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Score one for OpenAI? Before we get to today’s column, we should flag Aaron’s scoop yesterday about OpenAI hiring one of Microsoft’s most prominent artificial intelligence researchers. It must be a welcome relief for OpenAI to be on the receiving end of such a move for a change.Onto today’s issue…Between headlines about OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar financing and executive drama, you might have forgotten it’s also reworking its convoluted structure so that its for-profit business can get out from underneath.
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Apple today announced a significant update to the iPad mini, featuring the powerful A17 Pro chip and support for the company's new Apple Intelligence system. The refreshed tablet maintains its compact 8.3-inch design while offering substantial performance improvements and new capabilities. The A17 Pro chip brings a 30% boost in CPU performance and a 25% increase in GPU performance compared to the previous generation, according to Apple. The new iPad... Read more ›
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The Anbernic RG P01 is the company’s first wireless controller includes a six-axis gyroscope for playing Switch games that support motion controls. | Screenshot: YouTube Anbernic is expanding its extensive lineup of handheld consoles to include wireless controllers with the reveal of its new RG P01, which features Hall effect triggers and joysticks “with minimal drift,” according to the company. The Anbernic RG P01 features an Xbox-style Y, B, A,... Read more ›
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Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing an expansion of student-loan forgiveness programs to recruit healthcare workers to rural areas in the US. Read more ›
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Apple today revealed the seventh-generation iPad mini, introducing several significant upgrades that make it a standout from its predecessor. Here's everything that's new. At the core of the new device is the A17 Pro chip, first introduced last year in the iPhone 15 Pro, which delivers faster CPU and GPU performance along with advanced graphics features like hardware-accelerated ray tracing. One of the most important additions is support for Apple... Read more ›
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North Korea blew up parts of roads and rail lines connecting it with South Korea on Tuesday. The move was largely symbolic, experts said. Read more ›
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YouTube just announced around two-dozen tweaks and updates to the mobile app, the web player and the TV app. Many of these updates are on the insignificant side, so let’s go over the ones that are likely to change how people use the service. Speed adjustments are getting much more granular. There will now be fine-tunable playback speed, with adjustments in 0.05 increments. Prior to this change, adjustment options were... Read more ›
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The 2024 iPad Mini brings everything it needs for Apple Intelligence. | Apple It’s been three long years since Apple last updated the iPad Mini, but the company is finally turning the page on the sixth-gen model of its smallest tablet. The company announced a refreshed iPad Mini today, and preorders have just opened at Apple with an October 23rd release date. Prices start at $499 for the Wi-Fi-only 128GB... Read more ›
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Israel's interceptor missiles stocks are running low, according to an FT report, but one security expert told BI to view that narrative with caution. Read more ›
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OPPO's upcoming Find X8 series will include a pressure-sensitive camera shutter button that resembles Apple's new Camera Control feature introduced with the iPhone 16. The iPhone 16's Camera Control is a pressure-sensitive button allows users to interact with the camera in ways that were previously only possible with on-screen gestures and can perform functions such as launching the camera, taking pictures, switching between cameras, and zooming in. Chinese smartphone maker... Read more ›
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Emteq Labs, a UK-based company, says it's developed the "world's first emotion-sensing eyewear," which it named "Sense." Read more ›
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Today we're tracking a pair of discounts on Apple's 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro at Amazon and Best Buy. These deals include $300 off original prices of the 512GB and 1TB models, and both match the all-time low price on each model. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us... Read more ›
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Google signed a deal with Kairos Power, a power generation startup working on small modular reactors, to purchase 500MW of electricity starting 2030. Read more ›
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Sphere Entertainment and the Emirati government confirmed the next mega-structure will be in Abu Dhabi. But we still don't have key details like price, location or a timeline. -Josh Corder Read more ›
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As an interior designer, there are things I never buy at HomeGoods, such as large mirrors and couches, even though I love the chain. Read more ›
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Apple announced the 7th generation iPad mini. The upgraded tablet debuts on Oct. 23 and is available for preorder now. Read more ›
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Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram will now let you share your account using a digital profile card. The two-sided “card” displays a QR code with your Instagram handle, along with other information visible on your profile, including your picture and bio. You can add some extra flavor to your profile card by adding your own links and a song of your choice. As shown in the image... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Spotify is rolling out the beta test of music videos to 85 additional markets globally, allowing Premium subscribers to watch a “limited catalog” of videos from artists like Charlie XCX, Doja Cat, Ed Sheeran, Fontaines D.C., LISA, and more. However, that list of available areas doesn’t include the US yet, and it’s unclear when it will reach us here. “As with all of our... Read more ›
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Uber CEO is open to a Tesla partnership and wants to get its robotaxis onto its platform after ditching its own driverless car dreams. Read more ›
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European auto bosses criticized the EU's Chinese EV tariffs and emphasized the need to learn from China's rapid car development innovations. Read more ›
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Earlier this year, Aravind Srinivas’ phone rang. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, wanted to dish with Srinivas—CEO of Perplexity, an artificial intelligence–powered search engine startup—on the biggest competitor they had in common: Google. Days earlier, Google had announced several upgrades to Gemini, its generative AI model, and Nadella wanted to know: Was Srinivas impressed with how much text Gemini could handle in a single prompt? How did the capabilities of OpenAI,... Read more ›
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You certainly can’t accuse Wall Street of being taken in by a glitzy presentation, at least not this week. Elon Musk’s big robotaxi reveal on Thursday night went down like a lead balloon with investors today. Tesla shares fell 9%, while shares of Uber, whose business is theoretically at risk from a Tesla robotaxi, rose nearly 11% to $86. That puts Uber stock a few dollars above where it was... Read more ›
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When Andrew Gounardes needed help rallying support for two social media bills he’d introduced in the New York State Senate earlier this year, he knew who to call: Mothers Against Media Addiction. The New York-based nonprofit parental advocacy group had caught Gounardes’ attention even before it officially launched in March, thanks to its founder, Julie Scelfo, whom a colleague had introduced Gounardes to earlier that year. “It was a match... Read more ›
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When it comes to recruiting and retaining artificial intelligence researchers, OpenAI has faced tougher competition this year from old and new rivals. Now it’s facing pressure from a very recent former employee: ex-chief technology officer Mira Murati.Murati, whose last day was Friday, October 4 and now is as an advisor to the company, has been speaking with OpenAI employees about potentially joining her next venture, though she hasn’t disclosed exactly... Read more ›
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An overriding question for artificial intelligence developers is whether they can generate enough revenue to offset the high costs of compute and talent. But their own AI helpers can also cut costs. Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of model developer Anthropic, said the startup’s developers have been using its Claude chatbot to help them code. It can’t fully replace engineers and needs “some coaching,” but many Anthropic developers have dramatically... Read more ›
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Marketing software vendor HubSpot has struck a deal to buy Cacheflow, which sells a billing product for businesses, for roughly $100 million, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The acquisition, which could be announced as soon as Friday, will help HubSpot expand its ... Read more ›
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Could a breakup be good for Google? The gang had a lot to debate and discuss. Plus, Jessica recaps The Information's WTF. Enjoy! Apple Spotify YouTube Read more ›
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In September, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made waves when he announced a plan to sharply reduce the number of managers at the internet giant, partly to combat the bureaucracy creeping into its culture. It turns out Jassy’s plan will affect far fewer managers than some outside the company had expected. Amazon’s efforts to cut back the number of managers at the company will apply only to its corporate employees, not... Read more ›
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would release Robotaxis costing less than $30,000 in 2026, though he stopped short of promising the vehicles would be fully autonomous, describing them as “highly optimized for autonomous transport.” Musk also said the company would sell $20,000 humanoid ... Read more ›
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Attorneys general from 13 states and the District of Columbia sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the company deliberately designed the app to be addictive to children. The lawsuits, which were filed separately in New York, the District of Columbia and 12 other states, are the latest in a ... Read more ›
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