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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Another look at Apple's executive succession, as it increases the spotlight on hardware chief John Ternus; sources: Apple weighed hiring a senior Meta AI exec — Apple is intensifying the spotlight on hardware chief John Ternus as executive succession looms.
More: AppleInsider, Wired, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Benzinga, Appleosophy, iPhone in Canada, Wccftech, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, iThinkDifferent, PhoneArena, and iClarified
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive have yet to solve key technical and software issues that could delay the company's palm-sized device, slated for release in 2026 — ChatGPT maker is working with former Apple design boss to launch a palm-sized personal assistant next year
More: TechCrunch, The Decoder, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, iClarified, Neowin, iThinkDifferent, and iPhone in Canada
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| Luke James / Tom's Hardware: |
The AI boom is driving memory and storage shortages that may last a decade; OpenAI's Stargate has deals for 900K DRAM wafers per month, or ~40% of global output — Once-cheap SSDs, DRAM, and HDD prices are climbing fast as AI demand and constrained supply converge to create the tightest market in years.
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Forums: r/technology and r/hardware
| Anvee Bhutani / Wall Street Journal: |
PitchBook: US VCs have invested ~$14.2B in European AI startups so far in 2025, with founders saying US investors better fit the sector's high upfront costs — Founders seeking funding see U.S. investors as better fit for sector's fast pace and huge upfront costs| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
More: TechCrunch, Futurism, Fast Company, and Nairametrics
| Amanda Gerut / Fortune: |
The FBI estimates that North Koreans posing as IT workers, using stolen IDs and AI-fabricated work, funneled up to $1B into the country over the past five years — In corporate security circles, a ghastly new fear has led to some strange advice for recruiters interviewing potential IT staffers … | Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Polars, the Amsterdam-based startup behind the popular open-source library for data manipulation of the same name, raised a €18M Series A led by Accel — Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project of the same name, has raised €18 million …
More: Silicon Canals
| New York Times: |
How video games are shaping a generation of boys, as a survey says US males aged 15 to 24 now spend ~10 hrs/week on average on games, over 2x the time from 2010 — They've become an important way to spend time with peers. But they've also become more addictive.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A big portion of EA's cash flow will go toward servicing the $20B debt from the $55B sale, which even the most bullish analysts expect will lead to big layoffs — Leveraged buyouts almost always lead to cost-cutting in the form of big layoffs — Hi everyone.| Jessica Golden / CNBC: |
Scorability, a college sports recruiting marketplace for athletes and coaches, raised $40M led by Bluestone Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to $51M — Sports tech platform Scorability has raised $40 million in fresh funding as the company looks to modernize college sports recruiting, the company announced on Tuesday.
More: Business Wire
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
SiPearl unveils Athena1, Europe's first high-performance CPU with up to 80 cores designed for civilian and military use, slated for commercial launch in H2 2027 — Rhea with advanced security and cryptography and without HBM2E. — SiPearl, a CPU developer funded by the EU … | Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico: |
Insiders detail negotiations between politicians, tech and AI companies, VCs, and others over California's SB 53, the first-in-the-nation AI safety law — The process also highlighted the stakes for the top Democrats involved: Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential contender, and the bill's author …
More: TechCrunch
| Financial Times: |
Robinhood is expanding aggressively in the UK, releasing low-cost investment products and seeking to launch its prediction market products in the country — US broker in talks with regulator about bringing its products to Britain — US broker Robinhood is taking aim at Hargreaves Lansdown … | Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Alvys, an AI-powered logistics software provider, raised a $40M Series B led by RTP Global, bringing its total funding to $77M; Alvys has 1000+ customers — Alvys, an AI-powered logistics software provider, has raised $40 million in Series B funding, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively.
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| Financial Times: |
An interview with DoorDash CEO Tony Xu on the company's £2.9B acquisition of Deliveroo, which closed on Oct. 2, to bolster its plans to expand abroad, and more — Tony Xu says bar is high for deals as M&A is ‘mostly littered with failure’ — DoorDash chief executive Tony Xu first met Will Shu … Sponsor Posts
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