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Apple announces a "major evolution" of its Security Bounty program, doubling the top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware attacks (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Apple announces a "major evolution" of its Securit...

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China bans TechInsights from working with or receiving data from Chinese entities, citing national security concerns, after a report on Huawei's Ascend AI chips (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

China bans TechInsights from working with or recei...

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Sources: SoftBank is nearing a deal for a $5B margin loan secured by Arm shares in order to fund additional investment in OpenAI later this year (Bloomberg)

Sources: SoftBank is nearing a deal for a $5B marg...

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Memo: Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, tells his team to use AI to "go 5X faster" and expects 80% of them to integrate AI into their day-to-day by Q4 (Jason Koebler/Wired)

Memo: Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, tells h...

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A new simulation from the European Central Bank shows that the digital euro could trigger a deposit outflow of up to €700B during a run on commercial banks (Reuters)

A new simulation from the European Central Bank sh...

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FBI seizes all domains for a BreachForums variant operated by ShinyHunters; the hacker group says their Salesforce extortion campaign is unaffected (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

FBI seizes all domains for a BreachForums variant ...

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Google is the first company to be designated with special status in the UK under new digital laws; the designation does not introduce any immediate requirements (Reuters)

Google is the first company to be designated with ...

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UK CMA designates Google with "strategic market status" in online search, but excludes Gemini; Google says potential interventions could slow product launches (Financial Times)

UK CMA designates Google with "strategic market st...

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China opens an investigation into Qualcomm's acquisition of Autotalks, a chipmaker specializing in vehicle communications, over potential antitrust violations (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)

China opens an investigation into Qualcomm's acqui...

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A profile of Singapore-based Megaspeed, which boug...

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OpenAI says GPT‑5 instant and GPT‑5 thinking cut political bias by 30% from earlier models, and show greater robustness to charged prompts (Ashley Gold/Axios)

OpenAI says GPT‑5 instant and GPT‑5 thinking cut p...

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Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia's H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging local tech companies to avoid Nvidia products (Financial Times)

Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imp...

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Block debuts Square Bitcoin, a BTC wallet allowing US-based SMBs to convert up to 50% of daily sales into BTC now and accept BTC payments starting November 10 (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt)

Block debuts Square Bitcoin, a BTC wallet allowing...

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a16z hires ex-VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram as general partner overseeing AI infrastructure and growth investments and as a managing partner, replacing Scott Kupor (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)

a16z hires ex-VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram as general...

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Sources: Apple plans health and fitness teams reorg under Eddy Cue, watchOS under Craig Federighi, and Watch hardware under John Ternus, as Jeff Williams exits (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple plans health and fitness teams reor...

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Google says Cl0p hackers who exploited vulnerabilities in Oracle's E-Business Suite have stolen data from "dozens" of organizations since at least July 10 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Google says Cl0p hackers who exploited vulnerabili...

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EA's Battlefield 6, coming October 10, is a pivotal moment for the series and for EA, set to go private in a $55B deal, as EA competes with Activision and COD (Jay Peters/The Verge)

EA's Battlefield 6, coming October 10, is a pivota...

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Sources: Coinbase and Mastercard have each held talks to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK for $1.5B-$2.5B; a deal would be the largest stablecoin acquisition yet (Fortune)

Sources: Coinbase and Mastercard have each held ta...

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