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YouTube Shorts Just Got a Little Longer

YouTube is rolling out significant updates to its Shorts platform, extending the maximum video length to three minutes starting on October 15. This change comes in response to user requests,…

Chinese Cyberattack Targets U.S. Broadband Providers and Wiretap Systems

Chinese hackers infiltrated the networks of U.S. broadband providers, accessing systems used by the federal government for court-authorized wiretapping, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The intrusion, targeting networks…

Visa Unveils Platform for Tokenized Digital Asset Management

Visa has officially launched its new Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP), aimed at facilitating the issuance and management of digital assets. On October 3, Visa announced the VTAP, which is…

OpenAI Introduces Canvas for Writing and Coding Projects

OpenAI is introducing Canvas, a new workspace interface aimed at enhancing project management for writing and coding within ChatGPT. This marks a significant shift from the traditional chat-based interface, offering…

Taiwan’s New AML Laws Put Crypto Firms on Notice

The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) of Taiwan has introduced a set of new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations that local virtual asset service providers (VASPs) must comply with by 2025. This…

Palworld Pushes Mobile Launch Despite Nintendo Lawsuit

Palworld, the creature-catching game often referred to as “Pokémon with guns,” is pressing forward with its mobile launch plans, despite a patent infringement lawsuit from Nintendo. The indie developer Pocketpair…

WuXi AppTec Explores Sale of Key Units Amid U.S. Restrictions

China’s WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics are considering the sale of parts of their pharmaceutical operations as U.S. national security concerns tighten restrictions on Chinese biotech firms. WuXi AppTec is…

Spotify Launches Automatic Offline Backup Playlist for Premium Users

Spotify has launched a new feature called Offline Backup for Premium users, which automatically creates a playlist when users lose internet connection. This playlist pulls together recently queued and played…

Banks to Join SWIFT Digital Asset Trials in 2025

Banks across North America, Europe, and Asia are gearing up to participate in upcoming trials involving digital assets organized by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). On October…

Aptos Labs Enters Japan Through HashPalette Acquisition

Aptos Labs, the developer behind the Aptos Network, has taken a significant step to expand its presence in Asia by signing an agreement to acquire HashPalette, a Japanese non-fungible token…

Coinbase Pushes CFTC for Documents to Defend Against SEC

Coinbase has filed a petition in federal court seeking to compel the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide communication records with several crypto token issuers. This request is crucial…

Sora Co-Lead Leaves OpenAI for Google DeepMind

Tim Brooks, co-lead on OpenAI’s video generation project Sora, has left the company to join Google DeepMind, Google’s AI research division. Brooks, who had been co-leading the development of Sora…

Nvidia’s Blackwell Chip Faces Unprecedented Demand, Says CEO Jensen Huang

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has described the demand for the company’s upcoming Blackwell artificial intelligence chip as “insane.” In an interview with CNBC’s “Closing Bell Overtime,” Huang noted that every…

Court Revives 2020 AT&T Case Over $24M Crypto Theft via SIM Swap

AT&T is set to return to court facing charges related to its failure to protect user information, following an appeal that overturned part of a summary judgment in the company’s…

Nvidia Unveils New AI Model That Rivals GPT-4 in Both Vision and Language Tasks

Nvidia has introduced a groundbreaking open-source artificial intelligence model, poised to rival industry-leading systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4. This new development, named the NVLM 1.0 family, is headlined by the NVLM-D-72B,…

BTC Whales Not in Sufficient Profit to Dump on Market

An analysis of the Bitcoin unrealized profit ratio comparing new and old whales indicates that large Bitcoin holders have not yet realized enough profits to justify selling their significant holdings…

Facebook Tackles Celebrity Deepfake Scams After $43 Million Lost by Australians

Facebook has ramped up efforts to tackle celebrity deepfake scams in Australia after Australians lost $43 million to such schemes. Meta introduced a Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE) tool in…

UK City Minister Advocates for Blockchain-Based Gilts Despite Government Concerns

Tulip Siddiq, the United Kingdom’s city minister, is advocating for the introduction of blockchain-based gilts, a form of government bond issued using blockchain technology. This initiative aims to modernize the…

Tesla and Chinese Automakers Face Increased EU Tariffs on EV Imports

The European Commission plans to impose additional tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China, in response to an anti-subsidy investigation. These tariffs, set to supplement the EU’s standard 10%…

Prime Video Viewers Will See More Ads Next Year

Amazon will soon increase the number of ads on its Prime Video streaming service, starting early next year. According to a report from the Financial Times, this move is part…