Cybersecurity’s AI reckoning has arrived, and @PaloAltoNtwks CEO @nikesharora has become a go-to adviser to CEOs. bit.ly/4z16ena

Esther Nguyen, CEO of Vietnam-based digital entertainment firm POPS, sees an opportunity for Southeast Asian music as social media shakes up the world of pop culture. bit.ly/4BdzPM2

Fortune Tech Correspondent @SebasAHerrera joined @Ellie_Austin_ on #FortuneDaily to discuss Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s plans to turn around one of entertainment’s biggest brands. bit.ly/4yy4FML

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday blocked Grab Holdings’ $600 million purchase of Foodpanda in Taiwan, pointing to the Singapore-based superapp’s equity and board ties to Uber. bit.ly/4jFmw0N

In order for the deal to move forward on the automaker’s side, Elon Musk said it would require support from holders of a majority of all outstanding shares—not just a majority of the shares voted. #TermSheet bit.ly/4z6zFVq

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg intends to maintain control over the company he founded in 2004 and a new class of stock will help him do just that. bit.ly/3WnGoM1

A close examination of claims made for the deal, especially assumptions on its supposed advantages, points to an extremely risky wager that must perform never-before-seen heroics to reward shareholders. bit.ly/4yHDSOh

Workers are booking time off for the Nov. 19 release of Grand Theft Auto VI, and one widely shared estimate cited by the International Business Times put the cost to the U.S. economy at $1 billion in a single day. bit.ly/4BnfsMz

Billionaire Eric Schmidt believes AI can increasingly handle tasks that once required hours of meetings and conversations across departments. bit.ly/4yI4VJj

Today, personal finance company SoFi announced it is offering tokenized deposits called SoFi Earn, featuring a 4.4% interest rate and FDIC protection. bit.ly/4k9YOK6

On Oct. 13, thieves broke into a FedEx truck outside Professional Sports Authenticator’s office in Santa Ana, California, and drove off with nearly $1 million in rare Pokémon and sports cards. bit.ly/4ic8Ck5

A Northwestern Mutual survey of 4,500 U.S. adults found that just 22% of baby boomers expect to leave an inheritance, and over half are explicitly planning not to. bit.ly/4BAV6j8

"I started as an intern." At #FortuneMPW, Sam's Club CEO Latriece Watkins advised younger workers to view feedback as a gift, "even if you don't like the wrapping paper." bit.ly/4jnbYDd

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has opted the state into the Trump administration’s Education Freedom Tax Credit, breaking with the Democratic leaders of both legislative chambers. bit.ly/4zLmedg

“The second property becomes an extension of their lifestyle—almost an amenity in itself,” Mendel Fellig, founder of the Mendel Fellig Group at Compass, told Fortune. bit.ly/4dRaAVT

“When I arrived at Google, there were seven people working there.” At #FortuneMPW, Dazzle AI founder Marissa Mayer shared the questions Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin asked her during her 1999 interview with the company. bit.ly/4dVDqV3

Goldman Sachs estimates central banks globally purchased 79 tonnes of gold in August, more than four times the pre-2022 average. bit.ly/47uYv5d

A close examination of the proposed SpaceX-Tesla merger, particularly its supposed financial benefits for both companies, points to an extremely risky wager that would require extraordinary results to reward shareholders. bit.ly/4yHDSOh

Today, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the AI Jobs Institute, a Long Island City hub that the nonprofit Pursuit will design and run to train up to 40,000 New Yorkers for AI-related jobs by 2032. bit.ly/4skitsL

Today, fintech startup Coast announced a $35 million growth equity round to help contractors control employee purchases, pay vendors and track expenses in one place. bit.ly/4iC9fnB

Enterprise AI is emerging as a major battleground, and Meta believes the market remains up for grabs. #CFODaily bit.ly/47yAZUU