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Micro1, a Scale AI competitor that lets AI companies find contractors for data labeling and training, raised a $35M Series A led by O1A at a $500M valuation (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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Sources: Tencent recruited prominent AI researcher Yao Shunyu from OpenAI; Chinese media says he got a CN¥100M, or ~$66M, pay package (Pei Li/Bloomberg)

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Sources: Alibaba and Baidu have begun using their own internally designed chips to train their AI models, partly replacing AI chips made by Nvidia (Qianer Liu/The Information)

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Tether names Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, as the CEO of its new US unit and launches USAT stablecoin (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

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Some 20-somethings flocking to SF to build trillion-dollar AI startups say no to booze, sleep, and fun as they strive to be, or appear to be, the most obsessed (Wall Street Journal)

Some 20-somethings flocking to SF to build trillio...

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Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their websites (Bloomberg)

Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Amazon a...

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Sources: India's Billionbrains Garage, parent of investment app Groww, plans to file for an India IPO next week, seeking $650M-$800M at an ~$8B valuation (Rajesh Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)

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Crypto trading volume at Bitstamp, bought by Robinhood in 2024, grew 21% MoM in August to $14.4B, surpassing Robinhood's crypto volume, which fell 18% to $13.7B (Brayden Lindrea/Cointelegraph)

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SK Hynix announces that it has completed development of HBM4, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory crucial for AI work; stock jumps 7% to a record high (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

SK Hynix announces that it has completed developme...

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Apple delays iPhone Air pre-orders in China, likely over eSIM regulatory issues, replacing the original schedule with "release information to be updated later" (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)

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At the Semicon trade show in Taipei, Taiwan promotes diplomatic relations and pitches its tech manufacturing to "create trusted non-red supply chains" (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)

At the Semicon trade show in Taipei, Taiwan promot...

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The EU ends an antitrust probe against Microsoft with no fine and accepts its concessions, including offering Office without Teams in Europe for seven years (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)

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Over 100K Nepali citizens gathered on Discord to help nominate an interim leader after protests sparked by a social media ban led to the government's collapse (Pranav Baskar/New York Times)

Over 100K Nepali citizens gathered on Discord to h...

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Switzerland proposes regulations forcing service providers to collect user IDs and disable encryption, threatening its status as a haven for privacy tech firms (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

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California SB 243, which would mandate safety protocols for AI companion chatbots, has passed the State Assembly and Senate and now heads to Gov. Newsom's desk (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

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Despite hype and optimistic projections, the humanoid robot industry faces hurdles, from battery life and design to limited demand for large-scale deployments (Evan Ackerman/IEEE Spectrum)

Despite hype and optimistic projections, the human...

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Apple gets FDA clearance for hypertension alerts on Apple Watch, and plans to roll out the feature to Series 11, 10, and 9, and Watch Ultra 3, and 2 next week (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

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Sources: OpenAI and Nvidia will pledge billions in UK data center investments during their next week's trip, which coincides with President Trump's UK visit (Bloomberg)

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