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| Alex Reisner / The Atlantic: |
A profile of nonprofit Common Crawl, which has scraped billions of webpages since 2013, including paywalled ones, to build an archive used by OpenAI and others — Editor's note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic's ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry.
Bluesky: @justinhendrix, @damonberes.com, @damonberes.com, @damonberes.com, and @damonberes.com
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple refreshes the web version of the App Store, letting users view and search for apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro — Apple has launched a dramatic new web interface for the App Store. You can now get the full App Store experience right in your browser …
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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple releases version 26.1 of its full family of OSes, adding a “tinted” option for its Liquid Glass design that reduces transparency and increases contrast — Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: China offers to cut data center power bills by up to 50% for Alibaba, ByteDance, and others if they use domestic chips like Huawei's over foreign ones — Beijing introduces grants that slash power bills by up to half for some of the country's largest data centres| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
US federal prosecutors allege that three cybersecurity professionals carried out ransomware attacks on at least five US companies in 2023 using ALPHV ransomware — The alleged cybersecurity turncoats attacked at least five U.S. companies while working for their respective employers, officials said.
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| Ryan S. Gladwin / Decrypt: |
DeFi protocol Balancer says an attacker exploited its V2 Composable Stable Pools on November 3, resulting in an estimated ~$128M in losses across blockchains — Some $128 million in crypto was stolen from Balancer liquidity pools on Ethereum and beyond, with Berachain halting its chain as a result.| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
The UK's High Court rules against Getty in its lawsuit against Stability AI over its image generator; the judge calls the ruling “extremely limited in scope” — Getty Images largely lost its landmark lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI over its image generator at London's High Court on Tuesday.
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| Financial Times: |
Uber reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $13.5B, Gross Bookings up 21% to $49.7B, trips up 22% to 3.5B, and $1.1B operating income, vs. $1.6B est.; UBER drops 5%+ — Ride-hailing company reassures investors that it enters busy festive period with ‘exceptional momentum’
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue up 90% YoY to ~$3.7B, vs. ~$3B est., ~$667M net profit, vs. ~$412M est., and expects 19M Switch 2 sales by March 2026, up from 15M — Nintendo raised its forecast for sales of the Switch 2 console in its current fiscal year as momentum for its new flagship console grows.
More: Bloomberg, Nintendo Co., Ltd., Game Developer, Associated Press, Kyodo News, RTÉ, Proactive, The Japan Times, and Gamereactor UK
X: @tokyogamelife, @attackdabacklog, @anaveragegamerx, and @firstadopter. Bluesky: @knoebel. Forums: r/NintendoSwitch2
| Xander Elliards / The National: |
Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia's “Gaza genocide” page fails to meet its neutrality standards; the article is listed as “protected” until 21:47 UTC on November 4 — WIKIPEDIA founder Jimmy Wales has intervened over the platform's article on Gaza genocide.
More: The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, Gizmodo, Semafor, and Townhall
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Forums: Hacker News, r/theworldnews, r/technology, r/JordanPeterson, r/UnderReportedNews, r/Palestine, and r/wikipedia
| Emily Forlini / PCMag: |
AWS says it is developing the Fastnet subsea cable to connect Maryland and Ireland, aiming to launch by 2028 with a capacity of 320Tbps+ and buried ~1.5m deep — Amazon Web Services (AWS) will lay a new subsea cable across the ocean floor, connecting Maryland and Ireland.
More: Total Telecom, RTÉ, CNBC, About Amazon, Irish Independent, and Capacity. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com
| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin says DeFi platforms' rapid growth leaves their users' assets at risk of attack; DefiLlama says $140B+ is held on DeFi protocols — Head of world's biggest crypto tracing company says security 'hasn't really been considered' by start-ups
More: PYMNTS.com
| David Uberti / Wall Street Journal: |
Goldman Sachs: just 33 US counties accounted for 72% of all US data center capacity as of July; places like Umatilla have been transformed by an AWS build-out — Residents, politicians and local agencies are making the most of the tech boom, but prosperity comes with costs; 'What's going to happen once they stop building?'
Forums: r/oregon
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €4.3B, above €4.23B est., subscribers up 12% YoY to 281M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 713M, and a €582M operating income — Spotify Technology SA reported active users and revenue in the third quarter that surpassed analysts' expectations … | Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal: |
Coca-Cola releases new AI-generated ads for the 2025 holidays, after finding people didn't know or care about the use of AI, despite criticism for its 2024 ads — ‘Holidays Are Coming’ faster and cheaper for the soda giant, which caught heat last year for its AI-generated ads
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X: @jasonzada, @discussingfilm, @coreybrickley, @keizitv, @lukebarnett, @benjamincrew1, @radishharmers, @basedgizmo, @harleybaghdad, @alexaldente, @joerussotweets, @lescarletwoman, @mikedrucker, @zuknor, @unikunka, and @chatgpt21. Bluesky: @glennmulno
Forums: r/popculturechat, r/entertainment, and Slashdot
| Sofia Horta e Costa / Bloomberg: |
How Portugal is investing ~4.6% of its GDP around the port of Sines, seeking to transform it from a tourism-dependent economy to a tech and industrial hub — Investment around the town of Sines totals almost 5% of GDP as the country seeks to retool its economy for the 21st century.| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Shopify reports Q3 revenue up 32% YoY to $2.84B, vs. $2.76B est., GMV up 32% YoY to $92B, and expects Q4 revenue up in the mid-to-high 20% range, vs. 23.4% est. — Shopify (SHOP.TO), projected strong fourth-quarter revenue growth on Tuesday, signaling resilient demand at the e-commerce company … Sponsor Posts
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