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OpenAI revenue gap rattles markets - Reports say OpenAI's annualized revenue hit about $50 billion in September, below the roughly $70 billion pitched to investors. The news pulled down AI stocks including Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron and AMD.

OpenAI fired researchers and math backlash - Three former OpenAI researchers say they were fired over AI safety concerns, while OpenAI cites mishandled confidential information. Mathematicians react with mixed feelings to OpenAI's claim of progress on over 100 open math problems.

Anthropic Cyber Mission security coalition - Anthropic launched the Cyber Mission with 11 partners including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Dragos and Booz Allen. It includes an open-source vulnerability scanner powered by Claude models.

AI security tools, threats, flaws - Sophos says OpenAI Daybreak cut threat investigation time by 96%, the ARTEX AI agent goes private after being tied to attacks on South Korean banks, and JFrog discloses a critical LMCache vulnerability affecting vLLM deployments.

US suspends PERM for tech firms - The US Labor Department suspended PERM green-card processing for Microsoft, Adobe, Capgemini, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, Cognizant and HCL over alleged fraud. The move could disrupt H-1B talent pipelines.

Google Gemini agent and Copilot sharing - Google Cloud introduced Gemini agent, an autonomous workplace AI assistant. Microsoft now lets extra Microsoft 365 Family and Premium members use Copilot AI features.

SpaceX spectrum deal and Amazon Leo - SpaceX is paying about $8 billion for Grain Management spectrum licenses to build a mobile network. Amazon has built its 1,000th Leo satellite and is weeks away from launching commercial satellite internet.

Apple touch-screen MacBook event - Apple reportedly plans an October 27 event for its first touch-screen MacBook, an OLED iPad mini, and M6-powered MacBook Pro and iMac models under CEO John Ternus.

Big Tech battles for new domains - ICANN received more than 1,600 new gTLD applications, with OpenAI seeking .chatgpt and .agi, Google bidding on .api and .mcp, and Microsoft seeking .copilot.

Xbox launches XP entertainment division - Microsoft created XP, a new Xbox division to expand franchises like Diablo, Call of Duty and Minecraft into film, TV, products and theme parks, led by Kayleen Walters.

Bootstrap 6, zerobrew, Claude Code mods - Bootstrap 6 alpha brings Sass modules, modern CSS and ESM-only JavaScript. zerobrew offers a faster Homebrew alternative, and developers explore custom Claude Code mods.

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