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Fox completes its $22B acquisition of Roku: A few months after DOJ investigators were probing the deal, Fox just completed its $22B acquisition of the streaming giant Roku. Read More

Tesla will stop making the Cybertruck in 2027: Elon Musk said the company will use the factory space to make more Cybercabs. Read More

After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop: Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users in coming weeks. Read More

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The Duo apps are coming, says Apple: There are now 100K Duo-optimized apps, says Apple, and thousands more arrive daily. Read More

Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent: Meta's Muse agents continue to get new features and integrations. Spaces promises to be a new way to interact with the AI helpers. Read More

Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO: AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth. Read More

At least 10 local governments have moved to drop Flock’s surveillance cameras since summer: The concerns range from privacy to how data is shared (and with whom) to procurement concerns. Read More

Hundreds of Artex AI hacking tools found publicly exposed to the web: Security researchers found hundreds of servers hosting the penetration testing tool Artex exposed to the internet, allowing anyone access to the hacking tool. Read More

Last but Not Least

Physicl raises $10M to make the digital world real enough for robots: Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built to market goods online. Read More