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Elon Musk wrote that turning off Starlink would cause the Ukrainian front line to collapse immediately.
Source: Asia Times
https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/asia-should-read-the-fine-print-on-musks-starlink-contracts/
#TechPolicy

Apple Intelligence will arrive in China in December as part of iOS 27.3, with Alibaba's Qwen model powering many AI features.
Source: TechJuice
https://www.techjuice.pk/apple-intelligence-china-ios-27-3-alibaba-qwen/
#Tech #Apple #Alibaba

Google's Project Suncatcher has run an artificial intelligence model on a satellite in orbit and received its first complete response back on Earth.
Source: Times of Oman
https://timesofoman.com//article/178579-googles-project-suncatcher-achieves-first-successful-ai-response-from-space
#Tech #Google

The money behind the money is thrilled, mostly. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/pile-ins-payouts-and-pacing-pressure-the-investors-behind-the-vcs-open-up/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Tencent Cloud launched an integrated multimodal data processing, training and inference solution for embodied intelligence and autonomous driving and announced the TCLake XPhysis platform covering the full physical AI engineering chain.
Source: Pandaily
https://pandaily.com/tencent-cloud-physical-ai-multimodal-data-training-inference-embodied-autonomous-driving-tclake-xphysis
#Tech #Tencent

Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI announced they will support an upcoming website crawling standard that lets site operators block AI developers from using their content.
Source: SiliconANGLE
https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/30/google-anthropic-and-others-to-support-new-ai-crawling-opt-out-standard/
#TechPolicy #Google #Anthropic

The UAE has capped e-invoicing implementation fines at Dh50,000 and removed the Dh1,000 daily penalty for system-failure reporting delays.
Source: Gulf News
https://gulfnews.com/business/tax-news/uae-limits-e-invoicing-fines-at-dh50000-removes-dh1000-daily-penaltyhow-it-works-now-1.500730246
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Nvidia is considering cosigning a loan for Nscale's AI data center in West Virginia.
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/nvidia-weighs-playing-the-cosigner-for-nscales-ai-data-center-in-west-virginia/
#Startups #Nvidia

When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/nvidia-weighs-playing-the-cosigner-for-nscales-ai-data-center-in-west-virginia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nvidia moves beyond GPUs as Meta's Muse agent stack pulls it deeper into AI infrastructure.
Source: DigiTimes Asia
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261028VL216/meta-infrastructure-nvidia-launch-security.html
#AI #Nvidia #Meta

Deloitte Australia produced a 219-page feasibility study for the Western Australian government that cost A$166,000.
Source: Jamaica Observer
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/30/ask-accountant-one-question-ai-write/
#AI

The AI logistics startup will bolster the CRM giant's Missionforce defense platform. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/salesforces-ma-spree-continues-with-a-reported-375m-deal-for-defense-tech-startup-rune/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

As an increasing number of AI assistants flood the market, the founder of Ollie, an assistant that respected its users' privacy, says it will be shutting down in a week. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/ollie-a-privacy-focused-ai-assistant-is-shutting-down/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Amazon has set up a supplier financing facility that lets it borrow up to $80 billion against the AI hardware it purchases, with the facility usable from 2027 to late 2028.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/amazon-80b-supplier-loan-facility-ai-hardware
#AI #Amazon

Big Tech has now committed more than $3 trillion to the AI build-out.
Source: The Next Web
https://thenextweb.com/news/big-tech-3-trillion-ai-spending-commitments
#AI

Intel is being hurt by PC sales as the AI industry gobbles memory and other components causing PC prices to rise. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/intels-stock-crashes-knocking-12b-from-governments-stake/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The new report says the AI lab will likely qualify for a high junk rating. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/anthropic-expected-to-receive-high-junk-rating-from-credit-agencies-following-ipo-report-says/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

EXCLUSIVE: A security researcher discovered the hardcoded credential in Applebee's app, allowing unrestricted access to customers' personal data. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/applebees-exposed-customers-personal-data-after-leaving-database-password-in-app/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/last-minute-halloween-costumes-for-tech-nerds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/cracks-are-emerging-in-the-ai-spending-boom/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon