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Sora 2 is available for free with usage limits for all users, while ChatGPT Pro subscribers have access to the higher-quality Sora 2 Pro model (Carl Franzen/Venturebeat) Sora 2 is available for free with usage limits for all users, while ChatGPT Pro subscribers have access to the higher-quality Sora 2 Pro model (Carl Franzen/Venturebeat) Reviewed by swadu on September 30, 2025 Rating: 5
Disney sent a cease-and-desist to Character.AI for misusing its characters in harmful ways, including sexual exploitation; the startup removed Disney characters (Sara Fischer/Axios) Disney sent a cease-and-desist to Character.AI for misusing its characters in harmful ways, including sexual exploitation; the startup removed Disney characters (Sara Fischer/Axios) Reviewed by swadu on September 30, 2025 Rating: 5
How Jared Kushner helped Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who had wanted to buy EA for years, finally secure the $55B acquisition with PIF's help (Wall Street Journal) How Jared Kushner helped Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, who had wanted to buy EA for years, finally secure the $55B acquisition with PIF's help (Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on September 30, 2025 Rating: 5
Afghanistan telecom blackout as Taliban shuts off internet Afghanistan telecom blackout as Taliban shuts off internet Reviewed by swadu on September 29, 2025 Rating: 5
Anthropic adds context editing and a memory tool to the Claude API, allowing AI agents to handle long-running tasks without frequently hitting context limits (Anthropic) Anthropic adds context editing and a memory tool to the Claude API, allowing AI agents to handle long-running tasks without frequently hitting context limits (Anthropic) Reviewed by swadu on September 29, 2025 Rating: 5
Typhoon kills at least 11 as it sweeps through Vietnam Typhoon kills at least 11 as it sweeps through Vietnam Reviewed by swadu on September 29, 2025 Rating: 5
Three dead and several injured after shooting at US waterfront bar Three dead and several injured after shooting at US waterfront bar Reviewed by swadu on September 28, 2025 Rating: 5
How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid concerns about the VP acting as a corporate dealmaker in the forced spin-off of a private company (Washington Post) How JD Vance played a key role in the TikTok US deal, amid concerns about the VP acting as a corporate dealmaker in the forced spin-off of a private company (Washington Post) Reviewed by swadu on September 28, 2025 Rating: 5
Moldovans await pivotal election result as leader warns of Russian interference Moldovans await pivotal election result as leader warns of Russian interference Reviewed by swadu on September 28, 2025 Rating: 5
Thunberg denies claims Gaza flotilla is a publicity stunt Thunberg denies claims Gaza flotilla is a publicity stunt Reviewed by swadu on September 28, 2025 Rating: 5
Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files Reviewed by swadu on September 27, 2025 Rating: 5
YouTube is testing AI hosts, who will share stories and trivia about the music users are listening to, in the YouTube Music app through its new Labs program (Jay Peters/The Verge) YouTube is testing AI hosts, who will share stories and trivia about the music users are listening to, in the YouTube Music app through its new Labs program (Jay Peters/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on September 26, 2025 Rating: 5
New York office gunman had low-level CTE, medical examiner finds New York office gunman had low-level CTE, medical examiner finds Reviewed by swadu on September 26, 2025 Rating: 5
A US court rules that the DOD can classify DJI as a "Chinese Military Company", finds that there is enough evidence that DJI is supported by Chinese government (Sean Hollister/The Verge) A US court rules that the DOD can classify DJI as a "Chinese Military Company", finds that there is enough evidence that DJI is supported by Chinese government (Sean Hollister/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on September 26, 2025 Rating: 5
Source: cryptocurrency exchange Kraken quietly closed a $500M funding round at a $15B valuation, including from co-CEO Arjun Sethi's Tribe Capital (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune) Source: cryptocurrency exchange Kraken quietly closed a $500M funding round at a $15B valuation, including from co-CEO Arjun Sethi's Tribe Capital (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune) Reviewed by swadu on September 25, 2025 Rating: 5
Trump urges Turkey to stop buying Russian oil as Erdogan chases deal on F-35s Trump urges Turkey to stop buying Russian oil as Erdogan chases deal on F-35s Reviewed by swadu on September 25, 2025 Rating: 5
Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in China after 17 killed in Taiwan Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in China after 17 killed in Taiwan Reviewed by swadu on September 24, 2025 Rating: 5
Google launches its Search Live feature in the US, letting users ask questions in AI Mode while sharing their phone's camera feed for real-time help (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET) Google launches its Search Live feature in the US, letting users ask questions in AI Mode while sharing their phone's camera feed for real-time help (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET) Reviewed by swadu on September 24, 2025 Rating: 5
Apple quietly cancels the release of Apple TV+ show The Savant this Friday; its trailer faced backlash for allegedly misrepresenting right-wing ideologies (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac) Apple quietly cancels the release of Apple TV+ show The Savant this Friday; its trailer faced backlash for allegedly misrepresenting right-wing ideologies (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac) Reviewed by swadu on September 23, 2025 Rating: 5
Filing: Indian ride-hailing app Rapido doubled its valuation to $2.3B after Swiggy offloaded its 12% Rapido stake for ~$270M in a secondary share sale (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) Filing: Indian ride-hailing app Rapido doubled its valuation to $2.3B after Swiggy offloaded its 12% Rapido stake for ~$270M in a secondary share sale (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on September 23, 2025 Rating: 5
Bakkt shares jump 40%+ after naming Mike Alfred, the crypto veteran who co-founded Digital Assets Data, to its board (RT Watson/The Block) Bakkt shares jump 40%+ after naming Mike Alfred, the crypto veteran who co-founded Digital Assets Data, to its board (RT Watson/The Block) Reviewed by swadu on September 22, 2025 Rating: 5
On the H-1B fee, Jensen Huang says he's "glad" to see "Trump making the moves he's making"; Sam Altman says "outlining financial incentives seems good to me" (Jennifer Elias/CNBC) On the H-1B fee, Jensen Huang says he's "glad" to see "Trump making the moves he's making"; Sam Altman says "outlining financial incentives seems good to me" (Jennifer Elias/CNBC) Reviewed by swadu on September 22, 2025 Rating: 5
Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee threatens India's $280B IT services sector, which heavily relies on H-1B visas to deploy engineers to US client sites (Bloomberg) Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee threatens India's $280B IT services sector, which heavily relies on H-1B visas to deploy engineers to US client sites (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on September 21, 2025 Rating: 5
UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting cup that asks entrants to predict 60 geopolitical events, the first time an AI made the top 10 (Nikita Ostrovsky/Time) UK-based startup Mantic ranked #8 in the Metaculus forecasting cup that asks entrants to predict 60 geopolitical events, the first time an AI made the top 10 (Nikita Ostrovsky/Time) Reviewed by swadu on September 21, 2025 Rating: 5
Recognising Palestinian statehood opens another question - who would lead it? Recognising Palestinian statehood opens another question - who would lead it? Reviewed by swadu on September 21, 2025 Rating: 5
VCs and founders warn that the $100K fee will make H-1B sponsorship prohibitively expensive for startups, not Big Tech, and drive talent outside the US (Taylor Soper/GeekWire) VCs and founders warn that the $100K fee will make H-1B sponsorship prohibitively expensive for startups, not Big Tech, and drive talent outside the US (Taylor Soper/GeekWire) Reviewed by swadu on September 20, 2025 Rating: 5
A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a critic of Trump and David Sacks' AI agenda, arguing its hands-off approach could steer AI down a dangerous path (Wall Street Journal) A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a critic of Trump and David Sacks' AI agenda, arguing its hands-off approach could steer AI down a dangerous path (Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on September 20, 2025 Rating: 5
Karoline Leavitt confirms Oracle will handle TikTok's data and security, and says the US is "100% confident" a deal is done and it "just needs to be signed" (Ben Berkowitz/Axios) Karoline Leavitt confirms Oracle will handle TikTok's data and security, and says the US is "100% confident" a deal is done and it "just needs to be signed" (Ben Berkowitz/Axios) Reviewed by swadu on September 20, 2025 Rating: 5
Notre-Dame's iconic towers reopen six years after fire Notre-Dame's iconic towers reopen six years after fire Reviewed by swadu on September 20, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Oracle is in discussions with Meta to provide computing power for training and deploying AI models, in a deal worth about $20B (Bloomberg) Sources: Oracle is in discussions with Meta to provide computing power for training and deploying AI models, in a deal worth about $20B (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on September 19, 2025 Rating: 5
Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing "changes in the macroeconomic environment" (Jez Corden/Windows Central) Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing "changes in the macroeconomic environment" (Jez Corden/Windows Central) Reviewed by swadu on September 19, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Apple told at least two suppliers to boost their daily output of entry-level iPhone 17 by at least 30%, after strong pre-orders last weekend (The Information) Sources: Apple told at least two suppliers to boost their daily output of entry-level iPhone 17 by at least 30%, after strong pre-orders last weekend (The Information) Reviewed by swadu on September 19, 2025 Rating: 5
Meta announces a preview of the Wearable Device Access Toolkit, which lets developers build apps that use the vision and audio capabilities of its smart glasses (Jay Peters/The Verge) Meta announces a preview of the Wearable Device Access Toolkit, which lets developers build apps that use the vision and audio capabilities of its smart glasses (Jay Peters/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on September 18, 2025 Rating: 5
US deportees sue Ghana over 'illegal' detention US deportees sue Ghana over 'illegal' detention Reviewed by swadu on September 18, 2025 Rating: 5
Madeleine McCann suspect freed from German prison Madeleine McCann suspect freed from German prison Reviewed by swadu on September 17, 2025 Rating: 5
Gemini 2.5 Deep Think achieves a gold medal performance at the 2025 ICPC World Finals programming competition; only four out of 139 human teams won gold medals (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica) Gemini 2.5 Deep Think achieves a gold medal performance at the 2025 ICPC World Finals programming competition; only four out of 139 human teams won gold medals (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica) Reviewed by swadu on September 17, 2025 Rating: 5
How the Swiss National Bank became one of the world's biggest tech investors, with a combined $42B+ invested in Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia (Mercedes Ruehl/Financial Times) How the Swiss National Bank became one of the world's biggest tech investors, with a combined $42B+ invested in Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia (Mercedes Ruehl/Financial Times) Reviewed by swadu on September 16, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Binance nears a deal with the US DOJ to remove the outside compliance monitor imposed under its $4.3B 2023 settlement over money laundering failures (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg) Sources: Binance nears a deal with the US DOJ to remove the outside compliance monitor imposed under its $4.3B 2023 settlement over money laundering failures (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on September 16, 2025 Rating: 5
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