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Solve Intelligence, which offers generative AI tools to law firms for IP and patent law work, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $55M (Mike Butcher/Pathfounders)
https://pathfounders.com/p/generative-ai-is-coming-for-ip

Generative AI is coming for IP and patent law, as Solve Intelligence raises its Series B
It looks like a swathe of older legal tech platforms are about to be hit by Generative AI startups. But are VCs using 'king-making' tactics to back the winners?

🦾 The robots are (almost) coming: MLB players allowed to challenge balls and strikes in 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/23/the-robots-are-almost-coming-mlb-players-allowed-to-challenge-strik…

An unraveling Justice Department appears to be coming apart at the seams (Steve Benen/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/an-unraveling-justice-department-appears-to-be-coming-apart-at-the-seams
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p123#a260113p123

Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/spotifys-video-podcasts-are-coming-t…

Spotify partners with Netflix for video podcast distribution deal | TechCrunch
Spotify is partnering with Netflix to bring select video podcasts to the streaming platform starting in early 2026. The deal will feature curated shows from Spotify Studios and The Ringer, expanding later to include more genres. The move reflects Spotify’s growing focus on video as a key driver for engagement and ad revenue, with video podcast consumption now growing 20 times faster than audio-only content.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Elvis Presley:
🎵 In The Ghetto
#NowPlaying #ElvisPresley
https://camanchaca.bandcamp.com/track/elvis-presley-in-the-ghetto-camanchaca-hit-the-road-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KWoeBqSdZHEloYKVxssfG

People should seriously think about a possible coming marketcrash. The popping of the financial AI bubble will hurt the "normal" economy. Financial markets could take a very big hit. But how do you protect yourself against this coming disaster, as an owner of limited stocks, savings etc.? Going for gold, government bonds, other things? 🤔
#AI

Eyewitnesses say Iranian government forces have begun opening fire,
apparently with automatic weapons and at times seemingly indiscriminately,
on unarmed protesters.
Hospital workers say protesters had been coming in with pellet injuries but now arrive with gunshot wounds and skull fractures.
One doctor called it a “mass-casualty situation.”
Despite the communications blockade, a recurring image has made its way out of Iran:
rows and rows of body bags.

As Iran’s Government Tries to Quell Protests, Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge
As many as 3,000 feared dead as witnesses describe government forces firing on unarmed protesters.

Active IRS Assisted Joint Uplink and Downlink Communications
Qiaoyan Peng, Qingqing Wu, Guangji Chen, Wen Chen, Shaodan Ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10045 https://

Active IRS Assisted Joint Uplink and Downlink Communications
In this paper, we investigate an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided wireless communication system, where active IRSs (AIRSs) are deployed to assist communication between a base station (BS) and users of both the uplink (UL) and downlink (DL). We aim to maximize the weighted sum rate (WSR) of UL and DL communications through joint optimization of BS, AIRS beamforming, and AIRS element allocation. First, we study three deployment schemes, namely distributed AIRSs, BS-side AIRS, and user-s…

Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/spotifys-video-podcasts-are-coming-t…

Spotify partners with Netflix for video podcast distribution deal | TechCrunch
Spotify is partnering with Netflix to bring select video podcasts to the streaming platform starting in early 2026. The deal will feature curated shows from Spotify Studios and The Ringer, expanding later to include more genres. The move reflects Spotify’s growing focus on video as a key driver for engagement and ad revenue, with video podcast consumption now growing 20 times faster than audio-only content.