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YouTube announces 'voluntary exit program' for US staff: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told employees about the program via an internal memo on Wednesday. Read More

Meta bought 1 GW of solar this week: The social media company inked three deals in the U.S. to power its data centers and offset its carbon footprint. Read More

Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI assistant: Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman after acquiring the Superhuman email client in July. Read More

This Week's Must-Reads

Waabi unveils autonomous truck made in partnership with Volvo: The move comes as Waabi announced earlier this year that it was partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to build a custom purpose truck based on Volvo's auto autonomy platform using Waabi's software stack. Read More

Canva launches its own design model, adds new AI features to the platform: Canva is launching new features like Forms and email design, and it makes Affinity free for all users. Read More

ElevenLabs CEO says AI audio models will be 'commoditized' over time: ElevenLabs' founder Mati Staniszewski said that, in the short term, AI audio models were still the "biggest advantage and the biggest step change you can have today." Read More

Hackers threaten to leak data after breaching University of Pennsylvania to send mass emails: As the hackers plainly stated in their message ("Please stop giving us money"), this breach appears motivated to suppress alumni donations. Read More

Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker: Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of involvement. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Etsy names former head of Depop, Kruti Patel Goyal, as its new CEO: Kruti Patel Goyal is replacing Etsy's long-time CEO, Josh Silverman, who is stepping down by the end of the year. Read More