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Anthropic reports $17 billion in Q3 revenue, purchase commitments of $895.4 billion in revised S-1

Anthropic unveiled its S-1 prospectus last week, but the initial filing only included the company's financials through the first half of the year.

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Supermarket freezers across Europe struck in second crippling cyberattack

Refrigerator and freezer temperatures rose overnight at stores in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg, causing food losses. The incidents follow similar attacks on French supermarkets last month. Reports also describe affected stores in Ireland, Finland and Estonia, suggesting a second wave of suspected attacks on grocery refrigeration systems across several European countries.

  • Thirteen SuperValu stores in Ireland were affected, according to The Next Web.
  • Some Swedish freezers reached 55°C, according to Cyber Security News.
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The New York Times sues Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls

The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls, as reported by Reuters.

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Elon Musk says 'unsustainably high' costs are the reason for Grok Bot usage limits 8 sources covering Elon Musk says 'unsustainably high' costs are the reason for Grok Bot usage limits

Elon Musk said serving the AI agent costs more than it brings in, following user complaints about usage limits, according to Business Insider.

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Affinity for iPad all-in-one design app now available, free for individuals 5 sources covering Affinity for iPad all-in-one design app now available, free for individuals

The app combines vector graphics, photo editing and page layout tools, extending the unified desktop approach to Apple's tablet.

9to5Mac ·
Anthropic Commits to $895 Billion in Spending as Mega-IPO Nears

Anthropic PBC disclosed a twelve-fold increase in quarterly revenue while revealing that it intends to spend more than $895 billion in the years ahead, as the artificial intelligence lab courts investors for a potentially-record-breaking IPO.

Bloomberg ·
Teens settle with Snapchat parent, ending trial against Big Tech over social media addiction claims 2 sources covering Teens settle with Snapchat parent, ending trial against Big Tech over social media addiction claims

Jury selection began last week for the trial.

New York Post ·
Xbox’s former COO has ‘serious concerns’ about her abrupt departure 2 sources covering Xbox’s former COO has ‘serious concerns’ about her abrupt departure

Xbox's former chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, suddenly left Microsoft less than two weeks ago after being promoted into the role in July.

The Verge ·
NYC Comptroller Steps Up Criticism of Anthropic After IPO Filing 2 sources covering NYC Comptroller Steps Up Criticism of Anthropic After IPO Filing

Anthropic PBC’s approach to its planned initial public offering threatens to disempower shareholders and prevent ordinary people from reining in a potentially dangerous form of technology, according to New York City’s comptroller.

Bloomberg ·
YouTuber Druski is going to make exclusive content for Netflix

Netflix today announced a multiyear deal with the YouTuber, comedian, and influencer Druski, and he'll create original content "exclusively" for the streaming service.

The Verge ·
OpenAI says it's doubling Pro usage limits and bringing Work features to Chat 5 sources covering OpenAI says it's doubling Pro usage limits and bringing Work features to Chat

Work capabilities are coming to regular Chat, according to BleepingComputer.

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Apple’s ‘Ultra’ smart home robot might have to wait until 2028 2 sources covering Apple’s ‘Ultra’ smart home robot might have to wait until 2028

Apple has reportedly delayed the launch of its rumored smart home robot until next year at the earliest or possibly even 2028, according to The Information.

The Verge ·
Google Celebrates The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake With a Search Easter Egg 4 sources covering Google Celebrates The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake With a Search Easter Egg

Searching Google for “Zelda” brings up a Master Sword in the bottom-right corner of the results page, according to iPhone in Canada.

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Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features 2 sources covering Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features

WIRED uncovered some 400 apps and websites linked to Chinese-language developers that look like regular AI tools but had secret features that let users create violent AI-generated images and video.

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Spotify's AI remix feature is tipped for February, but could cost you extra 5 sources covering Spotify's AI remix feature is tipped for February, but could cost you extra

The service would let Premium subscribers create AI covers and remixes of participating artists' songs.

TechRadar ·
Meta settles social media addiction lawsuit, averting trial 2 sources covering Meta settles social media addiction lawsuit, averting trial

Two plaintiffs alleged that Meta and Snap designed their social media platforms to foster addictive behavior.

CBS News ·
DeepSeek open-sources Super-agent prototype for GitHub coding work 7 sources covering DeepSeek open-sources Super-agent prototype for GitHub coding work

The experimental agent is available on GitHub under an MIT licence and is designed to handle software team requests.

RuntimeWire ·