Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab: Six OpenAI veterans launch Tinker with $2B seed, $12B valuation

Robert Brown / implicator - Six OpenAI veterans including Mira Murati raised $2B at a $12B valuation to build Tinker, an API that democratizes frontier model fine-tuning. The bet: customization matters more than scale. The tension: access is curated, not open.

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US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew

Brandon Vigliarolo / theregister - The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex Social Security CISO tells The Register The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and leaving cybersecurity operations to run on sk…

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M5 iPad Pro, MacBook, and Vision Pro Appear in Leaked Documents

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Leaked videos and FCC filings show Apple is preparing new M5 iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro models with performance upgrades.The post M5 iPad Pro, MacBook, and Vision Pro Appear in Leaked Documents first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service now works with a handful of apps

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - T-Mobile just announced that its T-Satellite with Starlink service now integrates with several apps. These include AllTrails, AccuWeather, X, WhatsApp and several others. Certain native apps also now integrate with the service, like Google Messages, Apple…

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Satya Nadella Hands Over Some Duties to Focus on Engineering

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Going forward, Satya Nadella will focus on Microsoft’s “highest ambition technical work.”The post Satya Nadella Hands Over Some Duties to Focus on Engineering appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Microsoft starts the official rollout of Windows 11 25H2

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - We have known that the day was coming, and now it has arrived. Smack in the middle of H2, Microsoft has finally made Windows 11 25H2 available – for what it is worth. While preview builds of Windows 11 25H2 have been available to Windows Insiders for a wh…

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OpenAI ropes in Samsung, SK Hynix to source memory chips for Stargate

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - OpenAI has struck agreements with two of the world's biggest manufacturers of memory chips, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to make DRAM wafers for the Stargate AI infrastructure project, and build data centers in South Korea.

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Qualcomm scores big win over Arm in contentious lawsuit — U.S. court rejects Arm’s lawsuit, confirms Qualcomm’s can use Oryon cores acquired via Nuvia

tomshardware - The ruling builds on Qualcomm’s 2024 trial win, rejecting Arm’s attempt to force destruction of Oryon CPU designs.

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Oura Ring 4 gets new ceramic options and a charging case

Daniel Cooper / engadget - Oura’s fourth-generation smart ring has been on the market for around a year, but the company is still looking to broaden its appeal. Today, Oura is launching a version of the Ring 4 clad in Zirconia Ceramic, offering a combination of durability and eye-c…

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Peloton Is Having Its Biggest Hardware Launch in Years

Adrienne So / wired - The company upgrades its entire hardware line and launches a new AI-powered cross training service.

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Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name

Iain Thomson / theregister - Yep, we're sure that will win folks over Microsoft is testing talking avatars for Copilot to see if users feel more at ease chatting with a face instead of just a text box. Our US Editor tried them out, only to find the digital stare was more creepy than …

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Windows 11 2025 Update (25H2) is now available, Here's what's new

Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - Today, Microsoft announced the release of Windows 11 25H2, also known as Windows 11 2025 Update. [...]

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Amazon unveils a new Fire TV lineup, including the $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Select

engadget - It's hard to muster much excitement for Amazon's Fire TV hardware these days — the company's main goal has been to offer cheap TVs and set top boxes for mainstream consumers who haven't been swayed by more compelling offerings from Roku, Apple and Google.…

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DoorDash introduces a cute delivery robot named Dot

Mariella Moon / engadget - At the Dash Forward keynote, DoorDash has unveiled a cute electric delivery robot named Dot that was designed specifically for quick neighborhood trips. Dot is around one-tenth the size of a car, can move up to 20 mph and can navigate not just roads, but …

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Nothing launches AI tool for building mini apps using prompts

Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Nothing on Monday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to a platform of sorts known as Essential Apps.

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