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Leaked audio: Apple nears a deal to acquihire computer vision startup Prompt AI; it was approached by other potential suitors, including xAI and Neuralink (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/apple-nears-deal-to-acquire-ta…

Apple nears deal to acquire talent and technology from computer vision startup Prompt AI
Apple is in late-stage talks with startup Prompt AI to bring on the company's employees and its computer vision technology.

Ukraine, EU agree to advance technical side of accession talks as Hungary blocks formal launch: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/ukraine-eu-agree-to-advance.html

Just heard about the ceasefire agreement from folks in Gaza (was heads-down coding).
I want to be optimistic although I fear what Israel and Netanyahu’s government will do to sabotage it.
Also, is it too soon to talk about holding Israel and the IDF responsible for genocide?
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Updates: Israel approves Gaza ceasefire deal; Hamas touts US guarantee
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Thursday, October 9.

Sources: Coinbase and Mastercard have each held talks to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK for $1.5B-$2.5B; a deal would be the largest stablecoin acquisition yet (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/10/09/bvnk-acquisition-coinbase-mastercard-stable…

Exclusive: Coinbase and Mastercard have both held advanced talks to buy stablecoin startup BVNK for around $2 billion
Stablecoins have become a buzzy sector over the past year amid a red-hot IPO from the stablecoin giant Circle and recently passed legislation in Congress.

Israel and Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting and release hostages, Trump says (Samy Magdy/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/egypt-gaza-talks-kushner-witkoff-israel-hamas-news-10-08-2025-ac80d3ed50ff2a9b4106ab5e13156651
http://www.memeorandum.com/251008/p144#a251008p144

Girls Talk, ‘Boys Talk: Quinnen Williams Blockbuster https://www.dallascowboys.com/podcast/girls-talk-boys-talk-quinnen-williams-blockbuster

Sources: Veeam, which offers data backup and disaster recovery tools, is in advanced talks to acquire data privacy management software maker Securiti for ~$1.8B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/insigh…

Source: Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell (Abram Brown/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/microsoft-discusses-custom-chips-broadcom

Microsoft Discusses Custom Chips With Broadcom
Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell, another maker of custom chips, according to one person involved in the discussions. Those discussions come amid intense demand for such chips as companies like Microsoft race to acquire more semiconductors and increase their AI products. Nvidia lords over the

Sources: Intel is in early-stage talks to acquire AI chip startup SambaNova, with a deal likely valuing SambaNova below its $5B valuation in 2021 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-30/intel-in-talks-to-acquire-ai…

Sources: data integration company Fivetran is in talks to acquire data management company dbt Labs in a deal valuing the combined entity at between $5B and $10B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-startup-fi…

Data Startup Fivetran In Talks to Buy Dbt Labs in Multibillion Dollar Deal
Fivetran, a startup used by companies to manage and prepare data for analytics and artificial intelligence, is in talks to buy data management companydbt Labs, according to people with direct knowledge of the deal. The deal would combine two data companies that are facing competition from ...