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Tuesday, October 07, 2025

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Apple releases public beta for iOS 26.1 and sister operating systems (8)

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Google unveils Gemini 2.5 with advanced web interfacing (12) hot

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OpenAI’s trillion-dollar compute deals spark financing scrutiny (5)

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Tesla unveils cheaper Model 3/Y variants to boost market share (9)

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Sora 2 faces copyright and watermark controversies (8)

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Mastodon adopts Bluesky-like starter packs feature (4)

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Apple’s Find My iPhone cracks major theft ring (6)

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Facebook revamps Reels with smarter AI tools (7)

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Apple Reintroduces Slide Over Mode in iPadOS Update (4)

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Nobel Prize Awarded for Breakthrough in Quantum Computing (8)

Quantum Tunnelling & Circuit Innovations
Google Quantum Pioneers
General Nobel Physics Announcements
Other Topics

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IBM Partners with Anthropic for Enterprise AI Integration (6)

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California mandates lower streaming ad volumes by law (10) hot

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Qualcomm Acquires Arduino to Bolster Edge AI and Robotics (9)

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Windows 11 update enforces mandatory Microsoft account sign‐in (13) hot

Insider builds crush local account bypasses.
Mandatory online sign‐in fuels connectivity debates.

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ChatGPT launches interactive app integration features (9)

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xAI names ex‑Morgan Stanley CFO for new venture (4)

In Detail Full day, Tuesday, October 07, 2025, Timezone: America/Chicago

Apple releases iOS 26.1 and macOS Tahoe 26.1 public beta 2

Imran Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has released public beta 2 of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, watchOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1 to users enrolled in the Apple Beta Software Program. The update follows the recent developer beta 2 and continues...Read more at Apple…

#apple #ios #ipad #macos #watchos #tvos #operatingsystems

iOS 26: See Your Full Call History With Any iPhone Contact

4 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

iOS 26: See Your Full Call History With Any iPhone Contact

4 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

4 useful iOS 26 settings that help stretch my iPhone's battery performance

4 months / pocket-lint / Roger Fingas

5+ New Features Your iPhone Will Get in iOS 26.1

4 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple releases iOS 26.1 and macOS Tahoe 26.1 public beta 2

4 months / ithinkdiff / Imran Hussain

Must-Try tvOS 26 Features

4 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple Seeds Second Public Betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1 and macOS Tahoe 26.1

4 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

How to Use Windowing in iPadOS 26 [VIDEO]

4 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model can navigate the web like a human

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Google LLC has just announced a new version of its Gemini large language model that can navigate the web through a browser and interact with various websites, meaning it can perform tasks such as searching for information or buying things without human su…

#ai #google #aiethics #alphabet #internet #api #gemini

Google Refuses to Fix Critical ‘ASCII Smuggling’ Flaw in Gemini AI, Models from OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic Appear Safe

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google AI Mode Links In Italics (Test)

4 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google Expands AI Search Globally Amid Publisher Uproar and Contradictory ‘Open Web’ Claims

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Is An AI Model That Can Browse The Web Like You Do

4 months / bgr

Google Launches Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, an AI Agent to Control Your Browser

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

AI Mode in Google Search is Now Available in Over 200 Countries and 35 New Languages

4 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model can navigate the web like a human

4 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Google’s latest AI model uses a web browser like you do

4 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Students can get Google Gemini with a free pro plan

4 months / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use can solve Google's own CAPTCHAs

4 months / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Google won’t fix new ASCII smuggling attack in Gemini

4 months / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

4 months / blog

OpenAI’s trillion-dollar tab comes due by 2027

Marcus Schuler / implicator - OpenAI signed $1 trillion in compute deals with Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle—obligations stretching to 2029 that dwarf its current revenue. The company burns $5B annually while chipmakers now hold equity and expect payment. The tab comes due by 2027.

#ai #cloud #semiconductors #chips #openai #finance #amd

Insurers balk at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI and Anthropic - Financial Times

4 months / google

OpenAI's Agent Builder and Apps SDK: The Implications (and more)

4 months / substack / John Hwang

OpenAI’s trillion-dollar tab comes due by 2027

4 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Wall Street analysts explain how AMD’s own stock will pay for OpenAI’s billions in chip purchases

4 months / techcrunch / Julie Bort

OpenAI has now signed $1 trillion worth of AI infrastructure contracts

4 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Tesla reveals slightly cheaper ‘standard’ versions of the Model 3 and Model Y

Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - The long-awaited cheaper Model 3 and Model Y are finally here, but they start at $36,990 and $39,990, respectively -- just a few thousand dollars less than Tesla's current offerings.

#tesla #business #pricing #technology #elonmusk #automotive #ev

Tesla’s standard-range Model 3, Model Y join the lineup

4 months / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

The Tesla Model Y and Model 3 Standard Are Cheaper—but Still Not Cheap

4 months / wired / Aarian Marshall

Tesla launches cheaper Model Y following end of US EV subsidies - Financial Times

4 months / google

Tesla's stripped back standard models bring the Model 3 and Y back under $40k

4 months / engadget

Tesla’s New Affordable Models Are Not New

4 months / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Tesla offers cheaper versions of 2 electric vehicles in bid to win back market share in tough year

4 months / techxplore

Tesla’s ‘affordable’ EVs are just stripped down versions of the Model 3 and Model Y

4 months / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Tesla Launches Cheaper Model 3 and Model Y—But Not in Canada

4 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Tesla reveals slightly cheaper ‘standard’ versions of the Model 3 and Model Y

4 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

OpenAI's Sora 2 must stop allowing copyright infringement, Motion Picture Association says

cnbc - The Motion Picture Association called out OpenAI's new video generation model Sora 2 for content infringement.

#law #media #intellectualproperty #digitalprivacy #copyright #watermark

You can’t libel the dead. But that doesn’t mean you should deepfake them.

4 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

$150k per violation. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/o...

4 months / bsky / @alexpagliuca.bsky.social / alexpagliuca.bsky.social

Shot arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/d...

4 months / bsky / @motoridersd.pug.ninja / motoridersd.pug.ninja

Please Stop Sending Robin Williams’s Daughter AI Videos of Her Dad

4 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

OpenAI's Sora 2 must stop allowing copyright infringement, Motion Picture Association says

4 months / cnbc

Dead celebrities are apparently fair game for Sora 2 video manipulation

4 months / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

OpenAI brings more control to Sora

4 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

4 months / 404media / Matthew Gault

Mastodon snags Bluesky’s starter packs feature and includes the ability to opt out

Emma Roth / theverge - Mastodon is introducing “Packs” to help you quickly find accounts to follow and fill up your feed. The decentralized social network announced the feature as part of the FediForum event on Tuesday. It will work similarly to Starter Packs on Bluesky, which …

#decentralisation #mastodon #bluesky #internet #apps #ux #technology

Banning controversy reveals Bluesky's decentralized aspiration isn't reality

4 months / flux

Mastodon snags Bluesky’s starter packs feature and includes the ability to opt out

4 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Mastodon is adding Bluesky-like starter packs

4 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter ‘Packs’

4 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Apple's 'Find My iPhone' Feature Helps Unearth Massive Smartphone Smuggling Ring

bgr - One victim of iPhone theft used Apple's Find My feature and ended up uncovering an enormous smuggling ring of smartphone thieves.

#apple #uk #cybercrime #security #police #law #findmyiphone

UK police use Find My to catch thieves who smuggled 40,000 phones to China over the last year

4 months / techspot

Apple’s ‘Find My’ Leads Cops to Cache of Thousands of Smuggled iPhones

4 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

Apple's 'Find My iPhone' Feature Helps Unearth Massive Smartphone Smuggling Ring

4 months / bgr

Find My iPhone alert helps uncover 40,000 stolen devices

4 months / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

Find My on iPhone key to UK cops smashing major smartphone theft ring

4 months / appleinsider

London cops unplug iPhone crime ring said to nick 40% of city's mobiles

4 months / theregister / Connor Jones

Facebook Overhauls Reels With Smarter AI Recommendations and New Social Features

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Facebook is updating its Reels platform with a smarter AI-powered recommendation engine, new 'friend bubbles' for social sharing, and enhanced user controls.The post Facebook Overhauls Reels With Smarter AI Recommendations and New Social Features appeared…

#meta #apps #technology #facebook #algorithm

Facebook updated its algorithm so users can have greater control over which Reels videos they see.

4 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Meta makes Facebook Reels more like their Instagram counterparts

4 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Facebook is turning into TikTok

4 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Facebook Overhauls Reels With Smarter AI Recommendations and New Social Features

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Facebook Revamps Reels to Boost Discovery and Sharing

4 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Facebook updates its algorithm to give users more control over which videos they see

4 months / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Facebook's Algorithm Update Aims Show You Newer Reels You'll Actually Like, Even If It's AI

4 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

Apple is bringing back Slide Over for iPad, and I'm genuinely shocked

John Kanellakos / pocket-lint - Slide Over, a popular iPad multitasking mode, was given the axe in favor of Apple's rearchitected iPadOS 26 windowing experience - but now it's back.

#software #apple #ios #apps #ipad #updates #operatingsystems

What's new with iPad app windows in iPadOS 26, and how they work

4 months / appleinsider

Newest developer beta backtracks on one iPadOS 26 multitasking decision

4 months / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Apple is bringing back Slide Over for iPad, and I'm genuinely shocked

4 months / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

Hands-On With iPadOS 26.1 New Slide Over Mode For iPad

4 months / bgr

Trio who made foundational quantum computing discovery bag Nobel physics prize

Lindsay Clark / theregister - Studies at UC Berkeley in the 1980s paved the way for quantum computing and cryptography Three researchers in sub-atomic physics have been awarded a Nobel prize for work which helped lay the foundations for quantum computing.…

#innovation #quantum #science #physics #technology #nobelprize #research

General Nobel Physics Announcements (1)
Google Quantum Pioneers (1)
Other Topics (0)
Quantum Tunnelling & Circuit Innovations (5)
All Other Stories

General Nobel Physics Announcements

Nobel Prize for Physics awarded for quantum mechanics work - https-//www.semafor.com

4 months / google

IBM and Anthropic Partner to Bring Claude AI to Enterprise Developers

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - IBM and Anthropic have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Claude AI into enterprise software, starting with a new IDE that boosts developer productivity by 45%.The post IBM and Anthropic Partner to Bring Claude AI to Enterprise Developers appe…

#ai #enterprise #anthropic #aiethics #business #api #developertools

Anthropic’s AI safety tool Petri uses autonomous agents to study model behavior

4 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

IBM Weaves Anthropic’s Claude Into Software Project

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic and IBM announce strategic partnership

4 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

IBM and Anthropic Partner to Bring Claude AI to Enterprise Developers

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic Partners with IBM to Embed Claude AI in Enterprise Software

4 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Anthropic and IBM Partner in Bid for AI Business Customers

5 months / wsj / Belle Lin

California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Starting July 1, 2026, streaming services won’t be allowed to “transmit the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany,” according to the bill's text.

#streaming #law #media #ads #advertising #regulation #california

Governor Newsom today signed legislation ensuring the volume of commercials no longer rises to a level louder than the original programming. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/n...

4 months / bsky / @newsfordemocrats.bsky.social / newsfordemocrats.bsky.social

Governor Newsom today signed legislation ensuring the volume of commercials no longer rises to a level louder than the original programming. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/n...

4 months / bsky / @jpw1680.bsky.social / jpw1680.bsky.social

YouTube And Netflix Will Have To Stop Jump-Scaring Californians With Ads Next Year

4 months / bgr

California passes law to reduce volume of commercials on streaming services

4 months / ca

California Turns Down the Volume on Netflix and Other Streaming Platforms

4 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

California bans loud commercials on streaming platforms

4 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

New California Law Tells Loud Ads on Streaming Services to Pipe Down

4 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services

4 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

California Turns Down the Volume on Netflix and Other Streaming Platforms

4 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

California bans noisy ads on Netflix, YouTube, and other streaming services

4 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Qualcomm acquires Arduino to supercharge the global maker movement

Cate Lawrence / tech - Qualcomm Technologies today announced its agreement to acquire Italian open-source hardware and software company Arduino. Arduino is a leading open-source hardware and software company that provides ...

#ai #robotics #hardware #edge #opensource #aiethics #acquisitions #qualcomm

퀄컴, 아두이노 인수. siliconangle.com/2025/10/07/q...

4 months / bsky / @purengom.com / purengom.com

Qualcomm acquires miniature computer maker Arduino

4 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Qualcomm acquires open-source hardware and software maker Arduino

4 months / techspot

Qualcomm buys Arduino, releases new Raspberry Pi-esque Arduino board

4 months / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Qualcomm is acquiring DIY electronics platform Arduino

4 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Qualcomm solders Arduino to its edge AI ambitions, debuts Raspberry Pi rival

4 months / theregister / Dan Robinson

Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino

4 months / qualcomm

Qualcomm acquires Italian hardware company Arduino to push deeper into robotics

4 months / cnbc

Qualcomm acquires Arduino to supercharge the global maker movement

4 months / tech / Cate Lawrence

Microsoft clamping down on Windows 11 local account setup — latest Insider build removes 'local-only commands,' skipping Microsoft account sign-in will crash setup process

tomshardware - Microsoft is patching "known mechanisms" used to complete a fresh Windows 11 install without signing into a Microsoft account. It's now even more difficult to use a local account in the OOBE, but the change is limited to a test build for now.

#windows #microsoft #privacy #technology #updates #operatingsystems #digitalprivacy

Insider builds crush local account bypasses. (8)
Mandatory online sign‐in fuels connectivity debates. (3)
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Insider builds crush local account bypasses.

Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account workarounds from Windows 11 build

4 months / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Microsoft is removing the ability to easily install Windows 11 with a local account

4 months / techspot

Microsoft kills more Microsoft Account bypasses in Windows 11

4 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft Blocks Another Windows 11 Local Account Workaround

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut

4 months / theregister

Microsoft clamping down on Windows 11 local account setup — latest Insider build removes 'local-only commands,' skipping Microsoft account sign-in will crash setup process

4 months / tomshardware

No account? No Windows 11, Microsoft says as another loophole snaps shut

5 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Windows 11 installation no longer lets you skip creating a Microsoft Account

5 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Mandatory online sign‐in fuels connectivity debates.

The Party's Over: Windows 11 Installation Will Require the Internet

4 months / cnet / Alex Valdes

How To Install Windows 11 Without An Internet Connection

4 months / bgr

In Defense of Requiring a Windows 11 Online Account Sign-In ⭐

4 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

All Other Stories

Microsoft REALLY doesn’t want you to use Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account

4 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Oh go fuck yourselves Microsoft! www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...

4 months / bsky / @catelli.bsky.social / catelli.bsky.social

ChatGPT Now Interacts With Multiple Apps Inside Conversations

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - ChatGPT users can now interact with a handful of third-party apps directly within their conversations, OpenAI has announced. The new Apps SDK allows developers to build tools that blend naturally into chats, and initial partners include Spotify, Canva, Zi…

#ai #openai #aiethics #chatgpt #apps #spotify #api

Developers as the distribution layer of AGI (OpenAI Dev Day 2025, ft. Sherwin Wu and Christina Huang)

4 months / latent / Latent.Space

ChatGPT now lets you use apps like Expedia, Spotify, and Zillow directly in chat

4 months / techspot

How Canva Won OpenAI's Developer Day

4 months / upstartsmedia / Alex Konrad

Open Code, Gated Access

4 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI DevDay 2025 Highlights: Apps Within ChatGPT, AI Agent Kit Etc.

4 months / medianama / Azdhan

ChatGPT Supports Apps Like Spotify, Expedia, And Zillow - Here's How To Use Them

4 months / bgr

ChatGPT Now Interacts With Multiple Apps Inside Conversations

5 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

ChatGPT now integrates with Spotify, Canva, and Figma apps

5 months / ithinkdiff / Imran Hussain

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT app integration feature

5 months / techxplore

Musk Picks Morgan Stanley Vet As xAI CFO

PYMNTS / pymnts - Elon Musk has reportedly tapped ex-Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong to serve as xAI’s CFO. That’s according to a report late Monday (Oct. 6) by the Financial Times (FT), which notes that this is the latest executive shake-up at the artificial intel…

#ai #startups #aiethics #banking #business #elonmusk

Armstrong, who advised Musk during his Twitter takeover, will oversee the finances of both xAI and X, which were merged in April, the report said.

4 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

xAI hires former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as CFO

4 months / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

Musk Picks Morgan Stanley Vet As xAI CFO

5 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Elon Musk names former Morgan Stanley banker as new xAI CFO - Financial Times

5 months / google

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