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- "Super Intelligence systems" are black boxes that shouldn't be trusted by companies, and strong deterministic systems are needed around their deployment (Satya Nadella/@satyanadella) [1d]
- Hundreds of AI-decompiled or vibe-coded clones of games appeared in recent weeks, ported to run in browsers; some big titles like GTA: Vice City, Halo play well (Lewis Parker/Kotaku) [1d]
- Sources: Nvidia is in talks to acquire or invest more into US open-weights AI startup Reflection AI; the deal may be an acquihire to avoid antitrust scrutiny (Financial Times) [1d]
- IDC: Shenzhen-based DJI and Insta360, accounting for 73% and 20% of global smart camera market in Q2, are vying for the top spot as GoPro's share drops to 3% (William Langley/Financial Times) [1d]
- A look at a 1,700-member Slack run by Medicare agency CMS where Microsoft, OpenAI, and other companies help shape policy on AI apps and medical records access (CBS News) [2d]
- A profile of Zach Frankel, a secretive and unusually hands-on solo investor who wrote the first checks to startups like Ramp, Cognition, and Applied Compute (Jemima McEvoy/The Information) [2d]
- How Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown used GOP ties to end a June standoff over model safety and win over Musk, brokering a $1.25B/month SpaceX compute deal (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Dozens of staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette: without author consent, publishers are quietly using AI to make back-cover copy, cover art, more (Adam Morgan/Wired) [2d]
- A look at Walmart's troubled push to automate its ~200 US warehouses, as it and partners like Symbotic face technical setbacks; Walmart owns 12.6% of Symbotic (Sarah Nassauer/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Current and former employees say TikTok US still coordinates closely with the global TikTok org, and US staff continue to use ByteDance's internal chat app Lark (Sylvia Varnham O'Regan/Politico) [2d]
- A look at differing revenue calculations of Anthropic and OpenAI, as Anthropic books gross sales through cloud partners, while OpenAI records only its net share (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Laptop production share outside China is expected to fall from 24% in 2025 to 21% in 2026 as PC makers rethink shifting production amid soaring component costs (TrendForce) [2d]
- Chip design software leader Synopsys says it is exploring partnerships with Chinese AI labs to develop AI-powered chip design tools for the Chinese market (Yifan Yu/Nikkei Asia) [2d]
- Sources detail how Firmus' IPO collapsed in 48 hours after US fund managers deemed its $30B valuation too rich for a company with just $51M in FY 2026 revenue (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Circana: US Xbox unit sales fell 33% YoY to an all-time low in 2026 through August, while PS5 sales fell 25%, as both consoles hit record high average prices (Kaan Serin/Eurogamer.net) [2d]
- Sources: Anthropic's AI agents submitted 20 visa applications via a form on the US State Department website; the applications were incomplete and not processed (New York Times) [2d]
- Cloudflare acquires Deno, co-founded by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl, which had developed an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Workers and had raised $26M (Paul Sawers/The New Stack) [2d]
- A US Senate investigation led by Senators Warren, Van Hollen, and Blumenthal says some hyperscalers misled the public about AI data centers' costs and benefits (Nik Popli/Time) [2d]
- Anthropic says it is barring live internet access for internal evals until monitoring is reliable, after its agents exploited websites and bypassed restrictions (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch) [2d]
- Cloudflare debuts Clef-omni, supporting audio and video input alongside text and image, makes Clef up to 2x faster, and dramatically cuts Clef-flash pricing (Cloudflare) [2d]
- Sources: Dario Amodei spoke with Meta's Alexandr Wang earlier this year, hoping to source more compute; Meta declined the request (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- In PA, FBI agents arrested a co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm specializing in ransomware negotiations, as part of the ShinyHunters investigation (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) [2d]
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- PSA: Best Buy's 'Techtober' sale ends this Sunday — here are 50+ tech deals I'd buy on Apple, TVs, laptops, Google Pixel 11, and more [1d]
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- NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 11 (game #1218) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, October 11 (game #952) [1d]
- AWS is building a massive 36-building, 1,100-acre data center campus in Pennsylvania — Homer City Energy Campus will create around 1,500-2,000 jobs and be powered by natural gas [1d]
- WoW: Forever's classes won't be modernized, but Blizzard has added some new mechanics for 'engaging depth' as 'some classes' in World of Warcraft Classic 'were too simple' [1d]
- Our top coffee makers of 2026: every model that's wowed us in our tests [1d]
- Two weeks with the new ModRetro Chromatic Transparent: I'm loving this slick modern way to play classic Game Boy games [1d]
- How to watch WWE Money in the Bank 2026: live streams, TV channels & preview [1d]
- I returned to GTA 5 one last time before GTA 6 comes out – here’s why Los Santos still surprises me 13 years after release [1d]
- HP EliteBook X G2i laptop review [1d]
- Ruark Audio Talisman-R review: discreet passive speakers that deliver an informative sound and impeccable finish [1d]
- Channel your inner star baker with IKEA’s new pastel pink and cream bakeware [1d]
- iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 17: which should you choose? [2d]
- The clever software I use to control two PCs with one keyboard and mouse — no hardware KVM required [2d]
- NFL Week 5 preview: 5 games you can’t miss this weekend [2d]
- Does a VPN protect your privacy when using ChatGPT or Claude? What network encryption can and can’t hide from AI [2d]
- Carrie review: an emotional, modern retelling with changes that will certainly divide fans [2d]
- Which mini Xteink ereader should you buy? I've compared its 4 models [2d]
- How to watch Man Utd vs Tottenham for FREE: Live streams, TV channels for Premier League 2026/27 game [2d]
- Microsoft: AI is 'the hill-climbing machine' of every company - just make sure you don't get locked in [2d]
- One dev is recreating 7 Adobe apps in Rust for free — so I tested it out [2d]
- Peak Design's tiny magnetic tripod has changed how I film and watch content on my phone [2d]
- Anthropic's AI submitted a false tip-off about an unsolved murder to cops [2d]
- How to watch Chelsea vs Bournemouth: Free streams and TV channels for Premier League 2026/27 [2d]
- Opera adds free 3GB travel eSIM to its Android browser —and I've tried it [2d]
- ‘It's out of our hands anyway’: Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes says there probably isn’t a need to pause AI development despite widespread warnings [2d]
- ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week [2d]
- Watch Arsenal vs Leeds: Live Streams and TV Channels [2d]
- How to watch Singapore Grand Prix 2026: Live stream F1 sprint weekend from anywhere [2d]
- Ugreen NASync DXP8800 Ultra review [2d]
- How to watch Il Lombardia 2026: FREE live streams, TV channels, start time [2d]
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- Vacuums, hair dryers… toothbrushes? I asked Jake Dyson how the brand decides what gets to be a Dyson product [2d]
- AI price gouging might have indirectly hit HP's notebook output as supplier reportedly halted shipment [2d]
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered review: better graphics and boosted performance are just the beginning [2d]
- Man jailed for using 1,000 bots to fraudulently make $8m from his AI music [2d]
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- Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sunday, Oct. 11, #1940 [1d]
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