Browsing: October

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SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia, about 32 million shares, in October for $5.8 billion and part of its stake in T-Mobile for $9.2 billion, bringing second-quarter profit to $16.2 billion, above estimate. (David Keohane/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 11, 2025

David Keohane / Financial Times: SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia, about 32 million shares, in October for $5.8…

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A YouGov survey estimates that 9% of UK adults, or 4.7 million people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, around 200,000 more people than in 2023 (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 10, 2025

Adam Leventhal / Athletics: A YouGov survey estimates that 9% of UK adults, or 4.7 million people, watched sports via…

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In an October 27 letter, OpenAI asked the Trump administration to extend a 35% tax credit under the Chips Act to help reduce the cost of AI infrastructure (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

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Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435 million at a valuation of $6.1 billion, up from $4.2 billion after raising a $200 million Series D in October 2024 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 5, 2025

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435 million at a valuation of…

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SEC Filing: Snowflake Claims Executive Shared Unauthorized Financial Advice With Instagram Influencer; an October 26 video interview features CRO Mike Gannon (Alice Tecotzky/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 31, 2025

Alice Tecotzky / Business Insider: SEC Filing: Snowflake Claims Executive Shared Unauthorized Financial Advice With Instagram Influencer; October 26 video…

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Lindo St. Angel, vice president of hardware at Amazon Lab126 R&D since 2010, plans to leave October 31; he helped develop the Echo, Astro and Fire robots (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 25, 2025

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Lindo St. Angel, vice president of hardware at Amazon Lab126 R&D since 2010, plans to leave…

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Sources: X advertising chief John Nitti, who joined X in January, has left; X’s chief financial officer, Mahmoud Reza Banki, left in early October after less than a year in the role (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 24, 2025

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Sources: X advertising chief John Nitti, who joined X in January, has left; X’s financial…

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after Valve updated the exchange rate for Counter-Strike digital items, the market fell by $1.75 billion, or 25%, on October 23; in 2024, a weapon sold for $1 million (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 24, 2025

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How OpenSea reinvented itself from an NFT marketplace to a crypto trading aggregator, facilitating $1.6 billion in transactions in the first two weeks of October (Jeff Kauflin/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 16, 2025

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Nvidia says it will begin selling the DGX Spark mini PC for AI developers on October 15 on Nvidia.com and select third-party retailers for $3,999 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 14, 2025

Michael Kan / PCMag: Nvidia says it will begin selling the DGX Spark Mini PC for AI developers on October…

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Five Chinese technology and advanced manufacturing companies launched their listings in Hong Kong today to raise up to $5.6 billion, led by Apple supplier Luxshare’s $3.15 billion offering (Reuters)

Australia’s ACCC is suing Amazon for allegedly introducing ads on Prime Video under unfair contractual terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them (Peter Vercoe/Bloomberg)

Google says the Gemini app now offers custom Nano Banana image generation, previously limited to Plus, Pro and Ultra users, for free to eligible US users (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

As a new law prohibits the DOD from working with companies whose lobbyists also represent blacklisted entities, DC lobbying firms are abandoning companies like Alibaba and Tencent (Bloomberg).

Quantifind, whose AI products help banks combat financial crimes such as money laundering, raised $200 million led by Summit Partners (Laura Kreutzer/Wall Street Journal)

Browsing: October

SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia, about 32 million shares, in October for $5.8 billion and part of its stake in T-Mobile for $9.2 billion, bringing second-quarter profit to $16.2 billion, above estimate. (David Keohane/Financial Times)

A YouGov survey estimates that 9% of UK adults, or 4.7 million people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, around 200,000 more people than in 2023 (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)

In an October 27 letter, OpenAI asked the Trump administration to extend a 35% tax credit under the Chips Act to help reduce the cost of AI infrastructure (Bloomberg)

Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435 million at a valuation of $6.1 billion, up from $4.2 billion after raising a $200 million Series D in October 2024 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

SEC Filing: Snowflake Claims Executive Shared Unauthorized Financial Advice With Instagram Influencer; an October 26 video interview features CRO Mike Gannon (Alice Tecotzky/Business Insider)

Lindo St. Angel, vice president of hardware at Amazon Lab126 R&D since 2010, plans to leave October 31; he helped develop the Echo, Astro and Fire robots (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Sources: X advertising chief John Nitti, who joined X in January, has left; X’s chief financial officer, Mahmoud Reza Banki, left in early October after less than a year in the role (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

after Valve updated the exchange rate for Counter-Strike digital items, the market fell by $1.75 billion, or 25%, on October 23; in 2024, a weapon sold for $1 million (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

How OpenSea reinvented itself from an NFT marketplace to a crypto trading aggregator, facilitating $1.6 billion in transactions in the first two weeks of October (Jeff Kauflin/Forbes)

Nvidia says it will begin selling the DGX Spark mini PC for AI developers on October 15 on Nvidia.com and select third-party retailers for $3,999 (Michael Kan/PCMag)