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Elizabeth Holmes remains behind bars in Texas. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The new Elizabeth Holmes documentary is reviving interest in the Theranos scandal. Hulu, Spotify, and Apple all saw audience growth for titles related to the Silicon Valley saga. The "You Can See Everything" doc, released on October 16, has quickly become a smash hit. The new smash-hit documentary about disgraced biotech founder Elizabeth Holmes is fueling a fresh wave of fascination with the saga surrounding one of Silicon Valley's biggest scandals. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's film, " You Can See Everything ," follows Holmes, the ex-CEO of blood-testing startup Theranos, in the weeks before she began her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors. Ahead of the October 16 release of the nearly three-hour documentary, viewers flocked to Hulu's 2022 miniseries, "The Dropout," in which actor Amanda Seyfried starred as Holmes. Streaming hours for the Hulu ...

Kimi : Kimi unveils K3.1 Pro, a 3T-class open-weight model with a 1M-token context window, and K3.1 Pro Highspeed, with full weights to be released by November 4   —  - Terminal-Bench 4.0. … - Terminal-Bench Science 0.1. … - DeepSWE v1.1. … - SWE-Marathon v1.1. … - PostTrainBench. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/tFncbsg

Natalie Breymeyer / Axios : Chicago-based Formic, which provides robots-as-a-service automation to manufacturers, raised $50M, including a $40M Series B and $10M in asset-backed financing   —  Formic, a physical AI commercialization platform, raised $50 million in financing, CEO Saman Farid tells Axios exclusively. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/rfJbSAc

Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft reveals pricing for Xbox Cloud Gaming without Game Pass, for Xbox Insiders now and others next month: 10 hours for $3.99, 25 for $7.99, 50 for $11.99   —  Microsoft is opening up Xbox Cloud Gaming to anyone in November. … Microsoft announced last month that it will let anyone … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7qFNBeZ

Elon Musk made the remarks during SpaceX's earnings call. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Elon Musk said AI rivals are clamoring to rent SpaceX's compute. SpaceX plans to split compute between its internal uses and outside customers. The company could rent out its compute "several times over if we said yes to everyone," Musk said. SpaceX's AI rivals are clamoring to rent computing power from the artificial intelligence and rocket company, CEO Elon Musk said. "We are also, frankly, hounded relentlessly by every hyperscaler and by dozens of smaller companies to rent more of our compute," Musk said during SpaceX's third-quarter earnings call Tuesday. Musk said SpaceX could rent out the company's compute "several times over if we said yes to everyone." SpaceX, however, is reserving a chunk of that capacity for its own AI ambitions, including scaling its AI chatbot Grok and Cursor , the coding startup it recently acquired. Musk said SpaceX i...

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : A New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $25B in penalties after a jury found Meta misled residents about its data practices in the Cambridge Analytica scandal   —  Meta was ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy case that stemmed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Og8NnsF

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Sensor Tower: Muse had 10.9M downloads since its September debut, 10.2M of those in the US, becoming the 12th app to hit 10M US downloads in its first 40 days   —  Meta's AI companion, Muse, is now one of only a dozen mobile apps to have reached 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days on the market. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5eGwHRg

Ryan Lawler / Axios : Prism Data, which provides credit-scoring data and analytics that help lenders assess borrowers, raised a $20M Series A led by Story Ventures   —  Prism Data, which helps lenders assess credit risk using bank transaction data, raised $20 million in Series A funding, CEO Jason Rosen tells Axios Pro exclusively. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7NqIl4R

A wine store in Paris was emptied of all its products during riots on Saturday. Nathan Rennolds/Business Insider Paris erupted as protests turned to riots and masked looters ransacked stores on Saturday. Small business owners took stock of what they'd lost on Sunday. "When I got back, they'd taken everything," one store owner told Business Insider. "When I got back, they'd taken everything." That's what one shopkeeper in Paris told me as she cleared debris from her store after major cost-of-living protests turned violent across parts of France. Chaotic scenes unfolded on Saturday as rioters clashed with police and set vehicles and trash bins alight before masked marchers began to ransack businesses, including in the trendy Marais shopping district. After hundreds of arrests and a tense, momentary calm on Sunday morning, more violence broke out Sunday evening as black-clad rioters dragged debris into streets and set it aflame. Employees at a boutique...

Kyu-Seok Shim / Reuters : Sources: Nvidia asked Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron to make base dies for its custom NVHBM memory on TSMC's 3nm process; Samsung agreed, its first use of TSMC   —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) will use TSMC's (2330.TW) 3-nanometre process to produce base dies for Nvidia's (NVDA.O) … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/t3rwHSX

Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable : MapQuest adds a Surveillance Layer to its mobile app showing license plate readers and cameras from 10+ companies including Flock, using OpenStreetMap data   —  MapQuest will not go gentle into that good night.  —  The navigation software — which debuted in 1996 and was later eclipsed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/fZIvkV1

A new MapQuest feature allows users to find license plate reader cameras in their area. St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Contributor/Getty Images; Business Insider MapQuest is pulling the curtain back on automatic license plate readers. Users can now locate Flock Safety and other surveillance cameras on MapQuest's app. Critics of the tech have raised privacy concerns and potential misuse. MapQuest, the OG software to find your way from point A to point B , is taking on the surveillance state. The free mapping service unveiled a new feature for its mobile app on Thursday that allows users to turn on a "surveillance layer" on a map to locate known automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, along their route. MapQuest says the app can identify cameras developed by Flock Safety , Axon Enterprise , Motorola Solutions, and PlateSmart, among others. "The Roads Have Eyes!" the company said in its BlueSky post announcing the new feature. The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surv...

Apple launched preorders for the iPhone Duo on Friday. credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Preorder sales for Apple's iPhone Duo kicked off on Friday. Unless you pounced, don't expect to receive your shipment in time for Christmas. Shipping dates have slipped into 2027 due to current demand and Apple's initial supply, which was expected to be limited. Anyone purchasing an Apple iPhone Duo online as a Christmas gift may want to find a backup plan. Expected shipment dates for new orders of the highly anticipated smartphone model have been pushed back to January 25, 2027. That includes iPhone Duos across all available carriers, colors, and storage sizes. For those who pounced on preorders when they went live early Friday morning, shipments will start arriving as early as October 23. For latecomers, there is always the Hunger Games that is lining up early outside an Apple store on launch day to try to snag in-store inventory. The cheapest version of th...

Dylan Sloan / Bloomberg : Three CoreWeave co-founders have sold $3.3B in stock since its March 2025 IPO, including $2.4B in 2026 alone; CoreWeave stock fell 60%+ from its June 2025 peak   —  Three CoreWeave Inc. co-founders have sold $3.3 billion in company shares since last year's initial public offering … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/lRDxQbt

Ryan Lawler / Axios : Sunbound, which makes software for handling billing, insurance claims, and payments for senior living operators, raised a $24M Series A led by TTV Capital   —  Sunbound, which handles billing, insurance claims and payments for senior living operators, has raised $24 million in Series A funding … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/42aHdFm

The cast and crew of "The Cabin In The Woods." Eric Charbonneau/WireImage/Getty Images "The Cabin in the Woods" was released in 2012, a whopping 14 years ago. The slasher satire is full of references, Easter eggs, and tributes to many horror films. Here are 21 details you might've missed in the film. Warning: spoilers ahead. October, for many of us, means horror movie marathons. But did you know there's an underrated classic waiting for you out there that rewards your years of service toiling away in the scary movie mines? It's true. And it's called "The Cabin in the Woods." Every frame of this movie is chock-full of jokes, Easter eggs, and references to the horror classics that any self-respecting horror fan would get. But if you're not interested in watching your Halloween faves with a magnifying glass and a tab on your computer opened to Fangoria, we've got you covered. Here are our favorite little details in "The Cabin in...

Bloomberg : Sources: Anduril opens a tender offer of up to ~$1.3B for staff at a ~$90B valuation, available in 16 countries for the first time; it was valued at $61B in May   —  Anduril Industries Inc. is allowing employees to sell shares as part of a tender that stands to value the defense technology startup … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/CTrJxwp