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Netflix just added Brad Pitt’s breathtaking $100 million sci-fi movie — and it’s seriously underrated
Source summary · Tom’s GuideNetflix's huge movie drop at the start of October includes "Ad Astra," and this overlooked big-budget sci-fi is a visual marvel.
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Nearly 10,000 acres of Utah public land could host 456 nuclear reactors — enough power for 7-8 million homes, but none of them will get any of that power
Source summary · TechRadarProject Beehive could put 456 nuclear reactors on Utah public land to power a 9.6GW data center campus.
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Washington climate tech founders score funding as AI boom drains investor cash
Source summary · GeekWireAs investor dollars are channeled into data centers, a philanthropic effort stepped up to fund six early-stage Washington climate tech startups building hardware, bio-resins and energy storage.
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9 insights from ‘Private Tech Trailblazers’: Vertical AI becomes the growth engine
Source summary · SiliconANGLEThe companies featured at the recent Bank of America Private Tech Trailblazers Conference point to where the next wave of AI growth is taking shape: specialized technology built around proprietary data, industry-specific workflows and, increasingly, purpose-built hardware. From restaurants and construction sites to hospitals, cross-border payments and defense, these companies are targeting defined problems where…
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Sony in talks to land Battlefield movie from Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan
Source summary · EurogamerSony is reportedly in talks to acquire a big-screen adaptation of Electronic Arts' Battlefield, with Christopher McQuarrie attached to write, direct and produce, and Michael B. Jordan on board to produce.
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Oldest first · 93 developmentsSalesforce to acquire AI customer research startup Listen Labs in reported $2B deal
Source summary · SiliconANGLESalesforce Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire artificial intelligence customer research startup Listen Labs Inc., three weeks after reports first surfaced that the two companies were in talks. Business Insider broke the news of the negotiations on Sept. 9 and reported that the price under discussion was about $2 billion. Neither company disclosed…
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- Salesforce to acquire AI customer research startup Listen Labs in reported $2B dealSiliconANGLE · Oct 1, 2026
Report: Anthropic targets pre-Thanksgiving IPO launch, despite warning of AI’s ‘existential risks’
Source summary · SiliconANGLEArtificial intelligence giant Anthropic PBC is reportedly forging ahead with its plans to go public and has set a new target date of Nov. 9, according to a report from Bloomberg that cited anonymous sources familiar with the matter — meaning shares would start trading before Thanksgiving. The company, led by its Chief Executive Dario Amodei…