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Axel Springer's Telegraph begins layoffs, pledging to become an "AI-powered" global business; sources: up to 100 jobs will go, with culture and sports hit hard (Esther Addley/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/20…

Telegraph cuts 100 jobs as new owner promises to turn paper into ‘AI-powered’ global business
Redundancies come after paper was bought in June by European media group Axel Springer

heise | Weltmodelle: Wie KI lernt, die Folgen von Handlungen vorherzusagen
Weltmodelle versuchen, Bewegungen und Aktionen vorherzusagen. Das könnte Robotern und selbstfahrenden Autos helfen – doch noch haben die Modelle Grenzen.

Weltmodelle: Wie KI lernt, die Folgen von Handlungen vorherzusagen
Weltmodelle versuchen, Bewegungen und Aktionen vorherzusagen. Das könnte Robotern und selbstfahrenden Autos helfen – doch noch haben die Modelle Grenzen.

Atlanta-based Tractian, which uses AI and sensors to predict machine failures and recommend maintenance, raised a $130M Series D at a $1.4B valuation (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-physical-ai-s…

Exclusive: Physical AI Startup Tractian Becomes a Unicorn
Tractian, a 7-year-old physical AI startup based in Atlanta, Georgia, has raised $130 million at a valuation of $1.4 billion in a Series D funding round led by Sapphire Ventures. Tractian provides sensors to assess the condition of machines, predicting how long it will take for them to fail and recommending maintenance plans. Many machines are “completely naked in terms of hardware

heise | Apple Business: Was Sie als Admin über die neuen Systeme wissen müssen
Mit den 27er-Systemen ändert Apple viel und setzt viel Neues voraus. Wir zeigen, was Sie testen, umstellen und mit Ihrem MDM-Anbieter klären sollten.

Woah, Puzzmo is soliciting web puzzle games for inclusion in the site. No details on payments or much business stuff, but "Zach [Gage] is interested in helping make your game feel like the best version of its idea it can be." What a draw!
Wish I wasn't deep in shipping my work game so I could put together something.

As Disney, Netflix, and Tubi aggressively cut deals with top creators, YouTube tries to remain top talent's primary home, with incentives and sometimes threats (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywo…

Disney and Netflix Are Courting Creators. YouTube Is Playing Hardball to Keep Them
The studios are offering rich deals to grow engagement on their platforms. The Google-owned video giant is punching back with its own offers — and threats.

Source: Shein has agreed to pay $100M, equivalent to 44% of its Q2 profit, to settle a US FTC investigation over delivery delays and other customer complaints (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co…

Alaska newsrooms, including The Alaska Beacon and The Anchorage Daily News, are joining forces to cover the midterm elections amid severe resource constraints (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/business/media/alaska-journalis…

Alaska’s Journalists Join Forces to Cover the Midterms
The state’s challenging geography and newspapers’ broader economic struggles have stretched reporters in Alaska, just as its competitive U.S. Senate race has grabbed national attention.

eMudhra says it will exit the SSL/TLS certificate business, 1% of its revenue, after its TLS certificates with private keys of just 3 to 8 bits were compromised (Abhirami G/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/i

METR says a pilot test of OpenAI's monitoring system found vulnerabilities, including an exploit that could have let AI agents hide hundreds of recent actions (Anzar Mehraj/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-safety