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| Ryan S. Gladwin / Decrypt: |
Paxos says it “mistakenly minted” $300T worth of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin on October 15 and then “burned” the tokens about 20 minutes later — Crypto industry observers were baffled Wednesday afternoon when an on-chain transaction showed that Paxos …
More: Web3 is Going Just Great, Engadget, The Daily Hodl, CNBC, BeInCrypto, CoinDesk, The Crypto Times, Cryptonews, Blockchain.News, Blockonomi, Bloomberg Law, The Block, Cointelegraph, and Blockchain.News
X: @paxos, @omeragoldberg, @zerohedge, @molly0xfff, @ruidiaox, @yannickcrypto, @pixonchain, @yueqi_yang, @_whitneywebb, @ryansadams, @suhailkakar, @cryptokaleo, @pierresamaties, @cobb_xrpl, @martypartymusic, @naruto11eth, @jeremyybtc, @yazanxbt, @presidenthodl, @arkham, @koeppelmann, @thecryptocpa, @evan_ss6, @sorenthek, @zerohedge, @shotguncaio, @dubdublin, @whosknave, @silvermanjacob, @nassyweazy, and @knveth
| 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 …
More: VentureBeat, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, Anthropic, The GitHub Blog, Tom's Guide, Implicator.ai, The Decoder, The Verge, Every, BGR, Inc, Mashable, CNET, and CNBC
X: @_catwu, @claudeai, @sammcallister, @scaling01, @kimmonismus, @danshipper, @adocomplete, @jaredpalmer, @claudeai, @github, @scaling01, @mikeyk, @scaling01, @swyx, @jaredpalmer, @claudeai, @augmentcode, @alexalbert__, @alexfinnx, @bindureddy, @jackclarksf, @mattpocockuk, and @giansegato. Forums: r/claudexplorers
| 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: Simon Willison's Weblog, TechRadar, Ars Technica, and The New Stack
Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPTCoding, r/ClaudeAI, and r/singularity
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Honor teases the “Robot Phone”, with an AI-enabled, gimbal-mounted camera that unfolds from the phone's rear and can capture photos and video in any direction — But we'll have to wait until next year to find out more. … Honor has announced what it's calling the … | Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
US cybersecurity company F5 discloses an attack it discovered on August 9 by nation-state hackers who 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 …
More: CISA, National Cyber Security Centre, BleepingComputer, Nextgov/FCW, CyberScoop, Infosecurity, ITPro, TechRadar, Security Boulevard, and SiliconANGLE
LinkedIn: Sean Letona, Sagar Sethi, and Robert Morgan
Forums: Hacker News and r/cybersecurity
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: F5 blames its breach on China, whose hackers had infiltrated F5's network for at least 12 months using the Brickstorm malware to steal source code — A potentially “catastrophic” breach of a major US-based cybersecurity provider has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China, according to people familiar with the matter.| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
How facial recognition software rejects people with facial differences, who number an estimated 100M+ worldwide, blocking them from accessing essential services — An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple executive Ke Yang, who was appointed just weeks ago as head of a team developing AI-driven web search for Siri, is leaving for Meta — The Apple Inc. executive leading an effort to develop AI-driven web search is stepping down, marking the latest in a string of high-profile exits …
More: Neowin, Silicon UK, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Moneycontrol, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada, Axios, Digit, Reuters, and Livemint
X: @stephenrobles, @chatgpt21, @tbpn, @markgurman, @zerohedge, @kantrowitz, @tbpn, @zachweinberg, @parkerortolani, @patrickmoorhead, @jbulltard1, and @provisionalidea. Mastodon: @markgurman@mastodon.social
| Apple: |
Apple launches the M5 chip, featuring a 10-core GPU with over 4x the peak performance of the M4, up to a 10-core CPU, and a ~30% increase in memory bandwidth — M5 delivers over 4x the peak GPU compute performance for AI compared to M4, featuring a next-generation GPU with a Neural Accelerator in each core …
More: The Hans India, Tom's Guide, WinBuzzer, BGR, Trusted Reviews, Ace of Spades HQ, Engadget, Ars Technica, Digit, Daring Fireball, Gizchina, 9to5Mac, Curb Cuts, Apple, TidBITS, SiliconANGLE, Apple, TechRadar, Engadget, Michael Tsai, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Notebookcheck, 9to5Mac, Tom's Hardware, Cord Cutters News, Mashable, CNET, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Phandroid, and MacRumors
X: @dreamwieber, @helvetiica, @markopolojarvi, @einarvollset, @gregjoz, @benaneesh, @mark_k, @spatiallyme, @aaronp613, @mingchikuo, @stevemoser, @maxwinebach, @tinadebove, @tailosivetech, @benbajarin, @supersaf, @louis__meyer, @zaidmukaddam, @mkbhd, and @juniperphoton. LinkedIn: Jordy Thery
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/MacOS, r/macbook, r/hardware, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
More: Apple, 9to5Mac, Business Standard, Six Colors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, Birchtree, The Verge, Michael Tsai, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, XDA Developers, What Hi-Fi?, Trusted Reviews, T3, and Bloomberg
X: @aaronp613, @quinnypig, @chriswelch, @gregjoz, @tim_cook, @basicappleguy, @mgsiegler, @brandonbutch, @sdw, and @maxwinebach. LinkedIn: Patrick LP. Threads: @mgsiegler
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and r/apple
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI is “not the elected moral police of the world” after receiving backlash for saying ChatGPT will allow “erotica for verified adults” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday that the company is “not the elected moral police of the world” …
More: The Hans India, USA Today, Business Insider, Moneycontrol, BMI, NBC Bay Area, NDTV Profit, Benzinga, CNET, Implicator.ai, and The Verge
X: @sama, @shiringhaffary, @mathan_soma, @thurrott, @jasminewsun, @thezvi, and @sama
| David Wheeldon / YouTube Official Blog: |
YouTube's creative ecosystem added over €7B to the EU's GDP in 2024 and supported 200K+ full-time equivalent jobs, according to advising firm Oxford Economics — YouTube's creative ecosystem added over €7B to the EU's GDP in 2024, while supporting over 200,000 jobs.| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
LinkedIn: Alex Weprin. Bluesky: @crackedlemonade. Forums: r/entertainment, r/television, and r/cordcutters
| The Keyword: |
Google releases Cell2Sentence-Scale 27B (C2S-Scale), a 27B-parameter foundation model for single-cell analysis built on its Gemma family of open models — We're launching a new 27 billion parameter foundation model for single-cell analysis built on the Gemma family of open models.
More: Decrypt, Neowin, WinBuzzer, and bioRxiv
X: @sundarpichai, @iterintellectus, @david_van_dijk, @google, @deredleritt3r, @osanseviero, @aiims1742, @googleaidevs, @david_van_dijk, @deryatr_, @googleresearch, @bryan_johnson, @kate_rouch, @kimmonismus, @bowang87, @sundarpichai, @azizishekoofeh, @dr_singularity, @ymatias, @clementdelangue, @patloeber, @andrewmayne, and @parikpatelcfa. LinkedIn: Michael Galkin. Bluesky: @gusthema
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/programare, r/accelerate, and r/singularity
| Deena Mousa / MIT Technology Review: |
How AI-powered tools like PainChek, an app that scans a person's face for tiny muscle movements, are helping healthcare providers better assess patients' pain — Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients' discomfort.
X: @deenamousa, @deenamousa, @deenamousa, @deenamousa, and @deenamousa. Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the new M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites local regulations — The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip does not include a charger in the box in European countries, including the U.K., Ireland …
More: Inc, Digit, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Mashable, iClarified, and 9to5Mac
Forums: r/applesucks, r/technology, r/macbookpro, r/mac, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Kraken acquires Small Exchange, a US-licensed futures exchange, from the IG Group, for $32.5M in cash and $67.5M in Kraken parent's Payward stock — Kraken has acquired a US-licensed futures exchange from IG Group as the crypto heavyweight seeks to broaden the range of products it can offer directly to US customers.
More: Business Wire, Reuters, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, Blockhead, Cointelegraph, and Morningstar, Inc.
| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
David Sacks says Anthropic is running a “regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering”, responding to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark's post on AI policy — On Tuesday, White House AI “czar” and venture capitalist David Sacks intensified a frustration that has been building for months.
More: Fortune, Axios, Gizmodo, and Import AI
X: @davidsacks, @jackclarksf, @jackclarksf, @thezvi, @jackclarksf, @basedbeffjezos, @dareasmunhoz, @davidsacks, @deryatr_, @rabois, @sriramk, @s_oheigeartaigh, @hamandcheese, @doodlestein, @plzbepatient, @humanharlan, @jason, @shaughnessy119, @shakeelhashim, @silvermanjacob, @deanwball, @tszzl, @daniel_mac8, @rabois, @dissenter_hi, @s_oheigeartaigh, @idrawcharts, @s_oheigeartaigh, @luke_metro, @robinhanson, @austinc3301, @bscholl, @jonst0kes, @shakeelhashim, @s_oheigeartaigh, @davidsacks, @buccocapital, @sundeep, @pmarca, @jackclarksf, @ericnewcomer, @scott_wiener, @chamath, and @rabois. LinkedIn: Dave Lee
| 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 …
More: Financial Times, OCC.gov, Bitcoinist.com, Benzinga, New York Post, Cryptonews, BeInCrypto, Blockonomi, and The Information
X: @usocc, @shivnull, @nic__carter, @brendanpedersen, @chadsteingraber, @the_bank_slate, @cryptogucci, @goldman, @martypartymusic, @rongplace, @diogomonica, @willtdbn, and @cathyreisenwitz
Bluesky: @smtuffy, @andrewkjennings.com, @pauljdavies, and @tonytassell. Threads: @benedictevans. Forums: r/politics
| Financial Times: |
Investigation: the Trump family's crypto empire has reaped over $1B in pre-tax profits over the past year; Eric Trump says the true figure is “probably more” — The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration's industry-friendly policies| Rest of World: |
GiveDirectly plans to pilot a program using Google's AI-based Flood Hub, which provides forecast warnings, to send early aid to at-risk families in Bangladesh — Using Google's Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
LinkedIn: Rest of World
| Wall Street Journal: |
The White House says representatives from Microsoft, Meta, Google, and other corporate donors to the $250M ballroom attended a dinner with President Trump — Dinner set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir
More: Benzinga, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and CBS News
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce says it expects FY 2030 revenue of $60B+, vs. $58.37B est., excluding impact from the $8B pending acquisition of data management company Informatica — Salesforce shares moved up as much as 5% in extended trading after the business software maker issued new financial targets for the next few years.
More: The Guardian, Reuters, Analytics India Magazine, Benzinga, Channel NewsAsia, Bloomberg, and The Information. Forums: r/unitedkingdom
| Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: |
How OpenSea reinvented itself from an NFT marketplace to a crypto trading aggregator, facilitating $1.6B in trades in the first two weeks of October — The crash of the NFT market led OpenSea to fire more than half of its staff. But the startup has reinvented itself into a place for buying …
More: Inside Bitcoins
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto raised $450M from Goodwater, General Catalyst, and others at a $7B valuation, as it prepares for an IPO — Zepto has secured $450 million in funding ahead of a public listing set to take place next year, underscoring growing investor interest …
More: TechCrunch
| Junhyup Kwon / Rest of World: |
South Korea's AI textbook program, meant to personalize learning, was rolled back after just four months after complaints about inaccuracies and extra workload — South Korea's AI learning program was rolled back after just four months after a backlash from teachers, students, and parents …
LinkedIn: Rest of World
| Financial Times: |
HR software startup Deel raised $300M led by Ribbit Capital at a $17B valuation, up from $12.6B earlier in 2025, and says revenue crossed $100M in September — HR start-up raises $300mn from Ribbit, Coatue and Andreessen amid espionage allegations from rival Rippling| 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: Trak.in, The Register, Engadget, and SammyGuru
X: @nikitabier, @mostlymonkey, @nessakins_, @signulll, @ericlevai, @mmjukic, @fenng, @pumatheuma, @bx_on_x, @sethsetse, @pikacap, @siddharth3, @neontaster, @stephen_taylor, @zerobeta, @katexbt, @maxnordau, @zbruhnke, @avidseries, @byzantinespirit, @owenevanger, @boredelonmusk, @cdinewsletter, @the_transit_guy, @lucienwolfe111, @aghamilton29, @jeremyredfernfl, @prmshra, @nikitabier, @prestonstew_, @marytilestexas, @pandemona, @theisaacmed, @punishedmother, @jesse_leg, @mwseibel, @lundukejournal, @prestonjbyrne, @michaelgmcquaid, @sondreb, @sonnybunch, @_jaybaxter_, @moghaoui, @thejasonanspach, @chrishohnholz, @iloveairbagged, @nikitabier, @yashar, @colecameron, @joshuatopolsky, @marcidale, @talhagin, @brandonlbradfor, @jason, @danfriedman81, @reddirtsport, @alexgodofsky, @jonatanpallesen, @zachxbt, @negroprogrammer, @shanemac, @yimbyland, @highyieldharry, @byrnehobart, @kashprime, @chrisjbakke, @stephenj_caruso, @govpressoffice, @adamscochran, @garrett_archer, @jesse_brenneman, @billybinion, @marmotrespecter, @richardhanania, @iamdcinvestor, @mayazi, @cloudwatch199, @astoraaron, @timcast, @esjesjesj, @isfjcutebear, @scootercasterny, and @nikitabier. Bluesky: @sky.skymarchini.net. Threads: @wongmjane
| Bloomberg: |
Huawei's key partners SiCarrier and Qiyunfang showcased chipmaking gear and EDA software at a Shenzhen expo; SiCarrier's gear competes with older US products — Huawei Technologies Co.'s key partners are showcasing a dizzying array of products from software to chip gear just days … | Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
A US judge sentences Matthew Lane, a 20-year-old Massachusetts man, to four years in prison after he pled guilty to hacking two companies, including PowerSchool — A Massachusetts man who breached the network of education software provider PowerSchool to steal data belonging to millions …
More: BleepingComputer, The 74, CyberScoop, Canadian Press, and The Record
| @openai: |
OpenAI says all Sora 2 users can now generate videos up to 15 seconds on the app and web, while Pro users can generate videos up to 25 seconds on the web — 2 Sora 2 updates: - Storyboards are now available on web to Pro users - All users can now generate videos up to 15 seconds on app and web, Pro users up to 25 seconds on web [video]
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