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Breaking21
New Mexico Hits Meta With $25bnMeta has been ordered by a New Mexico judge to pay $25 billion after a trial over what the court described as years of lies about how Facebook user data was handled and shared. The company says it will appeal.
Breaking22
Blacksmith Hits $1 Billion FastSequoia led a $66 million round as the software-testing startup said AI code is straining CI.
Breaking23
Huang’s Europe Pitch Comes in a BoxJensen Huang used a Berlin conference to tell Europe its AI economy is “starting” and “accelerating,” while pitching Nvidia’s answer to a problem he plainly thinks still exists: not enough computing capacity.
Breaking24
Solana’s Alpenglow switch is set to move validator votes off-chainSolana is set to switch on its Alpenglow upgrade on Wednesday, a network overhaul that could cut transaction finality from about six seconds to 150 milliseconds if it performs as advertised on mainnet.
Breaking25
Witkoff Carries Oslo Terms to PutinAfter talks in Oslo, the US envoy is due in St Petersburg for a meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Breaking26
Gambia Receives $2.5m From Sale of Jammeh’s US Mansion for ReparationsThe Gambia’s Reparations Commission says it has received just over $2.5m from the sale of former president Yahya Jammeh’s mansion in Potomac, Maryland, with the money deposited into the central bank account reserved for reparations.
Breaking27
Musk Floats a Tesla-SpaceX Tie-UpSpecial committees at both companies are reviewing a deal Musk said has “a lot of merit.”
Breaking28
CFTC Puts AI Traders on the DocketA U.S. derivatives regulator set an Oct. 28 forum on AI, trading, and how software agents fit its rules.
Breaking29
OpenAI Buys Its Biotech ClerkOpenAI said it has acquired Orchestra Bio, a four-year-old startup that builds AI agents for the operational side of drug discovery, folding the company into its Rosalind life sciences effort. The price was not disclosed.
Breaking30
GM to Close Brownstown Battery Plant as Lease Nears EndGeneral Motors is closing the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant south of Detroit, with the company saying the move is driven by the site’s lease nearing its end rather than by any change in its electric-vehicle strategy.
Breaking31
Google Takes PyTorch to TPUGoogle released TorchTPU as open source, aiming to run PyTorch apps on its TPUs with minimal changes.
Breaking32
Muse Finds Downloads FastSensor Tower estimates 10.2 million U.S. installs since Meta launched the app in September.
Breaking33
Britain sends jets into Saudi skiesThe UK says RAF Typhoons will defend Saudi cities and infrastructure from Houthi attacks.
Breaking34
Google Cloud Power Event Disrupts UK Banks and Court HearingsA Google Cloud outage in the UK disrupted banking services and remote court hearings on Tuesday, after what the company described as a “power event” at its London-based cloud operations.
Breaking35
Healey resists a capital gains riseThe chancellor is reported to have rejected pressure from Labour figures before the Budget.
Breaking36
Alberta Votes Down the ExitCBC projected about 76% backed staying in Canada in a vote on opening a path to separation.
Breaking37
Zelenskyy Says Patriots Are WaitingThe Ukrainian president said interceptor missiles are ready but US approval is still missing.
Breaking38
Flipkart Tests a Run at DinnerTechCrunch reports Flipkart has expanded an internal food-delivery trial in Bengaluru.
Breaking39
Anthropic May Double Down on NscaleBloomberg reported the companies are in talks for a second $45 billion compute agreement.
Breaking40
Amazon Tries to Pry Open PyTorchAWS says TorchNeuron can run PyTorch AI workloads on Trainium with one config change.
Breaking22
Blacksmith Hits $1 Billion FastSequoia led a $66 million round as the software-testing startup said AI code is straining CI.
Breaking23
Huang’s Europe Pitch Comes in a BoxJensen Huang used a Berlin conference to tell Europe its AI economy is “starting” and “accelerating,” while pitching Nvidia’s answer to a problem he plainly thinks still exists: not enough computing capacity.
Breaking24
Solana’s Alpenglow switch is set to move validator votes off-chainSolana is set to switch on its Alpenglow upgrade on Wednesday, a network overhaul that could cut transaction finality from about six seconds to 150 milliseconds if it performs as advertised on mainnet.
Breaking25
Witkoff Carries Oslo Terms to PutinAfter talks in Oslo, the US envoy is due in St Petersburg for a meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Breaking26
Gambia Receives $2.5m From Sale of Jammeh’s US Mansion for ReparationsThe Gambia’s Reparations Commission says it has received just over $2.5m from the sale of former president Yahya Jammeh’s mansion in Potomac, Maryland, with the money deposited into the central bank account reserved for reparations.
Breaking27
Musk Floats a Tesla-SpaceX Tie-UpSpecial committees at both companies are reviewing a deal Musk said has “a lot of merit.”
Breaking28
CFTC Puts AI Traders on the DocketA U.S. derivatives regulator set an Oct. 28 forum on AI, trading, and how software agents fit its rules.
Breaking29
OpenAI Buys Its Biotech ClerkOpenAI said it has acquired Orchestra Bio, a four-year-old startup that builds AI agents for the operational side of drug discovery, folding the company into its Rosalind life sciences effort. The price was not disclosed.
Breaking30
GM to Close Brownstown Battery Plant as Lease Nears EndGeneral Motors is closing the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant south of Detroit, with the company saying the move is driven by the site’s lease nearing its end rather than by any change in its electric-vehicle strategy.
Breaking31
Google Takes PyTorch to TPUGoogle released TorchTPU as open source, aiming to run PyTorch apps on its TPUs with minimal changes.
Breaking32
Muse Finds Downloads FastSensor Tower estimates 10.2 million U.S. installs since Meta launched the app in September.
Breaking33
Britain sends jets into Saudi skiesThe UK says RAF Typhoons will defend Saudi cities and infrastructure from Houthi attacks.
Breaking34
Google Cloud Power Event Disrupts UK Banks and Court HearingsA Google Cloud outage in the UK disrupted banking services and remote court hearings on Tuesday, after what the company described as a “power event” at its London-based cloud operations.
Breaking35
Healey resists a capital gains riseThe chancellor is reported to have rejected pressure from Labour figures before the Budget.
Breaking36
Alberta Votes Down the ExitCBC projected about 76% backed staying in Canada in a vote on opening a path to separation.
Breaking37
Zelenskyy Says Patriots Are WaitingThe Ukrainian president said interceptor missiles are ready but US approval is still missing.
Breaking38
Flipkart Tests a Run at DinnerTechCrunch reports Flipkart has expanded an internal food-delivery trial in Bengaluru.
Breaking39
Anthropic May Double Down on NscaleBloomberg reported the companies are in talks for a second $45 billion compute agreement.
Breaking40
Amazon Tries to Pry Open PyTorchAWS says TorchNeuron can run PyTorch AI workloads on Trainium with one config change.