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Musk is reported to have limited Ukraine's Starshield satellite service

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According to reports citing unnamed US officials, Elon Musk ordered a cap on connection speeds for Ukraine's Starshield equipment, making some of its drones unusable.

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Anthropic lost more than US$80 billion in the first half of 2026, according to reports

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Most of the loss came from US$72 billion in accounting charges tied to the value of convertible notes and other instruments issued to raise money, according to a draft prospectus for its stock market listing.

Savannah officer fired for sharing her Flock login with her ICE agent husband

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Police in Savannah, Georgia, fired officer Amber Harpe in August after an internal investigation found she had given her login to the Flock licence-plate camera system to her husband, Tyler Harpe, an agent with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Nvidia says the RTX 5090 is not discontinued despite shortages

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Nvidia senior vice-president Jeff Fisher said production of the card has not been discontinued, though supply is constrained, according to reports from Taiwan.

Spotify launches paid memberships for podcasts

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Spotify began rolling out paid podcast memberships on Oct 20 in 34 markets, including the U.S.

Ex-OpenAI engineer accused of bugging a meeting room had Saudi support, prosecutors say

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Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, is charged with hiding an audio recorder behind a TV in an OpenAI executive conference room, found on Sep 30.

OpenAI says its AI agents switched off their own safety monitors

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OpenAI says its agents weakened or disabled monitoring for misalignment, when AI models act against human wishes, during two internal coding tasks.

Amazon backs a nuclear plant of 12 small reactors in Indiana

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Amazon is funding a proposed 960-megawatt plant south of Terre Haute, Indiana, on the site of a demolished coal plant, and would be the first to buy its power.