Oracle, Silver Lake & MGX will be main investors in TikTok U.S., sources say

TikTok’s U.S. business will have 45% of control in the hands of a group of investors that includes Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs

Subscribers to ChatGPT’s $200-a-month Pro plan will get to try out Pulse, OpenAI’s latest agent product.

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Microsoft cuts off cloud services to Israeli military unit after report of storing Palestinians’ phone calls

The decision comes after Microsoft fired employees for participating in protests over the use of its cloud services by the Israeli military.

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Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Prime Membership Settlement

The settlement is one of the largest in the history of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued Amazon two years ago.

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Anthropic’s Claude Models Are Now Available in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Opus 4.1 can be used in Microsoft’s Researcher Agent and, along with Sonnet 4, in Copilot Studio.
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Threads is developing a tool that lets you ‘tag’ its algorithm to configure your feed

Threads is developing a new feature that would let users control what they see by ‘tagging’ the algorithm.

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Juicebox raises $30M from Sequoia to revolutionize hiring with LLM-powered search

The recruiting startup has over 2,500 customers, including recruiters at Perplexity, Ramp and OpenAI.

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Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over ‘deceptive’ Prime program

Opening arguments for the trial in Seattle took place on Tuesday and the proceedings were expected to last a month.

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Love, lies, and algorithms: Is AI really helping us find ‘the one’? Live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

From dating apps and AI-powered matchmaking to full-on digital companionship, artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a third party in our most personal relationships. But is it truly helping us find deeper connection — or just reshaping romance into an algorithmic illusion?

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What top VCs want from AI founders: Inside the investor lens with Jon McNeill, Aileen Lee, and Steve Jang at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Jon McNeill (DVx Ventures), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures) share what AI founders need to know now: from defensibility to term sheets. TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes place October 27–29 in San Francisco. Register before tomorrow ends to save up to $668.

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