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PitchBook and the NVCA: global VC activity declined in Q3; VC investments in Asia hit $14.9B, the lowest figure since Q1 2017, impacted by China's deep decline (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

PitchBook and the NVCA: global VC activity decline...

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Analysis: Microsoft's finance leases, commencing between FY 2025 and FY 2030, mainly for data centers, has risen by $100B+ in less than two years to $108.4B (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Analysis: Microsoft's finance leases, commencing b...

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WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Au...

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Twitch includes raids, which let streamers who are going offline to send viewers to other channels, in its average viewer count, easing the path to make partner (James Hale/Tubefilter)

Twitch includes raids, which let streamers who are...

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An investigation finds over a dozen crypto companies unknowingly hired IT workers, who used fake IDs and successfully navigated interviews, from North Korea (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

An investigation finds over a dozen crypto compani...

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An investigation finds over a dozen crypto companies unknowingly hired IT workers, who used fake IDs and successfully navigated interviews, from North Korea (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

An investigation finds over a dozen crypto compani...

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Founders Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith announce the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down after fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Founders Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith announ...

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A US judge temporarily blocks California's AG from enforcing AB 2839 on election deepfakes, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on September 17 (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

A US judge temporarily blocks California's AG from...

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The SEC files a notice of appeal in its Ripple case, seeking to reverse a July 2023 ruling that XRP sales on retail exchanges didn't violate securities law (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

The SEC files a notice of appeal in its Ripple cas...

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Biden signs legislation exempting some US semiconductor manufacturing facilities from federal environmental reviews that are receiving government subsidies (David Shepardson/Reuters)

Biden signs legislation exempting some US semicond...

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Accenture says it will train 30,000 employees on Nvidia technology and start a new Nvidia Business Group focused on driving enterprise adoption of AI agents (Dylan Martin/CRN)

Accenture says it will train 30,000 employees on N...

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Amazon announces a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets, with 50% more RAM than the previous models, and three new generative AI features for compatible Fire tablets (Ryan McNeal/Android Authority)

Amazon announces a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets...

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Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prime Video in 2025 after not seeing a sharp drop in subscribers since adding advertisements in January 2024 (Financial Times)

Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prim...

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Source: Thrive invested ~$1.3B in OpenAI's $6.6B round, with an exclusive option to invest up to $1B more at the same $157B valuation through 2025 (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Source: Thrive invested ~$1.3B in OpenAI's $6.6B r...

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OpenAI raised $6.6B led by Thrive Capital in the largest VC deal of all time, valuing it at $157B, with participation from Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, others (Ina Fried/Axios)

OpenAI raised $6.6B led by Thrive Capital in the l...

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Poolside, which is building AI-assisted software development tools, raised a $500M Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures, reportedly at a $3B valuation (Bloomberg)

Poolside, which is building AI-assisted software d...

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Sources: OpenAI has asked investors to avoid backing rival startups such as Anthropic and xAI (Financial Times)

Sources: OpenAI has asked investors to avoid backi...

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Sources: OpenAI has completed a deal to raise over $6.5B in new funding led by Thrive Capital, giving it a $150B+ valuation (Bloomberg)

Sources: OpenAI has completed a deal to raise over...

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