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The US DOD plans an initiative to recruit CTOs and other senior tech professionals as uniformed, paid reservists to help in cybersecurity, data analytics, more (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

The US DOD plans an initiative to recruit CTOs and...

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Disney no longer lets new and returning customers sign up for and buy subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store, avoiding Apple's cut (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

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A civil rights org claims in a lawsuit that a VA town violated 4A protections by installing Flock cameras, making it "impossible" for citizens to move untracked (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

A civil rights org claims in a lawsuit that a VA t...

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Meta is testing the use of facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to enable faster recovery of compromised accounts on Facebook and Instagram (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Meta is testing the use of facial recognition to c...

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Ireland adopts an Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, effective next month (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Ireland adopts an Online Safety Code for video-sha...

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The Biden admin unveils proposed rules for restricting the transfer of US citizens' sensitive data, including biometric and genomic info, to adversarial nations (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

The Biden admin unveils proposed rules for restric...

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EssilorLuxottica CFO says Ray-Ban Meta glasses are a "success" in the US and the best-seller "in 60%" of Ray-Ban stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (David Heaney/UploadVR)

EssilorLuxottica CFO says Ray-Ban Meta glasses are...

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Qualcomm unveils the 8 Elite, a 3nm mobile chip with 2 prime and 6 performance CPU cores, claiming a 45% CPU boost over the 8 Gen 3, faster NPU and GPU, more (Robert Triggs/Android Authority)

Qualcomm unveils the 8 Elite, a 3nm mobile chip wi...

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Blade Runner 2049's producer sues Musk, Tesla, and WBD for allegedly using AI to create imagery close to the film, despite a denied request, to promote Cybercab (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)

Blade Runner 2049's producer sues Musk, Tesla, and...

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Stripe announces it has finalized a deal to acquire stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge; Michael Arrington says the deal was worth $1.1B (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Stripe announces it has finalized a deal to acquir...

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Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI startup Perplexity for alleged copyright infringement and say it hasn't replied to a July 2024 letter about copyright issues (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI startup Perplex...

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xAI launches an API for "grok-beta" priced at $5 per million input tokens or $15 per million output tokens; it is unclear which AI model "grok-beta" might be (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

xAI launches an API for "grok-beta" priced at $5 p...

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UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Secureworks for ~$859M, expected to close in early 2025; Dell owns ~79% of Secureworks (Joe Warminsky/The Record)

UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cyb...

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Sources: Tim Cook helped Nike secure Elliott Hill as CEO in September, and has carved out a role as one of Nike's closest outside advisers during a turnaround (Bloomberg)

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AMD unveils Zen 5-based X3D desktop CPUs, arriving November 7, but offers few details and no price, ahead of Intel's Core Ultra 200-series launch on October 24 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

AMD unveils Zen 5-based X3D desktop CPUs, arriving...

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Zip, which uses AI to help businesses manage buying goods and services, raised $190M led by BOND at a $2.2B valuation, up from $1.5B in May 2023 (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

Zip, which uses AI to help businesses manage buyin...

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Zip, which uses AI to help businesses manage buying goods and services, raised $190M led by BOND at a $2.2B valuation, up from $1.5B in May 2023 (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

Zip, which uses AI to help businesses manage buyin...

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Q&A with Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi on AI, tax, and more; in a follow-up, an exec said "at the very least the end portion of your interview should be deleted" (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi on AI, tax, and...

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