Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of October.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.

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OpenAI Completes Share Sale at Record $500 Billion Valuation

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus

OpenAI’s Sora Soars to No. 3 on the U.S. App Store

OpenAI Atlas: New AI Web Browser Release Date

OpenAI Completes Its For-Profit Recapitalization

Xbox Ally & Ally X review: this is not an Xbox

Xbox Game Pass price hike: Premium, Essentials, Ultimate changes

GameStop says it will keep selling Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at pre-hiked price

Xbox Cloud Gaming to get free ad-supported version

Microsoft Windows AI Copilot launches with voice & vision

Amazon launches revamped Echo Show 8, Echo Show 11, Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio

Google smart-home revamp: 2K cameras, doorbell home speaker and Gemini AI

Apple announces new M5-powered iPad Pro, MacBook Pro and Vision Pro

Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset costs $1,800 — undercutting Apple’s Vision Pro

Tech Earnings hit the clouds but Apple’s closer to the ground.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.

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Amazon (AMZN) Q3 earnings report 2025
AWS Q3 2025 earnings report Amazon cloud
‘It’s culture’: Amazon CEO says massive corporate layoffs were about agility — not AI or cost-cutting – GeekWire
Amazon Ad Revenue Rises 24% to $17.7 Billion in Q3
AI turned Google Cloud from also-ran into Alphabet’s growth driver | Reuters

Tim Cook says Apple is open to M&A on the AI front | TechCrunch
Apple Services Revenue Increases 15% to Hit New Record in September 2025 Quarter
Apple Predicts Return to Growth After Surprise China Sales Drop – Bloomberg
Apple (AAPL) earnings report Q4 2025

Nvidia expands AI ties with Hyundai, Samsung, SK, Naver | TechCrunch
Blackwell GPU’s exclusion from high-level trade talks highlights deepening AI ecosystem rift between nations — China aims to build sovereign hardware and software systems without Nvidia | Tom’s Hardware
Samsung is using NVIDIA chips to build its new AI chip factory
Samsung and Nvidia to build an AI Megafactory to transform semiconductor manufacturing – SiliconANGLE

OpenAI now sells extra Sora credits for $4, plans to reduce free gens in the future

Linux vendors are getting into Ubuntu – and Snap • The Register

Google Maps is working on an extremely minimalist power saving mode
Danish Presidency backs away from ‘chat control’ | Euractiv
China’s Pony.ai gets the first permit for robotaxis in all of Shenzhen
Getty Images stock pops 19% on deal with Perplexity AI
Google brings free Gemini access to India’s largest carrier
WhatsApp Testing Apple Watch App – MacRumors
YouTuber Who Trolled Nintendo Now Owes $17,500 In Switch Piracy Lawsuit
Coinbase Stock (COIN) Rises After Revenue Climbs More Than Estimates – Bloomberg
Netflix Weighs Bid for Warner Studio, Streaming Units: Reuters – Bloomberg

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Apple plans to integrate more third-party AI tools into Siri, Netflix explores acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming business, and Uber and Kroger partner to expand restaurant and grocery delivery services.

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Trish Hershberger is here with a first hand review of Asus’s ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming machine. Is it a portable Xbox Series, a handheld gaming PC, or does it even matter? Plus companies note a rise in fraudulent and fake expense receipts with the advent of generative AI. GM is letting go of 1,200 employees at its Detroit EV plant, 550 at its Ohio battery spot, and furloughing another 850 in Ohio and 700 in Tennessee. And Threads lets you publish disappearing posts.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Trisha Hershberger, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe,

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Universal Music just struck a big deal with Udio that legitimizes its music generation platform, and Samsung is bringing its browser to Windows for the first time.

Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.

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• Big Tech tests investors’ patience with $80bn AI investment spree 
• Trump and Xi, Hoping to Ease Trade War, Agree to 1-Year Truce 
• Trump Says Nvidia Chip Talks With Xi Didn’t Cover Blackwell 
• Samsung Launches Windows Version of its Web Browser With Galaxy AI Features 
• Google finally opens up the Play Store’s gates in the US 
• Universal Music Settles With AI Firm Udio 
• OpenAI adds reusable ‘characters’ and video stitching to Sora 
• WhatsApp adds passkey protection to end-to-end encrypted backups 
• First UK phones to get satellite connectivity in signal blackspots announced 
• Figma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy 
• Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation

Beijing will cooperate with Washington to “properly resolve” issues regarding the divestiture of TikTok’s U.S. operations, WhatsApp is introducing passkey support for encrypted chat backups, and UMG and Stability AI have partnered to create AI-powered music creation tools.

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Want to get into podcasting or just starting your journey as a home music producer? Either way, a solid audio mixer is essential for your toolkit. The big question is: is the LiveTrak L6 the mixer you need? Rich Stroffolino gives us the lowdown on his experience, using it for both his professional podcast and his music-making hobby.

Starring Sarah Lane and Richard Stroffolino

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Apple says an Oppo engineer shared Apple Watch trade secrets with the company, and US senators are looking into banning chatbots for underage users.

Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.

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The Echo Dot Max is Amazon’s biggest little speaker yet

Google Gemini for Home is rolling out in the US — here’s how to get early access

OpenAI’s Promise to Stay in California Helped Clear the Path for Its IPO

Apple Says Oppo Engineer Stole Apple Watch Trade Secrets, Gave Presentation to Hundreds

YouTube looks to improve its TV app with QR codes for shopping, AI-powered upscaling

YouTube will let you opt out of AI upscaling on low-res videos

Senators propose banning teens from using AI chatbots

Character.AI is banning minors from AI character chats

Grammarly is changing its name to Superhuman

Google Chrome to warn users before opening insecure HTTP sites

Nvidia will build AI supercomputers for US Energy Department, wants to get back into China

Italy’s Bending Spoons to acquire AOL, secures $2.8 bln in debt financing

‘Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ Soundtrack Gets Vinyl Release

Character.AI will block open-ended chats for users under 18-years-old, Cameo sues OpenAI over brand dilution, and YouTube will AI-upscale videos on tv for content uploaded below 1080p.

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OpenAI completes its recapitalization to a for-profit company, and most human eyes can’t see all the detail shown on 4K TVs in the living room.

Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.

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• Photoshop and Premiere Pro’s new AI tools can instantly edit more of your work

• Adobe Now Lets You Generate Soundtracks and Speech in Firefly

• YouTube Shorts will integrate Adobe Premiere’s video editing tools

• OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization

• Built to benefit everyone

• The next chapter of the Microsoft–OpenAI partnership

• Amazon to Cut 14,000 Jobs as Jassy Looks to Reduce Bureaucracy

• Elon Musk launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’

• Ultra-HD televisions not noticeably better for typical viewer, scientists say

• Windows will soon prompt for memory scans after BSOD crashes

• Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox May Drop Multiplayer Paywall

• AI-powered search engines rely on “less popular” sources, researchers find

• Google Play Store now wants proof you’re 18 or older
• Samsung shows off its trifold phone in person