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This is the weekend edition of Daily Tech Headlines for the week ending Friday, October 17, 2025. I'm Sarah Lane. Let's catch up on a bit of breaking news and essential news over the past several days. Wikimedia says that AI chatbots and search summaries are reducing Wikipedia traffic, with page views falling 8% year over year. Wikimedia says that the issue is that LLMs often use Wikipedia content without linking back, which undermines the site's volunteer base and funding. The company is asking AI and search platforms to clearly credit sources and guide users to original material. Wikimedia also scrapped its own plans for AI generated article summaries after backlash from editors. Apple signed a five year deal with Formula One to stream all races on Apple TV station starting in 2026, replacing ESPN as the US broadcaster. The deal is worth around 140 million per year, including ad, free coverage of races, qualifying and Sprint sessions for Apple TV subscribers, with some events available for free. F1TV Premium will now be bundled with Apple TV instead of offered separately. OpenAI temporarily suspended users ability to generate videos resembling Martin Luther King Jr. With with its AI video model Sora. This follows a request from Dr. King's estate due to what they called disrespectful depictions of his image. OpenAI posted on X that free speech interests exist in depicting historical figures, but it believes that public figures and their families should ultimately control how likeness is used. WhatsApp is testing limits on how many messages get sent to people who don't reply in an effort to curb spam. The app will warn senders as they approach their monthly cap, though most users likely won't be affected. WhatsApp hasn't specified the exact limits, but said the feature will roll out in several countries soon. The company has introduced tools restricting certain marketing and broadcast messages, particularly in major markets such as India. Lyft announced it's opening a new technology hub in Toronto sometime in 2026, which would be the second largest tech center after San Francisco. This office is meant to employ hundreds of folks across various departments. Lyft's strategy includes growing its international presence and diversifying beyond the U.S. particularly as Canadian rides increased over 20% in the first half of 2025, highlighting Toronto's significance since Lyft launched services there in 2017, Meta announced that it's discontinuing its messenger app for macOS and Windows on December 15th. The company directs users to its Web versions or the Facebook app on Windows for accessing chats. Meta didn't provide an official explanation for the shutdown, but users will receive a notification and then won't be able to use the desktop apps afterwards. Microsoft is adding more Copilot functions to Windows 11, which without you needing to have a Copilot Plus PC Copilot Voice lets you speak to the computer by using the phrase hey copilot. Copilot Vision can look at what's on your screen and answer questions about it. And in preview, Copilot Actions can launch an isolated version of your desktop to take actions like edit a folder Spotify announced it's bringing video podcasts to Netflix starting in 2026 and in the United States, with more markets available later. As a result of the deal, the selected video podcast won't be available in their entirety on YouTube. Netflix won't be adding any commercial breaks for this first round, however, Spotify ads will stay. Some of the 16 video podcasts available at launch include multiple the Ringer sports shows, the Big Picture and the True Crime series, Conspiracy Theories and and Serial Killers. Is the touchscreen MacBook Pro about to become a reality? That is the word on the street, with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman weighing in that models are set for 2026 or early 2027. The laptops are expected to feature M6 chips, OLED screens, reinforced hinges, a trackpad keyboard, thinner frames and a hole punch camera. Samsung has reportedly canceled the Galaxy S26 Edge and ended production of the S25 Edge after poor sales of the Ultra thin model. Korean publication NewSpim says that the S25 Edge sold just 1.31 million units as of August, compared to 8.28 million Galaxy S25 and 12.8 million S25 Ultra units. The 2026 lineup is now expected to include only the Galaxy S26, S26 plus and S26 Ultra. For more analysis of the tech news of the day and the week, subscribe to dailytechnewsshow.com you can find show notes and links to all these headlines there as well. I am Sarah Lane. Thank you for listening. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will talk to you on Monday morning.

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