Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Steve Jobs to appear on new commemorative $1 coin next year

techspot - The US Mint recently announced plans to release a special $1 coin featuring Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2026. The coin is one of four planned for next year, commemorating technological innovations associated with four states, including Jobs' native Cal…

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YouTube is down worldwide with playback error

Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - YouTube is currently facing a global outage, with users reporting playback errors on both the website and mobile apps. [...]

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Japan warns OpenAI over Sora 2 after AI-generated anime videos spark copyright concerns

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Japan's government has warned OpenAI not to violate copyright laws with its new video model, Sora 2, after a flood of AI-generated clips mimicking famous anime spread online.The article Japan warns OpenAI over Sora 2 after AI-generated anime videos spark …

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Google Launches New Veo 3.1 AI Video Model And Improved Editing Capabilities In Flow

bgr - Google's new Veo 3.1 AI video generation model supports enhanced realism, more narrative control, better audio, and powers new editing features in Flow.

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Threads now has group chats

Jess Weatherbed / theverge - Meta is adding group chats to Threads, allowing users to message multiple friends in shared conversations instead of sending separate DMs. Threads users can create a group chat by starting a new message and adding up to 50 people who follow their Threads …

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The iPhone 18 Pro's Big Camera Upgrade May Have Leaked: A Lens With Variable Aperture

bgr - While the iPhone 17 series has just launched a few weeks back, we're already hearing rumors of the iPhone 18 Pro shipping with a variable aperture camera.

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Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had ‘long-term’ access to its systems, stole code and customer data

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The company, which provides cybersecurity defenses to most of the Fortune 500, said the DOJ allowed it to delay notifying the public on national security grounds.

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OpenAI loosens ChatGPT’s guardrails for adults

Maria Garcia / implicator - OpenAI will let adults have erotic ChatGPT conversations by December—while facing a wrongful death lawsuit and fresh California AI regulations. The company claims new safety tools justify loosening restrictions. The age verification details remain unexpla…

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BlackRock’s AI Consortium to Buy Aligned Data Centers in $40 Billion Deal

Connor Hart / wsj - BlackRock’s new artificial-intelligence infrastructure consortium agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management in a deal valuing the company at about $40 billion.

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Nscale targets 2026 IPO after signing $14bn Microsoft deal

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Waymo plans robotaxi launch in London, marking its European debut

cnbc - Waymo said it plans to start offering robotaxi rides in London next year after aggressively expanding in the U.S.

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ASML Warns of ‘Significant’ China Sales Drop Despite Strong Q3 Earnings Fueled by AI

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - ASML has reported strong Q3 2025 earnings driven by AI but warns of a significant sales decline in China for 2026 due to escalating U.S. export controls.The post ASML Warns of ‘Significant’ China Sales Drop Despite Strong Q3 Earnings Fueled by AI appeared…

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