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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
X: @caro_milanesi, @ricburton, @mattthomas, @rebeccaslatkin, @anechoicmedia_, @birdmoder, @nikitabier, @seanallen_dev, @rstephens, @gerarddawson3, @jeffseibert, @dhh, @maxdubler, @gruber, @vanschneider, @rianvdm, @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @joshelman, @stephenjhall, @marcportermagee, @elaifresh, @rjonesy, and @nfarina
Bluesky: @mattround.com, @hunterwalk.com, and @davesrants.com
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's smart home strategy, centered on a HomeView display hub, with a new HomePod mini, Apple TV, and second-party accessories from LG and Schneider — Fresh details on Apple's HomeView, HomePod mini and new Apple TV, including release dates, colors, chips and features.
More: 9to5Mac, T3, Macworld, The Ambient, MacRumors, MacRumors, PCMag, Trusted Reviews, The Apple Post, Appleosophy, Tech Times, Digit, Digital Trends, Business Today, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, Mashable, iPhone in Canada, CNET, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, GSMArena.com, iThinkDifferent, The Verge, iClarified, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Manton Reece, Six Colors, and Apple Must
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @tgod34748, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman. Forums: MacRumors Forums
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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| 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: Fortune, Nvidia Newsroom, 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
| 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.
More: Help Net Security, Gizmodo, CoinDesk, crypto.news, The Crypto Times, The Coin Republic, CryptoSlate, Cryptonews, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoin News, CryptoPotato, and Inside Bitcoins
X: @ledger_support, @1ddenis1, @papajultango, @magicaltux, @yfarmx, @katexbt, @xentele, @joshhh_yt, @bitcoinnewscom, @alsayadii, @ripplesinwales, @alohadajosh, @stephanlivera, @byzgeneral, @satsklepter, @lunaticoin, and @thebitcointrain
Bluesky: @star86above and @lelonstoldt
| 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
X: @aogarza, @rohanpaul_ai, and @spirosmargaris
| 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: YouTube, SamMobile, and Wccftech
X: @firesidealpha, @gladstein, @goran_majic, @theahmadosman, @glitchtruth, @lafaiel, @mweinbach, @hhhectic_, @ryanndngg, @ronaldmannak, @anemll, @hicagr, @clareconley, @alexeheath, @jpchinsolo, @serxzsz, @breezeog1, @elonmusk, @jamiecassidy7, @infinitetutan, @alexeheath, @twid, @llepen, @moo_too_wah, and @zephyr_z9. Bluesky: @asura.dev
Forums: r/singularity, r/singularity, and r/LocalLLaMA
| 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, Cryptonews, The Crypto Times, and Blockhead
| Tony Diver / Telegraph: |
Sources: the US restores the UK AISI's access to the latest US models for safety testing, after ordering OpenAI and Anthropic to stop sharing models last month — US had blocked regulators from reviewing frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind
More: The Guardian, Unite.AI, Financial Times, GB News, Pathfounders, Political.org, Reuters, and micahflee
| 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.| Tymur Dubovyk / Kyiv Post: |
Yandex says a drone strike shut down a third data center, disrupting 80+ services like Yandex Cloud and YandexGPT; users report banking and taxi app outages — A Ukrainian drone strike targeted a major Yandex data center in the Russian city of Vladimir early Sunday morning, Oct. 11 …
More: Tom's Hardware, DatacenterDynamics, Implicator.ai, BBC, Gizmodo, DroneXL, RuntimeWire, Reuters, Reuters, Türkiye Today, Firstpost, UNITED24 Media, Bloomberg, Defense Express, Agence France-Presse, The Sunday Guardian, CBS News, The Sunday Guardian, The US Sun, Associated Press, LIGA.net, and The Kyiv Independent
X: @uk_daniel_card, @frankluntz, @delfoo, @delfoo, @raduhossu, @firepointua, @jamiedupree, @tomaszdechovsky, @jayinkyiv, @cpscott16, @eyakoby, @bombas_ua_2, @maks_nafo_fella, @petite_michelle, @teortaxestex, @h_socraticus, @tomshardware, @cloudflareradar, @heroiam_slava, @delfoo, @netblocks, @front_ukrainian, @osinttechnical, @exilenova_plus, @yoda69, and @letsarmukr. LinkedIn: Eric Wise
Bluesky: @johnvoelcker, @mattmcneilshow, @jentrification.com, @silent0siris, @rechelon, @robcyran, and @psguu
Threads: @amay.a100 and @sghallmark2023
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/DeadInternetTheory, r/google, r/democrats, r/technology, r/WeirdGOP, r/behindthebastards, r/thedavidpakmanshow, r/Britain, r/UkrainianConflict, r/CollapseOfRussia, r/BrandNewSentence, r/NAFO, r/cybersecurity, r/UnderReportedNews, r/NewsD, r/tomshardware, r/Slovenia, r/TradingSphere, r/NAFO, r/DailyNews, and r/europe_sub
| 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| Bloomberg: |
A look at China's bid to turn excess wind and solar energy into an AI edge via a $3.9T grid buildout through 2049, as ~9% of renewable output was wasted in 2026 — To grasp the gargantuan scale of China's green-energy revolution, consider Gansu. In this arid strip on the edge … | 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, Engadget, Reuters, Telegraph, Seeking Alpha, ITPro, Advertising, Marketing …, and The Independent. Forums: r/NoShitSherlock
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