• Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
• Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year
• Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign
• Nvidia's big bet on physical AI aims for safer robotaxis, humanoid robots
• A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist
• Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
• “Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
• PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated
• TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits
• Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
• Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns
• Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
• Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
• Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech
• Mistral says "Le Chonk" can challenge the best AI models
• Google rolls out improved SynthID AI content detector, now available globally
• AI/ML is becoming a performance factor in motorsport
• Review: Fine, let's talk about Digger
• If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency
• Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
| • Sources: Apple promotes Carson Oliver to VP of the App Store and names Steve Smith as M&A chief, replacing Adrian Perica, who keeps iCloud, Fitness+, and News (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
• Sources: Firmus is set to postpone its IPO and is weighing a private funding round instead, as some investors raised concerns over its pricing strategy (Bloomberg)
• Anthropic updates its usage policy to ban "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude, ending chats as the primary enforcement mechanism (Hayden Field/The Verge)
• Trump says the WH considers as "THE ENEMY" anyone who uses the term Artificial Intelligence, not "the highly accepted" and "more accurate" Super Intelligence (Donald J. Trump/@realDonaldTrump ...)
• Docs: OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50B at the end of September, well below the $70B reported by media based on investor docs (Financial Times)
• AI hardware startup Natura unveils Interface, a $99 smart ring that connects to AI agents and apps, including Claude, ChatGPT, Muse, Grok Bot, and Instinct (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
• Arena, which develops the popular AI model leaderboard, raised $200M at a $3.1B valuation, up from $1.7B in January, and launches an Alignment Index (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
• GlobalFoundries signs a five-year, $2B deal to provide silicon interposer production capacity to TSMC, manufactured at GlobalFoundries' Malta, New York facility (Ian King/Bloomberg)
• Apple announces a "Welcome home" event on October 13 at 9am ET in NYC, where it is expected to unveil a "HomePad", a new Apple TV, LG home accessories, and more (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
• Hone, founded by former OpenAI and Cognition staffers to create AI agents that can help run a business, raised a $60M seed at a $285M valuation (Bloomberg)
• Sources: the IPO of Nvidia-backed data center provider Firmus is uncertain after failing to attract adequate support, underscoring concerns over AI funding (Bloomberg)
• The US suspends Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, and others from a program that lets skilled foreign workers gain permanent residency, citing alleged fraud (Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff/Reuters)
• Gallatin AI, which uses AI to digitize and streamline military logistics data, raised a $50M Series A, bringing its total funding to $70M (Colin Demarest/Axios)
• European venture funding rose 77% YoY to $25B in Q3, the region's strongest funding quarter in four years, representing 16% of global VC and led by AI startups (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
• Google debuts Google AI Edge Foresight, a macOS note-taking app for capturing meetings with Google's local 740M-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2 and Gemma 4 assistant (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
| • US suspends permanent residency program for Microsoft, Adobe and other tech companies
• Razer's Basilisk V4 Pro gaming mouse features a new tilt wheel and up to 275 hours of battery life
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• American Airlines is bringing Starlink Wi-Fi to its entire mainline fleet in 2027
• Apple is set to show off new smart home devices at an October 13 event
• Careful out there: latest GTA 6 leak has major story spoilers
• Xbox's new division will focus on TV and movie adaptations of its biggest franchises
• The new Stylophone Mini packs in iconic sounds and comes in three nifty colors
• Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro vs Amazon Fire HD 10: What's changed, and is the upgrade worth it?
• Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro hands-on: Taking aim at the iPad Pro for less than half the price
• Amazon's Panos Panay teases more Alexa-branded devices and a new design language
• Amazon's new Alexa tablets include a 12-inch model with anti-glare screen
• Amazon's new Alexa tablets will have full access to Google Play
• Amazon is releasing kids' versions of its new Alexa Tablets
• Teenage Engineering will stop making synths to focus on... whatever it feels like
• The new BMW iX4 is the X4 reborn as an EV
• GPT-6 is coming to all tiers of ChatGPT
• Rivian R2 owners can now put a live pet cam on their phone's lockscreen
• The FCC proposes new mid-band spectrum auction and unlocking 800MHz for drones
• Here's what the $6,000 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box looks like
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