- Noon, an Amazon rival in the Middle East that has raised $2.7B since its 2016 launch and is now valued at "close to" $10B, is planning an IPO within two years (Chloe Cornish/Financial Times)
- OpenAI researchers argue that language models hallucinate because standard training and evaluation procedures reward guessing over admitting uncertainty (OpenAI)
- GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT is shockingly good at search and demonstrates the potential of combining tool calling with chain-of-thought reasoning (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
- Microsoft says clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut (Susanne Barton/Bloomberg)
- Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta's Libra stablecoin project, reflects on Libra's failure, what Stripe's Tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more (Christian Catalini/Forbes)
- An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector's unemployment rate fell from 5.5% in July to 4.5% in August, while active tech job postings declined 2.6% from July (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
- Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges, not Justin Sun's token movements; WLFI blames phishing-related compromises (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
- OnePlus ends its five-year partnership with camera company Hasselblad and plans to develop its own imaging engine called DetailMax Engine for upcoming phones (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
- A look at the ramp up of Apple's retail footprint in India, as a source says Apple's revenue grew 13% YoY to $9B during India's fiscal year that ended in March (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
- Thailand, aiming to become the second-largest PCB production hub, is witnessing a tech manufacturing boom as the PCB supply chain shifts from China and Taiwan (Nikkei Asia)
- A book excerpt details Spotify's decade-long push against Apple's App Store commissions and steering rules, including pushing the EU to pass new antitrust laws (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)
- Source: Balderton Capital, one of Revolut's earliest VC backers, has sold ~$1B in shares through multiple transactions that valued the fintech company at $45B (Financial Times)
- Russia publishes a list of locally developed apps it says will function during mobile internet shutdowns, excluding foreign services like WhatsApp and YouTube (Reuters)
- Public records show C3 AI's Project Sherlock, company's flagship contract to speed up policing in San Mateo County, has struggled with usability issues and more (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)
- TikTok says it now has more than 200M MAUs in Europe, up from 175M in 2024, the latest sign of its rapid growth among teenagers (Supantha Mukherjee/Reuters)