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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's “Scary Fast” event on October 30: high-end MacBook Pros with M3 Pro and M3 Max, a new 24-inch iMac with an M3, and USB-C accessories  —  The company is poised to introduce computers with speedier chips.  —  Apple Inc.'s last product unveiling …
David Pierce / The Verge:
US v. Google: Google's search head testifies that the company spent $26.3B in 2021 to be the default search engine in multiple browsers, phones, and platforms  —  Even if it's easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a lot.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
X adds a $16/mo. Premium+ plan with no ads in For You or Following and the “largest reply boost”, and a $3/mo. Basic plan with a “small boost” but no checkmark  —  X, the platform previously known as Twitter, has introduced a new $16 per month Premium Plus plan …
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Source: during an all-hands, Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino referenced ambitions to create XWire, a press release service that would rival Cision's PR Newswire  —  Executives at X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, said they see YouTube and LinkedIn as future competitors …
Julia Black / The Information:
Sources: Humane set its ~$1K Ai Pin launch for the October 14 solar eclipse, but rescheduled to November 9 as a report of Sam Altman and Jony Ive's device broke  —  In late September, a stakeholder in Humane received a humbled message from the startup.  The Information had just broken …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Businesses are using SEO-driven names like Thai Food Near Me and Dentist Near Me to optimize for Google Search, but the scheme is likely technically ineffective  —  Thai Food Near Me, Dentist Near Me, Notary Near Me, Plumber Near Me — businesses across the country picked names meant to outsmart Google Search.
Associated Press:
Internet and phone services collapse in the Gaza Strip as Israel's military expands its ground operations, largely cutting off communications for 2.3M residents  —  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Internet and phone services collapsed in the Gaza Strip under intensified bombardment Friday night …
Liz Young / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Flexport is in talks to acquire collapsed digital freight startup Convoy's tech, a move that would expand Flexport's push into the US trucking market  —  The deal would move the digital-focused freight forwarder into the domestic trucking market  —  Flexport is in talks to buy …
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:
Microsoft details Octo Tempest, a native English-speaking hacking group targeting tech, gaming, hospitality, retail, law, financial services, and other sectors  —  Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities …
Simon Willison's Weblog:
How OpenAI uses ChatGPT prompt engineering to get around DALL-E 3's fundamental biases, discourage DALL-E 3 from recreating the work of living artists, and more  —  Last year I wrote about my initial experiments with DALL-E 2, OpenAI's image generation model.
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Cruise pauses all driverless operations two days after the California DMV suspended its permits, but plans to continue operating supervised autonomous vehicles  —  Cruise said Thursday evening it has paused all driverless operations, a decision that comes just two days after the California Department …
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Android 14 users with multiple profiles say their devices are becoming “unusable” due to a bug that is locking them out of device storage  —  Users with multiple profiles are getting locked out of local storage and losing data.  —  Android 14 has a nasty storage bug that seems …
Forums: Ars OpenForum
Casey Hall / Reuters:
Documents: Shein and PDD's Temu file joint declarations in Chicago and Boston to end their legal fights, asking judges to dismiss the cases “without prejudice”  —  Fierce rivals Shein and PDD Holdings-owned (PDD.O) Temu have applied to end their legal fights with each other in the U.S. …
More: Tech in Asia and Tech.co
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
The UN creates a 39-member advisory body of tech executives, government officials, and academics to examine issues in the international governance of AI  —  The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced the creation of a 39-member advisory body to address issues …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google invested $500M upfront in Anthropic and agreed to add $1.5B more over time  —  Google move follows Amazon investment as tech giants place bigger bets on startups racing to develop artificial intelligence  —  Google agreed to invest up to $2 billion in Anthropic …
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Filing: Gemini sues Genesis Global, its former business partner for Gemini Earn, over 60M shares, worth $1.6B+, of GBTC that were pledged as collateral  —  Gemini has filed a lawsuit against Genesis over 60 million GBTC shares that were pledged as collateral.  —  Register Now

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Oliver Darcy / Status:
New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lars Lofgren:
How Forbes came to dominate Google Search results via Forbes Marketplace, a “parasite” SEO affiliate business in which Forbes only owns a minority stake

Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review:
As part of a settlement with journalists, the NYPD must stop kettling and expand its definition of “press” to include those without city-issued press passes

More News

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Filing: Tata Group acquires Apple manufacturer Wistron's India unit for $125M; India's Deputy IT Minister says Tata will now make iPhones for the global market
Financial Times:
Sources detail rushing the UK's AI Summit before major AI releases, the event's bigger scope, which now spans everything from health care to deepfakes, and more
Financial Times:
In a testimony heard without the jury present, SBF says he followed his lawyers' counsel to make critical decisions around passing FTX customer money to Alameda
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Earlier Picks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI forms Preparedness, a new team to assess, evaluate, and probe AI models to protect against “catastrophic risks”, including biological and nuclear threats
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Xiaomi unveils the 6.36" Xiaomi 14 and 6.73" Xiaomi 14 Pro, offering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP camera sensors, a Leica lens on the Pro, and LTPO 120Hz panels
Dan Primack / Axios:
Oxide Computer, which aims to provide on-premise cloud computers including to clients like the Idaho National Laboratory, raised a $44M Series A led by Eclipse
CNBC:
Uber starts offering rides in fully autonomous Waymo cars in Phoenix, Arizona; users can accept or reject the autonomous option, which includes a 24/7 helpline
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out new Google Maps features, including updating search to more easily find things nearby and expanding Immersive View for Routes to 15 new cities
Jon Porter / The Verge:
The UK's controversial Online Safety Bill becomes law, allowing fines of up to £18M or 10% of global turnover; Ofcom now plans to publish its codes of practice
Sarah Fielding / Engadget:
Google expands its bug bounty program to add generative AI, which has unique security issues, like model manipulation and unfair bias, requiring new guidance
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