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Internal Amazon documents and sources: executives believe Amazon is on the cusp of replacing 500K jobs with robots and aims to automate 75% of its operations (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-…

Inside Amazon’s Plans to Replace Workers With Robots
Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations.

Security Manager: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/security-manager.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/20/social-security-data-doge-whistleblower/
He accused DOGE of risking Social Security data. It cost him his career.

He accused DOGE of risking Social Security data. It cost him his career.
Charles Borges says Musk’s cost-cutting team uploaded a copy of a mainframe database containing the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans.

These days, anti-GenAI screeds cross my radar every week. Even when I agree with what they’re saying (I often do), they’re mostly saying the same things. So, FWIW, here’s one with a fresh PoV: https://going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/on-ai-and-the-golem/
With an entertain…

On AI and the golem
Recently I, like a lot of people who make their living by creating things, have been thinking a lot about so-called AI. I have been forced to do this because so many companies have been stealing th…

Ik deel niet vaak iets van WNL maar hiervoor maak ik toch een uitzondering;
https://wnl.tv/2025/10/21/econoom-we-moeten-afscheid-nemen-van-landbouw-tuinbouw-en-vleesverwerking-voor-economische-groei

Econoom: 'We moeten afscheid nemen van landbouw, tuinbouw en vleesverwerking voor economische groei'

wait, the bear that's on the flag of california is extinct?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_grizzly_bear

California grizzly bear - Wikipedia

I read about a major update of #jellyfin and that one should do this planned with some care.
So I sat down, prepared for an update full of hassles, debugging, restoring, ...
> docker down / pull / validate / up / done
Took me about 5-10 min.
Very well done Jellyfin!
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Jellyfin 10.11.0 | Jellyfin
We are pleased to bring you Jellyfin 10.11.0, our new stable release. This is probably one of, if not the, biggest and most impactful releases we've done yet, with some massive backend changes to improve performance and long-term expandability and maintainability. This release has been a long time coming, with over 6 months of development and another 6 months of RC testing, throwing our planned 6-month release schedule completely out of whack, but we definitely think the results are worth it - …

"AI features have yet to meaningfully influence buying decisions"
YES, BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS THAT SHIT— HOW IS THIS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE C-SUITE
Anyone knows someone at Apple? I can offer consulting about how much people want AI, I'm willing to do it for $10,000/day if you pick me up with the company jet; it's just a 2 hour flight or so to Cupertino from where I am.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/22/report-virtually-no-demand-for-iphone-air/

Für Euch in einer Studie gelesen:
Was bedeutet es, wenn man nur #Gaskraftwerke für 10 GW statt 20 baut?
10 Mrd EUR Einsparung für den Bau.
1 Mrd EUR Einsparung für #Gasimporte pro Jahr.
Im Zeithorizont 2045 etwa 30 Mrd. Einsparung.
Pi * Daumen.

Starshield von SpaceX: Satelliten der US-Regierung nutzen gesperrte Frequenzen
Bei Starshield stellt SpaceX Regierungen Satelliten, viel ist dazu nicht bekannt. Nun wurde entdeckt, dass die offenbar auf einer gesperrten Frequenz funken.

from my link log —
Asterisk.
https://cormullion.github.io/pages/2020-10-09-asterisk/
saved 2020-10-10 https://dotat.at/:…

Updated 10 posts on my site, largely linking to these:
• Joe’s underlines: https://www.joedolson.com/2025/10/why-wordpress-themes-require-underlines-on-links/
• Alice’s treatise:

Why WordPress Themes Require Underlines on Links - Joe Dolson Web Accessibility
Jeff Chandler posted a link in the Post Status Slack yesterday leading to an article complaining about the underlined link requirement for WordPress

How Trump Played 'Budgetary Twister' to Pay Some Workers During the Shutdown (Tony Romm/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-shutdown-pay.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251021/p151#a251021p151

UEFA joins the MPA-led anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the first sports governing body to join the group, which has 50 members (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6736306/2025/10/21/uefa-champi…

UEFA becomes first sporting body to sign up to global anti-piracy coalition
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is already partnered with companies including Disney, Apple, Netflix and DAZN.

We either get rid of 2,000-year-old fairy tales passing as truth or 21st century weapons or watch as the combination of the two destroys our species.

Pentagon announces a new
right-wing press corps
after last week's mass walkout

A new crop of conservative media and influencers
— including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse
— signed an agreement with the Defense Department.
https://w…

Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.

A look at Amazon's Sparrow, Cardinal, Proteus, and other warehouse robots, taking over roles like selecting and picking items, carrying shipping carts, and more (Karen Weise/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/amazon-robotics-automa…

The Robots Fueling Amazon’s Automation
Meet Sparrow, Cardinal and Proteus. They’re the robots that, step by step, are replacing human workers in the company’s warehouses.

Editorial: Europe, it’s time to finally be brave. Start with Russian assets: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/editorial-europe-its-time-to.html

Die weltweite #Waldzerstörung nimmt weiter zu: 2024 gingen 8,3 Millionen Hektar verloren – deutlich mehr als im Vorjahr.
Besonders betroffen sind #Tropenwälder, oft durch gezielt gelegte #Brände

Waldzerstörung schreitet immer schneller voran
Eigentlich will die Staatengemeinschaft die Zerstörung des Waldes stoppen. Doch der Trend zeigt in die entgegengesetzte Richtung.

Bahn zieht Reißleine: Cargo-Chefin Nikutta muss gehen
Seit 2020 hat Sigrid Nikutta versucht, DB Cargo zu sanieren. Nach Kritik der Gewerkschaft und einem verheerenden Gutachten zieht der Konzern Konsequenzen.
https://…

Tinder Face Verification Will Be Mandatory for New Users in US
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-22/tinder-face-verification-will-be-mandatory-for-new-users-in-us

Curtis Sliwa quits radio gig in on-air shouting match after boss Catsimatidis told him to drop NYC mayoral bid (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/curtis-sliwa-quits-radio-gig-in-on-air-shouting-match-after-calls-to-drop-nyc-mayor-bid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251023/p1#a251023p1

Sources: WBD has rejected a $24-per-share takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, and people inside WBD expect a fourth bid from David Ellison imminently (Charles Gasparino/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/21/media/wa

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects $24-a-share takeover bid fom Paramount Skydance: sources
On Tuesday, WBD disclosed that it has received “unsolicited interest” from prospective acquirers and said it was open to a sale.

Folks, Ruaa is currently suffering from COVID and her family’s tent was buried under sand after a tent just 100m away from theirs was destroyed in Israel’s ongoing genocide.
Despite all that she spoke with us briefly today for Gaza Verified.
Please help her and her family if you can and please share this so others might also.
• Her fundraiser:

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety
I'm helping my friend, Ruaa from gaza, raise funds to help her family survive. 

UEFA joins the MPA-led anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the first sports governing body to join the group, which has 50 members (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6736306/2025/10/21/uefa-champi…

UEFA becomes first sporting body to sign up to global anti-piracy coalition
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is already partnered with companies including Disney, Apple, Netflix and DAZN.

Blaze reignites at oil depot in Russian-occupied Crimea, media reports, Ukrainian drones spotted in area: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/blaze-reignites-at-oil-depot.html

Jetzt vorbestellen: Das neue c’t Sonderheft KI-Wissen 2/2025
Die neue Sonderausgabe der c’t überblickt die aktuelle Entwicklung der KI-Modelle, Forschungsfelder, den Streit ums Urheberrecht und den Stand der Regulierung.

I missed this the other day
James Langevin named chair of FDD’s CCTI, set to bolster cyber and technology strategy
https://industrialcyber.co/news/james-langevin-named-chair-of-fdds-ccti-set-to-bolster-cyber-and-techn…

James Langevin named chair of FDD’s CCTI, set to bolster cyber and technology strategy - Industrial Cyber
James Langevin named chair of FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, set to bolster cyber and technology strategy

A US judge orders Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, and Adam Mosseri to testify in the "first bellwether trial" over child social media safety, set for January (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/meta-instagram-snap-social-media-chi…

Zuckerberg, Mosseri and Spiegel ordered to testify in child social media safety trial
Mark Zuckerberg will need to testify at the first trial over the adverse effects of social media on younger users, a Los Angeles judge ruled Monday.

🔥The war continues: EU demands decisive action against the Kremlin #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/the-war-continues-eu-demands.html

Sort A Brick stellt gebrauchte Klemmbausteine automatisch zu Sets zusammen
Sort A Brick stellt mit Computer Vision und KI aus gebrauchten Klemmbausteinen automatisch Sets zusammen. Fehlende Teile werden ergänzt.

Sources: Fal.ai, which hosts multimodal AI models for developers, raised ~$250M at a $4B valuation, less than three months after announcing a $125M Series C (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/sources-multimodal…

Exclusive: Sources: Multimodal AI startup Fal.ai already raised at $4B+ valuation
Fal provides developers with over 600 image, video, audio, and 3D models, it says, and boasts that its cloud has thousands of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs and is fine-tuned for speedy inference.

So LA Metro digital signs were hacked ostensibly by the Mutarrif Siberislam hacking group that hijacked N. American airport PA systems recently.
LA Metro digital signs taken over by hackers
https://ktla.com/news/california/la-metro-digital-signs-taken-over…

Sesame, which is developing an AI agent with a natural-sounding human voice and smart glasses, raised a $250M Series B and opens an early beta of its iOS app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/sesa

Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta | TechCrunch
Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smartglasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI.

Ein siebenjähriges Kind hat im Google Play Store Spiele und In-App-Inhalte im Wert von fast 34.000 Euro gekauft. 💸
Doch die Rechnung bezahlt nicht der kleine Gamer, sondern sein Vater – so entschied das Landgericht Karlsruhe.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de…

Tetyana Berezhna voted in as new Culture Minister: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/tetyana-berezhna-voted-in-as.html

Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity, SerpApi, and two other data scraping companies, accusing them of unlawfully scraping Google for Reddit data (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/reddit-data-scrapers-perpl…

Reddit Accuses ‘Data Scraper’ Companies of Theft
In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google’s search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.

Defektgefahr: Datenretter raten zu Backups von älteren WD-Festplatten
Zahlreiche Western-Digital-Festplatten haben offenbar anfällige Firmware. Spätestens bei einem Klackern wird's gefährlich.
http…

LIVE 24/7: Key News from Ukraine & World Updates: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/live-key-news-from-ukraine.html

Google says its Willow quantum chip using a new Quantum Echoes algorithm ran computations 13,000x faster than supercomputers, aiding drug and materials research (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/googles-quantum-computer-…

Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap
Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

Richard Stallman: "Chatbots sind Bullshit-Generatoren"
Der Gründer der Free Software Foundation macht auf Europatour auch Halt in München. Dort mahnt er zu mehr Einsatz von Open Source – gerade beim Staat.
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🔥WHAT? NATO is ready to strike Kaliningrad and Sevastopol: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/what-nato-is-ready-to.html

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
7-Jähriger bestellt auf Google Play für 34.000 Euro: Papa muss zahlen

China is racing ahead of the rest of the world in the adoption of robovans, despite limitations like slow speeds; Neolix has deployed 10,000 robovans so far (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

China races ahead in robovans even as autonomous delivery challenges remain
Neolix says it has deployed 10,000 of the self-driving vehicles in industry milestone

URGENT! TRUMP AND PUTIN MEETING CANCELED? Pressure mounts!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/urgent-trump-and-putin-meeting.html

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
"Alle Systeme blinken rot" – Klimaschutz laut Studie zu lahm

Google Fi plans an AI call quality feature to filter out background sounds like wind next month, and will bring full RCS support on the web in December (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/google-…

Google Fi is getting enhanced web calls and messaging, AI bill summaries
Google’s MVNO gets better web support, clearer audio, and yes, more AI.

Blasts hit Romanian, Hungarian oil refineries tied to Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/blasts-hit-romanian-hungarian-oil.html

heise | Smarte KI-Brille für Sportler: Oakley Meta Vanguard im Test
Die Oakley Meta Vanguard soll KI-Brillen unter Sportlern etablieren – mit spannenden Kamera-Funktionen sowie der Integration von Garmin und Strava.

Sources: Chinese chipmaker YMTC considers an IPO in China at an up to ~$40B valuation as soon as 2026, in what could be one of China's biggest IPOs in years (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-22/…

Russia is in shock! The United Kingdom may send troops to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/russia-is-in-shock-the.html

Lagos-founded payments startup Moniepoint raised $90M at a $1B valuation, after raising $110M in October 2024, and says it processes $250B yearly transactions (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/visa-…

Europäische Rundfunkunion: KI-Systeme geben Nachrichteninhalte oft falsch wider
Im Rahmen einer Studie interpretierten ChatGPT & Co. in 45 Prozent der Fälle Nachrichteninhalte fehlerhaft – unabhängig von Sprache, Region oder Plattform.

heise | Amateurfunk: Ein Einblick in das faszinierende Hobby
Mit Funkgerät, Antenne und Leidenschaft: Zwei Funkamateure zeigen, wie man sich weltweit via Funk verbindet. Ein Videobeitrag.
https://www.

Czech Republic to donate Earth observation satellite to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/czech-republic-to-donate-earth.html

OpenAI launches its ChatGPT Atlas web browser, available initially for macOS (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/openai-atlas-new-ai-web-browser-release-date

OpenAI is launching a web browser called Atlas
The moves come as traffic from bots is expected to surpass that from humans.

heise | Klimaschutz oder Greenwashing? Apples kontroverses Baum-Projekt in Brasilien
Der Tech-Konzern Apple will mit Millionen Eukalyptusbäumen in Brasilien seine Klimabilanz aufbessern. Ökologen und Anwohner sind wenig begeistert.

Zelensky arrives in Sweden to make 'defense export' announcement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/zelensky-arrives-in-sweden-to.html

KI-Update kompakt: Atlas-Browser, Projekt Mercury, KI im Militär, Sort A Brick
Das "KI-Update" liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://…

DraftKings acquires predictions platform Railbird as it prepares to launch its mobile platform DraftKings Predictions in the coming months (Contessa Brewer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/draftkings-railbird-predictions-platform-acquisition.htm…

DraftKings acquires predictions platform Railbird
The sports betting giant is preparing to launch a new platform in the coming months called DraftKings Predictions.

Chart of the week: Will Ukraine’s central bank weaken the hryvnia?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/chart-of-the-week-will.html

GM plans to roll out Google Gemini in its vehicles starting in 2026 and plans an advanced driver-assistance system with eyes-off driving capabilities in 2028 (Michael Wayland/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/gm-tech-google-ai.html

GM plans to launch eyes-off driving, Google AI and other new in-vehicle tech by 2028
The company announced other tech initiatives as part of its "GM Forward" event in Lower Manhattan.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Defektgefahr: Datenretter raten zu Backups von älteren WD-Festplatten

Russia slams Kyiv with ballistic missiles in mass overnight attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/russia-slams-kyiv-with-ballistic.html

Filings: Meta spent the most on US lobbying in Q3, spending $5.8M, followed by Amazon, Google, Apple; Anthropic, Nvidia, and a16z hit $1M for the first time (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/tech-lobbying-insights-q3

Meta tops spending again as AI lobbying heats up
Big Tech companies are still outspending companies focusing purely on AI and hardware.

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Amazon Web Services: Globale Störung am Montagmorgen
https://www.

No plans for Putin-Trump meeting in 'immediate future,' media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/no-plans-for-putintrump-meeting.html

Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 17% YoY to $11.51B, matching est., operating margin below est. due to Brazilian tax dispute expense; NFLX drops 5% after hours (Sarah Whitten/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/netflix-nflx-earnings-q3-2025.html

Netflix shares drop after streamer misses earnings estimates, citing Brazilian tax dispute
Shares of Netflix plummeted after the company posted a third-quarter earnings miss after the closing bell Tuesday.

Russian drone attacks kill 4, injure 16 in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/russian-drone-attacks-kill-injure.html

Internal memo and a source: Meta is cutting ~600 jobs out of several thousand within its Superintelligence Lab, including in its FAIR unit, to cut bureaucracy (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/22/meta-superintelligence-tbd-ai-reorg

Exclusive: Meta slashes jobs in its AI operations
The superintelligence lab needs streamlining, per an internal memo from Alexandr Wang.

Russian strike on Kharkiv kills 1, injures at least 6; kindergarten hit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/russian-strike-on-kharkiv-kills.html

Dario Amodei addresses "inaccurate claims" about Anthropic's policy stances after David Sacks said the "real issue" is "Anthropic's agenda to backdoor Woke AI" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/anthropic-ceo-trump-s…

Anthropic CEO disputes Trump AI czar David Sacks' claims that company is 'woke'
The company has faced repeated criticism from David Sacks, the venture capitalist serving as President Donald Trump's AI and crypto czar, in recent days.

Law enforcement raid home of Ukraine's ex-energy grid chief, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/law-enforcement-raid-home-of.html

ChipAgents, which is developing an agentic AI platform to automate chip design and verification, raised a $21M Series A led by Bessemer (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/21/chipagents-scores-21m-transform-semicondu…

ChipAgents scores $21M to transform semiconductor design with agentic AI - SiliconANGLE
ChipAgents scores $21M to transform semiconductor design with agentic AI - SiliconANGLE

Poland hopes Ukraine knocks out Druzhba pipeline — Sikorski taunts Hungary: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/poland-hopes-ukraine-knocks-out.html

Sumble, which offers an AI sales intelligence service, emerges from stealth and raised a $30M Series A led by Canaan Partners and $8.5M seed led by Coatue (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/sumbl…

Sumble emerges from stealth with $38.5M to bring AI-powered context to sales intelligence | TechCrunch
The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they're making headway.

HORROR! Russia attacks a KINDERGARTEN! The Kremlin's terror knows no bounds!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/horror-russia-attacks-a-kindergarten.html

YouTube launches its likeness detection tech, letting eligible creators in its Partner Program request the removal of AI-generated content with their likeness (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/youtubes-likeness-d…

YouTube’s likeness detection technology has officially launched | TechCrunch
YouTube's likeness detection technology is now available. Creators can request the removal of AI content using their face and voice.

Russia’s children’s commissioner shamelessly describes kidnapping a Ukrainian child: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/180112.html

Serval, which uses agentic AI models to automate IT service management for clients like Perplexity and Mercor, raised a $47M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/serval-raises-4…

Serval raises $47 million to bring AI agents to IT service management | TechCrunch
Serval is using agentic AI models to automate IT service management, but the company has a unique approach that takes advantage of agentic AI’s powers while avoiding many of its pitfalls.

Ukraine, Europe back Trump's call to cease hostilities along current front line: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/ukraine-europe-back-trumps-call.html

Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming months, following its rollout in seven countries and in California (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/tinder…

Tinder will require new users in the US to verify their identity with a selfie  | TechCrunch
The facial verification feature, known as Face Check, requires new users to verify their identity by submitting a short video selfie.

Starbridge, which helps businesses monitor public sector opportunities by consolidating fragmented data, raised a $42M Series A led by David Sacks' Craft (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/david…

David Sacks' Craft leads $42 million Series A in govtech startup Starbridge | TechCrunch
Starbridge raises $42M Series A led by Craft Ventures to help businesses better monitor public service opportunities.

Kyiv Independent launches holiday gift guide celebrating Ukrainian creativity: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/kyiv-independent-launches-holiday-gift.html

Apple removes controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for failing to meet requirements around content moderation and user privacy (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/appl

Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea & TeaOnHer from the App Store | TechCrunch
Apple has pulled the controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over violations of its content moderation and privacy rules, following a flood of user complaints and reports of minors’ data being exposed

US imposes sanctions on Russian oil as Trump says he canceled meeting with Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/us-imposes-sanctions-on-russian.html

Keycard, which lets enterprises manage AI agent access to internal systems, raised a $30M Series A led by Acrew Capital and a $8M seed led by a16z and boldstart (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/21/ai-agent-security-startup-keyca…

AI agent security startup Keycard reels in $38M - SiliconANGLE
AI agent security startup Keycard reels in $38M - SiliconANGLE

For the first time, Russia reportedly sends oil shipment to Georgia's new refinery: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/for-the-first-time-russia.html

Japanese regulators' plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of startup buyouts in Japan, while IPOs slump (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-20/de…

Deals for Startups Reach Record in Japan Before Listing Curbs
A plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of buyouts of young companies in Japan, reflecting Tokyo’s push to create more billion-dollar startups to better match the country’s global standing in scientific research.

Ukrainian drones attack oil refinery, mechanical plant in Russia, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/ukrainian-drones-attack-oil-refinery.html

TikTok quietly changed its policies to make it easier to share user data with government and regulatory authorities, and weakened promises to inform users (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2025/10/21…

TikTok Won’t Say If It’s Giving ICE Your Data
Changes to TikTok's policies make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with governments. TikTok did not respond to questions about the changes.

Ukrainian drones hit Dagestan oil refinery and Russian defense plant in Mordovia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/ukrainian-drones-hit-dagestan-oil.html

Ukraine downs 16 missiles and hundreds of Shahed drones in mass overnight attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/ukraine-downs-missiles-and-hundreds.html

Samsung unveils the Galaxy XR headset, with micro-OLED displays, hand and eye tracking, a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip, and a battery pack, available for $1,799 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-1…

As Zelensky set to land in Brussels, EU rushes to offset Trump's pressure on Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/as-zelensky-set-to-land.html

Sources: Nexperia's China unit has resumed chip sales to local distributors, with transactions now settled in yuan instead of foreign currencies such as the USD (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nexperi…

U.S. intelligence is guiding Ukraine's strikes on Russia, former SBU officer says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/us-intelligence-is-guiding-ukraines.html

❗️Russians are waging the world’s largest energy terror campaign — Zelenskyy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/21/russians-are-waging-the-worlds.html