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Citizens of Thailand can now access the Sora app, giving local creators an early look at OpenAI’s new AI video tool in Asia. Thailand already has an active creative scene, and this launch is meant to support more visual storytelling from the region. The app’s rollout also includes Vietnam and Taiwan.Sora first arrived in the US and Canada in early September, and many users there have already shared clips. The app has since passed one million downloads in under five days, according to a social media post by Sora head Bill Peebles, who noted that it reached that milestone even…

In a push to expand its AI footprint in emerging markets, Google has partnered with billionaire Mukesh Ambani–led Reliance Industries to bundle its AI Pro subscription with Jio 5G plans at no extra cost. On Thursday, Google announced a partnership with Reliance, India’s largest company by market capitalization, to offer its AI Pro subscription free for 18 months to eligible Jio users. The alliance comes just three months after Perplexity teamed up with Reliance’s arch-rival Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, to provide free access to Perplexity Pro for Airtel’s 360 million subscribers. India, the world’s most populous nation and…

President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping reached a trade truce during a high-stakes meeting in South Korea on Thursday, de-escalating a dispute over rare earth elements that had threatened to push the world’s two largest economies into a full-blown trade war.China has agreed to pause for one year the sweeping export controls on rare earths announced on Oct. 9 that had touched off the dispute. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that the rare earths agreement is a one year deal that will be “very routinely extended as time goes by.” The president said he plans to visit…

Alphabet stock jumped 4% Thursday after the company reported third-quarter financial results that beat across the board and increased its capital expenditures for the year.The Google parent company bumped its spending expectations on artificial intelligence infrastructure to $91-$93 billion from $85 billion the prior quarter, noting continued strong cloud demand.CEO Sundar Pichai said the company had a $155 billion backlog for Google Cloud at the end of the quarter.”Looking out to 2026, we expect a significant increase in CapEx,” Chief Financial Officer Anat Ashkenazi told investors on the earnings call Wednesday.Deutsche Bank said in a note that there was “virtually no…

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn’t hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a testing ground for tiny drones that can be deployed in search and rescue missions even in dark, smoky or stormy conditions. Colin Balfour, a sophomore studying robotics engineering, flies a small drone at a simulated night flight at a laboratory at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Colin Balfour, a sophomore studying robotics engineering, flies a small drone at a…

Tutoring is one of the most effective tools for improving a child’s education, yet very few kids in the U.S. receive it. A 2023 survey of the nation’s largest school districts found that fewer than 10% of students received tutoring. One factor is that tutoring is too expensive for many families, often costing hundreds or thousands of dollars a month. Tim Novikoff, a former Google product manager and educator, wants to change that. His startup, Super Teacher, offers an AI-powered tutoring app for elementary school students that costs $15 a month, or $10 with an annual plan. Super Teacher aims…

LONDON (AP) — Universal Music Group and AI song generation platform Udio have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit and agreed to team up on new music creation and streaming platform, the two companies said in a joint statement.Universal and Udio said Wednesday that they reached a “compensatory legal settlement” as well as new licensing agreements for recorded music and publishing that will “provide further revenue opportunities” for the record label’s artists and songwriters. The rise of AI song generation tools like Udio has disrupted the $20 billion music streaming industry. Record labels accuse the platforms of exploiting the recorded works…

Cursor has released its latest AI software development platform with a new multi-agent interface and the debut of its coding model, Composer.The new Composer model is described as a “frontier model”. Cursor claims it is four times faster than other models of similar intelligence. The company built it specifically for “low-latency agentic coding” within the Cursor environment. The company states that the model can complete most conversational turns in under 30 seconds.This speed is intended to improve the developer’s workflow. Early testers reported that the ability to iterate quickly with the model was a key benefit. They also apparently grew…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on October 30, 2025 in flight.Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesShares of U.S.-listed rare earth miners rallied on Thursday after China agreed to delay the introduction of further export controls as part of an agreement reached between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.Critical Metals jumped nearly 7% in premarket, USA Rare Earth rose around 6% and Energy Fuels was up 3%. MP Materials and NioCorp Developments, meanwhile, were both seen around 3% higher.The moves come shortly after Trump declared that the…

Katie Hill’s dream home isn’t on the market — but one day, it will be, and she wants dibs. That, and a bit of neighborly envy, is how she got the idea for her startup, Unlisted Homes, which is a Top 20 Startup Battlefield finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. “I’ve always imagined myself as an old lady with a big hat and big sunglasses, sipping a martini by the pool,” said Hill, a longtime entrepreneur. As her children grow into adults and move away from home, her neighbor’s lot across the street seems perfect: It’s a smaller home that’s perfect…