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Before we get to today’s main item, please check out my colleague Sri’s exclusive piece from Friday night revealing that OpenAI expects to burn $115 billion in cash through 2029, plus tons of other financial data the company has disclosed to investors. We are still having a hard time digesting the capital that cash burn will require the company to raise in the next five years! We will bring you more information and analysis on it later in the week.Now onto today’s column…AI researchers are training their ow
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Reporter Marisa Kabas, founder of The Handbasket, posted on Bluesky today that more than 1.7 million subscribers canceled their paid Disney streaming plans between September 17 and September 23. The total allegedly includes subscriptions to Disney+, Hulu and ESPN. That falloff reportedly marked a 436 percent increase over the usual churn rate for the service. We’ve reached out to Disney+ for comment on this claim. Disney also chose to increase... Read more ›
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In total, YouTube will pay $24.5 million to settle the suit brought by President Donald Trump. Read more ›
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Ukraine's navy said the modified anti-ship weapon struck the Elektrodetal plant in Karachev at a range of 150 miles. Read more ›
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Logitech updates its MX Master 4 flagship mouse with haptic feedback and a quick, customizable Action Ring shortcut circle. Read more ›
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The latest MX Master 4 is like the popular MX Master 3, but with haptics. It's still a really great productivity mouse. Read more ›
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Sen. Mark Kelly and three Democratic colleagues urged appropriations leaders to block funding for moving space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia to Houston, arguing the transfer would waste taxpayer money, risk permanent damage, and restrict public access. The relocation, pushed by Texas senators Cornyn and Cruz under a new law, carries an estimated cost of nearly $400 million. Ars Technica reports: "Why should hundreds of millions... Read more ›
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Trump said on Monday that Zohran Mamdani "won't be getting any" federal funding to fulfill his campaign promises if elected mayor. Read more ›
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A smart scale does more than show your weight. It tracks metrics like body fat, muscle mass and water percentage, then syncs that data to your phone so you can see changes over time. If you want to take control of your health, the best smart scale gives you clear insights and helps you stay consistent with your goals.Some models focus on accuracy, while others support multiple user profiles or... Read more ›
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The chipmaker’s chief executive is urging countries to establish their own ‘sovereign’ AI ecosystems — but one which relies on its technology Read more ›
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Apple today released iOS 26.0.1 and iPadOS 26.0.1, the first updates to the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 operating systems that came out earlier this week. The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. According to Apple's release notes for the update, iOS 26.0.1 addresses a bug that could cause aberrations in photos captured with the iPhone... Read more ›
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The Chinese toy company is working hard to ensure that Labubu remains relevant for years to come. Read more ›
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Apple's retail store at University Park Village, in Fort Worth, Texas, will soon be moving to a different area of the shopping center. Apple's original store at University Park Village The new store will open on Saturday, October 11, at 10 a.m. local time, on the north side of University Park Village. Apple is moving into a larger space that was previously split between men's suit store Jos. A. Bank... Read more ›
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Costs for vehicle repairs have soared, but the services are getting less availability and mission readiness in return. Read more ›
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Long delays to get parts for F/A-18 fighters and Virginia-class submarines have forced maintainers to strip from other aircraft and subs. Read more ›
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Vail Resorts CEO explains why visits and season pass sales for the upcoming season are down, and how he plans to turn things around. Read more ›
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James Gunn's DC blockbuster racked up 13 million views in its first 10 days on the Warner Bros. streaming platform. Read more ›
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"The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry," Ford CEO Jim Farley said. Read more ›
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This summer, Meta Platforms offered multiple researchers at artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab sizable compensation packages to join its new AI lab. When all of the researchers declined the offers, Thinking Machines CEO Mira Murati sent a flattering news report about Meta’s attempted raid to her staff over Slack. At the same time, Murati—until a year ago chief technology officer of OpenAI—cautioned Thinking Machines staffers that there was no... Read more ›
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When Dan Lahav was in grade school, he became obsessed with the short stories of Isaac Asimov, where robots gain sentience and trick humans into relinquishing control of society. Today he spends his time prodding artificial intelligence to do just that. Lahav is CEO of Irregular, a two-year-old startup that specializes in testing AI models’ capacity for malice. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind have hired Irregular, which was previously named... Read more ›
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These days, it seems like each week another artificial intelligence startup announces it’s surpassed $100 million in annualized revenue, a milestone that historically meant a startup had achieved “product-market fit”—in other words, customers really want to pay for its products.In the last five months, our reporting shows that at least five “AI native” startups that sell apps to enterprises and software developers—ElevenLabs, EliseAI, Replit, Synthesia and Lovable—have joined the “$100... Read more ›
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As artificial intelligence developers increasingly rely on reinforcement learning to improve their models, investors are funding startups that focus on helping businesses utilize the technique to automate more tasks. In the latest example, Applied Compute, founded in May by three former OpenAI staffers, is in talks to raise new funding at a $500 million valuation just three months after a round that valued it at $100 million, according to people... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms staffers have had discussions with Google Cloud about the possibility of using Google’s artificial intelligence models to improve Meta’s ad business, according to people with knowledge of the conversations. The discussions are the latest sign of how Meta’s stumbles with its own AI have prompted it to consider using other companies’ technology, at least as an interim measure while its newly overhauled AI teams improve its models. Read more ›
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Cloudflare, which says it powers 20% of the world’s internet traffic, on Wednesday announced a new feature that it said will enable website owners to block Google’s AI Overviews search product without having to opt out of being included in Google search. The feature, if effective, could ... Read more ›
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There’s nothing like an earth-changing new technology to get the tech industry’s dealmaking juices flowing. That’s been good news and bad news for bankers, who have pocketed fees but have been boxed out of some of the biggest deals. We’ve pulled together a list of the bankers who have led the way on artificial intelligence dealmaking. The winners include people from boutique firms such as Qatalyst Partners and Centerview Partners... Read more ›
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Larry Ellison might have thought his firm’s 4.5 gigawatt cloud deal with OpenAI was unmatched.That is, until he woke up on Monday morning to see OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announcing something much bigger: data center plans that are more than double the size of Oracle’s. The numbers are quite staggering. If OpenAI and Nvidia follow through on the deal—which, to be clear, is currently only... Read more ›
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Hey, ChatGPT, can you explain this artificial intelligence disconnect? In a blog post today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, “Growth in the use of AI services has been astonishing.” Meanwhile, countless news reports cite businesses who say they’ve yet to see enough benefit in AI to pay for it. We reported last week, for instance, that Microsoft was having a hard time persuading its customers that AI features in Office... Read more ›
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Elon Musk’s xAI sued OpenAI for hiring away several employees who xAI alleges stole trade secrets. Staff that OpenAI poached from xAI include several engineers and an unnamed former senior finance executive. The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday, alleges that OpenAI poached eight xAI employees as ... Read more ›
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