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• Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra: $2,599, Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, ships Oct. 16
• Alibaba chairman tells Europe open source is the "only way" to AI independence
• Google's Playground builds browser games from text prompts, free for US adults
• Apple's smart home slate: LG-branded lock, doorbell, thermostat, cameras
• Hadrian raises $40M for AI pen-testing; its 80%-faster claim is its own

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra: $2,599, Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, ships Oct. 16

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Microsoft priced the Surface Laptop Ultra at $2,599 on Wednesday, opened pre-orders the same day and set an Oct.

Alibaba chairman tells Europe open source is the "only way" to AI independence

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Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai told a Turin audience on Wednesday that Europe's route to AI independence is open-weight models that companies run on their own hardware and train on

Google's Playground builds browser games from text prompts, free for US adults

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Google launched Playground on Oct. 7, a browser-based tool that generates playable 2D or 3D games from typed prompts, open to US users aged 18 and older.

Apple's smart home slate: LG-branded lock, doorbell, thermostat, cameras

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Apple is co-developing a smart deadbolt, doorbell, thermostat and a set of security cameras with LG Electronics, and the products will reportedly carry LG's brand rather than

Hadrian raises $40M for AI pen-testing; its 80%-faster claim is its own

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Amsterdam-based Hadrian has raised $40 million, co-led by Forgepoint Capital International and Smartfin, bringing its total funding to $65 million.

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