Earlier Picks

Jack Clark / Import AI:
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says he is optimistic about AI's progress, but that the industry must do a better job of listening to people's concerns about it
Dylan Martin / CRN:
Intel unveils Crescent Island, a data center GPU “power- and cost-optimized” for AI inference, featuring its Xe3P microarchitecture and 160GB of LPDDR5X memory
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, which runs on ~40% of Windows PCs, per Statcounter; users can enroll in its Extended Security Updates program for a year
James Oliphant / Reuters:
US AG Pam Bondi says that Meta complied with the DOJ's request to take down a Facebook Page that the agency said was being used to harass ICE agents in Chicago
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
OpenAI forms the Expert Council on Well-Being and AI, with eight experts to help guide OpenAI's work on ChatGPT and Sora
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
The US DOJ seizes ~$15B in bitcoin held in wallets owned by a man who oversaw a “pig butchering” operation in Cambodia, in the DOJ's largest ever forfeiture
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