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Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval — Apple is acquiring the popular photo editing company Pixelmator. The Pixelmator Team announced the news in a blog post on Friday and said there will be “no material changes” to its apps “at this time.”
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple committed $1.1B to expand satellite service capacity and $400M to buy a 20% equity stake; GSAT closes up 31% — Satellite services provider GlobalStar today disclosed an expansion of its deal with Apple. Apple will commit an additional $1.1 billion …
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| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, after Amazon replaced Walgreens in February; Intel joined the index in 1999 — - Intel, Dow Inc. are set to leave the 30-member index — Nvidia up 3.2% in post-market trading, while Intel is down 2%
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train — Meta is introducing some big changes with its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google researchers detail Project Big Sleep, formerly Project Naptime, which used an AI agent to discover a previously unknown and exploitable bug in SQLite — The company's experimental AI agent finds a previously unknown and exploitable software bug in SQLite, an open-source database engine.
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| The Information: |
CoreWeave told investors its signed contracts are worth $17B, including $10B by Microsoft from 2023 to 2030, and it expects revenue to grow 4x to $8B in 2025 — CoreWeave, a fast-growing cloud startup that operates data centers for artificial intelligence developers, pitches itself to investors … | Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing, including making a majority of Nova Lake CPUs, due in 2026, internally — Good days are coming for Intel. — Intel's next-generation Panther Lake (via SeekingAlpha) processors will contain 70% in-house silicon, positively affecting the company's margins.
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| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described Frenchman, says he bet $30M+ on Trump after analyzing polls; he can't exit his wagers without crashing the market — Self-described French trader says he bet more than $30 million on U.S. election after analyzing polls
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| Reuters: |
Disney forms the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate its use of emerging technologies such as AI and mixed reality, to be led by CTO Jamie Voris — Walt Disney (DIS.N) is forming a new unit to coordinate the company's use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality … | Microsoft: |
Microsoft and a16z jointly share US public policy ideas for AI startups, saying “regulation should be implemented only if its benefits outweigh its costs” — Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft; Brad Smith, Vice-Chair and President, Microsoft, Marc Andreessen …
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| Bloomberg: |
The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are set to total over $200B in 2024, as companies accelerate spending to chase AI developments — - Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft all accelerated spending — Mixed results from the big tech won't slow 2025 investment| Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli / Financial Times: |
An interview with EssilorLuxottica CEO Francesco Milleri on the Meta partnership, smart glasses replacing smartphones, and more, as the firm is valued at €100B — Eyewear giant chief Francesco Milleri says wearable technology developed with Meta will fuel growth
More: Business Insider
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indonesia bans Pixel smartphone sales, saying Google must comply with rules requiring 40% local content in smartphones, days after banning the iPhone 16 lineup — Indonesia has banned sales of Google Pixel smartphones for failing to meet domestic content requirements, days …
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