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November 7, 2024, 5:15 PM

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Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
Mac mini (2024) review: incredibly fast with the M4 Pro, well-equipped for creative work, and smaller design takes less space, but spec upgrades are overpriced  —  It's a tiny mighty Mac.  —  “That's a computer?!”  My daughter just couldn't believe her eyes when I pulled the new Mac mini out of its box.
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
MacBook Pro (16", 2024) review: best MacBook Pro yet with a bright display, sharp 12MP Center Stage webcam, and long battery life, but not a big leap from M3  —  The M4 Pro, in particular, is astonishingly fast.  —  Apple's excellent MacBook Pros are faster than ever with its new M4 chips.
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
MacBook Pro (14", M4) review: more RAM, same I/O as the 16", webcam is sharp and clear, and optional nano-texture is nice, but the Desk View webcam is distorted  —  More ports, more RAM, a nicer screen, and a better webcam for a little less money. … For a long time, the entry-level MacBook Pro …
Alex Wawro / Tom's Guide:
New York Times:
Sources: before Trump's win, Elon Musk asked him to hire SpaceX staff as top government officials, including in the DOD, a sign of the benefits Musk may reap  —  The world's richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Microsoft starts rolling out AI-powered text editing feature Rewrite in Notepad, and Generative Fill and Generative Erase features in Paint to Windows Insiders  —  Microsoft is adding AI-powered text editing to Notepad, the stripped-down text editor originally introduced in 1983.
Bloomberg:
The US SEC's crypto enforcement is slated for a major rollback under President Trump, who in July 2024 pledged to fire Gary Gensler on the first day in office  —  - Trump has pledged to fire Gensler on the first day in office  — Next SEC chair is expected to push forward new regulations
Bloomberg:
France's gambling regulator says it is “aware” of Polymarket and is “currently examining its operation and compliance”, after user Fredi9999 made a ~$48M profit  —  - Inquiry follows publicity around French trader's huge bets  — New evidence on whale's profit grows haul to $78 mln
New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and more quietly courted Trump before the election, laying the groundwork for improved Silicon Valley and DC relations  —  The executives of tech's biggest companies largely ignored Donald Trump before the 2016 election.  This time around, they're far more friendly.
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
Sources: TSMC and GlobalFoundries have finished negotiating agreements for billions of dollars in grants and loans under the CHIPS Act to support US factories  —  - US officials look to announce agreements in coming weeks  — Biden team is racing to get Chips Act money out the door
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic partners with Palantir and AWS to let US intel and defense agencies access its Claude models and “operationalize” their use on Palantir using AWS  —  Anthropic on Thursday announced that it's teaming up with Palantir, the data-mining firm, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) …
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Matter launches its 1.4 spec, including “enhanced multi-admin” and updates to energy management support, in a bid to get the smart home standard back on track  —  It's been two long years since the launch of Matter — the one smart home standard designed to rule them all …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Mistral AI launches a content moderation API powered by its Ministral 8B model, to detect potentially harmful content in 11 languages  —  French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI launched a new content moderation API on Thursday, marking its latest move to compete with OpenAI …

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