Tech

Meta says it is investing $1.5B+ to set up a 1 GW data center in El Paso, Texas, and expects it come online in 2028 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-16 Texas

Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow (blog.google)
2025-10-16 Google AI

Japan Asks OpenAI To Stop Sora 2 From Infringing on 'Irreplaceable Treasures' Anime and Manga (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2025-10-16 Japan

MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor, which aims to make vertical gallium nitride transistors for AI data centers, raised an $11M seed led by Playground Global (siliconangle.com)
2025-10-16 AI

Meta adds group chats to Threads, allowing users to add up to 50 people who follow their Threads account, rolling out globally, excluding the UK and Australia (www.theverge.com)
2025-10-16 Australia

Apple's Tim Cook Promises To Boost China Investment (apple.slashdot.org)
2025-10-16 China Apple Tim Cook

US News Outlets Refuse To Sign New Pentagon Rules To Report Only Official Information (news.slashdot.org)
2025-10-16 Pentagon

Apple's New MacBook Pro Delivers 24-Hour Battery Life and Faster AI Processing (apple.slashdot.org)
2025-10-16 AI Apple MacBook Battery

US cybersecurity company F5 discloses a cyberattack in August by suspected nation-state hackers that stole undisclosed BIG-IP vulnerabilities and source code (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-10-16

AppLovin shut down Array last quarter, calling it “a test product” that wasn't “economically viable”, after allegations it led to unwanted Android app installs (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-16 Android

Spotify's deal to bring video podcasts to Netflix prevents shows from airing in full on YouTube; Netflix won't run ads, but Spotify's integrated ads will remain (www.nytimes.com)
2025-10-16 YouTube Netflix Spotify

Apple to start selling Vision Pro-compatible PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for $250 on November 11 and the $130 Logitech Muse digital pen on October 22 (9to5mac.com)
2025-10-16 VR Apple

Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores (www.apple.com)
2025-10-16 Apple

A survey of 28K+ adults in 25 countries on AI: 81% have heard a lot or a little, 34% are more concerned than excited, and 42% are equally concerned and excited (www.pewresearch.org)
2025-10-16 AI

Nvidia and AI coding startup Poolside plan a 500-acre data center on a Texas ranch powered by natural gas; sources: Poolside is raising $2B at a $14B valuation (www.wsj.com)
2025-10-16 Startup AI Nvidia Texas

ROG Xbox Ally X review: great performance and grips, silent cooling, good 120Hz display, and USB-C, but Windows optimization isn't great and poor battery life (www.windowscentral.com)
2025-10-16 Battery Xbox

Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, enabling 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores (www.macrumors.com)
2025-10-16 Apple

ROG Xbox Ally review: great grips, good speakers, and Windows is easier to control with joysticks, but worse performance than the Steam Deck and unintuitive UI (www.theverge.com)
2025-10-16 Xbox

Apple updates the iPad Pro with an M5 chip, its new C1X cellular modem, and N1 chip, for $999+ for the 11-inch and $1,299+ for the 13-inch, shipping October 22 (www.theverge.com)
2025-10-16 Apple iPad

Apple updates the Vision Pro with an M5 chip, rendering 10% more pixels, and a Dual Knit Band for a more comfortable fit, available on October 22 for $3,499+ (www.apple.com)
2025-10-16 Apple

Apple unveils a 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip, up to 3.5x more performance for AI workflows, and faster storage, for the same $1,599+, shipping October 22 (www.apple.com)
2025-10-16 AI Apple MacBook

China's Industry Ministry says Tim Cook pledged to boost Apple's investment in China during a visit, but offers few details, as the US and China clash on trade (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-15 China Apple Tim Cook

An investment consortium including BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, and Microsoft plans to acquire Texas-based Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie in a $40B deal (t.co)
2025-10-15 Microsoft Nvidia Texas

FSF Announces the LibrePhone Project (news.slashdot.org)
2025-10-15

US DHS: Chinese criminal organizations made $1B+ in the past three years via scam texts; Proofpoint: last month, a record 330K US toll-scam texts were reported (www.wsj.com)
2025-10-15 China

An internal Google email said it received many complaints over Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled the ads could remain online (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-10-15 Israel Google YouTube

ASML CFO Roger Dassen says the company is “well prepared” for China's curbs on exports of rare earths; a source says ASML could face weeks-long shipment delays (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-15 China

The Dutch seizing Nexperia from Wingtech is a landmark moment, showing it made a mistake allowing its sale and how ensnared the EU is in the US-China tech war (t.co)
2025-10-15 China Netherlands

Sources: Apple is lobbying India to modify its income tax law to ensure Apple is not taxed for owning high-end iPhone machinery it provides to its manufacturers (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-15 India Tax iPhone Apple

UK startup Nscale signs an up to $14B deal with Microsoft to deploy ~104K Nvidia GB300 chips for Microsoft in Texas within 18 months and 12,600 GPUs in Portugal (t.co)
2025-10-15 Microsoft Startup Nvidia Texas Portugal

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