Apple says the DMA exposes users to new risks, reduces choice by making iOS resemble Android, and creates unfair competition by not applying to Samsung
At Apple, we've always focused on creating technology that empowers people and enriches their lives. We design our products to be intuitive …
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips for PCs, offering up to 18 cores, and says the latter is the first Arm chip to hit 5GHz
Systems with the chips are scheduled for the first half of 2026. … At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii …
Sources allege that nonprofit Ruby Central took control of some Ruby open-source projects from their maintainers without consent, after pressure from Shopify
Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock
This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
Microsoft Windows 10 users will receive free Extended Security Updates in the EEA without enabling Windows Backup, after pressure from the Euroconsumers group
You won't have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area.
Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA; EU rejects Apple's demand, saying it is “not surprised” as Apple has “contested every little bit” of DMA since day one
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The European Union rejected a call by Apple to scrap its landmark digital competition law …
Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together
Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter …
Qualcomm details the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its latest flagship mobile SoC, claiming a 20% boost in YoY CPU performance and a 23% uplift in GPU performance
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Sources: Microsoft terminated Israel's Unit 8200 access to Azure, after an investigation found the tech was used for mass surveillance in Gaza and West Bank
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit's access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
Amazon reaches a $2.5B settlement with the FTC over deceptive Prime practices, with a $1B civil penalty and $1.5B in consumer redress, three days into the trial
Agreement includes largest ever penalty issued for breach of regulator's rules — Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5bn to settle …
Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies
Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump's billionaire backers — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2... Melinda Clem / @melindaclem : Wow, being on par with Chinese...
Neon, which pays users to record their phone calls and sells that audio data to AI companies for training, becomes the #2 social app on the US App Store
A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably …
The EU launches an antitrust probe into SAP over its ERP software maintenance and support services, with a potential fine of ~10% of its annual global sales
The European Commission has opened an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Germany's SAP (SAPG.DE) …
xAI signed a deal with the GSA to offer Grok to US federal agencies for $0.42 per agency for 18 months, a discount to OpenAI's $1 per year for ChatGPT
- Follows recent deals with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google — xAI engineers to assist federal agencies with implementation
Circle president Heath Tarbert says Circle is exploring the possibility of reversible stablecoin transactions to allow refunds in cases of fraud or disputes
President says sector should learn from traditional finance and allow refunds in cases of fraud or disputes
Sources: Meta poached Yang Song, who led OpenAI's strategic explorations team, to be the research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs earlier this month
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Sources: OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo has been meeting with potential candidates for a role overseeing monetization efforts, including ads in ChatGPT
Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including, yes, bringing advertising to ChatGPT.
Xiaomi unveils 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, available September 27 in China; Pro phones feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a back screen
The company could lay off the Apple comparisons a bit though. … A critic might accuse Xiaomi of copying Apple a little too closely …
Spotify updates its AI policy, including adopting the upcoming DDEX standard to label and identify AI music and rolling out a new music spam filter
Spotify on Thursday announced a series of updates to its AI policy, designed to better indicate when AI is being used to make music …
Meta expands Facebook and Messenger teen accounts, which have extra safety controls, globally; Instagram now lets all US schools report safety concerns
Instagram is also opening up its program that allows middle schools and high schools to report bullying.
xAI sues OpenAI in California for allegedly stealing trade secrets by means of hiring away key employees; in August, xAI sued an ex-staffer who left for OpenAI
Following a recent lawsuit against a former employee over allegedly stealing trade secrets, Musk's xAI is now suing the company that executive left to work for — OpenAI.
Australian lawmakers propose rules to regulate crypto exchanges, allowing the government to slap penalties of 10% of annual turnover on firms that violate rules
Australia will slap penalties of as much as 10% of annual turnover on digital asset platform operators that breach proposed rules …
A profile of AI skeptic Ed Zitron: Sam Altman's firing and return was his “Joker moment”, tech journalism is flawed, his brash persona is not a mask, and more
How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech's punchiest critics — Ed Zitron is not a journalist …
Google launches its Search Live feature in the US, letting users ask questions in AI Mode while sharing their phone's camera feed for real-time help
no Labs opt-in needed! To have a real-time back-and-forth conversation with Search, simply use your voice to ask questions out loud, or your camera to show Search what you see. Ready to try it out? He...
Databricks says it plans to integrate OpenAI's models, including GPT-5, into its data platform and AI product Agent Bricks, as part of a $100M multiyear deal
Databricks said on Thursday that it is incorporating OpenAI's models, including GPT-5, into its data platform as well as its AI product …
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman have sought to get closer to President Trump after Elon Musk fallout, but WH officials remain deeply skeptical of them
White House officials remain sceptical of Meta and OpenAI chiefs as they seek to embrace US president
CoreWeave expands its data center capacity agreements with OpenAI by $6.5B, bringing their total potential value to $22.4B, to support training of OpenAI models
CoreWeave Inc. expanded its agreements to supply data center capacity to OpenAI by as much as $6.5 billion to $22.4 billion …
London-based “neocloud” startup Nscale raised a $1.1B Series B led by Aker, with Nvidia participating; Aker says it is investing $285M for a 9.3% stake
‘Largest Series B in European History’ Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times : Nvidia-backed Nscale raises $1.1bn in investor frenzy over AI infrastructure Reuters : Nscale raises $1.1 billion from Aker, oth...
OpenAI partners with SAP to launch OpenAI for Germany, bringing its AI tools to Germany's public sector through SAP's Delos Cloud
a partnership to bring frontier AI to Germany's public sector, through a sovereign, certified cloud environment. Built on SAP's Delos Cloud and running on Microsoft Azure, this new initiative will hel...
UK retailer Co-op says the April cyber attack cost the company £206M in revenue, marking the first time it has quantified the financial impact of the attack
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RedotPay, which offers stablecoin cards and multicurrency wallets, raised $47M from Coinbase Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, and others at a $1B valuation
James Hunt / The Block :
Nothing plans to invest $100M to spin off budget brand CMF into an independent subsidiary, with India as its manufacturing and R&D headquarters
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
Google Pay and PhonePe accounted for 80% of India's UPI transactions in Aug. 2025, down from 85% a year ago, as smaller players like Navi and BHIM gained ground
Pratik Bhakta / The Economic Times :
SAP, whose cloud sales are set to reach €22B this year, nearly triple 2019 levels, faces competition from other tech giants as it targets AI apps for the future
SAP has to pivot with cloud growth set to slow — Christian Klein jogs onto the stage at SAP SE's annual sales conference …
Waymo launches Waymo for Business, a service targeting employers, universities, and event organizers, available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix
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An Indian court dismisses X's March lawsuit challenging the government's content takedown orders, ruling foreign platforms can't invoke free speech protections
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch :
JPMorgan's recent data access deal with Plaid, if extended to other aggregators, could allow Plaid to use its cost advantage to further consolidate market share
The agreement setting a price for customers' financial information stands to benefit the biggest market players.
DealStreetAsia: VC funding in Indonesian startups fell to just $80M in H1 2025 from $200M a year earlier, as startups face fallout from corruption scandals
Nikkei Asia : LinkedIn: Martyn Terpilowski LinkedIn: Martyn Terpilowski : Yes - certainly not entirely founders faults, everyone looked away when things looked ridiculous during the growth at all cos...
Copenhagen-based Light, which develops AI-powered software to automate financial tasks like accounting and bookkeeping, raised a $30M Series A led by Balderton
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
Taiwan suspends chip export controls on South Africa after just two days, signaling discomfort with using the key tech export as a weapon in diplomatic disputes
Bloomberg :
The UK's Cabinet Office says its Fraud Risk Assessment Accelerator AI tool helped the government recover £480M from fraud in the 12 months from April 2024
Jack Fenwick / BBC :
How a Microsoft-backed $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya faced construction delays due to uncertainty over its value for local businesses
Semafor : X: @reedalbergotti . LinkedIn: Alexis Akwagyiram X: Reed Albergotti / @reedalbergotti : Interesting story from our Africa bureau on what ever happened to those African data centers that eve...
Epic v. Google: Google asks the US Supreme Court to pause the permanent injunction ruling, as it plans to appeal the case to SCOTUS by October 27
Sean Hollister / The Verge :
Canadian PE firm Novacap agrees to acquire Integral Ad Science, which provides digital ad measurement and verification, in a deal valuing IAS at about $1.9B
Ryan Gould / Bloomberg :
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