Trust Issues
OpenAI fires safety researchers and misses a revenue number, Anthropic writes manners for Claude, and Amazon retires the Fire tablet.
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Microsoft and Adobe lose green-card access as the Labor Department suspends them from the PERM program, citing multiple active federal investigations. Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata and Wipro are also suspended, and Microsoft denies the allegations of fraud and abuse.
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Amazon retires Fire for Alexa tablets, a three-model lineup running Android with full Google Play Store access. The top Alexa Tablet 12 Pro costs $499, a long way from Fire's bargain-bin roots.
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FBI disrupts Flax Typhoon hacking tools by seizing seven domains used to run two tools, MicroScan and FishHub. The tools were used against critical infrastructure and other organizations worldwide, and an international coalition took part in the takedown.
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Apple reportedly plans a touchscreen MacBook for "on or around" October 27, per Bloomberg, alongside a new iPad mini. That follows a smart home event Apple has set for October 13.
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SpaceX wants to be a carrier, buying low-band spectrum licenses to make Starlink Mobile a "major" US carrier once the FCC signs off. Shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile fell on the announcement.
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