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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 …
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X: @mark_k, @awnihannun, @supersaf, @mkbhd, @maxwinebach, @juniperphoton, @zaidmukaddam, @benbajarin, and @louis__meyer. LinkedIn: Jordy Thery
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/hardware, r/apple, r/MacOS, and MacRumors Forums
| 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
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| 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 …
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Appleosophy, ZDNET, XDA Developers, Michael Tsai, Gulf News, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, MacStories, The Verge, Road to VR, Six Colors, MacRumors, Neowin, SammyGuru, TechRadar, The Economic Times, Digit, Tom's Guide, Stuff, The Apple Post, 9to5Mac, and Engadget
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Forums: Hacker News, r/psvr2, r/apple, r/virtualreality, r/VisionPro, and MacRumors Forums
| 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.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
More: UploadVR, The Verge, AppleInsider, Road to VR, iThinkDifferent, and MacRumors
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5, claiming it offers similar levels of coding performance to Sonnet 4 at “one-third the cost and more than twice the speed” — On Wednesday, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model, billed as offering similar performance …
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says Haiku 4.5 can serve as a subagent for Sonnet 4.5, which can break down problems into multistep plans and orchestrate a team of Haiku 4.5 agents — Claude Haiku 4.5, our latest small model, is available today to all users. — What was recently at the frontier is now cheaper and faster.
More: VentureBeat, Ars Technica, The New Stack, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, MarkTechPost, and Analytics India Magazine
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, and r/singularity
| 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 … | 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
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| David Pan / Bloomberg: |
US bank Erebor, founded by Palmer Luckey, Joe Lonsdale, and others, wins conditional OCC approval to offer services to emerging tech companies in crypto and AI — A new US bank that aims to serve emerging tech firms in sectors such as crypto and artificial intelligence has received conditional approval …
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| 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.
More: CNBC, Waymo, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Benzinga, Automotive News, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, London Centric, and Wired
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anthropic held early funding talks this month with Abu Dhabi-based MGX, which it considers a prior investor, after closing a $13B Series F in September — Anthropic recently held early funding talks with Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX, barely a month after the OpenAI rival closed …
More: Forbes
| 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
More: TechCrunch, Benzinga, NDTV Profit, and CNBC
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Bluesky: @carnage4life, @edzitron.com, and @tinyklaus.com
| The Keyword: |
Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow — We're rolling out significant updates to Veo that give people even more creative control. … Five months ago, we introduced Flow …
More: CNET, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, Android Authority, Android Headlines, The Decoder, iPhone in Canada, Neowin, Tom's Guide, Google Developers Blog, BGR, and Mashable
X: @geminiapp, @demishassabis, @emollick, @officiallogank, @googledeepmind, @googledeepmind, @officiallogank, and @googledeepmind. Forums: r/singularity
| April Roach / CNBC: |
ASML reports Q3 net sales of €7.52B, vs. €7.79B est., and €2.13B net profit, vs. €2.11B est., and says it expects a “significant” China sales decline in 2026 — Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML on Wednesday looked to calm concerns over 2026 growth …
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X: @tacticzh, @rwang07, @fbermingham, @asmlcompany, @thetranscript_, and @qualityinvest5. Forums: r/StockMarket
| 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’| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X plans to show new info about accounts, including their creation date and which country they are based in, “starting next week” on select X employees' profiles — As AI makes it easier to create bots that act ever more human-like, Elon Musk's X is developing a new feature …
More: WeRSM, SammyGuru, and Engadget
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| 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 …
More: Thurrott, Engadget, The Verge, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Forbes, and Tech in Asia
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| Reuters: |
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| 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.”
More: Engadget, Neowin, Digital Music News, Dexerto, and Plagiarism Today
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Forums: r/technology, r/japannews, r/Games, r/news, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/ArtistHate, r/DeFranco, r/anime, and Slashdot
| 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.
More: Polygon, Xbox Wire, IGN, GameSpot, Ars Technica, Windows Central, Engadget, Push Square, XboxEra, PC Gamer, Game, Wired, T3, Dexerto, TheGamer, CNET, Pure Xbox, Windows Central on YouTube, The Phawx on YouTube, and Dave2D on YouTube
X: @crecenteb, @carygolomb, @bdsams, @zacknarltree, @jezcorden, @ijustine, and @jonvaliagas
Bluesky: @wire.xbox.com, @klobrille, @papapishu, @seanhollister, and @dmc-ryan
Forums: r/gaming, r/consoles, and r/Handhelds
| Rebecca Spear / Windows Central: |
More: GamesRadar, Pure Xbox, GamesBeat, Tech4Gamers, Tom's Hardware, Eurogamer.net, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TechRadar, Forbes, Nintendo Life, Club386, Video Games Chronicle, iPhone in Canada, GLITCHED on YouTube, Parris on YouTube, Wccftech, and YouTube
X: @marcococomello, @jhawkshoots, @scully1888, @spawnpoiint, @vicious696, @jezcorden, @ed_chester, @bluethunderreal, @tomwarren, and @bradshankar
Forums: r/gamingnews and r/Windows11
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Meta adds group chats to Threads, allowing users to add up to 50 people who follow their Threads account, rolling out globally, excluding the UK and Australia — Users can add up to 50 people into a single conversation. … Threads users can create a group chat by starting …
More: Thurrott, Social Media Today, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Neowin, Digital Trends, Android Central, and WeRSM. Bluesky: @cigs.blue
| 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 …
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| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 28K+ adults in 25 countries on AI: 81% have heard a lot or a little, 34% are more concerned than excited, and 42% are equally concerned and excited — More are concerned than excited about its use, and more trust their own country and the EU to regulate it than trust the U.S. or China| Bloomberg: |
AppLovin shut down Array last quarter, calling it “a test product” that wasn't “economically viable”, after allegations it led to unwanted Android app installs — AppLovin Corp. said it has shut down a product linked to user and short-seller allegations that apps …
More: Ben Edelman and Adweek
| Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
CoreWeave and AI coding startup Poolside plan a 500-acre, natural gas-powered data center on a Texas ranch; sources: Poolside is raising $2B at a $14B valuation — CoreWeave and Poolside announce partnership for a data center built on a sprawling ranch in West Texas
More: Bloomberg, Benzinga, TipRanks Financial, and CoreWeave
LinkedIn: Margarida Garcia and Eiso Kant
| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
Meta announces a partnership with Arm to power AI ranking and recommendation systems across Meta's family of apps using Arm-based data center platforms — Meta Platforms (META.O) said it is partnering with chip tech provider Arm Holdings to power the systems that drive personalization across its apps … | Reuters: |
Sources: Rakuten began considering a US IPO of its credit card business after SoftBank announced plans to launch an IPO for its mobile payment app PayPay — - IPO considerations in early stages -source — Other options include a stake sale -source — SoftBank is preparing to list PayPay in US
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