Tech

Anthropic's System Card: Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to recognize many alignment evaluation environments as tests and would modify its behavior accordingly (www.transformernews.ai)
2025-10-1

The White House withdraws Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the CFTC; the Winklevoss twins pressured Trump in July to reconsider his nomination (www.politico.com)
2025-10-1 Trump CFTC

OpenAI says Sora has guardrails intended to block depictions of public figures and to ensure that a user's likeness is used only with their consent, via cameos (www.theverge.com)
2025-10-1

US chipmaker Wolfspeed's shares close up 29.41% after the company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and achieved its goal of reducing overall debt by ~70% (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-1

Taiwan's vice premier, who is leading US negotiations, says Taiwan would not agree to a 50-50 split in chip production, adding no such condition was discussed (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-1 Taiwan

Fermi, a data center real estate investment trust co-founded by former US Energy Secretary Rick Perry, raised $682.5M in its US IPO, valuing Fermi at $12.46B (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-1 IPO Energy

Interviews with 50+ people detail how the Trump administration seized control of Biden's $7.4B Natcast chips initiative, a move that many consider shortsighted (www.politico.com)
2025-10-1 Trump

Assort Health, which is developing voice AI agents for healthcare, raised a $76M Series B led by Lightspeed, bringing its total funding to $102M (fortune.com)
2025-10-1 AI

A California jury finds Uber not liable for a woman's alleged sexual assault by her driver, in the first trial out of 500+ consolidated lawsuits in the state (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-1 Uber California

Source: Meta is acquiring AI chip startup Rivos, as it seeks to reduce reliance on Nvidia; Rivos was reportedly seeking new funding at a $2B valuation in August (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-1 Startup AI Nvidia

What Researchers Suspect May Be Fueling Cancer Among Millennials (science.slashdot.org)
2025-10-1

A Russian YouTuber posts an unboxing of the alleged M5 iPad Pro, which looks identical to the M4 model; the same YouTuber leaked the M4 MacBook Pro in 2024 (9to5mac.com)
2025-10-1 Russia MacBook YouTuber iPad

Imgur blocks UK access after the ICO notified it of a possible fine over its handling of kids' data; the ICO calls Imgur's move a “commercial decision” (techcrunch.com)
2025-10-1 ICO

Boeing Has Started Working on a 737 MAX Replacement (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-10-1 Boeing

Kindle Scribe Redesign Adds Color Model and AI-powered Notebook Features (news.slashdot.org)
2025-10-1 AI

Vercel, which offers cloud tools to make web and AI apps, raised $300M led by Accel and Singapore's GIC at a $9.3B valuation and considers a ~$300M tender offer (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-1 AI Singapore

Amazon launches new Fire TVs and a $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Select with a new OS called Vega and built in Alexa+ (www.tomsguide.com)
2025-10-1 Amazon

Amazon unveils the $220 Echo Studio, its high-end speaker for audiophiles, 8" and 11" Echo Show for $180 and $220, and the $100 Echo Dot Max, all with Alexa+ (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-1 Amazon

Google launches a new AI ransomware detection feature for Drive on desktop, trained on millions of real victim files encrypted by various ransomware strains (www.wired.com)
2025-10-1 Google AI

Amazon updates the Kindle Scribe, including a $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft with a larger 11-inch E Ink display, lower weight at 400g, and a 5.4mm thin body (www.theverge.com)
2025-10-1 Amazon

An interview with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who returned to the company in April, on why he “backs the blue”, how Ring is fighting crime, Amazon, and more (www.cnbc.com)
2025-10-1 Amazon Interview

Amazon's Ring unveils the $200 Outdoor Cam Pro, $250 Spotlight Cam Pro, $280 Floodlight Cam Pro with Retinal Vision, a Search Party tool to find pets, and more (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-1 Amazon

Apple-owned Beats announces the $200 Powerbeats Fit, with a redesigned wingtip, IPX4 rating for the case, ANC, and Apple's H1 chip, available October 2 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-1 Apple

'America's Elite Universities Have Lost Their Way' (news.slashdot.org)
2025-10-1 U.S.

A live blog of Amazon's fall 2025 hardware event in New York City, where new Kindles, Echos, possibly a TV, and Alexa updates are expected (www.theverge.com)
2025-10-1 Amazon New York

Swift To Build a Global Financial Blockchain (news.slashdot.org)
2025-9-30 Blockchain

Google updates AI Mode to make searching through images using vague descriptions easier and says the tool will “provide a relevant set of shoppable options” (www.theverge.com)
2025-9-30 Google AI

Analysis: US wholesale electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did in 2020 in areas located near significant data center activity (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-30

DoorDash unveils delivery robot Dot, standing 4-foot, 6-inches tall and able to carry up to 30lb of cargo at up to 20mph, and a smart scale for restaurants (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-30 Robot

Anthropic now requires users to accept new privacy terms by October 8, including choosing whether new chats and coding sessions can be used to train AI models (www.wired.com)
2025-9-30 AI

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