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Elastic announces a ~7% reduction in its workforce, and says "advances in AI and automation are letting us operate with leaner teams"; ESTC closed down 8.70% (Richard Speed/The Register)

Elastic announces a ~7% reduction in its workforce...

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YouTube rolls out changes to Shorts, including adding a setting to double playback speed, eliminating the "dislike" button, and more (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)

YouTube rolls out changes to Shorts, including add...

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Doc: the DOD has quietly revised its doctrine on how the US military picks its targets, envisioning "systems where AI initiates actions with human monitoring" (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

Doc: the DOD has quietly revised its doctrine on h...

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NHTSA proposes eliminating the mandate for manual brake pedals in "vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems" (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)

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Apple says it removed VK's apps from the App Store to comply with sanctions; VK says they were removed without warning and it has never been under US sanctions (Reuters)

Apple says it removed VK's apps from the App Store...

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Patronus AI, which builds simulated digital environments for evaluating AI agents, raised a $50M Series B led by Greenfield, bringing its total funding to $70M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Patronus AI, which builds simulated digital enviro...

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Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59 (Om Malik/On my Om)

Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, founder of...

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Source: Google is asking publishers that test new AI features in Google News to grant it broad rights to their content, including to potentially train AI models (Ann Gehan/The Information)

Source: Google is asking publishers that test new ...

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Chipmaker Onsemi agrees to buy Synaptics in a nearly $7B all-stock deal expected to close in the middle of 2027; ON drops 9%+ and SYNA jumps 11%+ after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

Chipmaker Onsemi agrees to buy Synaptics in a near...

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Source: Muon Space, which operates satellite networks for climate and national security monitoring, is raising $250M; it has raised ~$181M since its 2021 launch (Alan Neuhauser/Axios)

Source: Muon Space, which operates satellite netwo...

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Sources: OpenAI leans toward holding off its IPO until 2027 after warnings that Sam Altman's desired $1T valuation may not be met in current market conditions (New York Times)

Sources: OpenAI leans toward holding off its IPO u...

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Sources: Sam Altman told staff the US government asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT 5.6 over security concerns, approving "access customer by customer" (The Information)

Sources: Sam Altman told staff the US government a...

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Apple stock closed down 6.15% on Thursday after the company raised some product prices, its worst fall since April 2025 (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

Apple stock closed down 6.15% on Thursday after th...

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Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership network that raised $140M, rebrands as Data Foundation to build an on-chain registry for AI training data (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership ne...

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The US awarded $250M under the CHIPS program to a startup co-founded by billionaire Robert Friedland to develop silicon-carbide chips and pulsed-power tech (James Attwood/Bloomberg)

The US awarded $250M under the CHIPS program to a ...

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Microsoft quietly extends the Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 consumers by a year, letting eligible users get updates through October 12, 2027 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Microsoft quietly extends the Extended Security Up...

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Netris, which helps neoclouds automate network configuration to bring their data centers online faster, raised a $15M Series A from a16z (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)

Netris, which helps neoclouds automate network con...

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Sources: Kraken is in talks to acquire a 15% stake in DeFi protocol Aave at a $385M valuation, investing 35,000 ETH in return for 250,000 AAVE tokens (Will Canny/CoinDesk)

Sources: Kraken is in talks to acquire a 15% stake...

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