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Denmark bans all civilian drone flights ahead of European summit: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c708dzqvz1vo

AI groups bet on world models in race for 'superintelligence': https://www.ft.com/content/ae1c6de2-691e-448d-8bf3-8837cc1e6efb

AI-Powered Stan Lee Hologram Debuts at LA Comic Con: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/09/29/041251/ai-powered-stan-lee-hologram-debuts-at-la-comic-con

Apple's 'Veritas' chatbot is reportedly an employee-only test of Siri's AI upgrades: https://www.theverge.com/news/787046/apples-veritas-siri-ai-chatbot

Will AI Mean Bring an End to Top Programming Language Rankings?: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1823244/will-ai-mean-bring-an-end-to-top-programming-language-rankings

Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/2156240/switzerland-approves-digital-id-in-narrow-vote-uk-proposes-one-too

'Battlefield 6' Launch Trailer Pokes Fun At 'Call Of Duty' With Zac Efron And Morgan Wallen: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2025/09/28/battlefield-6-launch-trailer-pokes-fun-at-call-of-duty-with-zac-efron-and-morgan-wallen/

America's Oil Patch Is Cooling As Costs Rise And Uncertainty Mounts: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2025/09/28/americas-oil-patch-is-cooling-as-costs-rise-and-uncertainty-mounts/

Denmark drone ban EU summit, AI world models superintelligence, Switzerland digital ID referendum, Stan Lee AI hologram, Apple Veritas Siri chatbot, AI programming languages, Russian hybrid warfare, NATO Baltic defense, Battlefield 6 launch, US oil industry slowdown

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Show Notes:

Former FBI chief Comey charged as Trump homes in on critics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moICjUMJHcI

Chaos in Madagascar capital as thousands protest power, water crisis: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e3YA7yqa-is

Microsoft launches Microsoft Marketplace, combining Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource: https://www.techmeme.com/250925/p61

ChatGPT Pulse delivers morning updates based on your chat history: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/chatgpt-pulse-delivers-morning-updates-based-on-your-chat-history/

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adds Two Anthropic AI Models, Giving Users a Choice: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/microsoft-365-copilot-adds-two-anthropic-ai-models-giving-users-a-choice/

AI artist Xania Monet's $3M record deal raises copyright questions: https://www.techmeme.com/250926/p1

Starbucks to close stores, lay off workers in $1 billion restructuring plan: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/starbucks-restructuring-store-closures-layoffs.html

Amazon Blamed AI For Layoffs, Then Hired Cheap H1-B Workers, Senators Allege: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/25/1921208/amazon-blamed-ai-for-layoffs-then-hired-cheap-h1-b-workers-senators-allege

SEO Keywords: James Comey indicted Trump DOJ, ChatGPT Pulse daily briefings, AI artist record deal copyright, Microsoft Marketplace launch, Madagascar protests power crisis, Amazon H-1B workers layoffs, Starbucks restructuring closures, Microsoft Copilot Anthropic models, political prosecutions 2025, AI music industry

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BYD outsells Tesla in EU again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZeHKGmBmX0

Ticketmaster agrees to give better price information after Oasis ticket complaints: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxzqvw4lv8o

Apple warns of more feature delays in Europe: https://www.theverge.com/news/785515/apple-eu-dma-complaint-interoperability-feature-delays

Experimental Gene Therapy Found To Slow Huntington's Disease Progression: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/24/2237215/experimental-gene-therapy-found-to-slow-huntingtons-disease-progression

The UK's Cabinet Office says its Fraud Risk Assessment Accelerator AI tool helped the government recover £480M from fraud: https://www.techmeme.com/250925/p5

Neon Pays Users To Record Their Phone Calls, Sell Data To AI Firms: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/24/2034203/neon-pays-users-to-record-their-phone-calls-sell-data-to-ai-firms

Waymo Wants Companies To Offer Robotaxis As Corporate Perk: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolekobie/2025/09/25/waymo-wants-companies-to-offer-robotaxis-as-corporate-perk/

Intel Approaches Apple For Potential Investment Amid Struggles: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/09/24/2141256/intel-approaches-apple-for-potential-investment-amid-struggles

SEO Keywords: BYD Tesla EU sales, Neon Mobile call recording app, Huntington's disease gene therapy, Apple EU feature delays, UK AI fraud detection, Intel Apple investment talks, Waymo business service, Chinese EV market dominance, AI voice data privacy, robotaxi corporate perks

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China opens way to WTO reform by ceding 'developing country' benefits: https://www.ft.com/content/0ee1c6c3-48ac-4cf9-b83a-d8ca94dbd71f

Jimmy Kimmel calls out 'anti-American' threats to free speech in tearful TV return: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dx6dlelw8o

Microsoft Is Reportedly Building An AI Marketplace To Pay Publishers For Content: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/23/2355226/microsoft-is-reportedly-building-an-ai-marketplace-to-pay-publishers-for-content

Apple Releases First iOS 26.1 Beta With Some Subtle iPhone Changes: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-releases-first-ios-26-1-beta-with-some-subtle-iphone-changes/

Why Volvo Is Replacing Every EX90's Central Computer: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/23/2139249/why-volvo-is-replacing-every-ex90s-central-computer

MLB Approves Robot Umps In 2026 For Challenges: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/09/23/2131259/mlb-approves-robot-umps-in-2026-for-challenges

Apple TV Plus has quietly pulled its new show about domestic extremism: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/784185/apple-tv-plus-the-savant-domestic-terrorism

Eli Lilly to build $6.5 billion Texas manufacturing facility for obesity pill, other drugs: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/23/eli-lilly-plans-6point5-billion-texas-manufacturing-plant-for-obesity-pill.html

Women Physicians Respond To Trump's Announcement On Tylenol And Autism: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adairalandry/2025/09/23/women-physicians-respond-to-trumps-announcement-on-tylenol-and-autism/

SEO Keywords: China WTO developing status, Apple TV Plus The Savant pulled, Jimmy Kimmel free speech, Microsoft AI publisher marketplace, Trump Tylenol autism, Volvo EX90 computer replacement, MLB robot umpires, Eli Lilly Texas facility, iOS 26.1 beta, political media censorship

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Mass evacuations as southern China braces for strongest storm of the year: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rvjj7dp7ro

Denmark suffers 'serious attack' on infrastructure with drones closing airport: https://www.ft.com/content/531764c7-8a30-44a4-ba57-fae6063007a6

Market Rundown: Nvidia's empire grows with OpenAI deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM1B80q09SQ

Google's Gemini AI Is Coming To Your TV: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/09/22/2257230/googles-gemini-ai-is-coming-to-your-tv

LinkedIn Set To Start To Train Its AI on Member Profiles: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/22/2118229/linkedin-set-to-start-to-train-its-ai-on-member-profiles

Top Economists Agree That Gen Z's Hiring Nightmare Is Real: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/22/2118247/top-economists-agree-that-gen-zs-hiring-nightmare-is-real

What Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Means For Tech Jobs And Workers: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2025/09/23/what-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-means-for-tech-jobs-and-workers/

Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/

SEO Keywords: Super Typhoon Ragasa, Copenhagen Airport drone attack, Nvidia OpenAI $100 billion deal, Gen Z unemployment crisis, H-1B visa fee increase, LinkedIn AI training, Google Gemini TV, Denmark infrastructure attack, China evacuation, Disney Jimmy Kimmel FCC

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Trump imposes $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/19/trump-signs-proclamation-creating-100000-application-fee-for-h-1b-visas

European airport disruption continues after weekend cyber-attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjeej85452o

Coinbase plans to become a financial super app: https://www.techmeme.com/250921/p26

The touchscreen MacBook rumors are never ending: https://www.theverge.com/news/782302/touchscreen-oled-macbook-rumors

Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/2338214/hundreds-of-google-ai-workers-were-fired-amid-fight-over-working-conditions

Medical AI tools show bias against women and minorities: https://www.techmeme.com/250921/p6

Petition Demanding Jimmy Kimmel's Return Surges Past 150,000 Signatures: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2025/09/21/petition-demanding-jimmy-kimmels-return-surges-past-150000-signatures/

Amazon faces FTC trial over Prime sign-up practices: https://www.theverge.com/policy/782197/amazon-prime-ftc-consumer-protection-trial

SEO Keywords: Trump H-1B visa fee, Google AI workers fired, medical AI bias, European airport cyber attack, Coinbase financial super app, touchscreen MacBook OLED, Jimmy Kimmel petition, Amazon Prime FTC trial, immigration policy, AI workplace conditions

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Trump says TV networks opposed to him should 'maybe' lose licence: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4qe0rz2zvo

These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-mass-arrests-new-york-officials/

OpenAI's research on AI models deliberately lying is wild: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/openais-research-on-ai-models-deliberately-lying-is-wild/

Huawei announces new AI infrastructure as Nvidia gets locked out of China: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/huawei-announces-new-ai-infrastructure-as-nvidia-gets-locked-out-of-china/

Meta Has the Right Smart Glasses. Let Someone Else Handle the AI: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-has-the-right-smart-glasses-let-someone-else-handle-the-ai/

Notion's new AI Agents will basically do your job for you: https://www.theverge.com/news/781293/notion-ai-agent-do-your-job

FTC and Seven States Sue Ticketmaster Over Alleged Coordination With Scalpers: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/18/181207/ftc-and-seven-states-sue-ticketmaster-over-alleged-coordination-with-scalpers

SoftBank's Vision Fund plans layoffs: https://www.techmeme.com/250918/p46

Trump TV license threats, New York ICE arrests, OpenAI AI scheming research, Notion AI agents, Huawei AI infrastructure, Meta smart glasses, Ticketmaster scalper lawsuit, SoftBank Vision Fund layoffs, FCC Brendan Carr, immigration detention protests, AI deception deliberative alignment

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Macrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court to prove Brigitte is a woman: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3llj5nxdo

Trump Says He Is Designating Antifa As A 'Major Terrorist Organization': https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/09/18/trump-says-he-is-designating-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization/

Rivian's e-bike leaks ahead of next month's announcement: https://www.theverge.com/news/780734/rivians-e-bike-leaks-ahead-of-next-months-announcement

Anthropic details three infrastructure bugs that degraded Claude's responses: https://www.techmeme.com/250918/p8

The New Job Of Being A Vibe Coding Cleanup Specialist: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2025/09/18/the-new-job-of-being-a-vibe-coding-cleanup-specialist-is-intriguing-and-stirring-ample-controversy/

Americans want AI to stay out of their personal lives: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/780184/pew-research-americans-want-ai-out-of-their-personal-lives

Disney's ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' off air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjgorMzTkCY

China Is Sending Its World-Beating Auto Industry Into a Tailspin: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/2112233/china-is-sending-its-world-beating-auto-industry-into-a-tailspin

Trump Antifa terrorist organization, Jimmy Kimmel ABC pulled off air, Anthropic Claude infrastructure bugs, Rivian e-bike leak, Americans AI personal lives Pew Research, Charlie Kirk assassination, vibe coding cleanup specialist, China auto industry oversupply, Disney media censorship, AI consumer resistance

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Europe turns to Ukrainian tech for 'drone wall' against Russia: https://www.ft.com/content/060875fe-95cc-4cbb-bec9-654422b045fa

Ben & Jerry's co-founder quits over social activism row: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g58xx1eero

UK and US sign $42 billion tech pact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCC3wAPvbRA

Fiverr lays off 30% of its workforce: https://www.techmeme.com/250916/p44

YouTube Unveils New AI Tools for Crafting Shorts: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/youtube-unveils-new-ai-tools-for-crafting-shorts-more-upgrades-for-creators/

Meta Connect 2025 expectations: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/meta-connect-2025-what-to-expect-and-how-to-watch/

ChatGPT age verification requirements: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/16/2045241/chatgpt-will-guess-your-age-and-might-require-id-for-age-verification

Microsoft $30 Billion Investment in UK: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/16/2032219/microsoft-announces-30-billion-investment-in-ai-infrastructure-operations-in-uk

Mortgage rates drop to 3-year low: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/16/mortgage-rates-drop-to-3-year-low-ahead-of-fed-meeting.html

European drone wall, Ben Jerry's Greenfield quits, UK US tech deal, Fiverr AI layoffs, YouTube AI tools, ChatGPT age verification, Microsoft UK investment, mortgage rates drop, Ukrainian defense technology, AI-first companies, Meta Connect 2025

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Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times: https://www.ft.com/content/57daa035-b3c8-46e9-8e9e-6e271dfe6903

US destroys alleged Venezuelan drug boat, killing three: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jel4gyezo

China says TikTok's US app will use Chinese algorithm: https://www.ft.com/content/550e4680-89e7-4b59-bb5d-2064cd6799c7

OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/15/openai-upgrades-codex-with-a-new-version-of-gpt-5/

Apple Ships iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 With 'Liquid Glass' UI Overhaul: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/1727213/apple-ships-ios-26-ipados-26-and-macos-tahoe-26-with-liquid-glass-ui-overhaul

What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/seven-things-we-learned-from-openais-first-study-on-chatgpt-usage/

Robinhood Plans To Launch a Startups Fund Open To All Retail Investors: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/2159203/robinhood-plans-to-launch-a-startups-fund-open-to-all-retail-investors

OpenAI hires former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as business finance officer: https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-hires-former-xai-cfo-mike-liberatore-as-business-finance-officer-10252847/

Trump New York Times lawsuit, defamation litigation, TikTok China algorithm deal, OpenAI GPT-5 Codex launch, Apple iOS 26 Liquid Glass, ChatGPT usage statistics, Robinhood startup fund, retail investing, Venezuelan drug boat, Coast Guard operation, AI coding tools, software engineering

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