Check out this tech news: Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year... https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/11/0238213/microsofts-onedrive-begins-testing-face-recognizing-ai-for-photos-for-some-preview-users
Check out this tech news: Apple M5 chip... https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unleashes-m5-the-next-big-leap-in-ai-performance-for-apple-silicon/
Check out this tech news: Defunct electric aircraft startup Lilium’s tech lives on over at Archer... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/defunct-electric-aircraft-startup-liliums-tech-lives-on-over-at-archer/
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:08:00 +0000 | ID: 6ff1546e57bc
| Engagement: [52.5/100] 📰 Standard
| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🚀 Startup
🤖 AI Summary:
Where training sets were once scraped freely from the web or collected from low-paid annotators, companies are looking to proprietary training data as a competitive advantage.
Check out this tech news: Why AI startups are taking data into their own hands... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/why-ai-startups-are-taking-data-into-their-own-hands/
Check out this tech news: Apple TV and Peacock bundle starts at $15/month, available on Oct. 20... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/apple-tv-gets-rare-discount-in-peacock-streaming-bundle/
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:23:07 +0000 | ID: a5ccf6e58278
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| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml
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Kayak is bringing AI directly to its main platform with a new “AI Mode” that lets travelers research, plan, and book trips through a built-in chatbot.
Check out this tech news: Kayak launches an ‘AI Mode’ for travel questions, search, and bookings... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/kayak-launches-an-ai-mode-for-travel-questions-search-and-bookings/
Check out this tech news: Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains... https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/hackers-bullet-proof-hosts-deliver-malware-from-blockchains/
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:50:50 +0000 | ID: 52aedad288d9
| Engagement: [48.5/100] 📰 Standard
| Topics: ☁️ Cloud
🤖 AI Summary:
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.
Check out this tech news: EFF, unions sue Trump administration over alleged mass social media surveillance of legal residents... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/eff-unions-sue-trump-administration-over-alleged-mass-social-media-surveillance-of-legal-residents/
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:15:22 +0000 | ID: abfd7da37b5c
| Engagement: [47.5/100] 📰 Standard
| Topics: 🏢 Big Tech
🤖 AI Summary:
Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to log into the apps and will be automatically redirected to the Facebook website to access Messenger.
Check out this tech news: Meta to shut down Messenger desktop apps for Mac and Windows... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/meta-to-shut-down-messenger-desktop-apps-for-mac-and-windows/
🤖 AI Summary:
Research paper by Dominick Reilly, Manish Kumar Govind, Le Xue et al.. Large Vision-Language Models (VLMs) excel at general visual reasoning tasks but exhibit sharp performance degradation when applie...
Check out this tech news: Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amazons-ring-to-partner-with-flock-a-network-of-ai-cameras-used-by-ice-feds-and-police/
Check out this tech news: RFK Jr.’s MAHA wants to make chemtrail conspiracy theories great again... https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/rfk-jr-s-maha-wants-to-make-chemtrail-conspiracy-theories-great-again/
Check out this tech news: AI-powered features begin creeping deeper into the bedrock of Windows 11... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/microsofts-vision-for-ai-pcs-looks-a-lot-like-another-crack-at-cortana/
Check out this tech news: Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in.... https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/ars-live-recap-is-the-ai-bubble-about-to-pop-ed-zitron-weighs-in/
Check out this tech news: VC legend Ron Conway quits Salesforce Foundation after Benioff’s National Guard comments... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/vc-legend-ron-conway-quits-salesforce-foundation-after-benioffs-national-guard-comments/
Check out this tech news: Waymo dips its wheels back into delivery, this time with DoorDash... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/waymo-dips-its-wheels-back-into-delivery-this-time-with-doordash/
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-16T20:46:04-04:00 | ID: 587ef84ca201
| Engagement: [44.5/100] 📰 Standard
| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🔧 Hardware
🤖 AI Summary:
Apple just announced 14-inch MacBook Pro updates that add a new generation M5 processor, faster storage, and a promise of 24-hour battery life, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now reports next year’s refr...
Check out this tech news: MacBook Pro rumor points to OLED, touchscreen upgrades next year... https://www.theverge.com/news/801363/apple-macbook-pro-2026-rumor-oled-touchscreen
🤖 AI Summary:
Research paper by Sihui Ji, Xi Chen, Xin Tao et al.. Video generation models nowadays are capable of generating visually realistic videos, but often fail to adhere to physical laws, limiting their abi...
Check out this tech news: PhysMaster: Mastering Physical Representation for Video Generation via Reinforcement Learning... http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13809v1
Check out this tech news: Open source GZDoom community splinters after creator inserts AI-generated code... https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/10/civil-war-gzdoom-fan-developers-split-off-over-use-of-chatgpt-generated-code/
Check out this tech news: OnePlus unveils OxygenOS 16 update with deep Gemini integration... https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/10/oneplus-unveils-oxygenos-16-update-with-deep-gemini-integration/
Check out this tech news: Sony tells SCOTUS that people accused of piracy aren’t “innocent grandmothers”... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/sony-tells-scotus-that-people-accused-of-piracy-arent-innocent-grandmothers/
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-16T17:24:52-04:00 | ID: 5a8fbdfe98f2
| Engagement: [40.5/100] 📰 Standard
| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml
🤖 AI Summary:
On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation banning the use of price-fixing software by landlords to set rental rates. New York is the first state to outlaw algorithmic pricing...
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-16T16:27:03-04:00 | ID: c5c93e2aa342
| Engagement: [40.5/100] 📰 Standard
| Topics: 📱 Mobile, 🏢 Big Tech
🤖 AI Summary:
Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where they’re supposed to be, keys never go missing, and remotes never slip between the couch cushions. And then there’s the rest of us — the...
🤖 AI Summary:
Hey! I'm Sean Hollister, and I've been The Verge's unofficial handheld gaming PC reviewer since 2022, when the Steam Deck and kin took over my life. (I also helped launch this website back in the day!...
Check out this tech news: I just reviewed the Xbox Ally and answered your burning questions... https://www.theverge.com/games/800212/i-just-reviewed-the-xbox-ally-ask-me-anything
🤖 AI Summary:
The Trump administration’s heightened monitoring of immigrants’ social media accounts seeking grounds to revoke their visas stifles the speech rights of both noncitizens and citizens alike, the Electr...
Check out this tech news: Unions are trying to stop Trump from kicking out immigrants over social media posts... https://www.theverge.com/policy/801110/eff-catch-and-revoke-visa-social-media-surveillance-lawsuit
🤖 AI Summary:
Judge Sara L. Ellis of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said during a hearing Thursday morning that she would require ICE agents in Chicago engaged in “Operation Midway...
Check out this tech news: Judge orders immigration agents in Chicago to use body cams... https://www.theverge.com/news/801112/judge-orders-chicago-ice-agents-use-body-cams
🤖 AI Summary:
Amazon shared some new details about its plans to help deploy more nuclear energy across Washington State, where the company is headquartered. About a year ago, Amazon announced an agreement with Ener...
Check out this tech news: Amazon shares a ‘first look’ at new nuclear facility... https://www.theverge.com/news/801257/amazon-nuclear-energy-reactor-first-look
🤖 AI Summary:
Research paper by Xinchen Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Youbin Wu et al.. We introduce Generative Universal Verifier, a novel concept and plugin designed for next-generation multimodal reasoning in vision-la...
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Research paper by Xinhang Liu, Yuxi Xiao, Donny Y. Chen et al.. Effective spatio-temporal representation is fundamental to modeling, understanding, and predicting dynamics in videos. The atomic unit o...
Check out this tech news: API design principle: Don't tempt people to divide by zero... https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251013-00/?p=111677
🤖 AI Summary:
If you want a great laptop, you’re going to have to fork over a ton of money, right? Not necessarily. There are dozens of good laptops on the market at various price points. However, it can feel overw...
Check out this tech news: The best laptop deals you can get right now... https://www.theverge.com/good-deals/23161948/apple-macbook-lenovo-acer-deal-sale
Check out this tech news: No One Wants A $100 GTA 6, Analysts Say... https://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-one-wants-a-100-gta-6-analysts-say/1100-6535494/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f
🤖 AI Summary:
I have a masters (research) in AI. I have been looking for research inclined roles but haven't found success yet. I land some interview now and then but haven't gone past the 3rd round yet. Any tips o...
Check out this tech news: [D] ML interviewers, what do you wnat to hear during an interview?... https://reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1o7d963/d_ml_interviewers_what_do_you_wnat_to_hear_during/
Check out this tech news: One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure... https://www.wired.com/story/scott-leiendecker-dominion-liberty-votes/