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Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Cuba has been dealing with an island-wide power outage for hours.

A Reuters stream showed the scene in Cuba on Friday, where the power grid crashed completely following a failure at the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant, its largest thermoelectric plant.

CNN’s Havana bureau chief Patrick Oppman writes that after five hours, “Cubans know blackouts all too well but this one feels different.”

Additional reports: CNN, Associated Press, CiberCuba, Granma.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
It’s spooky season!

New fear unlocked: that even death will not release me from the Zoom meetings.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Actually, the Epic judge says Google *does* still have to stop doing something November 1st.

The court order just came in, and I’ve corrected our story. Bolding mine:

The Court grants a partial stay of the permanent injunction pending the circuit court’s resolution of the stay requests Google filed there, with the exception of ¶ 8 of the injunction, which is not stayed.

Paragraph 8 says:

Google can’t get device makers or carriers to block rival app stores in exchange for money, rev share, or perks.
Google can’t get device makers or carriers to block rival app stores in exchange for money, rev share, or perks.
Image: US District Court, Northern District of CA
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Luca Guadagnino wants to know if you like Huey Lewis and the News.

Though it’s a bit mind-boggling to hear Lionsgate refer to American Psycho as “potent and classic IP,” the news that Luca Guadagnino is directing the studio’s new reboot is definitely intriguing. The question now: who’s gonna be Patrick Bateman?

“Queer” Special Presentation - 68th BFI London Film Festival
Luca Guadagnino attends the Queer special presentation during the 68th BFI London Film Festival.
Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for BFI
Kylie Robison
Kylie Robison
Microsoft and OpenAI are weighing the value of $14 billion.

Microsoft is figuring out how its $14 billion investment in OpenAI will translate into equity when the AI startup transitions into a for-profit company (this transition must occur within two years, or recent investors in the $6.6 billion round can claw back their investment).

To determine the equity distribution, Microsoft and OpenAI have enlisted Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, respectively.