OpenAI and AMD announce a deal in which OpenAI could take up to a 10% stake in AMD and deploy up to 6GW of Instinct GPUs over multiple years; AMD jumps 25%+
- OpenAI and AMD have reached a deal that could see Sam Altman's company take a 10% stake in the chipmaker
OpenAI executive Bill Peebles says Sora users can now stop AI-generated versions of themselves from appearing in certain contexts like videos involving politics
It won't help stop the avalanche of AI slop OpenAI has unleashed. … Sora now lets you rein in your AI doubles …
Source: xAI is set to spend $18B+ to acquire ~300K more Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 project in Memphis; in July, Elon Musk said it would total 550K chips
xAI aims to win tech arms race with ‘Colossus’ data centers, thrown up at lightning speed; city divided over massive power and water demands
As part of the OpenAI-AMD deal, OpenAI will receive the first GW worth of AMD's Instinct MI450 chip in H2 2026, when the new chip is scheduled for deployment
AMD has signed a multi-year chip supply deal with OpenAI that could generate tens of billions in revenue for the chipmaker, helping accelerate its momentum in the AI industry.
US federal contracting records show that US ICE is planning to hire nearly 30 private analysts to monitor social media content for enforcement operation leads
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
A book excerpt details the “enshittification” of Amazon, and how its “flywheel” technique now enriches the company at the expense of merchants
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products?
Google DeepMind unveils CodeMender, an AI agent that autonomously detects, patches, and rewrites vulnerable code, leveraging Gemini Deep Think models
Alphabet Inc.'s Google DeepMind lab today shared results for CodeMender, an artificial intelligence-powered agent that automatically detects …
A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role, as Silver Lake's Egon Durban credits him for building EA's “crown jewel” sports business
He's a charming Aussie surfer who plays videogames and has a black belt in jiu-jitsu.
The Paris prosecutor's office refers a probe into Apple's Siri recordings to the Office for Combating Cybercrime, after a human rights organization's complaint
Apple Inc. faces an investigation in France over the use of voice recordings made with its assistant Siri.
Deloitte says it will partially refund payment for an AU$439K Australian government report with multiple errors, after admitting it was partly produced by AI
Big Four firm will repay final instalment after incorrect references and citations found in document
Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri
Spike Lee, Marc Jacobs and Instagram head Adam Mosseri will be among the judges of the Rings program, which will honor the platform's top creators …
A look at cost and viability concerns over small nuclear reactors in the US, as the government, companies, and investors bet $9B+ on SMRs to power the AI boom
Small reactors could prove too costly to be viable despite $9bn investment in power for AI boom
Sources: private capital firms like Oaktree, EQT, and DWS are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom, launching €17B of European data center sales in weeks
Oaktree Capital, Partners Group and EQT among those seeking to cash in on AI boom — Private capital firms are seeking … X: @ivanlevingston X: Ivan Levingston / @ivanlevingston : Swiss private equity...
The European Securities and Markets Authority plans to centralize the regulation of stock exchanges, crypto companies, and clearing houses at an EU level
Esma chair says move would help boost bloc's capital markets by removing supervision from 27 separate authorities
A look at major UK businesses hit by cyberattacks in 2025; a government survey estimates 43% of businesses and 30% of charities were hit in the past 12 months
The true cost of cyber attacks on UK business is greater than it seems — Are this year's major attacks the …
A big portion of EA's cash flow will go toward servicing the $20B debt from the $55B sale, which even the most bullish analysts expect will lead to big layoffs
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... Io Sam / @iosam : The vast majority of big companies who go private through leveraged buyouts are ‘dead man walking’... Not a matter of if, but wh...
Verizon names Dan Schulman as CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg effective immediately; Schulman is a former PayPal CEO, and Vestberg will help manage the transition
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A basket tracking the stocks of 10 European data center operators and infrastructure providers surged 23% in 2025, topping the Nasdaq 100, driven by the AI boom
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Asahi restarted production at six Japanese breweries on October 2 after a cyberattack forced it to halt production and shipments for days, and is investigating
Update Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek : Beer Giant Asahi Says Data Stolen In Ransomware Attack
A look at OpenAI's search for the sites of its Stargate data centers in the US; OpenAI has received 800+ applications since January and has ~20 finalist sites
It wasn't how Keith Heyde envisioned celebrating the holidays. Rather than hanging out with his wife back home in Oregon …
A profile of Riley Walz, whose tech-related pranks in San Francisco blend technical skill with social commentary, including a viral site to track parking police
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Paris-based Filigran, which develops open-source threat intelligence tools, raised a $58M Series C led by French VC Eurazeo and reports 6K+ users
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet / Sifted :
Melbourne-based Heidi Health, which is developing AI agents to assist doctors, raised a $65M Series B led by Point72, taking its total raised to $96.6M
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch :
Scorability, a college sports recruiting marketplace for athletes and coaches, raised $40M led by Bluestone Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to $51M
Jessica Golden / CNBC :
Tech companies in the UK, Canada, and elsewhere seek talent amid the US H-1B clampdown, though some skeptics doubt Trump's policies will spur a tech boom abroad
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PitchBook: US VCs have invested ~$14.2B in European AI startups so far in 2025, with founders saying US investors better fit the sector's high upfront costs
This article is brutal. … Forums: r/europe : Europe's AI Startups Look Stateside for Bigger Checks, Quicker Deals. Founders seeking funding see U.S. investors as better fit for sector's fast pace and...
Sources: Monzo is considering a new application for a US banking license, hoping for approval amid Trump's deregulation push, after dropping a 2021 attempt
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SiPearl unveils Athena1, Europe's first high-performance CPU with up to 80 cores designed for civilian and military use, slated for commercial launch in H2 2027
Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware :
Amsterdam-based Polars, the startup behind the popular open-source library for data manipulation of the same name, raised a €18M Series A led by Accel
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SoftBank Group consolidates 13 robotics-related companies from its main group and seven from Vision Fund 2 into new holding company SoftBank Robotics Group
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Robinhood is expanding aggressively in the UK, releasing low-cost investment products and seeking to launch its prediction market products in the country
Their selfie identification system fails repeatedly. — It's just amazing that such a big company can have such broken software.
Sources: Veeam, which offers data backup and disaster recovery tools, is in advanced talks to acquire data privacy management software maker Securiti for ~$1.8B
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Insiders detail negotiations between politicians, tech and AI companies, VCs, and others over California's SB 53, the first-in-the-nation AI safety law
Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico :
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