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Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils Mico, a new character for Copilot's voice mode that responds with real-time expressions and is enabled by default, available in the US  —  Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode. … It's been nearly 30 years since Microsoft's Office assistant …
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 …
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 …
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 7%+ after hours  —  Intel reported better-than-expected revenue on Thursday, signaling that demand for its core x86 processors for PCs has recovered.
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 …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon blames a rare software bug and “faulty automation” for this week's massive AWS glitch, and says it has turned off the flawed automation worldwide  —  In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant's hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.
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
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 …
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” …
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft won't provide erotica AI services and that “other companies will build that”, after Sam Altman said ChatGPT would offer erotica  —  Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said the software giant won't build artificial intelligence services that provide …
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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 …
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 …
Nick Turner / Bloomberg:
Filing: Applied Materials plans to cut ~4% of its global workforce and expects the layoffs to cost $160M to $180M; it had 36,100 employees as of the end of July  —  Applied Materials Inc., the largest US producer of chipmaking equipment, plans to cut 4% of its global workforce as it copes with a sales slowdown and trade turmoil.
More: Reuters and CNBC
Katie Roof / The Information:
Sources: Adobe held talks to buy Synthesia, maker of AI tools to generate video avatars of people, for ~$3B; Synthesia also talked to Meta about a possible sale  —  Adobe in recent months held talks with Synthesia, a London-based maker of artificial intelligence software that generates video avatars …
More: The Times
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 …
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 …
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.
Rocket Drew / The Information:
Source: SoftBank held talks about acquiring Agility Robotics for $900M+ before participating in Agility's funding round valuing the startup at $1.75B pre-money  —  SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has long predicted a future where robots would outnumber people and take over many jobs from humans.
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 …
Dane Stuckey / @cryps1s:
OpenAI CISO Dane Stuckey outlines prompt injection mitigations in ChatGPT Atlas, including a “logged out mode” that blocks agent access to user credentials
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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Variety:
The WGA, which routinely opposes media mergers, says the Netflix-WBD deal must be blocked, and the Producers and Directors guilds express concern over the deal

Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agree to part ways and let her contract expire at the end of the year, following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr.

Matt Donnelly / Variety:
A look at the auction for the Oscars' TV rights, as sources say Netflix is out, NBCUniversal gains ground, and YouTube and ABC remain active bidders

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft updates Copilot to add Copilot Groups, enabling up to 32 people to collaborate in a session, and a “real talk” mode to add more personality to Copilot

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Financial Times:
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales agree to a deal to combine their space and satellite businesses, seeking to build a European SpaceX competitor
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”
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
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
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