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Oct 23, 2026 10 min

Friday, October 23: OpenAI, Meta Fine, PC Slump

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Alex and Sam cover OpenAI's massive funding talks, Meta's historic twenty-five billion dollar fine in New Mexico, global PC shipments plunging, and the latest security and AI updates. Stories covered: OpenAI Prepares Record-Breaking $30B Raise at $1.25T Valuation Ahead of IPO (TechCrunch) Global PC Shipments Plunge Over 20 Percent in Q3 Due to RAM Price Hikes (The Verge) eMudhra Exits Global TLS Certificate Business After Catastrophic Key Signing Flub (Ars Technica) The Browser Company Sunsets Arc Browser on December 22 to Focus on AI-Driven Dia (TechCrunch) Canva Launches Canva Craft, an AI Image Model That Plans Designs Before Generating (The Verge) LLMs Are Rapidly Making Formal Software Verification Feasible at Scale (Hacker News) Spotify Crackdown Expands Globally With New QR Code Verification for Family Plans (The Verge) Startup Warhound Emerges With $200M to Genetically Engineer and Arm Military Dogs (The Verge) 1Password Introduces Agentic Integration to Let AI Tools Log In Securely Without Exposing Credentials (TechCrunch) Meta Slapped With Record $25 Billion Fine Following New Mexico Antitrust and Consumer Ruling (Ars Technica)

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