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Elon Musk's gamble on Donald Trump pays off, as Trump wins the race; Trump gave Musk a lengthy shout out in his victory speech, calling him “a super-genius” — “A star is born: Elon,” said Donald Trump in a lengthy shout out to his biggest donor while claiming victory in the US presidential race on Wednesday morning.
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump on his “political comeback and decisive victory” in a rare X post; Bezos last reacted to Trump's failed assassination on July 13 — Jeff Bezos wasted no time in sending his good wishes to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday morning …
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A look at Trump's potential new administration, including Elon Musk, tasked with “a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government” — The new US president is expected to prize loyalty in his picks for key posts — After clinching the election …
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Republican blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno defeats Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race; crypto PACs gave $40M+ to defeat Brown — Crypto fans are celebrating the results of the Ohio Senate race, where blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno has defeated Senate …
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Stand With Crypto: US voters elected 253 pro-crypto candidates to the House, compared to 115 anti-crypto candidates, and 16 pro-crypto Senate candidates — The spending spree fueled a string of victories on Tuesday for congressional candidates who had expressed support for cryptocurrencies.| The Block: |
Bitcoin passes $74K, hitting an all-time high, and other coins also jump, as Trump wins the US presidential race; bitcoin is up nearly 70% year-to-date — - The largest cryptocurrency by market cap has gained nearly 70% year-to-date and reached a new all-time high today …
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| Marc Hochstein / CoinDesk: |
Donald Trump winning the US election vindicates Polymarket, Kalshi, PredictIt, and other prediction betting markets, which heavily favored Trump for months — Tuesday night's election returns were a shocker if you only watched CNN. But not if you'd looked at the betting all along.
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| Michelle Conlin / Reuters: |
Polymarket and Kalshi expect to pay out ~$450M total to US election bettors; Kalshi says 28K bet on Harris, 40K on Trump; one Polymarket user bet $40M on Trump — Thousands who gambled on the U.S. election are looking forward to a potential payout of about $450 million from online gambling sites …
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The European Commission opens an antitrust investigation into smartphone glass maker Corning for allegedly abusing its market dominance to squeeze out rivals — - EU fears deals with smartphone firms are anti-competitive — Corning pressed to remedy EU concerns with concessions| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
PlayStation 5 Pro review: high fidelity and frame rate, and smaller, lighter, and quieter than the original PS5, but $699 is pricey and a disk drive costs extra — Sony's $700 PlayStation is here for people who don't want to muck around. … You don't need me to tell you the new PS5 Pro …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Lyft partners with autonomous vehicle startup May Mobility to launch cars in Atlanta in 2025, and self-driving car company Mobileye and smart dashcam firm Nexar — It seems Lyft is hoping to catch up to Uber's string of autonomous vehicle partnerships. — Lyft announced Wednesday three … | 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 …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: the $479 Zen 5-based CPU improves gaming performance, day-to-day tasks, and creative workloads, and should be the pick for PC gamers — AMD's 7800X3D successor is also better at non-gaming workloads this time around. … AMD has dominated PC gaming CPU performance for more than two years.
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| Kaustuv Basu / Bloomberg Law: |
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Reddit's 12% stock rally on November 5 grew its market cap to $21.52B, passing the $20.45B market cap of Snap, which has 4x as many users and 4x as much revenue — You're likely distracted right now by election results, which have surely started rolling in as you're reading.Sponsor Posts
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