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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar clarifies the startup is not seeking a government “backstop” for its infrastructure deals, saying her use of the word “muddied the point” — OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said late Wednesday that the artificial intelligence startup is not seeking …
More: BonTech Labs and Wall Street Journal
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
David Sacks says there will be “no federal bailout for AI”, as the US has at least five major AI companies and “if one fails, others will take its place” — Venture capitalist David Sacks, who is serving as President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence and crypto czar …
More: BonTech Labs, The Register, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, and WinBuzzer
X: @davidsacks, @davidsacks, @davidsacks, @jason, @garymarcus, @rodriscoll, @thestalwart, @khansaifm, @benbrodydc, @davidsacks, @benbajarin, @scobleizer, @davidsacks, and @buccocapital
Bluesky: @ryanreeh, @alanjcard, @karlbode.com, @milpool, @meldric.cc, and @edzitron.com. Mastodon: @evan@cosocial.ca
Forums: r/politics, r/artificial, r/StockMarket, and Slashdot
| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
More: Wall Street Journal, Marcus on AI, The Economic Times, New York Times, investingLive, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Quartz, TBPN, WinBuzzer, Tom's Hardware, AIN, Fortune, Analytics India Magazine, Implicator.ai, The Information, The Decoder, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Channel NewsAsia, Seeking Alpha, and OpenAI
X: @sama, @tszzl, @ericnewcomer, @finnmurphy12, @deanwball, @conorsen, @dgt10011, @rmconservative, @rondesantis, @dr_gingerballs, @kennethdredd, @deredleritt3r, @benbajarin, @julianmi2, @gerritd, @simonsarris, @ikrietzberg, @realjimchanos, @kakashiii111, @ikrietzberg, @_danielsinclair, @iamdcinvestor, @aoverk, @ositanwanevu, @dowdedward, @mattyglesias, @bjornjeffery, @stealthqe4, @liebermanaustin, @grady_booch, @scaling01, @kylebrussell, @ruima, @jason, @ellliotttb, @shiringhaffary, @buccocapital, @iamgingertrash, @rondesantis, @edzitron, @gerritd, @garymarcus, @donmiami3, @dampedspring, @luke_metro, @thezvi, @dkthomp, @zerohedge, @mikeisaac, @edzitron, @gerritd, @gerritd, @shiringhaffary, and @kalshi
LinkedIn: Rikki Gorman and Dane Vahey
Bluesky: @mjamurphy, @wowbaggert, @edzitron.com, @carlquintanilla, @edzitron.com, and @shiraovide. Threads: @carnage4life
Forums: r/intelstock, r/ChatGPT, r/stupidpol, r/Economics, r/OpenAI, and r/StockMarket
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
More: TechCrunch, CNBC, Reuters, The Economic Times, Blockchain.News, The Decoder, Telegraph, and Implicator.ai
X: @mikeisaac and @parikpatelcfa
| Jeff Horwitz / Reuters: |
Docs: Meta projected in December 2024 that 10.1% of its 2024 revenue, or $16B, came from ads for scams and banned goods, including ~$7B from “higher risk” ads — Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show.
More: Wired, Ars Technica, Mashable, TechCrunch, Engadget, BonTech Labs, Social Media Today, CNBC, Sherwood News, Modern Diplomacy, Forbes, and Ukrainian National News
X: @michaelscherer, @agmacdougall, @mulvihill79, @cernovich, @occrp, @kyle_a_morse, @girlsreallyrule, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @ajlamesa, and @jason_kint. LinkedIn: Ben Colman
Bluesky: @whotargets.me, @heathermoandco, @karlbode.com, @mxbernhard, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @jeffhorwitz, @timkarr, @petertl, and @gottalaff
Threads: @drewpusateri, @drewpusateri, and @joshpetersel
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @LukaszHorodecki …
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/news, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman lays out the company's plans to develop AI self-sufficiency from OpenAI, like releasing its own voice, image, and text models — Tech giant forms team led by AI chief Mustafa Suleyman to build top artificial-intelligence systems and distance itself from longtime partner
More: Microsoft AI, The Verge, Reuters, BonTech Labs, Bloomberg Law, Fortune, Axios, and WinBuzzer
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
More: PYMNTS.com, Business Insider, GeekWire, MediaPost, CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, Implicator.ai, Sherwood News, and TipRanks Financial
X: @mgsiegler and @tomwarren
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner of the archiving site as part of a criminal investigation — The FBI is attempting to unmask the owner behind archive.today, a popular archiving site that is also regularly used to bypass paywalls …
More: The Verge, U.S. Department of Justice / Federal Bureau of Investigation, heise online News, and WinBuzzer
X: @archiveis, @jason_koebler, and @maxblumenthal
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com, @thecleric, and @jasonkoebler
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/Left_News, and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
Jensen Huang warns “China is going to win the AI race”, after the US kept a ban on advanced AI chip sales to China, and says the West is held back by “cynicism” — CEO criticises western ‘cynicism’ while Beijing loosens regulations and cuts energy costs for data centres
More: Tom's Hardware, The Verge, Mediaite, Bloomberg, eWeek, Yahoo Finance, Breitbart, Fox Business, Livemint, Gizmodo, The National, WinBuzzer, Taipei Times, HotHardware, The Information, Anadolu Ajansı …, Quartz, Sherwood News, Fortune, TipRanks Financial, LiveScience, Blockonomi, and The Hill
X: @annmarie, @doomslide, @briangobosox, @realpeteyb123, @briantycangco, @krugermacro, @dhinchcliffe, @fredsoda, @michaelsobolik, @therealdansaedi, @atlas_invst, @pburdzy, @trentlapinski, @olivierfrancois, @conorsen, @m_c_klein, @aoverk, @dr_gingerballs, @ft, @ross__hendricks, @zerohedge, and @ryan_trollip
Bluesky: @evcurvefuturist.com and @shiraovide
Forums: r/BlackboxAI_, r/TrueAnon, and Slashdot
| Sky News: |
Investigation: X amplifies right-wing and extreme political content in the UK, as Elon Musk endorses fringe right-wing politicians and encourages nationalism — “Elon Musk is a great leader,” says Amy, a British woman outside the Britannia Hotel in London at an anti-immigration rally in August.
More: WinBuzzer. X: @labourlewis, @streettough, @supertanskiii, @peterstefanovi2, @allrightidiots, @globalaffairs, @jonburkeuk, @chrislawsnp, @greenpeteru, @skynews, @elonmusk, @alonso_gd, @narindertweets, and @elonmusk
Bluesky: @jonathancohn, @pickardje, @j4ck.xyz, @drjennings, @mrjamesob, @ottoenglish, @iandunt, and @felicityhannah
Mastodon: @eloquence@social.coop, @ianbetteridge@social …, @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt, @geomannie@mastodon.scot, @deevybee@mastodon.social, and @pre@boing.world
Forums: r/Scotland, r/uknews, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/LabourUK, r/AskBrits, and r/ukpolitics
| Julia Fanzeres / Bloomberg: |
Research: US companies announced 153,074 job cuts in October 2025, the most for any October since 2003, as AI reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates — US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries …
More: Challenger …, CNBC, Fortune, New York Post, Yahoo Finance, Washington Times, Benzinga, Blockchain.News, Raw Story, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, ZeroHedge News, Reuters, and PYMNTS.com
X: @lisaabramowicz1. Bluesky: @iansociologo. Forums: r/TrueAnon, r/StockMarket, r/politics, r/Economics, r/moderatepolitics, and r/neoliberal
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Rockstar says it fired dozens of employees last week for “distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum”, disputing union allegations — Rockstar Games terminated more than 30 people last week in an action that a labor group called “union-busting.”
More: The Register, IGN, Game Sandwich, Gameranx, The Independent, Game Developer, Push Square, BBC, GamingBolt, TheGamer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, GameSpot, TechRadar, and Video Games Chronicle
Bluesky: @jasonschreier. Forums: r/Games, r/xbox, r/pcgaming, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/rockstar, r/gaming, and r/PS5
| Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority: |
Google adds Gemini's Deep Search to Google Finance, which also gets prediction market data from Kalshi and Polymarket for future event analysis, first in the US — Deep Search gets you answers to comprehensive questions, while prediction market support will be clutch for future analysis. — •
More: The Keyword, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, ZDNET, Decrypt, The Block, The Verge, ZDNET, TheStreet, WinBuzzer, BGR, and Search Engine Journal
X: @dozenrose, @mansourtarek_, and @dozenrose
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The AI boom is driving coordinated innovation in the US: new fabs and power generation capacity could produce lasting infrastructure even if the bubble bursts — It's funny to remember that a decade ago there were enough people convinced we were in a bubble that I felt compelled to write …
More: Financial Times and Reuters
X: @stratechery, @abstractopinion, @jayair, and @benbajarin. LinkedIn: Jerome Kucera. Bluesky: @gilesyb
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley's new startup Hopscotch Labs debuts BeeBot, which combines AI, audio, and location-based social features, on the App Store — BeeBot is an “app for AirPods” that combines AI, audio and location-based social features. — Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley …
More: Dennis Crowley and The Verge
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Duolingo's stock falls 25%+ after the company said it expects bookings to range between $329.5M and $335.5M this quarter, falling short of a $344.3M estimate — Duolingo's stock cratered 25% on lighter-than-expected guidance as the language learning platform zeroed in on user growth in lieu of near-term monetization.
More: Barchart.com, Motley Fool, Observer, Blockonomi, Sherwood News, Inc, and WinBuzzer
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Fomo, a consumer crypto trading app, raised a $17M Series A led by Benchmark, taking its total funding to $19M, and reports $20M to $40M in daily trading volume — Paul Erlanger and Se Yong Park, co-founders of consumer crypto trading app Fomo, took an unusual route to raising capital that is paying off for them.| Bloomberg: |
SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's unpaired AWS-3 licenses for $2.6B in stock, after EchoStar sold AWS-4 and H-block licenses to SpaceX for ~$17B in September — EchoStar Corp. reported a $16.5 billion impairment charge and agreed to sell more spectrum licenses to Elon Musk's SpaceX … | Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft releases a simulated marketplace for testing AI agents alongside research showing businesses can manipulate agents into buying their products and more — On Wednesday, researchers at Microsoft released a new simulation environment designed to test AI agents, along with new research showing … | Kirsty Needham / Reuters: |
Sources and documents: Google plans to build an AI data center on Australia's remote Christmas Island, after signing a cloud deal with its DOD earlier in 2025 — - Plans come after Google, Australian Department of Defence sign cloud deal — Christmas Island increasingly featuring in regional war game scenarios
More: Ars Technica, DatacenterDynamics, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, COINOTAG NEWS, and Blockonomi. LinkedIn: Bryan Clark
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Sandbar unveils Stream Ring, a $249+ AI-powered smart ring that transcribes audio notes into its app, available for preorder now and shipping in summer 2026 — A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts.
More: Sandbar, BonTech Labs, The Verge, Android Police, GreenBot, The Decoder, Sandbar on YouTube, TechCrunch, Sandbar on YouTube, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, TechEBlog, Mashable, Android Headlines, Fast Company, and CNET
X: @sandbar, @sandbar, @realjessylin, @tbpn, @stevemoraco, @_ceee_, and @felixohartmann
Bluesky: @neilturkewitz, @ceetar, and @insortediaboli
| a16z: |
a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating “impactful content” via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more — A new 8-week program for operators, creators, & storytellers shaping the future of media
X: @liangsays, @hamishmckenzie, @ktmboyle, @luke_metro, @tylercosgrove, @amasad, @zeeg, @0xjunkim, @evanriggss, @subahwadhwani_, @dhaber, @bishplsok, @jackrandalll, @andresobeirne, @lkfinnerty, @david__booth, @aleximm, @eriktorenberg, and @eriktorenberg
Bluesky: @chronotope.aramzs.xyz and @willoremus.com
| Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: |
Amazon is testing an AI tool called Kindle Translate that automatically translates books into other languages, for authors that self-publish on the platform — This is being advertised as a boon for authors who publish directly on the platform. … The appropriately-named Kindle Translate … | New York Times: |
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative restructures to focus on AI and science, led by Biohub research centers, and acquires AI startup Evolutionary Scale's team — The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said its restructured organization, Biohub, would lead its focus on artificial intelligence and scientific research.
More: The Information, Axios, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, Business Insider, Science, and Biohub
| Jaures Yip / CNBC: |
Datadog's stock jumps 15%+ after it reported Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $885.7M, above $852.8M est., and forecasted Q4 revenue at $912M to $916M, above $877M est. — Datadog shares jumped 23% on Thursday after the software company reported third-quarter revenue that topped Wall Street estimates …
More: Yahoo Finance, Proactive, Benzinga, Motley Fool, Investor's Business Daily, and Reuters
| CNBC: |
Google says Ironwood, its seventh-gen TPU, will launch in the coming weeks and is more than 4x faster than its sixth-gen TPU; it comes in a 9,216-chip config — Google is making its most powerful chip yet widely available, the search giant's latest effort to try and win business …
More: The Register, SiliconANGLE, The Decoder, The Economic Times, Trusted Reviews, and TipRanks Financial
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/singularity
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Inception, which is building diffusion-based AI models for code and text, raised a $50M seed led by Menlo Ventures and releases a new Mercury coding model — With so much money flooding into AI startups, it's a good time to be an AI researcher with an idea to test out.| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
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