Google releases Cell2Sentence-Scale 27B (C2S-Scale), a 27B-parameter foundation model for single-cell analysis built on its Gemma family of open models
We're launching a new 27 billion parameter foundation model for single-cell analysis built on the Gemma family of open models.
Paxos says it “mistakenly minted” $300T of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin on October 15 on the Ethereum blockchain and then “burned” the tokens 20+ minutes later
Crypto industry observers were baffled Wednesday afternoon when an on-chain transaction showed that Paxos …
Microsoft launches Windows features to help weave AI into regular Windows 11 PCs, including rolling out a “Hey, Copilot!” wake word and Copilot Voice and Vision
Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to.
Sources: Apple executive Ke Yang, who was appointed just weeks ago as the head of the AKI team developing AI-driven web search for Siri, is leaving for Meta
The Apple Inc. executive leading an effort to develop AI-driven web search is stepping down, marking the latest in a string …
Sources: F5 blames its breach on state-backed hackers from China who used the Brickstorm malware to infiltrate its network for 12+ months and steal source code
A potentially “catastrophic” breach of a major US-based cybersecurity provider has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China …
TSMC reports Q3 net profit up 39% YoY to ~$14.8B, above est., and raises its 2025 revenue growth projection to the mid-30% range, citing “very strong” AI demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. hiked its projection for 2025 revenue growth for the second time this year …
Kraken acquires US-licensed futures exchange Small Exchange from IG Group, for $32.5M in cash and $67.5M in Kraken parent company's Payward stock, before an IPO
Kraken has acquired a US-licensed futures exchange from IG Group as the crypto heavyweight seeks to broaden the range of products it can offer directly to US customers.
DoorDash and Waymo announce a partnership to let DoorDash use Waymo's robotaxis for delivery, starting with deliveries from Phoenix's DashMart store
Customers will have to come down to the curb to retrieve their orders from the driverless car's trunk.
The White House says representatives from Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, and other corporate donors to a $250M ballroom attended a dinner with President Trump
Dinner set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir
Anthropic says Haiku 4.5 can serve as a subagent for Sonnet 4.5, which can break down problems into multistep plans and orchestrate a team of Haiku 4.5 agents
Claude Haiku 4.5, our latest small model, is available today to all users. — What was recently at the frontier is now cheaper and faster.
Honor teases the Robot Phone, featuring an AI-enabled, gimbal-mounted camera that unfolds from the phone's rear and can shoot photos and video in any direction
But we'll have to wait until next year to find out more. … Honor has announced what it's calling the “Robot Phone …
Sources: Microsoft aims to produce most of its new products, such as servers and Surface laptops, outside of China from 2026; AWS is adopting a similar strategy
TAIPEI — Microsoft aims to produce the majority of its new products outside of China as early as next year …
Analysis: 10 loss-making AI startups, like OpenAI and Anthropic, gained almost $1T in valuation over the past year, fueling fears of a bubble in private markets
Unprecedented funding leads 10 groups including OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI to gain almost $1tn in value in past year
Investigation: the Trump family's crypto empire has reaped over $1B in pre-tax profits over the past year; Eric Trump says the true figure is “probably more”
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration's industry-friendly policies
Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites an upcoming EU law
Here's Why Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M5 chip Spencer Hart / Stuff : Apple won't include a charger with the new MacBook Pro M5, I think that's a big mis...
Spotify partners with Sony Music Group, WMG, UMG, Merlin, and Believe to develop “responsible” AI products and says it will build a generative AI research lab
In a significant step towards interfacing with AI and its impact on the music industry, Spotify has partnered …
Better Payment Network, a BNB Chain-based cross-border stablecoin payment company, raised a $50M seed led by YZi Labs, the VC formerly known as Binance Labs
- Better Payment Network, a stablecoin payment company, said it has secured a $50 million seed round led by YZi Labs, formerly known as Binance Labs.
OpenAI hires black hole theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca, the first person to join the OpenAI for Science initiative led by Kevin Weil, to shape its research
Prize-winning black hole theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca has joined OpenAI's new science team, Axios has learned. Bluesky: @wesley83 Bluesky: Wesley Faulkner / @wesley83 : We should celebrate the ...
Commonwealth Fusion Systems partners with Google DeepMind to use Google's open-source plasma simulator, TORAX, for accelerating fusion energy development
Google DeepMind is partnering with a Boston-area energy startup to use AI to speed the development of fusion as a clean energy source.
a16z Crypto invests $50M in Solana infrastructure provider Jito through a private token sale, likely one of a16z's largest crypto investments in recent years
- Andreessen Horowitz's crypto wing invested $50 million in key Solana infrastructure provider Jito in a strategic private token sale.
David Sacks says Anthropic is running a “regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering”, in response to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark's AI policy essay
On Tuesday, White House AI “czar” and venture capitalist David Sacks intensified a frustration that has been building for months.
Pinterest adds new tools that let users limit how much AI-generated content they see in their feed in certain categories, including beauty, art, and home decor
Following backlash over an increase in “AI slop” taking over users' feeds and making it less useful, Pinterest on Thursday added …
HR software startup Deel raised $300M led by Ribbit Capital at a $17B valuation, up from $12.6B earlier in 2025, and says revenue crossed $100M in September
HR start-up raises $300mn from Ribbit, Coatue and Andreessen amid espionage allegations from rival Rippling
How facial recognition software rejects people with facial differences, who number an estimated 100M+ worldwide, blocking them from accessing essential services
An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread … Bluesky: @brbarrett , @lhn , @mattburgess1 , and @couts . Forums: r/technews Bluesky: Brian...
Uber plans to launch data labelling tasks in the US for some drivers to earn extra money, appearing under “digital tasks” in the driver app, later this fall
Uber Technologies Inc. is giving some drivers in the US the option to earn money by completing tasks related …
How AI-powered tools like PainChek, an app that scans a person's face for tiny muscle movements, are helping health care providers better assess patients' pain
For years at Orchard Care Homes, a 23‑facility dementia-care chain in northern England, Cheryl Baird watched nurses fill … X: @deenamousa , @deenamousa , @deenamousa , @deenamousa , and @deenamousa Bl...
OpenAI says all Sora 2 users can now generate videos up to 15 seconds in the app and on the web, while Pro users can generate videos up to 25 seconds on the web
2 Sora 2 updates: - Storyboards are now available on web to Pro users - All users can now generate videos up to 15 seconds on app and web, Pro users up to 25 seconds on web [video]
General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning using game clips from Medal, raised a $133.7M seed led by Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst
Medal, a platform for uploading and sharing video game clips, has spun out a new frontier AI research lab that's using its trove …
An interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube as the future of TV, paying out $100B+ to its creators, partnering with the NFL, scripted content, and more
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth.
Sources: a ransomware attack is disrupting US state and local borrowers' ability to post debt documents on the $4.3T municipal bond market's MuniOS platform
A ransomware attack is disrupting state and local borrowers' ability to post debt documents on the $4.3 trillion municipal-bond market's main distribution platform.
Sam Altman says OpenAI is “not the elected moral police of the world”, after receiving backlash for saying that ChatGPT will offer “erotica for verified adults”
plus 3 other reasons I've switched to Claude for productivity Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia : Sam Altman says OpenAI shouldn't act as global moral authority Jensen Huang / Moneycontrol : Sam Altm...
Ripple acquires GTreasury, a platform used by Fortune 500 companies for managing cash, foreign exchange, and risk, for $1B, set to close in the coming months
The deal, pending regulatory approvals, would give Ripple access to large enterprise clients as it is building out financial services around its digital asset business.
London-based Jack & Jill, which develops conversational AI agents to streamline hiring, raised a $20M seed led by Creandum to expand into Europe and the US
The London-based AI agents startup was founded just six months ago — London-based AI startup Jack & Jill …
Salesforce says it expects FY 2030 revenue of $60B+, vs. $58.37B est., excluding its $8B pending acquisition of data management company Informatica by Q1 2027
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Anthropic announces Skills for Claude, a tool with folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude can load to improve performance on some tasks
The announcement follows a similar new tool from OpenAI. … AI agents spent years as a concept and then as an experiment.
Minneapolis-based SharpLink Gaming, the second largest publicly traded ether treasury firm, raised $76.5M in a direct offering of 4.5M shares at a 12% premium
The sale reflects “strong institutional confidence,” the company said, with an unnamed investor also receiving an option to buy another 4.5 million shares
Stockholm-based Encube, which uses AI to automate manufacturability analysis during hardware design, emerges from stealth and raised $23M from Kinnevik and more
As Europe seeks to regain its industrial edge, the AI-powered platform is reimagining how products are tested and built before they even reach the factory floor
India-based Kuku, which offers audio and vertical video stories, raised an $85M Series C led by Granite at a ~$500M valuation and says it has 10M+ subscribers
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The US FCC announces proceedings to potentially bar Hong Kong-based telco HKT and its subsidiaries from accessing domestic US networks, citing its ties to China
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Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto raised $450M from Goodwater, General Catalyst, and others at a $7B valuation, as it prepares for an IPO
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The EU's plan to at least triple AI data center capacity over five to seven years sparks water scarcity concerns, especially in water-stressed Southern Europe
As AI adoption accelerates, we have to remember … Mastodon: Gerry McGovern / @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green : Thirsty AI mega projects raise alarm in some of Europe's driest regions — Europe is plann...
A look at Sweden's efforts to make its banking system and payments networks resilient to Russian “hybrid war” attacks; 90% of transactions are digital in Sweden
Evelina Youcefi / Bloomberg : Forums: r/europe Forums: r/europe : Hybrid War Threat Looms Over Sweden's Cashless Society
Upgrade, which offers financial services like online loans, raised $165M led by Neuberger Berman at a $7.3B valuation and is “12 to 18 months away from an IPO”
and just raised $165 million en route to an IPO Ryan Lawler / Axios : Upgrade raises $165M at $7.3B valuation
Liberate, which builds AI agents for insurance operations, raised a $50M Series B led by Battery Ventures at a $300M valuation, taking its total funding to $72M
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South Korea rolls back its AI textbook program, meant to personalize learning, after just four months following complaints about inaccuracies and extra workload
Junhyup Kwon / Rest of World : LinkedIn: Rest of World LinkedIn: Rest of World : Governments around the world are betting that AI will revolutionize education. A recent experiment in South Korea sug...
GiveDirectly plans to pilot a program using Google's AI-based Flood Hub, which provides disaster warnings, to send early aid to at-risk families in Bangladesh
Such a program is being tested in Bangladesh …
Court hearing: UK prosecutors are looking to confiscate ~$6.8B in bitcoin tied to a massive 2017 fraud in China and plan to repay ~128K duped Chinese investors
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg :
Japanese chip material maker Tekscend rose 13% in its Tokyo debut after raising ~$1B in its IPO; Tekscend makes photomasks for moving tiny circuits onto wafers
Yasutaka Tamura / Bloomberg :
How NFT marketplace OpenSea became a crypto trading aggregator, facilitating $1.6B in trades and $230M in NFT transactions in the first two weeks of October
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Campfire, an AI-powered ERP and accounting services provider, raised a $65M Series B co-led by Accel and Ribbit Capital, after raising a $35M Series A in June
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
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