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President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial — Pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company — President Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Mico, a character that responds with real-time expressions when talked to, now on by default in Copilot's voice mode in the US, UK, and Canada — Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode. … It's been nearly 30 years since Microsoft's Office assistant …
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Bluesky: @acidrains and @tomwarren.co.uk. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Forums: Slashdot
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI acquires Software Applications Incorporated, which is building an AI-powered user interface for macOS and raised $6.5M from Sam Altman and others — OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Inc., a startup building an AI-powered user interface for Mac desktops …
More: OpenAI, 9to5Mac, The Information, Engadget, CNBC, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Implicator.ai, and MacDailyNews
| Bloomberg: |
Sources and docs: the US DOJ charged an ex-director of zero-day vendor L3Harris' Trenchant with stealing secrets from two companies to sell to a Russian buyer — A director at a company that sells computer vulnerabilities has been charged with stealing secrets to sell to an unspecified buyer in Russia …
More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, CyberScoop, PCMag, and The Cyber Express
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LinkedIn: Bart Preneel and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
| Brooke Singman / Fox Business: |
Apple's Houston manufacturing facility, originally scheduled to open in 2026, is now shipping AI servers that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute — Apple's Houston manufacturing facility is operating ahead of schedule — EXCLUSIVE: Apple is now building and shipping American …
More: BonTech Labs, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Wrap, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
X: @houstonomics, @brookesingman, and @rapidresponse47
| Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget: |
Amazon relaunches its game streaming service Luna, available at no additional cost for Prime subscribers, and adds new beginner-friendly multiplayer games — The big addition is a collection of multiplayer games that can be controlled with a smartphone. — After detailing its plans …
More: About Amazon, CNET, Digital Trends, BonTech Labs, TechCrunch, Newsweek, Thurrott, TechEBlog, 9to5Google, Neowin, and Tom's Guide. X: @amazonluna
| Katie Roof / The Information: |
Sources: Adobe held talks to acquire Synthesia, which makes AI tools that generate video avatars of people, for ~$3B; the startup was valued at $2.1B in January — Adobe in recent months held talks with Synthesia, a London-based maker of artificial intelligence software that generates video avatars …
More: The Times
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft asked its Xbox unit to hit 30% profit margins, well above the industry average, prompting product cancellations, price hikes, and job cuts — Management's goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects — Microsoft Corp. is asking …
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| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules against Apple in a lawsuit accusing it of abusing its dominant position by charging a 30% App Store commission — Apple (AAPL.O) on Thursday lost a London lawsuit accusing the U.S. tech company of abusing its dominant position by charging app developers … | Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
ChatGPT Atlas hands-on: generally able to interpret instructions and navigate simple menus, but “technical constraints on session length” are a limiting factor — From scanning emails to building fansites, Atlas can ably automate some web-based tasks.| Dane Stuckey / @cryps1s: |
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| Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: |
Meta cuts roles in its Risk unit citing a shift from manual reviews to a “consistent and automated process” that is delivering “reliable compliance outcomes” — - Meta is cutting roles in its Risk org, according to an internal memo.| Wall Street Journal: |
Top AI researchers and executives in Silicon Valley are working 80 to 100 hours per week, driven by competition, as AI's progress compresses product timelines — With expertise in the field scarce, workers in Silicon Valley are pushing themselves to extremes day after day
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| Kate Rogers / CNBC: |
Trump says he canceled plans for a “surge” of National Guard to San Francisco after speaking to “great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others” — President Donald Trump said in a post on Thursday that the federal government was preparing to “surge” … | Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Email: Indian crypto exchange WazirX plans to resume operations on October 24, following a court-approved restructuring, after hackers stole $230M in July 2024 — That was the final step in a process that began after a massive security breach last year froze assets, shuttered withdrawals … | James Reddick / The Record: |
Starlink VP Lauren Dreyer says the company “proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected ‘scam centers’” in Myanmar — SpaceX says it has disabled more than 2,000 Starlink devices connected to scam compounds in Myanmar …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Anthropic and Google announce their cloud partnership worth tens of billions of dollars, giving Anthropic access to 1M TPUs and 1GW of capacity in 2026 — Anthropic and Google officially announced their cloud partnership Thursday, a deal that gives the artificial intelligence company access … | Kayla Cobb / The Wrap: |
VideoShops, an affiliate retail platform that lets creators start personalized storefronts with no minimum follower count, raised a $42M seed — Abra Potkin and Nicole Winnaman are changing that — When you think of the most basic definition of an influencer — a person whose recommendations … | Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic says Claude's memory feature, initially available for Team and Enterprise users, is rolling out to Pro and Max subscribers — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic Pro and Max subscribers have access to Memory. — The feature creates a more intuitive experience with AI that knows you.
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| Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
Cyprus' financial regulator grants a crypto license to Revolut, allowing the startup to offer crypto services across the EU under new regulations — British finance app Revolut has been granted a licence by Cyprus that will enable it to continue to target crypto-related services to grow its business …
More: blockchain.com, The Block, Decrypt, CoinDesk, DL News, Coinpedia Fintech News, crypto.news, and Cointelegraph
| Ray Maker / DC Rainmaker: |
Filing: Strava voluntarily dismissed its patent lawsuit against Garmin, for allegedly infringing its heat map and segments features, just 21 days after filing — Strava's multifaceted legal (and social media) attack on Garmin was short-lived. Just 21 days after filing … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q3 revenue up 3% YoY to $13.7B, vs. $13.2B est., and net income of $4.1B, vs. a net loss of $16.6B in Q3 2024; INTC jumps 5%+ after hours — Intel reported better-than-expected revenue on Thursday, signaling that demand for its core x86 processors for PCs has recovered.| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Eight Sleep adds an outage mode to its smart beds after complaints they were stuck at sweltering temperatures and in inclined positions during the AWS outage — Thousands of Eight Sleep owners were unable to adjust temperatures or bed positions while while Amazon's servers were down.
More: BBC, Blaze Media, The Ambient, Newser, and T3
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Forums: r/hardware, r/technology, r/technews, and Ars OpenForum
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Lawyers for a teen who died by suicide after allegedly discussing methods with ChatGPT call OpenAI's request for all memorial documents “intentional harassment” — Family of teen who took his own life after ChatGPT use alleges chatbot maker intentionally weakened protections
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
PUBG maker Krafton unveils an “AI First” strategy, investing ~$70M to build a GPU cluster to automate AI workflows and strengthen AI R&D and in-game AI services — It's planning to spend nearly $70 million on a GPU cluster to support its efforts.
More: PC Gamer, Windows Central, GameSpot, and Dexerto
| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Internal memo: TikTok plans leadership changes, moving two teams under ByteDance veteran Fiona Zhi and undoing earlier efforts to empower Western executives — TikTok is implementing drastic leadership changes that pull the video app closer to the orbit of its parent ByteDance … | Financial Times: |
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales agree to a deal to combine their space and satellite businesses, seeking to build a European SpaceX competitor — European defence groups promise ‘significant synergies’ to respond to rapid expansion of Starlink network — Airbus, Leonardo and Thales have struck … Sponsor Posts
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