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/
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:08:00 +0000 | ID: 6ff1546e57bc
| Engagement: [52.5/100] π° Standard
| Topics: π€ Ai Ml, π Startup
π€ 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: OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr.... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/openai-pauses-sora-video-generations-of-martin-luther-king-jr/
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:18:03 +0000 | ID: f04c52bd1c43
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| Topics: π€ Ai Ml
π€ AI Summary:
Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now availab...
Check out this tech news: Reddit expands its AI-powered search to five new languages... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/reddit-expands-its-ai-powered-search-to-five-new-languages/
Check out this tech news: Defunct electric aircraft startup Liliumβs tech lives on over at Archer... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/defunct-electric-aircraft-startup-liliums-tech-lives-on-over-at-archer/
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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π€ AI Summary:
Kayak is bringing AI directly to its main platform with a new βAI Modeβ that lets travelers research, plan, and book trips through a built-in chatbot.
Check out this tech news: Kayak launches an βAI Modeβ 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 βbulletproofβ blockchains... https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/hackers-bullet-proof-hosts-deliver-malware-from-blockchains/
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-16T20:46:04-04:00 | ID: 587ef84ca201
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| Topics: π€ Ai Ml, π§ Hardware
π€ 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 Bloombergβs Mark Gurman now reports next yearβs 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
Source: TechCrunch | Published: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:50:50 +0000 | ID: 52aedad288d9
| Engagement: [43.5/100] π° Standard
| Topics: βοΈ Cloud
π€ 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/
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/
π€ AI Summary:
Research paper by Haiwen Diao, Mingxuan Li, Silei Wu et al.. The edifice of native Vision-Language Models (VLMs) has emerged as a rising contender to typical modular VLMs, shaped by evolving model arc...
π€ AI Summary:
Research paper by Nupur Kumari, Sheng-Yu Wang, Nanxuan Zhao et al.. Recent image editing models have achieved impressive results while following natural language editing instructions, but they rely on...
Check out this tech news: RFK Jr.βs 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/
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-17T02:01:20-04:00 | ID: 1f0b1d040f03
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π€ AI Summary:
Everything seems to be getting back-to-back price hikes right now, why not your home internet bill too? AT&T is raising prices by $5 a month on all AT&T Internet plans, the company confirms to...
Check out this tech news: AT&T is raising home internet prices for the second year in a row... https://www.theverge.com/news/801423/att-fiber-home-internet-december-2025-price-raise-hike
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-16T21:30:00-04:00 | ID: aae43ba2c949
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| Topics: π€ Ai Ml
π€ AI Summary:
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Around the middle of last year, Pim de Witte started re...
Check out this tech news: Why world models are the next big thing in AI... https://www.theverge.com/column/801370/ai-world-models-general-intuition-medal
Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-10-16T17:24:52-04:00 | ID: 5a8fbdfe98f2
| Engagement: [40.5/100] π° Standard
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π€ 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] π° Standard
| Topics: π± Mobile, π’ Big Tech
π€ AI Summary:
Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where theyβre supposed to be, keys never go missing, and remotes never slip between the couch cushions. And then thereβs the rest of us β the...
π€ AI Summary:
Research paper by Hadi Alzayer, Yunzhi Zhang, Chen Geng et al.. We present an inference-time diffusion sampling method to perform multi-view consistent image editing using pre-trained 2D image editing...
Check out this tech news: VC legend Ron Conway quits Salesforce Foundation after Benioffβs National GuardΒ comments... https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/vc-legend-ron-conway-quits-salesforce-foundation-after-benioffs-national-guard-comments/
π€ AI Summary:
Waymo has spent the past several years scaling up its robotaxi business. The partnership with DoorDash could mark a return to delivery.
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/
π€ 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
π€ AI Summary:
Research paper by Wenqian Zhang, Weiyang Liu, Zhen Liu. The design of complex machines stands as both a marker of human intelligence and a foundation of engineering practice. Given recent advances in ...
π€ 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 βfirst lookβ at new nuclear facility... https://www.theverge.com/news/801257/amazon-nuclear-energy-reactor-first-look
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 arenβt βinnocent grandmothersβ... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/sony-tells-scotus-that-people-accused-of-piracy-arent-innocent-grandmothers/
Check out this tech news: Top Army general using ChatGPT to make military decisions raising security concerns... https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/187484/top-army-official-using-chatgpt
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
π€ AI Summary:
If you want a great laptop, youβre 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
π€ 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/