Daily Sync
Today’s top stories, tech insights, business news, entertainment buzz, and more, in less than 10 minutes. Curated by humans and narrated by AI. https://www.dailysyncpod.com/
Episodes
Denmark bans all civilian drone flights ahead of European summit: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c708dzqvz1vo
AI groups bet on world models in race for 'superintelligence': https://www.ft.com/content/ae1c6de2-691e-448d-8bf3-8837cc1e6efb
AI-Powered Stan Lee Hologram Debuts at LA Comic Con: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/09/29/041251/ai-powered-stan-lee-hologram-debuts-at-la-comic-con
Apple's 'Veritas' chatbot i...
Show Notes:
Former FBI chief Comey charged as Trump homes in on critics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moICjUMJHcI
Chaos in Madagascar capital as thousands protest power, water crisis: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e3YA7yqa-is
Microsoft launches Microsoft Marketplace, combining Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource: https://www.techmeme.com/250925/p61
ChatGPT Pulse delivers morning updates based on your chat history: ht...
BYD outsells Tesla in EU again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZeHKGmBmX0
Ticketmaster agrees to give better price information after Oasis ticket complaints: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxzqvw4lv8o
Apple warns of more feature delays in Europe: https://www.theverge.com/news/785515/apple-eu-dma-complaint-interoperability-feature-delays
Experimental Gene Therapy Found To Slow Huntington's Disease Progression: https://sc...
China opens way to WTO reform by ceding 'developing country' benefits: https://www.ft.com/content/0ee1c6c3-48ac-4cf9-b83a-d8ca94dbd71f
Jimmy Kimmel calls out 'anti-American' threats to free speech in tearful TV return: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dx6dlelw8o
Microsoft Is Reportedly Building An AI Marketplace To Pay Publishers For Content: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/23/2355226/microsoft-is-reportedly-building-an-...
Mass evacuations as southern China braces for strongest storm of the year: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rvjj7dp7ro
Denmark suffers 'serious attack' on infrastructure with drones closing airport: https://www.ft.com/content/531764c7-8a30-44a4-ba57-fae6063007a6
Market Rundown: Nvidia's empire grows with OpenAI deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM1B80q09SQ
Google's Gemini AI Is Coming To Your TV: https://entertainment....
Trump imposes $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/19/trump-signs-proclamation-creating-100000-application-fee-for-h-1b-visas
European airport disruption continues after weekend cyber-attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjeej85452o
Coinbase plans to become a financial super app: https://www.techmeme.com/250921/p26
The touchscreen MacBook rumors are never ending: https://www.thever...
Trump says TV networks opposed to him should 'maybe' lose licence: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4qe0rz2zvo
These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-mass-arrests-new-york-officials/
OpenAI's research on AI models deliberately lying is wild: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/openais-research-on-ai-models-deliberately-lying-is-wild/
Huawei announces new AI inf...
Macrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court to prove Brigitte is a woman: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3llj5nxdo
Trump Says He Is Designating Antifa As A 'Major Terrorist Organization': https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/09/18/trump-says-he-is-designating-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization/
Rivian's e-bike leaks ahead of next month's announcement: https://www.theverge.com/news/780734/rivians-...
Europe turns to Ukrainian tech for 'drone wall' against Russia: https://www.ft.com/content/060875fe-95cc-4cbb-bec9-654422b045fa
Ben & Jerry's co-founder quits over social activism row: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g58xx1eero
UK and US sign $42 billion tech pact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCC3wAPvbRA
Fiverr lays off 30% of its workforce: https://www.techmeme.com/250916/p44
YouTube Unveils New AI Tools for Craft...
Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times: https://www.ft.com/content/57daa035-b3c8-46e9-8e9e-6e271dfe6903
US destroys alleged Venezuelan drug boat, killing three: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jel4gyezo
China says TikTok's US app will use Chinese algorithm: https://www.ft.com/content/550e4680-89e7-4b59-bb5d-2064cd6799c7
OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5: https://techcrunch.c...
Japan Hits 100,000 Centenarians, Apple Memory Safety Breakthrough, Waymo Motorcycle Fatality - September 15 Daily Sync
Japan Sets Record: Nearly 100,000 People Aged Over 100: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/14/2023209/japan-sets-record-nearly-100000-people-aged-over-100
Apple Claims 'Most Significant Upgrade to Memory Safety' in OS History: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/09/14/228211/apple-claims-most-significa...
NASA says Mars rover found potential signs of ancient life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yxZcbxYQYk
Paramount Skydance plans bid for Warner Bros Discovery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg1WaUup1WY
Microsoft agrees deal to allow OpenAI restructuring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VglIykplr5w
AI Use At Large Companies Is In Decline, Census Bureau Says: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/11/2123245/ai-use-at-large-compani...
Larry Ellison briefly tops Elon Musk as world's richest person: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rp992y88o
What we know about death of close Trump ally: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy04p4x21e5o
A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/a-california-bill-that-would-regulate-ai-companion-chatbots-is-close-to-becoming-law/
Amazon's Zoox Launc...
Tube strike enters day four with limited service: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gwlen7wn2o
Trump temporarily blocked from firing Fed governor: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c740x28v8xno
Microsoft To Use Some AI From Anthropic In Shift From OpenAI: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/09/238208/microsoft-to-use-some-ai-from-anthropic-in-shift-from-openai
Hands-on with Apple's new iPhones: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/...
Show Notes:
Today's episode covered Nepal's deadly social media ban protests, Lachlan Murdoch securing Fox News control, Anthropic's delayed copyright settlement, WhatsApp whistleblower lawsuit against Meta, Snap's desperate reorganization, Google admitting web decline in court, Intel's executive exodus, and Apple's AI struggles ahead of iPhone 17.
Sources:
Nepal lifts social media ban after 19 killed: https://www.bbc.com/new...
Immigration Raid Strains Alliances While France Teeters and AI's Truth Problem Exposed
Today's episode covered the massive Hyundai plant immigration raid detaining 475 Korean workers, French PM Bayrou's risky confidence vote on budget cuts, Uber-Momenta robotaxi tests in Germany, OpenAI's "Critterz" animated film, Google's Gemini usage limits, OpenAI's hallucination research revealing evaluation flaws, Salesforce's AI-drive...
Today's episode covered the world's largest iceberg A23a breaking apart after 40 years, Melania Trump's "robots are here" warning at AI task force meeting, Warner Bros suing Midjourney for copyright infringement, Facebook's Poke feature revival, the first complete brain decision map, OpenAI's LinkedIn competitor launching 2026, RFK Jr.'s vaccine misinformation testimony, and UK's fastest job cuts in four years.
Sources:
Worl...
Legal Battles Shape Trade and Education While AI Privacy Takes Center Stage
Today's episode covered Trump's Supreme Court appeal on tariffs threatening international trade deals, Xi and Putin's concerning organ transplant discussion, Switzerland's groundbreaking open-source AI model prioritizing privacy, Instagram's long-awaited iPad launch, universities creating AI leadership roles, NASA's lunar program debate, and Harvard...
Xi, Putin and Kim show united front at huge Chinese military parade: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8z83np4xjo
Sudan landslide kills more than 1,000 people and wipes out entire village: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=397bUhN1zXE
ReMarkable Paper Pro Move Review: A Small Yet Mighty Digital Notebook: https://www.wired.com/review/remarkable-paper-pro-move/
Google will reveal its Gemini smart home plans (and hardware) next ...
Murder at Burning Man turns Silicon Valley's desert playground into a crime scene: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/31/murder-at-burning-man-turns-silicon-valleys-desert-playground-into-a-crime-scene/
More than 800 killed after strong quake hits Afghanistan: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezgy1zlvwo
First 'AI Music Creator' Signed by Record Label: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/09/01/0136236/first-ai-music-cr...
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