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Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement — Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time …
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Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7nm or smaller as of this coming Monday — World's biggest contract chipmaker acts to ensure it is in line with US restrictions on Chinese access to latest processors
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered Vids app that lets users create video presentations using a prompt, with full access for Workspace users until at least 2026 — Google is generally rolling out its Gemini AI-powered Vids app that lets you create video presentations using a prompt.| Forbes: |
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones — Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
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| Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: |
A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M — The founder of a cryptocurrency mixing service known as Bitcoin Fog was ordered to serve 12 1/2 years in prison for laundering tens … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
ChatGPT gave ~2M responses asking users to get election news elsewhere on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, and rejected 250K+ requests for DALL-E images of Trump and others — Now that the election is over, the dissection can begin. As this is the first election in which AI chatbots played a significant part …
More: OpenAI, The Indian Express, The Economic Times, The Hill, CNBC, and Bloomberg
| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network called 764, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on kids in Discord servers and chat rooms — A Michigan man who ran chat rooms and Discord servers targeting children playing online games and coercing them into self-harm …
More: US Department of Justice, Michigan Advance, Wired, and Associated Press. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: |
The 2024 US election cycle showed how crypto has turned out to be a practically perfect special interest group for an era of unlimited corporate spending — The industry made a $135 million bet on the election. It paid off spectacularly. — On Nov. 5, a few dozen Bitcoiners … | Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
In an email in May, the NHTSA warned Tesla that its online posts falsely suggested that its cars are autonomous, potentially misleading and endangering drivers — Tesla has falsely suggested in social media posts that its cars are autonomous, potentially misleading and endangering drivers …
More: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Forbes
| Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury as of Oct. 31, down from $1.6B in March 2022; ~80% of holdings in ETH, which declined 20%+ since 2022 — The foundation has spent roughly $240 million since March 2022, and holds most of its treasury in ether, which has slid roughly 22% since the last financial report.| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Source: AI coding assistant startup Anysphere has received unsolicited offers valuing the company at as much as $2.5B from Benchmark, Index, a16z, and others — There isn't a shortage of AI-powered coding assistance startups. They include Augment, Codeium, Magic, and Poolside.
More: The Information
| Hritam Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Swiggy closes an oversubscribed ~$1.4B IPO, as investors bet on a quick commerce boom; analysts expect the company to make a muted stock market debut next week — Food and grocery delivery firm Swiggy's (SWIG.NS) $1.4 billion initial public offering was oversubscribed on Friday … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure, is raising a $100M Series B at a $850M-$900M valuation, after raising $50M in September 2023 — Cybersecurity continues to command a lot of attention from enterprises looking for better protection from malicious hackers, and VCs want in on the action.Sponsor Posts
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