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Ash Parrish / The Verge:
Nintendo says its unannounced Switch successor will be able to play current Switch games and have carryover for Switch Online services and accounts  —  Nintendo hasn't announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue down 17% YoY to ~$1.8B, net profit down 69% YoY to ~$182.5M, and lowers its FY 2025 Switch sales forecast from 13.5M to 12.5M units
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store  —  - Fine will target Apple for anticompetitive App Store practices  — EU move follows earlier €1.8 billion fine in Spotify case
Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple adds an Apple News Live Activity widget to track the 2024 US election results in real time on iPhone and iPad lock screens and the Apple Watch widget view  —  If you're not feeling plugged in enough during the 2024 election, Apple News has a way to get up-to-the-second results …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions  —  The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a “relentless onslaught of change.”
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Super Micro says an independent probe into concerns flagged by former auditor EY found “no evidence of fraud or misconduct” by its management or board  —  Server maker's shares fall further after release of lacklustre preliminary results  —  Super Micro Computer said on Tuesday …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Super Micro's stock drops ~16% in extended trading after it issued preliminary Q1 results and Q2 guidance below est., as the company faces accusations of fraud
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon gets FAA approval to fly its newer, smaller delivery drones, including beyond pilots' line of sight, and aims to ramp up deliveries near Phoenix, Arizona  —  Amazon said Tuesday it received regulatory approval to begin flying a smaller, quieter version of its delivery drone …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts got 17.1B views since July 2024  —  In the run up to the high-stakes 2024 presidential election, Elon Musk has posted a blizzard of false and misleading claims …
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple has asked Foxconn to produce AI servers in Taiwan using Apple silicon, but Foxconn's capacity is limited by demand for Nvidia's GB200 servers  —  TAIPEI — Apple has approached Foxconn about building artificial intelligence servers in Taiwan as the iPhone maker looks to accelerate …

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Financial Times:
WBD tells Paramount to make its “best and final offer” within seven days, or get out of the way of Netflix's agreed $83B deal; Netflix granted a weeklong waiver

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Stephen Colbert says CBS lawyers blocked an interview with Democratic US Senate candidate James Talarico, citing the FCC's equal time guidance for TV talk shows

Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker:
Anderson Cooper is leaving 60 Minutes after almost 20 years; sources say he has decided to pass on a renewal offer with CBS

More News

Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Filing: Trump Media lost $19.2M in Q3, while revenue fell 5.6% YoY to just $1.01M; DJT closed down 1.16% on November 5, but jumped 20%+ after hours
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”
Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
SemiAnalysis: in a first, AMD overtook Intel in data center revenue in Q3 2024; AMD hit $3.55B, vs. Intel's $3.35B revenue, which is down from $6.03B in Q1 2022
Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Polymarket confirms paying US-based influencers, mainly popular Instagram meme accounts, to promote election betting on its site, despite being banned in the US
Karin Matussek / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA says it would approve the £15B Vodafone-Three merger if they commit to investing £11B to upgrade the UK's network, ahead of a December 7 decision
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says his offer to help The New York Times was “to provide technical infra support” and “not to replace journalists or engineers”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta for Fire TV users in the US
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
iOS 18.2's second developer beta shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Meta confirms it has made Llama models available for US national security applications, via partners like Anduril, Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin, and Palantir
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