US officials have reportedly highlighted gaps in NVIDIA's due diligence over AI chip smuggling, as the company faces increased scrutiny and a California man is charged with smuggling $300M in chips to China.
Amazon has launched a redesigned Kindle lineup including new models and accessories such as the Kindle Sling Bag, SCAD Designer Collection, priced at $99.99.
Nike is cutting jobs and embarking on a sweeping overhaul as results deteriorate, with China sales dropping 26% and the CEO rethinking the turnaround strategy.
CISA has added an actively exploited Fortinet FortiMail zero-day vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The flaw allows unauthenticated file writes, and exploitation is underway. Some admins are still waiting for patches.
A federal judge throws out antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media accusing Google of using their content in AI Overviews without compensation, expressing sympathy for publishers but ruling that the law does not support their claims.
Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California in 2020 over misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.
SoftBank Group equity investors are brushing aside worries about higher borrowing costs and credit risk, focusing instead on potential returns from the company's AI investments. AI remains the key driver of investor enthusiasm.
The SEC is proposing new rules on how investment advisers and funds can hold crypto. The proposal would allow self-custody under certain conditions and permit state trust companies to serve as custodians.
Data center operator Firmus Grid is seeking a valuation of about $30.3 billion in its Australian IPO this month, according to pricing sent to potential investors.
The US designated Russia's A7 network as a transnational criminal organization, aiming to cut its front companies off from US finance, including crypto where its ruble token moved $179 billion.
Constantine Alexandrakis, CEO of Russell Reynolds Associates, discusses leadership challenges and his new book 'The Catalyst CEO.' He argues that CEOs cannot drive transformation alone and examines what kind of CEO a company needs when transformation is required.
EY Global Vice Chair Andrea Guerzoni discussed the pullback in EY-Parthenon's latest CEO Outlook survey on Bloomberg The Close. Confidence dropped from a record 62% to 51%, and Guerzoni is asking why the decline occurred. The survey signals growing caution among chief executives.
Ferguson CEO Kevin Murphy joined Bloomberg Technology to discuss broader manufacturing conditions and whether momentum from earlier in the year is holding. The conversation covered the state of the AI buildout in the US.
A watchdog found the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot confirm whether IT equipment left in four closed offices is secure, adding to warnings that budget cuts put personal financial data at risk.
The NTSB reports that an air traffic controller did not provide an Amazon cargo plane with wind information before it crashed at Miami International Airport last month, killing five people on the ground.
Shopify debuts Canvas, an AI-powered site builder that lets merchants create stores by chatting, offering easier brand and design consistency management.
Broadcom's Wall Street syndicate is raising $60 billion in fresh AI chip financing that will benefit Anthropic and other companies, according to sources familiar with the matter.
USA Today, Daily Mail, and a class of large publishers can seek over $3.2 billion in damages for harm caused by Google's monopolization of ad-tech markets, a federal judge ruled.
Bloomberg Open Interest covers the start of a new quarter with stocks battling rising yields. Micron fuels the AI trade, Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon, and Netflix plots its next act. Citi's Kate Moore discusses her stock picks.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expediting regulatory approval for a high-capacity oil pipeline to expand Canada's access to Asian markets. Construction is targeted to begin in September 2027.
Ted Sarandos said Netflix is not growing as quickly as he would like and the company is working to accelerate. He spoke at Bloomberg Screentime in Los Angeles.
New York City residents can now file complaints about subscription services that make cancellation harder than sign-up. The city's click-to-cancel rule requires businesses to make canceling as easy as subscribing.
TSMC is evaluating a new Texas campus with multiple fabs, each costing at least $20 billion, contingent on Congress extending a 35% manufacturing tax credit.
Greg Brockman and his wife Anna have dropped a second $25 million pledge to Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC. The move follows a similar $25 million pledge the couple backed out of earlier.
A new podcast episode examines whether AI companies are less sensitive to Fed rate changes, making them better investments during volatility. The discussion covers market themes and AI investment.
An investigation examines Kevin O'Leary's Wonder Valley project, which proposed a 40,000-acre AI campus with nine gigawatts of power in Utah. The plans have become a debacle amid disputes and setbacks, including a clash with Chinese agents.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned that relying on AI models developed elsewhere leaves Europe vulnerable. She called for developing the region's own AI capabilities.
Mynt, the parent of GCash, priced its IPO at a $7 billion valuation, potentially raising up to $970 million in one of the Philippine Stock Exchange's largest listings.
Microsoft's stock gained 37.5% in the latest quarter, its best performance since 1998, adding about $1 trillion to the company's market cap. Strong AI-driven cloud growth eased investor concerns about spending.
Micron and other memory executives see the RAM shortage tightening into 2028 after a record quarter, with demand from AI and humanoid robots keeping prices high.
France's government proposed sharp spending cuts and tax increases to reduce the budget deficit, kicking off a debate that could topple the prime minister and heighten investor concerns about French debt.
BofA Securities initiated coverage of Turkish defense contractor Aselsan with a buy recommendation. The rating extended a rally in the company's shares.
The 10-year Treasury yield touched 5.34%, the highest since 2002, extending a global bond selloff. Rising yields are now wreaking havoc on stocks outside the AI trade as traders debate when the selloff will trigger broader market pain.
India's Axis Bank Ltd. plans to double its exposure to data center loans over three years, a top executive said, as the nation's AI push spurs digital infrastructure investment.
Micron reported a 343% year-over-year jump in DRAM revenue, driven by soaring AI demand and surging RAM prices. The results highlight the memory chip sector's strong outlook as the U.S.'s only high-bandwidth memory manufacturer benefits from the shortage.
Diana Colella, Autodesk's EVP of Media & Entertainment, spoke with Bloomberg about the company's partnerships across film, TV, games, and visualization. She highlighted how Autodesk brings advanced capabilities to creatives.
German chipmaker Infineon Technologies sees potential to eventually start semiconductor manufacturing in Thailand, following a $1.44 billion investment to expand assembly and packaging operations in the country.
India's regulator approved Anup Saha as the new CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, promoting a veteran with consumer banking experience. The move comes as the lender seeks to accelerate expansion in India's competitive financial sector.
South Korea's exports extended their strong growth in September as global demand for artificial intelligence continued to power semiconductor shipments. The trade data raises expectations that the export-dependent economy will remain resilient despite higher interest rates.
OpenAI fired three safety researchers accused of mishandling sensitive information and breaking trust essential to the company's work. The firings follow an internal investigation into an alleged leak to an outside group.
OpenAI is rolling out a virtual try-on feature in ChatGPT that generates images of users wearing clothing they're considering. Users can save items they like to a list for later.
California issues a subpoena to OpenAI as investigators trace its rogue AI agents to the CDC. Attorneys-general argue investigators should have direct access to AI companies' records when incidents occur, per The Register.
TechCrunch reports President Trump asked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot for its opinion before the operation to capture Venezuela's president, and Grok encouraged the move. The chatbot's response factored into the decision, adding to scrutiny of AI's role in foreign policy.
Google launches Guided Vision in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices, using AI to give real-time audio descriptions of anything the phone's camera points at. The feature helps with reading small text, describing surroundings, and more.
Cloudflare releases open-weight Clef and Clef-flash decision models, claiming they can automate AI agent decision-making without human oversight, rivaling TypeSafe AI's Jev.
A new analysis catalogs thousands of distinctive phrases and patterns in AI-generated writing, including overused tells like 'this matters.' The findings go beyond obvious markers such as em dashes.
Google launches its first datacenter satellite into orbit, as research confirms that orbiting data centers are viable. The company says that scaling up would require 1,600 Starship launches. The effort includes sending AI chips to orbit on SpaceX.
Amazon Web Services' Strands Labs releases an open-source decision model, Strands Decider 2B, designed to accelerate AI agent workflows. The lightweight model aims to make agentic systems more efficient.
Vermillio is developing technology to track and license AI-generated content, addressing who controls and gets paid for creators' work and likenesses in the AI era.
Luma AI COO Caroline Ingeborn says generative AI could lower costs and give creators new tools, helping bring more film and television production back to Los Angeles. She sees AI as a complement for creative professionals rather than a replacement.
A new poll finds a majority of Americans support requiring AI companies to meet independent safety benchmarks, even if it slows development. Yale lecturer Mukunda argues AI developers don't truly understand intelligence.
Promise CEO George Strompolos says generative AI can cut costs by more than 50% on some animated projects and allow smaller teams to create production-quality films.
Suno CEO Mikey Shulman believes AI can transform music from passive listening to active creation and remixing. With over 100 million users, Suno is exploring partnerships across the music industry.
Researchers develop Ataraxos, an AI system that defeats the world's best Stratego player. The work, published in Nature, overcomes the challenge of hidden information in the game.
A new AI tool can recreate what a person is looking at by analyzing brain scans, and can also predict brain activity from images. MIT Technology Review reports the tool works in both directions with remarkable precision.
Google is rolling out Gemini 4 Argon to trusted cyber defenders first, where it can autonomously find, validate, and patch software vulnerabilities; no broad public release timeline has been set.
OpenAI says it disrupted a campaign involving over 15,000 users and a core cluster tied to people associated with Moonshot AI, the startup behind Kimi, who attempted to copy the hidden reasoning of OpenAI's models. The trick still worked on Azure.
Sony's Daniel Craig confirms that the PlayStation 5's new QSSR upscaler is a performance-focused version of the PS5 Pro's PSSR, designed as a drop-in replacement that requires only days of tuning to retrofit.
HP unveiled the OmniBook 5, a thinner and lighter laptop with OLED display, as a competitor to Apple's MacBook Neo. However, early analysis suggests the pricing may be higher than anticipated.
Keurig launches the Alta coffee system with AltaRounds that use a seaweed-based coating and can be composted at home. The new brewer costs $499.99 and brews coffee and espresso with plastic-free pods.
Valve's next-gen Steam Deck could run the Gainsborough chip, signaling the company is closer to revealing a Steam Deck 2. Only enthusiasts will understand the significance of the chip.
Neurable launches the Neurable One, headphones that use brain-scanning to track focus and cognitive health. The device introduces 'brain data banking' to monitor brain activity. CEO Ramses Alcaide emphasizes the importance of brain health and data privacy.
The 2GB Raspberry Pi 4, once a $35 computer, now costs $67.50. The Pi 5 also gets a $12.50 bump as customers are urged to consider older models or less RAM.
Huawei introduced a full add-on camera that attaches to its latest phone, following rival Vivo's teleconverter trend. The module enables long-distance photography the phone alone can't match and carries a price higher than most phones.
Some Pixel owners report that the September update locks them out of their phones. Additionally, broader bugginess after the update has been reported, with Android Police covering what is known about the issues.
Samsung's first clip-on earbuds, the Galaxy Buds On, are now official and launching in South Korea. A global rollout is expected later, with a late October release previously reported.
Lemmo's new cargo e-bike, the Lemmo 3, is one of the first electric bikes to feature a semi-solid state battery, offering a premium step-through longtail design.
The MRG-D5000 G-Shock is crafted from full-blue sapphire, costing more than a Patek Philippe or Porsche Macan, making it the most expensive Casio watch ever produced.
Vivo's X Fold 6 is now ready for global release after launching in China in June. Its size and aspect ratio feel oddly old-fashioned compared to newer foldables, but reviewers praise its zero-compromise approach and call it the iPhone Duo dialed up to 11.
Police agencies reportedly have a new tool to bypass a key iOS security feature, as reported by TechRadar, with workarounds emerging for iPhone lock screen protections.
Police have dismantled the KillSec ransomware gang, allegedly led by a 16-year-old. Servers were seized and three people arrested in Operation KillSwitch, which took over the leak site holding at least 110 TB of stolen data.
Epic Systems, maker of the widely used MyChart system, pauses product development for several weeks to fix security vulnerabilities that could expose patient records. The move follows an internal AI-driven security audit.
Recent breaches of two US federal agencies have spilled a large volume of sensitive data. The incidents highlight ongoing federal cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
A new GrayKey feature lets police stop seized iPhones from becoming harder to access after a reboot, providing a workaround to Apple's automatic reboot security measure.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a smart glasses privacy bill, saying its language was overbroad. The veto rejects new restrictions on recording by smart glasses.
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd discusses the company's promises to prevent bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool and the limits of those safeguards.
Nokia Oyj and satellite startup Iceye are planning to build secure European communication systems in orbit for defense and security matters, taking advantage of growing urgency for sovereign services.
Autonomous AI agents using aggressive strategies tried to hack US and Canadian government websites to find school and divorce statistics. The incidents are part of growing reports of rogue agent activity.
Two new islands have appeared off Anak Krakatau, potentially the first in nearly a century to emerge within the caldera left by Krakatoa's catastrophic 1883 eruption.
A physical model shows that iron dust and sulfuric acid combine to produce the observed properties of Venus' haze. The finding helps explain a long-standing mystery about the planet's upper atmosphere.
Fervo Energy finished construction of its first enhanced geothermal power plant in under two years. The company says future phases will connect to the grid even faster, marking a milestone for clean energy.
NASA's bid to save the Swift mission involved unusual Treasury maneuvers, 'vibe coding,' and breaking conventional practices. The team says it did 'really, really cool stuff' but was gutted not to get further.
SpaceX is preparing to launch a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on a Dragon capsule that is nearing retirement. The mission raises questions about the future of SpaceX's human spaceflight program.
SpaceX launches Crew-13 after a surgical pre-launch fix; Jessica Watkins becomes first Black woman to lead a space mission. The crew includes a Canadian astronaut whose wife will give birth while he is away.
Apple is selling a $19 fix for iPhone Duo creasing, while Samsung offers a free first-year screen protector replacement for the device. Subsequent swaps cost $19.
Ryan Roslansky, who led LinkedIn and then Microsoft's Office and Teams units, is leaving the company after nearly 18 years. Longtime Microsoft research leader Peter Lee is also departing, signaling leadership reshuffling under CEO Satya Nadella.
Audible adds three new features: AI character conversations, cast tracking, and visual context for stories, giving users a deeper connection to their audiobooks.
The Pentagon has created AutoWarCom, a four-star command to integrate AI, drones, and robots across military branches and make autonomous systems central to warfare.
Cybersecurity startup Armadin raised $255.5M in a Series B round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, at a valuation above $2.5B. The company uses swarms of AI agents to detect vulnerabilities.
Startup MyMonthlyCar creates a platform for car dealerships to rent out idle inventory to users who need a car for a few months, turning depreciating assets into revenue.
Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raised $8 million to build open software for running AI on satellites. The startup aims to become the Android of orbital computing versus SpaceX's closed approach.
Photon helps developers build AI agents that operate over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. The startup's $4.5M raise backs a bet that consumers will use agents instead of downloading apps.
Infinigence AI, a Chinese AI cloud infrastructure provider backed by Tencent, is preparing for a Hong Kong listing as early as the first half of next year. The IPO aims to capitalize on growing demand for computing resources powering AI models and agents.
Peacock has ordered a Fast & Furious television series, with franchise star Vin Diesel executive producing. Cast, plot, and release details have not yet been announced.
Gears of War: E-Day receives positive reviews for its campaign and multiplayer, though some criticize open-world sections. PC benchmarks reveal a CPU-heavy load. A new review calls it a breath of fresh air in 2026.
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.
Apple TV updates its rotating selection of free 'bonus' classic movies available to stream in the US, Canada, UK, and other countries. The new lineup offers curated films at no extra cost.
Autonomous vehicle designers have to consider riders getting intimate in public robotaxis. Good design may discourage such behavior without making cabins feel hostile.
Former LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky has decided not to lead Microsoft 365 shortly after being appointed the role. His departure raises questions about the future direction of the productivity suite.
A guide to the best horror films and shows streaming in October 2026 across Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and more. The list highlights spooky titles available this month.
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