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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 $1,800 — The $1,800 headset is a precursor to smart glasses launching “pretty soon.” — A new mixed-reality headset developed …
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| Shahram Izadi / The Keyword: |
Samsung's Galaxy XR is the first Android XR headset and features Gemini Live that understands a user's surroundings and lets them interact with apps hands-free — The Samsung Galaxy XR is powered by Android XR, an operating system that blends digital experiences with your physical surroundings.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Internal memo and a source: Meta is cutting ~600 jobs out of several thousand within its Superintelligence Lab, including in its FAIR unit, to focus on TBD Lab — Meta is cutting several hundred roles from its AI unit even as it continues to hire for its newer TBD Lab, Axios has learned.
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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 New York mayoral candidate
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft is significantly increasing the price of its Xbox Development Kit from $1,500 to $2,000, after hiking Series X prices by $150 in September — Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox dev kits, just a month after tariffs hit Xbox console pricing.
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple cuts iPhone Air orders nearly to “end of production” levels after a lukewarm reception in China, but keeps iPhone 17 lineup forecasts at 85M-90M — TAIPEI — Apple is drastically cutting iPhone Air production orders but boosting those for other iPhone 17 models …
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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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More: Stuff, Axios, Silicon Republic, The Indian Express, NDTV Profit, and OpenAI
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| Financial Times: |
Nonprofit Cyber Monitoring Centre estimates that the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack cost the UK economy at least £1.9B and affected over 5,000 UK organizations — Incident was likely ‘the most economically damaging cyber event’ for the country, according to cyber classification group
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| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Prince Harry and 800+ public figures sign a Future of Life Institute statement urging a ban on AI superintelligence development 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.
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| Brave: |
Researchers detail systemic vulnerabilities in AI agentic browsers, including Perplexity's Comet and Fellou, related to indirect prompt injection attacks — Building on our previous disclosure of the Perplexity Comet vulnerability, we've continued our security research across the agentic browser landscape.
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| Financial Times: |
The UK CMA says it will label Apple and Google as having “strategic market status”, imposing stricter rules on how they run their platforms to boost competition — Competition regulator designates the Big Tech groups with special status under strict new digital laws| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto trading firm FalconX agrees to acquire 21shares, one of the main crypto ETF managers, for an undisclosed sum; 21shares had $11B+ in assets in September — FalconX considers IPO as cryptocurrency deals boom — FalconX, a crypto-trading firm, agreed to acquire 21shares …
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| Olivia Le Poidevin / Reuters: |
EBU/BBC study: 45% of responses from top AI assistants misrepresented news content with at least one significant issue and 31% showed serious sourcing problems — - Research finds AI assistants make errors reporting news — Public trust could be eroded, EBU official says
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple's Vision Pro with the M5 chip is assembled in Vietnam, according to labels on its packaging; the M2-based model, launched in 2024, was built in China — Apple Inc.'s new Vision Pro headset doesn't offer much in the way of fresh features, but the company made a notable change to its production.
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 17% YoY to $11.51B, matching est., and an operating margin below est. due to Brazilian tax dispute expense; NFLX drops 8%+ — 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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| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
The NHL reaches multiyear licensing agreements with prediction market startups Kalshi and Polymarket, the first major US league to allow use of its trademarks — Licensing agreement is first of its kind between a major U.S. pro sports league and prediction markets| Adam Leventhal / The Athletic: |
UEFA joins the MPA-led anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the first sports governing body to join the group, which has 50+ members — UEFA has become the first sports governing body to join the world's largest anti-piracy coalition, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE).| 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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Forums: r/ValueInvesting, r/amzn, and r/wallstreetbets
| Chris Kerr / Game Developer: |
Palworld developer Pocketpair says its new publishing division won't fund games that use generative AI, saying it “doesn't believe” in the tech — Pocketpair communications director and publishing manager John Buckley explains how AI can harm even its most vocal detractors.| 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: |
Electricity demand from data centers powering the AI boom has caused a gas turbine supply crunch, as the US becomes the epicenter of new gas-fired power plants — A supply crunch in giant turbines for gas-powered plants threatens environmental and geopolitical consequences| Michael Wayland / CNBC: |
GM plans to roll out Google Gemini in its vehicles starting in 2026 and plans an advanced driver-assistance system with eyes-off driving capabilities in 2028 — NEW YORK — General Motors is targeting a suite of new software initiatives for its vehicles over the next three years …
More: TechCrunch, Inc, Axios, The Verge, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, New York Times, MotorTrend, InsideEVs, and Electrek
| Diana Pearl / The Business of Fashion: |
ShopMy, which lets brands run influencer marketing efforts, raised $70M led by Avenir at a $1.5B valuation, up from ~$410M after raising $77.5M in March 2024 — The fast-growing creator monetisation business raised $70 million in a funding round that included heavyweight Silicon Valley investors …
More: The Information, Shop My Shelf, INC., and Menlo Ventures
| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Starbridge, which helps businesses monitor public sector opportunities by consolidating fragmented data, raised a $42M Series A led by David Sacks' Craft — Justin Wenig remembers his days at Y Combinator in 2019. — Back then, he was working with his first startup, Coursedog … | 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
More: Neowin
| Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: |
Sumble, which offers an AI sales intelligence service, emerges from stealth and raised a $30M Series A led by Canaan Partners and $8.5M seed led by Coatue — Ask any salesperson how much information they'd like on a prospective customer and you'll never hear the end of it.
More: BonTech Labs
| Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia: |
China is racing ahead of the rest of the world in the adoption of robovans, despite limitations like slow speeds; Neolix has deployed 10,000 robovans so far — SHENZHEN — When rush hour calms down around 8 p.m. at Shenzhen's Futian railway station, autonomous robovans get to work.
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