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Sources: Apple aims to debut iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on October 28 and unveil a new iPad mini and Macs in late October; some could ship from November 1 — Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others gain — A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market — Google's grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China-linked “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign potentially accessed US wiretap systems after breaching networks of US ISPs like Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen — AT&T, Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are increasingly eyeing nuclear reactors, which provide steady “baseload” power, as their carbon emissions climb due to AI tools — Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US.
More: Financial Times, OilPrice.com, and Inc
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Android theft protection features: Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to detect motion indicating theft, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock — Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it less easy for thieves to access your data.| Reuters: |
Some US ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying FSD lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concerns — A self-driving Tesla carrying a passenger for Uber (UBER.N) rammed into an SUV at an intersection in suburban Las Vegas in April … | Isabel Hilton / Yale E360: |
Taiwan, which is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, is struggling to meet its chip industry's energy demands; TSMC uses ~9% of Taiwan's electricity — As the world's largest producer of advanced computer chips, Taiwan is struggling to meet demand for electricity.
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| Matteo Wong / The Atlantic: |
Q&A with UCLA's Terence Tao, widely considered the world's greatest living mathematician, about OpenAI's o1, how AI might be useful to mathematicians, and more — Terence Tao, the world's greatest living mathematician, has a vision for AI. — Terence Tao, a mathematics professor at UCLA, is a real-life superintelligence.
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Forums: r/singularity and r/math
| Financial Times: |
A look at the fall of Byju's, India's most valuable startup in 2022 at estimated $22B, as the edtech startup faces insolvency and lawsuits in India and the US — Edtech company's legal battles from Delaware to Bengaluru have exposed corporate governance issues| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, AWS' AI chatbot Q, shutting down services, investing in open source, open sourcing projects, and more — It was quite a surprise when Adam Selipsky stepped down as the CEO of Amazon's AWS cloud computing unit.
LinkedIn: Frederic Lardinois
| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Substack, which still isn't profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid — The News — Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business.
More: Business Insider. Bluesky: @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com. X: @semafor. LinkedIn: Jason Whittaker
| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others — The City of London Police had put the teenage boy in the suburban Travelodge to protect him. They even set up a code …
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