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Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions
Gleb Bryanski / Reuters: Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other...
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A look at the more challenging AI evaluations emerging in response to the rapid progress of models, including FrontierMath, Humanity's Last Exam, and RE-Bench
Tharin Pillay / Time: A look at the more challenging AI evaluations emerging in response to...
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Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition as their combined market share would be 90%+
Bloomberg: Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition...
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Benchmarking AMD's MI300X and Nvidia's H100 and H200; in theory, AMD's GPU has advantages in specs and total cost of ownership, but software bugs hold it back
Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: Benchmarking AMD's MI300X and Nvidia's H100 and H200; in theory, AMD's GPU...
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Kaiko: the share of BTC-USD trades in US market hours has now climbed to ~53% from 40% in 2021, with crypto liquidity back at levels seen before FTX's collapse
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Kaiko: the share of BTC-USD trades in US market hours has now...
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Opensignal ranks Japan #1 in G7 mobile reliability experience between July 1 and September 28, followed by France, Germany, the US, Canada, Italy, and the UK
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: Opensignal ranks Japan #1 in G7 mobile reliability experience between...
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Singapore issued 13 crypto licenses in 2024, pulling ahead of Hong Kong, where authorities have been more cautious, in the race to become a regional crypto hub
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Singapore issued 13 crypto licenses in 2024, pulling ahead of Hong Kong,...
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Ant splits Alipay into the Digital Payment Business Group focused on new payment products, and the Alipay Business Group focused on user growth and monetization
Ann Cao / South China Morning Post: Ant splits Alipay into the Digital Payment Business Group...
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Fiserv to acquire Toronto-based Payfare, which lets gig workers on platforms like Uber access their wages early, for $140M, expected to close in H1 2025
Niket Nishant / Reuters: Fiserv to acquire Toronto-based Payfare, which lets gig workers on platforms like...
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President Biden signs the $895B 2025 defense policy bill, including $3B for the FCC's “rip and replace” program to get rid of Chinese networking equipment
Martin Matishak / The Record: President Biden signs the $895B 2025 defense policy bill, including $3B...
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A look at OpenAI's interest in robotics, from investing in startups like Figure and Physical Intelligence to, sources say, considering making a humanoid robot
The Information: A look at OpenAI's interest in robotics, from investing in startups like Figure and...
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Sources: Founders Fund seeks ~$3B for its third growth equity fund; it raised $3.4B for its second growth fund and $1.8B for its eighth early-stage fund in 2022
Dan Primack / Axios: Sources: Founders Fund seeks ~$3B for its third growth equity fund; it...
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Elon Musk is one of two paid subscribers of an X account that has implied South Africa was better off under apartheid, slammed “Black ruled” countries, and more
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: Elon Musk is one of two paid subscribers of an X account...
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Two major China-based Amazon merchants say Amazon reps have recently been offering incentives like free ads and lower commissions if they stop selling on Temu
The Information: Two major China-based Amazon merchants say Amazon reps have recently been offering incentives like...
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Filing: Apple asks to participate in the remedial phase of Google's US antitrust case, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements
Jody Godoy / Reuters: Filing: Apple asks to participate in the remedial phase of Google's US...
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Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace approves lifting its ban on “certain widely used foreign platforms”, naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps
Bloomberg: Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace approves lifting its ban on “certain widely used foreign platforms”,...
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The biggest online dating companies are in crisis, as women and younger users increasingly look elsewhere, toward niche apps, websites, or real-life meetups
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: The biggest online dating companies are in crisis, as women and...
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West Bank residents, who have long complained of missing and outdated data on Google Maps, say the Israel-Hamas war has made the app even worse for navigation
Paresh Dave / Wired: West Bank residents, who have long complained of missing and outdated data...
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US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing 4,502.9 BTC, worth $308M, from Japanese crypto exchange DMM in May 2024
Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk: US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for...
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Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration...
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The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer data security scheme after Starwood's 2014 to 2018 breaches and Marriott's 2018 breach
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer...
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A look at new tech-based mental health treatments like the Tetris method and Avatar therapy that are offering promising early results and possibilities
Michael Peel / Financial Times: A look at new tech-based mental health treatments like the Tetris...
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OpenAI details “deliberative alignment”, a new method it used to make o1 and o3 “think” about its safety policy before responding, to improve overall alignment
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: OpenAI details “deliberative alignment”, a new method it used to make o1...
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Sources: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has recently become singularly obsessed with how to build the next Nvidia and wants competitive AI chips ready to ship by 2026
Bloomberg: Sources: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has recently become singularly obsessed with how to build the next...