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Reid Hoffman calls Anthropic "one of the good guys" after David Sacks accused the company of running a "regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

October 20, 2025

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Reid Hoffman calls Anthropic “one of the good guys” after David Sacks accused the company of running a “regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering”  —  Two of the main members of the PayPal mafia are sparring again — this time over artificial intelligence.



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OpenAI says it will work with SAG-AFTRA, CAA, UTA, and others to crack down on Sora 2 deepfakes, following concerns from actor Bryan Cranston and SAG-AFTRA (Jaures Yip/CNBC)

October 20, 2025

Jaures Yip / CNBC:
OpenAI says it will work with SAG-AFTRA, CAA, UTA, and others to crack down on Sora 2 deepfakes, following concerns from actor Bryan Cranston and SAG-AFTRA  —  OpenAI announced on Monday in a joint statement that it will be working with Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA, and other actor unions …



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Doc: Google launched a Trusted Tester program that will select 15 of its "Superfans" to test unreleased Pixels, using protective cases to disguise the hardware (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)

October 20, 2025

Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Doc: Google launched a Trusted Tester program that will select 15 of its “Superfans” to test unreleased Pixels, using protective cases to disguise the hardware  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to let Pixel smartphone enthusiasts test out the company's next handset ahead of its public introduction.



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Anthropic announces Claude Code on the web and in the Claude iOS app, available in beta as a research preview for Pro and Max users (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)

October 20, 2025

Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack:
Anthropic announces Claude Code on the web and in the Claude iOS app, available in beta as a research preview for Pro and Max users  —  Today, Anthropic's Claude Code agentic coding tool is moving beyond the terminal and coming to the web and the company's mobile app.



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X plans a Handle Marketplace for Premium+ and Business subscribers to search for and request inactive usernames; rare handles can cost from $2,500 to $1M+ (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

October 19, 2025

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
X plans a Handle Marketplace for Premium+ and Business subscribers to search for and request inactive usernames; rare handles can cost from $2,500 to $1M+  —  Premium subscribers will be able to search and request usernames that have been unavailable. … Handles are going to be broken up into two broad categories.



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A look at the Crylock ransomware scheme, orchestrated by a Russian couple who targeted as many as 400,000 victims and earned over €64M in BTC over eight years (Financial Times)

October 19, 2025

Financial Times:
A look at the Crylock ransomware scheme, orchestrated by a Russian couple who targeted as many as 400,000 victims and earned over €64M in BTC over eight years  —  How a mysterious tip-off led investigators to uncover the inner workings of a highly unusual hacking operation



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OpenAI's Broadcom deal shows how the AI startup is diversifying its chip suppliers, including Nvidia chips for training and Broadcom chips for inference (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

October 19, 2025

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



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