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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI launches its ChatGPT Atlas web browser, available initially for macOS, and “coming soon” to Windows, iOS, and Android — OpenAI on Tuesday announced a next-generation Web browser, Atlas, as the company seeks to expand from simply being a popular app into a broader computing platform.
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says ChatGPT Atlas' opt-in browser memories feature can remember key details from users' web browsing to improve chat responses and offer suggestions — The browser with ChatGPT built in. — Today we're introducing ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser built with ChatGPT at its core.
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
ChatGPT Atlas features an agent mode to let ChatGPT automate web-based tasks on behalf of users, available for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users — ChatGPT is the “beating heart of Atlas,” according to employees on the livestream. … OpenAI's next move in its battle against Google is an AI-powered web browser.| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
First impressions of ChatGPT Atlas, as browser agents remain confusing, with insurmountable security and privacy risks including prompt injection attacks — Introducing ChatGPT Atlas (via) Last year OpenAI hired Chrome engineer Darin Fisher, which sparked speculation they might have their own browser in the pipeline.
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| Bloomberg: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy XR headset, with Android XR, 4K micro-OLED displays, a Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, and an external battery pack, available for $1,799 — The $1,800 headset is a precursor to smart glasses launching “pretty soon.” — A new mixed-reality headset developed …
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 17% YoY to $11.51B, matching est., operating margin below est. due to Brazilian tax dispute expense; NFLX drops 6%+ after hours — Shares of Netflix plummeted as much as 7% after the company posted a third-quarter earnings miss after the closing bell Tuesday.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Netflix says it is on track to more than double its advertising revenue in 2025 and is currently using AI to test new ad formats — The streaming giant reported its Q3 earnings Tuesday.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anthropic is in discussions with Google about a deal that would provide Anthropic with computing power valued in the high tens of billions of dollars — Anthropic PBC is in discussions with Alphabet Inc.'s Google about a deal that would provide the artificial intelligence company …
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| Reuters: |
Meta forms a JV with Blue Owl to fund the $27B, 2GW Hyperion data center in Louisiana, its largest ever private capital deal; Meta will retain a ~20% equity — Meta (META.O) has struck a $27 billion financing deal with Blue Owl Capital to fund its biggest data center project globally …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale resigned after the firm refused to discipline partner Shaun Maguire over his comments calling Zohran Mamdani “an Islamist” — Sumaiya Balbale left the venture firm after it decided not to discipline outspoken investor for posts about Zohran Mamdani| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5) review: feels the same as M4 with a speed upgrade and still good value for money with great battery life, but only a modest update — Last year's entry-level MacBook Pro was an impressive return to form for Apple's Pro laptop. Between the M4 chip, increased RAM …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's foldable iPad with an 18" screen faces engineering challenges tied to weight, features, and display tech, pushing its debut to 2029 or later — Apple Inc.'s effort to reinvent the iPad by adding a giant foldable screen has hit development hurdles, potentially delaying the planned launch.
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
YouTube launches its likeness detection tech, letting eligible creators in its Partner Program request the removal of AI-generated content with their likeness — YouTube revealed on Tuesday that its likeness-detection technology has officially rolled out to eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program, following a pilot phase.| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Polymarket and Kalshi surpassed $2B in notional trading volume in the week ending Oct. 19, exceeding the previous peak during the 2024 US presidential election — The trading volume on the leading prediction markets platforms, Polymarket and Kalshi, has hit a new record high …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition startup, raised $51M in equity and debt, including a $36M Series C led by SLW, taking its total funding to $105M — In a competitive hiring environment, the ability to find exceptional talent that isn't necessarily knocking down your door is hugely desired and not always easy to attain.
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| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
Texas Instruments reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to $4.74B, vs. $4.64B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue and profit below estimates; TXN drops 8%+ after hours — Texas Instruments (TXN.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as macroeconomic uncertainty stemming … | David Ingram / NBC News: |
Hundreds of public figures sign a Future of Life Institute statement urging a ban on the development of AI superintelligence until it can be deployed safely — The call, signed by Nobel laureates, ex-military leaders and public figures worldwide, seeks a ban on research that could create machines smarter than people.| Chris Kerr / Game Developer: |
Palworld developer Pocketpair says its new publishing division won't fund games that use GenAI, saying it “doesn't believe” in the technology — Pocketpair communications director and publishing manager John Buckley explains how AI can harm even its most vocal detractors.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Dario Amodei addresses “inaccurate claims” about Anthropic's policy stances after David Sacks said the “real issue” is “Anthropic's agenda to backdoor Woke AI” — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed “inaccurate claims” about the artificial intelligence …
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| Bloomberg: |
Japanese regulators' plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of startup buyouts in Japan, while IPOs slump — A plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of buyouts of young companies in Japan …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Filing: Satya Nadella's total pay for fiscal 2025 rose nearly 22% YoY from $79.1M to $96.5M, including $84.2M in stock awards; MSFT is up ~23% so far in 2025 — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's total 2025 compensation rose nearly 22% from $79.1 million to almost $96.5 million …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sesame, which is developing an AI agent with a natural-sounding human voice and smart glasses, raised a $250M Series B and opens an early beta of its iOS app — Sesame, a conversational AI startup and smart glasses maker, has raised a $250 million Series B round and is opening up its beta … | Kelsey Piper / The Argument: |
In an experiment, GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp expressed secular, Western liberal values regardless of the language of the questions — What I learned by asking chatbots questions in Chinese, Arabic, and Hindi — If you ask the chatbot DeepSeek — a Chinese competitor to ChatGPT … | Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar: |
Apple Vision Pro M5 review: everything looks sharper, especially virtual desktop mode, and the Dual Knit band is comfortable, but the headset still costs $3,500 — New Apple silicon and a new headband level up the experience — TechRadar Verdict … Why you can trust TechRadar …
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| Francesco Guarascio / Reuters: |
A UN pact to fight cybercrime is set to be signed by dozens of countries in Hanoi; tech companies and activists warn the pact may criminalize ethical hacking — - UN treaty is unprecedented step in fight against cybercrime — Activists, companies say it poses risks to human rights| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Filings: Meta spent the most on US lobbying in Q3, spending $5.8M, followed by Amazon, Google, Apple; Anthropic, Nvidia, and a16z hit $1M+ for the first time — Meta was the top lobbying spender in the third quarter of 2025, and AI and semiconductor companies increased their quarterly spend, per federal filings.Sponsor Posts
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