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Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow (The Keyword)

Techmeme

Channing Tatum says 23 Jump Street Men in Black crossover will 'never happen'

Polygon - All

Ball x Pit review: What if Vampire Survivors, but Peggle?

Polygon - All

Marvel's The Hulk is making a big change with Infernal Hulk

Polygon - All

MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor, which makes gallium nitride transistors that are stacked vertically for data centers, raised an $11M seed led by Playground (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

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Meta adds group chats to Threads with support for up to 50 followers, rolling out globally, excluding the UK and Australia, and expands DMs to the EU (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

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Threads now has group chats

The Verge - All Posts

Kobo’s new e-reader remote lets you turn the page with the press of a button

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US cybersecurity company F5 discloses a cyberattack in August by suspected nation-state hackers that stole undisclosed BIG-IP vulnerabilities and source code (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

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AppLovin shut down Array last quarter, calling it "a test product" that wasn't "economically viable", after allegations it led to unwanted Android app installs (Bloomberg)

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Does The Outer Worlds 2 Take Into Account Any Endings From The First Game?

Game Informer

Honor’s Robot Phone concept features a fold-out camera arm

The Verge - All Posts

A survey of 28K+ adults in 25 countries on AI: 81% have heard a lot or a little, 34% are more concerned than excited, and 42% are equally concerned and excited (Pew Research Center)

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Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores (Apple)

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Apple says it will sell Vision Pro-compatible PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for $250 from November 11 and the $130 Logitech Muse digital pen from October 22 (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

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Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime

The Verge - All Posts

CoreWeave and AI coding startup Poolside plan a 500-acre, natural gas-powered data center on a Texas ranch; sources: Poolside is raising $2B at a $14B valuation (Bradley Olson/Wall Street Journal)

Techmeme

Netflix's My Hero Academia movie is taking inspiration from an unlikely show

Polygon - All

Major federation of unions calls for ‘worker-centered AI’ future

The Verge - All Posts

‘Halo Fund Announces Strategic Secondary Investment in 1Password’

Daring Fireball