Microsoft plans to bring its Halo franchise to the PlayStation for the first time with the launch of a 25th‑anniversary remake of Halo: Combat Evolved in 2026
As part of a strategic shift away from exclusivity, Microsoft is bringing Halo to Sony's competing console for the first time.
How Changpeng Zhao's pardon frees him to refocus on reclaiming ground in the US market, where Binance.US only has a 0.75% share of bitcoin trading volume
Hours after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump, Binance Holdings Ltd.'s billionaire co-founder Changpeng Zhao issued a thank …
Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music from text and audio prompts, including capabilities such as adding guitar accompaniment to vocal tracks
OpenAI recently made a splash with artificial intelligence that generates short videos from text prompts—say, a scene from …
A profile of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, who left in 2002 and whose claims that Wikipedia has a liberal bias are fueling the right's campaign against it
Larry Sanger's long-standing claims of liberal bias and mismanagement at the world's dominant online encyclopedia are being enthusiastically embraced on the right.
A look at AI startups aiming to address loneliness among the elderly; a study predicts the AI market for aging and elderly care will grow to over $43B in 2025
The AI boom has brought with it a new crop of startups looking to build a business on an urgent but vaguely dystopian idea: solving loneliness among the elderly. LinkedIn: Richard Nieva , Jessi Gormez...
Source: President Trump has picked Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push
market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. @perkinscr97 : Great pick @realDonaldT...
The EU accuses Meta and TikTok of violating their obligations to give researchers adequate access to public data on their platforms under the DSA
But muh freeze peach!! Maria Farrell / @mariafarrell : Contra the US Big Tech narrative that the DSA “is censorship”, — a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dy...
Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks acquires Dynamic, which streamlines crypto wallet setup, authentication, and onboarding for 50M+ accounts, for ~$90M
The Israeli digital asset firm, valued at $8 billion, broadens its platform amid industry-wide stablecoin momentum.
Sources detail how Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others brokered a call between SF Mayor Daniel Lurie and Trump to stop National Guard deployment
Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff conferred with Mayor Daniel Lurie on how to persuade the president not to deploy the National Guard
Apple says it may turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe, citing “intense lobbying” in Germany and other countries over alleged anticompetitive conduct
Regulators are now catching on how Apple uses protecting users as an excuse for anticompetitive practices. — [images]
Xiaomi says surging memory chip prices have raised the cost of making smartphones, after pricing of its new Redmi K90 series disappointed Chinese consumers
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi (1810.HK) on Friday said surging memory chip prices have raised the cost of making handsets …
OpenAI launches a “company knowledge” ChatGPT update to let Business, Enterprise, and Education users search for data in connected apps like Slack and GitHub
Product data is getting the attention it deserves. … Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : bye bye glean [embedded post]
Oreo maker Mondelez has spent $40M+ on an AI tool, developed with Publicis and Accenture, to cut costs for the production of marketing content by 30% to 50%
- AI tool cuts ad production costs by 30% to 50%, exec says — Mondelez has invested $40 million in AI tool, exec says
Grab is investing an undisclosed amount in May Mobility as part of a multiyear deal, which includes bringing robotaxis to Southeast Asia as soon as 2026
Grab Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest ride-hailing and delivery company, is backing driverless technology developer May Mobility Inc …
Sources: X's advertising chief John Nitti, who joined in January, has left; X's CFO Mahmoud Reza Banki left in early October after less than a year in the role
John Nitti was considered a contender for CEO of the social media platform after Linda Yaccarino quit in July
Sources: PayPal to take over Carlyle's stake in Shopware, a German provider of e-commerce tools to merchants, with PayPal's stake increasing to ~41% from ~11%
PayPal Holdings Inc. is taking over a stake in German digital commerce company Shopware AG from a Carlyle Group Inc. fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Grindr board members Ray Zage and James Lu, part of an investor group that owns more than 60%, offer to take Grindr private for ~$3.46B; GRND closes up 18.63%
With an influx of Meta alums, some OpenAI staffers worry it is adopting Meta's tactics, like using social media dynamics with Sora and a softening stance on ads
There will be ads in OpenAI products faster than even they expect. [image] Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Really the most Meta-like tactic on display from OAI lately is to release products that have o...
Shares of Japanese optical fiber maker Fujikura are up ~171% YTD, outpacing the Nikkei's 22% and lifting its market cap to $33B+ amid the AI data center boom
- Shares in optical fibre maker up 160% since start of 2025 — Founded in 1885, Fujikura started out making silk and insulated wires
Lindo St. Angel, VP of hardware at Amazon's Lab126 R&D unit since 2010, plans to leave on October 31; he helped develop the Echo, Astro robot, and Fire tablet
A fifteen-year veteran of Amazon's devices division who had a hand in developing many of the most recognizable gadgets …
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.