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October 16, 2025 9 mins

Trump authorizes CIA operations in Venezuela: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-authorizes-cia-operations-venezuela-raising-pressure-maduro-2025-10-15/

New Alzheimer's treatment clears plaques in mice: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/0245204/new-alzheimers-treatment-clears-plaques-from-brains-of-mice-within-hours

DirecTV AI-generated ads with customer faces: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/directv-customers-will-soon-see-their-own-faces-in-ai-generated-tv-ads/

SpaceX Starlink V3 gigabit speeds: https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/spacexs-new-v3-starlink-satellites-bring-gigabit-internet-speeds-for-the-first-time/

Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 released: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/anthropics-claude-haiku-4-5-matches-mays-frontier-model-at-fraction-of-cost/

Reddit cofounder says internet is dead: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/15/1736225/reddit-cofounder-says-much-of-the-internet-is-now-dead

Nestlé cutting 16,000 jobs: https://www.ft.com/content/9bf755d8-5831-4bab-b1a1-6dc66f6cf252

Western executives shaken by China automation: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/006222/western-executives-shaken-after-visiting-china

Trump CIA Venezuela, Maduro covert operations, Alzheimer's treatment breakthrough, DirecTV AI ads, Starlink gigabit internet, Claude Haiku 4.5, dead internet theory, Alexis Ohanian, Nestlé layoffs, China automation, dark factories, Reddit cofounder, bot activity online

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