October 03, 2025

Apple removes ICEBlock and similar tracking apps from the App Store: Apple has removed ICEBlock and other apps from its App Store that allow users to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following pressure from the Trump administration. Read More

Hacking group claims theft of 1 billion records from Salesforce customer databases: The hacking group claims to have stolen about a billion records from companies, including FedEx, Qantas, and TransUnion, who store their customer and company data in Salesforce. Read More

After nine years of grinding, Replit finally found its market. Can it keep it?: While AI coding startups like Cursor raise brow-raising rounds on barely three years of existence, Replit's path to a $3 billion valuation has been anything but swift. Read More

The GPU of the next decade is here. Join Dylan Patel (SemiAnalysis) and Ian Buck (NVIDIA) for an insider look at NVIDIA Blackwell, hosted by Together AI. The deep dive will cover architecture, optimizations, implementation, and more, along with an opportunity to get your questions answered. Join us on Wednesday, October 1 at 9 a.m. PT.

YouTubers aren't relying on ad revenue anymore — here's how some are diversifying: YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels. Read More

Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure: As part of the change, Anthropic is updating the structure of its core technical group, bringing the company's product-engineering team into closer contact with the infrastructure and inference teams. Read More

OpenAI's Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store: Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit. Read More

Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in mostly blue states: The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states most affected by the cuts voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Read More

Flai is the latest startup bringing AI to car dealerships: The YC-backed startup has raised a $4.5 million seed round as it looks to win over more businesses by replacing cumbersome phone trees with AI-powered software. Read More

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A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes: Lore raises $1.1 million to build a personalized search engine for fandom culture. Read More

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