The US FDA clears hypertension notifications on Apple Watch, and Apple plans to roll out the feature to Series 11, 10, and 9, and Watch Ultra 3 and 2 next week
When Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 this week, it unveiled its latest health feature: hypertension notifications.
OpenAI and Microsoft say they “signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the next phase of our partnership”, and are working to finalize the terms
OpenAI and Microsoft said Thursday they have reached preliminary terms on a revised partnership and are “actively working to finalize” a definitive agreement.
Albania appoints an AI bot named Diella as the minister for managing and awarding all public procurement tenders, to combat corruption around such contracts
A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to curry favour.
OpenAI says its nonprofit parent company will own a $100B+ equity stake and continue to have oversight over the startup, which last week was valued at $500B
OpenAI on Thursday said its nonprofit parent will continue to have oversight over the company and will own an equity stake of more than $100 billion.
Apple delays iPhone Air preorders in China, likely over eSIM regulatory issues, and replaces the launch schedule with “release information to be updated later”
Apple says all three state-owned telecoms network operators would provide eSIM support ‘subject to regulatory approval’
Source: the clause that rescinds Microsoft's access to OpenAI's most powerful tech if OpenAI develops AGI remains part of their new deal, but has been modified
The start-up reached a tentative deal with Microsoft, its biggest investor, and said it would give a $100 billion stake to the nonprofit that manages it.
California SB 243, which would mandate safety protocols for AI chatbot companions, passes the State Assembly and Senate and now heads to Governor Newsom's desk
California has taken a big step toward regulating AI. SB 243 — a bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots in order …
Over 100K Nepali citizens regularly met on Discord to nominate an interim leader, after protests sparked by a social media ban led to the government's collapse
“The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord,” a user said of the platform popular with video gamers, where tens of thousands are debating the nation's future.
The EU ends an antitrust probe against Microsoft with no fine and accepts its concessions, including offering Office without Teams in Europe for seven years
US tech group faced scrutiny over how it bundled together its Teams and Office products — Microsoft has avoided an EU fine …
Tether names Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, as the CEO of its new US unit and launches USAT stablecoin
- USAT is designed to be a U.S.-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin and a complement to USDT, which has about $169 billion in circulation.
SK Hynix announces that it has completed development of HBM4, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory crucial for AI work; stock jumps 7% to a record high
SK Hynix Inc.'s stock climbed 7% on Friday to a record after the company announced it had completed development of HBM4 …
Some 20-somethings flocking to SF to build trillion-dollar AI startups say no to booze, sleep, and fun as they strive to be, or appear to be, the most obsessed
To reach the dream of creating a trillion-dollar company, the 20-somethings flocking to San Francisco give up everything but their laptops
Switzerland proposes regulations forcing service providers to collect user IDs and disable encryption, threatening its status as a haven for privacy tech firms
The Swiss government could soon require service providers with more than 5,000 users to collect government-issued identification … Bluesky: @marko.social and @suzannesmalley . Forums: Slashdot Bluesky...
Figure's shares closed up 24% at $31.11 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a ~$6.6B market cap, after the company and some of its backers raised $787.5M in its IPO
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Alibaba releases Qwen3-Next, a new model architecture optimized for long-context understanding, large parameter scale, and better computational efficiency
the FUTURE of efficient LLMs is here! 🔹 80B params, but only 3B activated per token → 10x cheaper training, 10x faster inference than Qwen3-32B.(esp. @ 32K+ context!) 🔹Hybrid Architecture: Gated Delta...
Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their websites
The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google misled advertisers that place ads …
Winklevosses' crypto exchange Gemini raises $425M in its IPO, selling ~15.2M shares for $28 each after marketing them for $24 to $26, with Nasdaq buying $50M
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Sources: OpenAI and Nvidia will pledge billions of dollars in UK data center investments during their trip next week, coinciding with President Trump's UK visit
Bloomberg :
The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens
Meta, OpenAI, Musk's XAI Among Targets Chris Morris / Quartz : Federal agency plans to examine the mental health risks of AI chatbots from OpenAI, Snap, Meta, and more Ian Stark / UPI : FTC orders com...
Sources: Alibaba and Baidu have begun using their own internally designed chips to train their AI models, partly replacing AI chips made by Nvidia
Trouble Ahead for Nvidia? Deborah Sophia / Reuters : Alibaba, Baidu begin using own chips to train AI models, The Information reports Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : Top China silicon figure calls on ...
The US DOJ sues Uber, with its civil rights division alleging that Uber discriminates against people with physical disabilities in violation of federal law
I mean Trump, sorry, sorry.. for him [embedded post] @duboish : Are you sure? That seems like DEI to me, (or woke, pick your favorite) and that DOJ and regime usually likes to discriminate people. Ca...
Despite hype and optimistic projections, the humanoid robot industry faces hurdles like battery life, reliability, safety, and low demand for large deployments
Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum :
Crypto trading volume at Bitstamp, bought by Robinhood in 2024, grew 21% MoM in August to $14.4B, surpassing Robinhood's crypto volume, which fell 18% to $13.7B
Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph :
Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.99B, vs. $5.91B est., Digital Media revenue up 12% YoY to $4.46B, and Digital Experience revenue up 9% YoY to $1.48B
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity, alleging that it unlawfully scraped their websites and redirected their traffic to its AI summaries
Blake Brittain / Reuters :
OpenAI projects hitting $200B in revenue in 2030, with R&D costs amounting to ~45% of that, or ~$90B; Big Tech's R&D costs are currently 10% to 25% of revenue
Seems like MANY users have to start paying and a lot of bonds / IPO funds. [embedded post] Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : Also - it is shocking and appalling that OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar signed off on th...
At the Semicon trade show in Taipei, Taiwan promotes diplomatic relations and pitches its tech manufacturing to “create trusted non-red supply chains”
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Sources: India's Billionbrains Garage, parent of investment app Groww, plans to file for an India IPO next week, seeking $650M-$800M at an ~$8B valuation
Rajesh Mascarenhas / Bloomberg :
Google plans to shut down Tables, a work-tracking tool and competitor to Airtable, on December 16 and directs users to export data to Google Sheets or AppSheet
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Databricks' head of AI, Naveen Rao, is transitioning to an advisory role; source: his new startup will focus on a next-gen computer to address rising AI costs
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