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OpenAI staff grapples with the company’s social media push | TechCrunch
Several current and former OpenAI researchers are speaking out over the company’s first foray into social media: the Sora app, a TikTok-style feed filled with AI-generated videos and a lot of Sam Altman deepfakes. The researchers, airing their grievances on X, seem torn over how the launch fits into OpenAI’s nonprofit mission to develop advanced…

The state of Intel: What the company’s $5 billion deal with Nvidia could mean for the floundering chipmaker — Investments, capex, and the beating heart of x86
The news was as baffling as it was big: On September 18, Nvidia and Intel announced a collaboration to co-develop multiple generations of data center and PC products. As part of the deal, Nvidia said it would purchase $5 billion of stock in the troubled tech firm. Intel was so dominant in the 1990s that…

Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company’s first ever video game
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” Can a quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth become a hacker’s motto? This question haunted the Cannes Film Festival in May, and now, the Venice International Film Festival, two major launchpads for the first-ever video game produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Lili is a neo-noir rendition of Macbeth set…

Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s generic drug strategy | TechCrunch
With over 400 million chronic patients, India is one of the world’s largest medicine markets. But while most e-pharmacies chase speed, affordability remains the real challenge. Truemeds took a different route: helping patients switch to lower-cost substitutes, a bet now paying off with new funding at about four times its previous valuation. The six-year-old startup…

The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company’s first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299
The Commodore 64 Ultimate will be the first new hardware released under the auspices of the new management. This new home computer product is now available for pre-order starting from $299, but shipping won’t happen until October at the earliest. For your cash, you will get a device which resolutely “isn’t a software emulator” but…