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Apple refreshes the web version of the App Store, letting users view and search for apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, TV, Watch, and 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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Apple releases version 26.1 of its full family of OSes, including a “tinted” option for the Liquid Glass design to reduce transparency and increase contrast — Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial …
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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.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump decided not to discuss Nvidia's AI chip exports to China during his October 30 meeting with Xi Jinping following opposition from his top advisers — The president decided against discussing the matter with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after top aides opposed it| Financial Times: |
Sources: China offers to cut data center power bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others, if they use local chips like Huawei's over foreign ones like Nvidia's — Beijing introduces grants that slash power bills by up to half for some of the country's largest data centres
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| Ryan S. Gladwin / Decrypt: |
DeFi protocol Balancer says its V2 Composable Stable Pools suffered an exploit, which security experts estimate resulted in total losses worth about $128M — Some $128 million in crypto was stolen from Balancer liquidity pools on Ethereum and beyond, with Berachain halting its chain as a result.| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI and AWS sign a seven-year deal in which OpenAI will pay $38B for AI compute, including training its models using Amazon's data centers and using its CPUs — Companies' first computing partnership is part of Amazon's efforts to grow its cloud business
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Coca-Cola releases upgraded AI-generated ads for 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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft signs a five-year, ~$9.7B deal to buy AI compute capacity from Sydney-based IREN, giving Microsoft access to Nvidia's GB300 in IREN's Texas facility — Microsoft Corp. has signed a roughly $9.7 billion deal to buy artificial intelligence computing capacity from IREN Ltd., becoming the Australian company's largest customer.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Augmented Intelligence, which is building neuro-symbolic AI models, raised $20M in a bridge SAFE round at a $750M valuation, bringing its total funding to ~$60M — The buzzed-about but still stealthy New York City startup Augmented Intelligence Inc (AUI), which seeks to go beyond the popular … | Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
Grab reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $873M, vs. 869M est., and an adjusted EBITDA of $136M, helped by offerings like group food orders and cheaper shared rides — Grab Holdings Ltd. raised its earnings forecast for the year after quarterly profit topped estimates, helped by novel offerings …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Lyft CEO David Risher on the company's turnaround, AI, paying drivers more, Uber, partnership with Tensor for autonomous vehicle tech, and more — Today, I'm talking with David Risher, who is the CEO of Lyft. I'll just say from the jump: I think you'll like this one … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue up 90% YoY to $3.7B, vs. ~$3B est., net profit of ~$667M, 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.
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Palantir reports Q3 revenue up 63% YoY to $1.18B, above $1.09B est., US government revenue up 52% YoY to $486M, and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates — Palantir reported quarterly results that topped analysts' estimates and issued better-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter …
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| Liz Alderman / New York Times: |
France threatens to ban Shein and refers it to Paris prosecutor after an investigation found that sex dolls “resembling children” were being sold on the site — The controversy adds to a growing backlash in France against the giant Chinese online retailer as it prepares to open …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: WeRide is set to raise ~$308M in its Hong Kong listing, planning to price shares at ~$3.48 each, representing a ~4% discount to its Monday Nasdaq close — WeRide Inc. raised HK$2.39 billion ($308 million) from its Hong Kong share sale, as it joined a slate of US-listed Chinese firms undertaking …
More: Reuters and South China Morning Post
| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft plans to spend $7.9B+ on data centers, cloud, and employees in the UAE over the next four years, taking its UAE investment to $15.2B from 2023 to 2029 — Microsoft Corp. said it will spend more than $7.9 billion on data centers, cloud-computing and employees in the United Arab Emirates …
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