Apple's removal of ICEBlock raises questions about the limits of what the company will resist under the Trump administration's increasingly outrageous demands
Ashley Oliver, reporting for Fox Business: … Fox, in its opening paragraph, describes Bondi as having “asked” …
Sam Altman says OpenAI is planning two Sora changes for rightsholders: granular controls over generation of their characters and a revenue sharing system
We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback from users, rightsholders, and other interested groups.
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...
OpenAI's invite-only Sora app becomes the top free app in the US App Store three days after its launch, ahead of Gemini in second and ChatGPT in third
“OpenAI released the Sora app on Tuesday, just days after Meta released a similar product as part of its Meta AI platform. NPR took an early look and found that OpenAI's app could easily generate ver...
Sources: Microsoft putting some of its top titles on Xbox Game Pass is cutting into its higher-margin game sales, giving up $300M+ in Call of Duty sales in 2024
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division surprised many video game enthusiasts this week when the company announced a 50% price hike …
OpenAI VP of Media Partnerships Varun Shetty says OpenAI didn't put too many guardrails in Sora because it doesn't “want it to be at a competitive disadvantage”
Plus, Ex-Sequoia partner Matt Miller launches a London-based fund & Mira Murati's AI lab releases its first product
Inside the aftermath of FTX's collapse, law firm Sullivan & Cromwell's role, and an interview with SBF, who is preparing to appeal his conviction in November
In exclusive prison interviews, the convicted crypto king is still fighting to control the narrative ahead of a high-stakes appeal.
Coinbase applies for a national trust company charter, says it “has no intention of becoming a bank” and the charter will allow expansion in areas like payments
Coinbase Global Inc., the largest US crypto exchange, is seeking a national trust company charter from the Office …
An investigation finds rampant caste bias in ChatGPT and Sora; a researcher also finds caste bias in Sarvam AI, which touts itself as a sovereign AI for India
When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in Bengaluru, India, in March, he wanted to make sure …
Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that gives ride-hailing drivers in California the right to unionize while still being classified as independent contractors
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Applied Materials expects new US export rules from BIS restricting certain product shipments to China to hurt its Q4 revenue by $110M and 2026 revenue by $600M
Company expects new export restrictions to hurt its 2026 revenue by $600 million — Applied Materials expects a $710 million hit …
A look at the tussle between the US and China over subsea cables; US Big Tech now accounts for 70%+ of all used subsea-cable capacity, from <10% a decade ago
A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic
Kioxia, whose stock has more than tripled since its public debut in Tokyo last December, expects NAND storage demand to grow by ~20% annually amid the AI boom
Kioxia Holdings Corp. anticipates demand for NAND storage will grow by roughly 20% each year as AI data center operators keep scaling up.
Indian ministers push domestic alternatives to Google and Microsoft apps amid US tensions; Sensor Tower: Zoho messaging app Arattai hit 400K+ downloads in Sept.
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Q&A with iRobot founder Rodney Brooks on his startup Robust.AI, which builds warehouse robots, unrealistic expectations around humanoid robots and AI, and more
Every so often, we find ourselves in the middle of a massive technological wave that starts to upend our presumptions and our ideas about the past, present, and future.
Singapore dollar-pegged XSGD stablecoin debuts on Coinbase, giving the city-state a head start over Hong Kong in launching a local currency-linked stablecoin
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US semiconductor equipment companies Axcelis and Veeco agree to merge in an all-stock deal, creating a combined company with an enterprise value of $4.4B
The combined company will be the fourth largest U.S. wafer fabrication company — Axcelis Technologies and Veeco Instruments …
Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill says the Trump administration doesn't support CHAI, an effort by OpenAI, Mayo Clinic, and others to vet AI tools for healthcare
AI is transforming care. Hospitals are adopting high-tech systems to improve diagnoses and recommend treatments, but there's little formal regulation.
How researchers at Microsoft, IBM, and other organizations are using AI to speed up the search for new materials and chemicals for batteries
Microsoft and IBM pinpoint candidates from millions of options — Andrew Moseman is the online communications editor at Caltech and a freelance contributor to IEEE Spectrum.
Chipmaker Cerebras withdraws its IPO, after filing its prospectus on September 30, 2024, and announcing a $1.1B raise at a $8.1B valuation on September 30, 2025
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KKR invests in Infobric, a Stirling Square-backed Swedish company that offers software to the construction industry, sources say at a ~€600M valuation
Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg :
OpenText says it will sell its eDOCS legal document management system to NetDocuments for $163M and reduce its debt; the deal is expected to close in early 2026
Bloomberg Law :
Rob Williams, Amazon's VP of Device Software and Services and a member of the S-team advising CEO Andy Jassy, steps down and plans to leave Amazon by 2025's end
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Sources: former Databricks VP of AI Naveen Rao is in talks to raise $1B led by a16z at a $5B valuation for his new AI hardware startup Unconventional
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch :
Memo: Meta Superintelligence Labs' products team, led by Nat Friedman, is pushing staff to ditch Meta's slow infrastructure toward tools like Vercel and GitHub
Pranav Dixit / Business Insider :
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