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Sources: self-driving simulation software maker Applied Intuition has received investment offers that would value it at $30B+, up from $15B in June (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information : Sources: self-driving simulation software m…
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A Delaware jury awards Qualcomm $2 in nominal damages after finding Arm breached its architectural license agreement and sought to disrupt Qualcomm's business (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
Anhata Rooprai / Reuters : A Delaware jury awards Qualcomm $2 in nominal damages af…
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Sources: Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private at a ~$1B valuation by Ithaca Holdings, founded recently by two Silicon Valley execs; BMBL jumps 45%+ (Cara Lombardo/Wall Street Journal)
Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Bumble is in advanced talks to be ta…
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Meta says Muse Wonder is available to Muse app subscribers, via Meta Model API, and Muse Code; Wonder Full is available to Muse Code subscribers (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta says Muse Wonder is available to Muse app subscribers…
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Q&A with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on the Iran school strike and AI targeting, the DOD dropping Anthropic, AI liability, effective altruism, and more (CBS News)
CBS News : Q&A with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on the Iran school strike and AI …
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How Musk and Benioff pledged to rename SpaceXAI and AIForce, while Nadella and Nvidia adopted "super intelligence", as Silicon Valley falls in line with Trump (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : How Musk and Benioff pledged to rename SpaceXAI …
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A look at the economics of Anthropic's data center leases as analysts estimate a 245 MW site could yield ~$1.3B/mo; sources say it signed a cloud deal with IREN (Ann Davis Vaughan/The Information)
Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information : A look at the economics of Anthropic's da…
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"Super Intelligence systems" are black boxes that shouldn't be trusted by companies, and strong deterministic systems are needed around their deployment (Satya Nadella/@satyanadella)
Satya Nadella / @satyanadella : “Super Intelligence systems” are black boxes that s…
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Hundreds of AI-decompiled or vibe-coded clones of games appeared in recent weeks, ported to run in browsers; some big titles like GTA: Vice City, Halo play well (Lewis Parker/Kotaku)
Lewis Parker / Kotaku : Hundreds of AI-decompiled or vibe-coded clones of games app…
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IDC: Shenzhen-based DJI and Insta360, accounting for 73% and 20% of global smart camera market in Q2, are vying for the top spot as GoPro's share drops to 3% (William Langley/Financial Times)
William Langley / Financial Times : IDC: Shenzhen-based DJI and Insta360, accountin…
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Verizon closed down 8.75%, its worst day since 2002, while T-Mobile fell 13.27% and AT&T 9.81% after SpaceX announced a nationwide spectrum deal on Thursday (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
CJ Haddad / CNBC : Verizon closed down 8.75%, its worst day since 2002, while T-Mob…
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Philadelphia police say Anthropic informed them on Oct. 7 that one of its models submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder via a public web form on July 18 (6abc)
6abc : Philadelphia police say Anthropic informed them on Oct. 7 that one of its mo…
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A record 42 startups became decacorns so far in 2026, beating 2021's 34; PitchBook: the average time to hit $10B dropped to 5.5 years in 2025 vs. 9.4 in 2020 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
Lucinda Shen / Axios : A record 42 startups became decacorns so far in 2026, beatin…
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Vesta, which uses AI agents to automate much of the loan origination process, raised $30M led by Conversion, bringing its total funding to $85M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch : Vesta, which uses AI agents to automate much of…
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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 ...)
Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump@truthsocial.com : Trump says the WH considers as …
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