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I'm a professional photographer who wanted to see which phone takes better photos. Let the fun begin. from CNET https://ift.tt/V4zTrd9

Cognition : Cognition releases SWE-1.5, a new coding model in Windsurf, saying it partnered with Cerebras to serve SWE-1.5 at speeds up to 13x faster than Claude Sonnet 4.5   —  Today we're releasing SWE-1.5, the latest in our family of models optimized for software engineering. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/jSxpkGc

Maximilian Henning / Euractiv : The ICC plans to switch from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, amid concerns about public bodies' reliance on US tech companies   —  The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software from Techmeme https://ift.tt/mlZo5Tu

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes : Sources: Synthesia, which helps companies generate videos with AI avatars, raised $200M led by GV at a $4B valuation, up from a $2.1B valuation in January   —  Alphabet's venture firm GV is leading the round, which nearly doubles Synthesia's valuation, per three sources. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KTJxNCy

Vibe coding makes creating something from basically nothing incredibly easy, even if it doesn't always get it right. from CNET https://ift.tt/OlInJb0

Iain Martin / Forbes : Sources: legal AI startup Harvey raised $150M led by a16z at an $8B valuation, up from a $5B valuation in June, bringing its total raised to over $1B   —  The San Francisco-based startup that provides artificial intelligence tools for lawyers has raised a new round of funding, its third in 2025 alone … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ZhHKw4V

Bloomberg : Sources: Polymarket plans to return to the US with a focus on sports betting; initial trading is likely by the end of November, but won't be broadly available   —  Prediction market Polymarket is preparing to return to the US in the coming weeks with a focus on sports betting, according to people familiar with the matter. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Hz51AX3

A fresh design, a Gemini-powered health coach that adapts to your progress and smarter weekly insights signal Google's push to turn Fitbit into a truly personal wellness companion. from CNET https://ift.tt/kbtBvup

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times : Internal memo: Meta's head of AI product Nat Friedman says Vishal Shah, who previously led the metaverse unit, is joining his team to lead AI product management   —  Vishal Shah takes on key role after Meta AI video service Vibes overshadowed by OpenAI's Sora from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Mz4G7an

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump and Xi will “consummate” a TikTok deal on Thursday in South Korea, confirming a final US-China agreement on the sale   —  The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/f0b6QcE

These are the latest SHiFT codes that unlock epic loot and cosmetics in Borderlands 4, but you must act quickly. from CNET https://ift.tt/nJegFrR

Green Bay and Pittsburgh finish up the NFL's Sunday slate, and you don't need cable to watch on NBC or stream on Peacock. from CNET https://ift.tt/vNMY7mJ

Nilay Patel / The Verge : Q&A with Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz on the patient scheduling platform's telehealth expansion, its policy of not providing medical advice through AI, and more   —  Today's Decoder episode is a special one: I'm talking to Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz, and we chatted live onstage at the TechFutures conference here in New York City. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KJ3PFQf

The right nutrition can help you fuel your fitness goals faster. from CNET https://ift.tt/f7DJ1bX

Aigerim Turgunbaeva / Reuters : Kyrgyzstan launches a national stablecoin and a CBDC in partnership with Binance; CZ says a national cryptocurrency reserve includes Binance's BNB token   —  Kyrgyzstan has launched a national stablecoin and a central bank digital currency in partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Binance, President Sadyr Japarov said on Saturday. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ldk6S7T

Alex Scott / Chemical & Engineering News : Glasgow-based Chemify, which combines AI with robotics and chemistry to rapidly make novel molecules for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $50M Series B   —  Scottish firm will use the cash to advance its AI platform and robotics system to rapidly make novel molecules from Techmeme https://ift.tt/uR9o2tC

Face it, your old PC from 2008 is not going to make it to 2026. Here's how to give it a proper burial. from CNET https://ift.tt/qBUvE34

Jay Peters / The Verge : Netflix shuts down Boss Fight Entertainment, the game studio behind mobile game Squid Game: Unleashed, after acquiring it in March 2022   —  More than three years after acquiring Boss Fight Entertainment, Netflix is closing it. … Netflix acquired Boss Fight in March 2022 … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ptF5lTA

These tools will mean more Twitch streamers will fill your TikTok feeds. from CNET https://ift.tt/XhroBy3

Jay Peters / The Verge : PUBG maker Krafton unveils an “AI First” strategy, investing ~$70M to build a GPU cluster to automate AI workflows and strengthen AI R&D and in-game AI services   —  It's planning to spend nearly $70 million on a GPU cluster to support its efforts. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Ivw45ij

Grandparents are simply the best, always loving us unconditionally. When the holidays come around, it’s only right to give some of that love back. Here are our favorite gifts for grandparents, carefully vetted by CNET experts. from CNET https://ift.tt/HeB5oV7

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Apple removes controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for failing to meet requirements around content moderation and user privacy   —  Controversial dating safety apps, Tea and Tea on Her, have been pulled from the Apple App Store. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5MP3sOG

Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar : Apple Vision Pro M5 review: everything looks sharper, especially virtual desktop mode, and the Dual Knit band is comfortable, but the headset still costs $3,500   —  New Apple silicon and a new headband level up the experience  —  TechRadar Verdict … Why you can trust TechRadar … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xeW7t4K

Bright, fast meteors are lighting up the sky this week. from CNET https://www.cnet.com/science/space/orionids-meteor-shower-the-dazzling-light-show-peaks-over-the-next-day/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Matt Durot / Forbes : An interview with Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz, who expects a 2025 profit of $170M to $200M, about the company's $300M round that pushed its valuation above Rippling's   —  HR software rivals have accused each other of corporate espionage in lawsuits filed earlier this year. from Techmeme http://www.techmeme.com/251020/p25#a251020p25

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 20, No. 596. from CNET https://ift.tt/7FpwTb8

Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for Oct. 20, No. 1,584. from CNET https://ift.tt/gr2DYeU

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : OpenAI's Broadcom deal shows how the AI startup is diversifying its chip suppliers, including Nvidia chips for training and Broadcom chips for inference   —  The maker of ChatGPT and Sora wants to control its destiny, which means controlling the hardware that runs its software from Techmeme https://ift.tt/i78lzwM

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 19, No. 595. from CNET https://ift.tt/pDw1uQ9

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg : Shares of bitcoin mining companies pivoting to AI and HPC infrastructure have soared in 2025, with a fund tracking mining firms up 150% year-to-date   —  Shares of the large-scale computing outfits that make Bitcoin work are once again outperforming the original cryptocurrency … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TMyPJ0Z

With health care access declining, many turn to social media for health advice. But what happens when that advice is misleading or dangerous? from CNET https://ift.tt/CWAb89i

The modular Crispi Pro offers expanded cooking modes and more capacity than its predecessor. from CNET https://ift.tt/InvZSsV

Bloomberg : Sources: Revolut is nearing the completion of a $3B fundraising round that values the company at $75B, up from $45B in a 2024 secondary share sale   —  Revolut Ltd. and its backers are nearing the end of a $3 billion fundraising spree that values the London-based fintech behemoth at $75 billion. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/1FrTXw2

I reviewed four TVs head-to-head — Samsung, Roku, Hisense and Amazon — to find one absolute stunner. from CNET https://ift.tt/xLWHdBC

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Apple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99 per month, a 30% discount over the individual subscriptions   —  In addition to getting both services at a discount of more than 30 percent, Apple TV will add select Peacock programming, while Peacock will get selected Apple TV shows. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/z9cGUPy

Take a stand in favor of your mental and physical health and try out one of these best standing desks for your office. from CNET https://ift.tt/4z6GwUE

Bloomberg : Sources: Anthropic held early funding talks this month with Abu Dhabi-based MGX, which it considers a prior investor, after closing a $13B Series F in September   —  Anthropic recently held early funding talks with Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX, barely a month after the OpenAI rival closed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/i2L6gjF

Brody Ford / Bloomberg : Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year by using AI tools in its customer service operations   —  Salesforce Inc. said it's saving about $100 million a year by using artificial intelligence tools in the software company's customer service operations. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/HXSZBPz

Greg Otto / CyberScoop : Managed security services provider LevelBlue to acquire cybersecurity firm Cybereason, which raised $850M in total funding and undergone multiple restructurings   —  For Cybereason, the acquisition bookends a turbulent seven-year period that saw the company swing from near-IPO status … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OpZcgFx

Hugh Son / CNBC : JPMorgan Chase launches a decade-long plan to invest $10B in industries critical for national security, including “frontier” tech like AI and quantum computing   —  JPMorgan Chase on Monday said it is launching a decade-long plan to help finance and take direct stakes in companies it considers crucial to U.S. interests. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/I6YteR1

Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy : Andrej Karpathy unveils nanochat, a full-stack training and inference implementation of an LLM in a single, dependency-minimal codebase   —  Excited to release new repo: nanochat! (it's among the most unhinged I've written). Unlike my earlier similar repo nanoGPT which only covered pretraining, nanochat is a minimal, from scratch, full-stack training/inference pipeline of a simple ChatGPT clone in a single, [image] from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ruPfA9Y

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 13, No. 589. from CNET https://ift.tt/f3Ey107

Fortune : AI has sparked a new wave of competition in the browser market, as agentic AI browsers like Perplexity's Comet and others compete with Gemini-enhanced Chrome   —  The early days of the internet saw intense competition between graphical web browsers: Netscape Navigator faced off against Microsoft's Internet Explorer. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/pSV0Brn

Try Hereditary, Companion or A Nightmare on Elm Street. from CNET https://ift.tt/CGMbvPU

Derek Thompson : How modern media consumption is converging toward a continuous flow of episodic video, across streaming providers, podcasts, and social media apps   —  A theory of culture and attention  —  A spooky convergence is happening in media.  Everything that is not already television is turning into television. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/dwNe9xp