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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils its third-gen in-house AI chip, the Maia 300, built on TSMC's N2P process node and aimed at serving as its “primary AI inference system” — The new Maia 300 chip will start rolling out to production AI workloads in 2027.
More: GeekWire, Microsoft, The Information, Key Context, CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Seeking Alpha, Quartz, Barron's Online, TechRadar, The Straits Times, Unite.AI, and DigiTimes
X: @aaronpholmes, @jpinsights, @microsoft, @dee_bosa, @aschilling, and @satyanadella. Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Google unveils the $180 Fitbit Edge, featuring an oval, 1.34" display and shipping October 27, replacing the Fitbit Charge 6 and discontinuing the Charge line — The Edge, which replaces the Fitbit Charge 6, offers consumers another vehicle for trying out the recently revamped Google Health app.
More: Tech Advisor, ZDNET, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, The Verge, Google, Google, T3, TechRadar, Quartz, MobileSyrup, Wired, Notebookcheck, iPhone in Canada, Google, Google, Droid Life, Telecompaper, and The Gadgeteer
| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
Google says Health Guardian is launching later in October on the Fitbit Air and Edge for Google Health Premium users, and expands automatic activity tracking — The company also announced a new metal mesh band for the Fitbit Air. — Google is rolling out a pair of updates …
More: PCMag, Gizmodo, CNET, Android Police, The Independent, TechRadar, Mashable, iPhone in Canada, CGMagazine, and Droid Life
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
X has re-found its footing under Elon Musk, as it continues to host more interesting discussions on AI and other fun and smart topics than rival platforms — X is the only place these posts go. … You may not like it that X has re-found its footing under Elon Musk's ownership, but it has.
More: Lex on Tech and ZeroHedge News
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| Gao Yuan / Bloomberg: |
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan criticizes speculative AI investing, comparing uninformed investors to casino gamblers and questioning the long-term economics of AI labs — The AI boom has attracted investors whose strategies resemble those of gamblers, Broadcom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said … | Lee Ying Shan / CNBC: |
Speaking in Singapore, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan warn that access to capital and rising borrowing costs could become AI's main bottleneck — SINGAPORE — The chief executives of Intel and Broadcom warned that access to capital could emerge as a major constraint … | Mitchell Labiak / BBC: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for global safety regulations for AI, arguing that milk and washing machines currently face more stringent safety standards — Milk and washing machines are currently more regulated than AI, the president of Microsoft has said.
More: The Guardian, Bloomberg, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, Business Today, RTÉ, Metro.co.uk, ByteHaven, PC Gamer, Quartz, Telegraph, Seeking Alpha, ITPro, The Independent, and Advertising, Marketing …
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| Tony Diver / Telegraph: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is in talks to buy AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at ~$7B; Anthropic had decided against acquiring Decart for ~$6B in September — San Francisco company's software makes it easier for developers to switch between different AI chips| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
Quantum computing company IonQ agrees to buy Elisity, which helps stop cyberattacks and ransomware from spreading, in an all-stock deal valued at up to $1.3B — Privately held Elisity stops cyber attackers and ransomware from spreading across organizations
More: Barron's Online, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, Finimize, Quartz, IonQ, Bloomberg, The Quantum Insider, Seeking Alpha, and RuntimeWire. X: @laurenthomas
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Digital infrastructure company SWI raised €800M to upgrade its data centers, including some from Genesis Digital, a bitcoin miner snarled in FTX's bankruptcy — Data-center company sees potential in what has been described as one of Sam Bankman-Fried's ‘most reckless investments’
More: CoinDesk, Bitcoin Insider, Cryptonews, The Crypto Times, and Blockhead
| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Hardware wallet maker Ledger says the $86M+ theft from hundreds of its wallets involved devices sold by reseller CryptoBilis and confirms a “hardware implant” — A spy implant in some Ledger crypto wallets may be the root of an $86 million supply chain attack.
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Bluesky: @star86above and @lelonstoldt
| Theodore Schleifer / New York Times: |
Elon Musk contributed $276M+ since July to Republican entities, including $158M to the Senate Leadership Fund; sources: he is taking a more hands-off approach — The world's richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans' Senate majority …
More: Politico, The Bulwark, and Forbes
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| Sarah Kessler / New York Times: |
As economic and corporate research shows limited AI efficiency gains, surveys by Workday, Google, MIT, and others detail a human “verification tax” bottleneck — As artificial intelligence automates office tasks, it is also creating a new type of human work.| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Christian leaders are weighing in on AI earlier than they did with other tech, as AI leaders' talk of creating a new consciousness fuels religious concerns — Religious leaders are weighing in, creating a new political risk for the creators of the technology| Bloomberg: |
Sources: DeepSeek agrees to lead robotic AI startup Winverse AI's seed funding round of tens of millions of dollars, valuing the startup at ~$400M post-money — DeepSeek aims to lead the first round of investment for a months-old startup building AI for robots, deploying capital … | Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
A profile of Microsoft EVP of Copilot Charles Lamanna, a potential Satya Nadella successor; a source says Microsoft is on track to pay Anthropic $2B+ per year — In the summer of 2025, Microsoft was fielding customer complaints that its AI assistant, Copilot, was buggy and not good enough at automating work in Excel or PowerPoint.| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Elon Musk and Mark Benioff pledged to rename SpaceXAI and AIForce, while Satya Nadella and Nvidia adopt “super intelligence”, as Silicon Valley follows Trump — Musk, Benioff, Huang, and now Nadella have all capitulated to Trump's ‘super intelligence’ rebrand.
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Fortune, Time, Constellation Research, Business Insider, Benzinga, and Pixel Envy
X: @benioff, @mustafasuleyman, @jawwwn_, @ashleymayer, @max_spero_, @juddlegum, @notjazii, @mattyglesias, @sam_d_1995, @highyieldharry, @neilturkewitz, and @autismcapital. Bluesky: @sharonodea.com
Forums: r/politics and r/nvidia
| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says AI companies are “starting to do phones” and asking Qualcomm to support running 100B-parameter local LLMs continuously by 2028 — Cristiano Amon on the China vs. US AI sentiment, how AI is changing smartphones and wearables, Qualcomm's data center strategy, and what 6G will unlock.
More: SammyGuru, YouTube, Wccftech, and SamMobile
X: @firesidealpha, @dimashvets, @hhhectic_, @ronaldmannak, @hicagr, @jpchinsolo, @alexeheath, @goran_majic, @glitchtruth, @lafaiel, @ryanndngg, @clareconley, @infinitetutan, @llepen, @moo_too_wah, @zephyr_z9, @gladstein, @theahmadosman, @mweinbach, @anemll, @alexeheath, @serxzsz, @breezeog1, @elonmusk, @jamiecassidy7, and @twid. Bluesky: @asura.dev
Forums: r/singularity, r/singularity, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Wall Street Journal: |
How hacked civilian cameras became war tools, as Israel tapped Iranian traffic cameras before Khamenei's killing and Iran-linked groups hit 250+ Israeli cameras — The highly vulnerable devices have turned into tools for combatants to track, surveil and attack the enemy
More: The Verge, NewsMax.com, and Seoul Economic Daily
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