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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to launch a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip in H1 2026 to rival Chromebooks, aimed at students and casual users, codenamed J700  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers …
Bloomberg:
Amazon sends a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity, demanding it to stop letting Comet make purchases on users' behalf and accusing it of computer fraud  —  Amazon.com Inc. is suing Perplexity AI Inc. to try and stop the startup from helping users buy items on the world's largest online marketplace …
CNBC:
Perplexity AI accuses Amazon of “bullying” after receiving Amazon's “aggressive legal threat” demanding Comet not make purchases on users' behalf  —  Perplexity AI accused Amazon of “bullying” on Tuesday after it received a letter from the e-commerce giant demanding …
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Google and Epic Games reach an agreement to settle Epic's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, with proposed changes to Android and Google Play pending US court approval  —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Tuesday it has reached a comprehensive U.S. court settlement with “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games …
Lee Ying Shan / CNBC:
Asian AI-linked companies' shares fall, tracking declines in US peers, as investors worry over stretched valuations; SoftBank falls 13%+ and Advantest drops 8%+  —  Shares of Asian AI-linked companies and tech firms fell Wednesday, tracking declines in U.S. peers, as investors turned wary …
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Google unveils Project Suncatcher, aiming to launch two solar-powered satellites, each with four TPUs, into low Earth orbit in 2027, as it seeks to scale AI  —  The demand for AI data centers has grown so large that there isn't enough energy on earth to power the buildout.
Ian King / Bloomberg:
AMD reports Q3 revenue up 36% YoY to $9.24B, above $8.7B est., Data Center revenue up 22% YoY to $4.3B, and forecasts Q4 revenue below the highest projections  —  Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the main contender to Nvidia Corp. in the artificial intelligence chip market …
Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times:
A look at data labeling startups like Objectways, whose workers record and annotate repetitive tasks like folding towels to train AI robots for physical tasks  —  - In an Indian town, workers fold towels while wearing cameras, providing data to teach AI robots how to move and operate in physical spaces.
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Super Micro reports Q1 revenue down 15% YoY to $5B, below $6.09B est., and forecasts Q2 profit below estimates; SMCI drops 9%+  —  Super Micro Computer Inc. shares tumbled in late trading after the server maker missed reduced estimates for first-quarter sales and profit and gave …
Clare Armstrong / ABC:
Australia broadens its social media ban for under-16s to include Reddit and Kick, which join Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and YouTube  —  In short:  —  Reddit and Kick will be included in Australia's social media ban for children under 16.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android, including in the US, Canada, and Japan; the app reached 1M+ downloads in the five days after its September iOS launch  —  Now, more people can create and share AI-generated videos on the app's social feed. … OpenAI has brought its AI video app, Sora, to Android.
Bloomberg:
Bitcoin dropped below $100K for the first time since June on November 4; ether also fell as much as 15%, and many altcoins are down 50%+ in 2025  —  Bitcoin has wiped out its summer rally, giving back gains made during Wall Street's euphoric embrace and a surge in institutional buying.
Tim Starks / CyberScoop:
The US sanctions eight people and two companies it accused of laundering money obtained from cybercrime and IT worker schemes for the North Korean government  —  Learn more.  —  The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight people and two companies it accused of laundering money obtained …
Nikkei Asia:
A look at US efforts to train workers for semiconductor manufacturing, led by Arizona, which has secured over 60 semiconductor expansion projects since 2020  —  PHOENIX, Arizona — Laughter, cheers and applause filled the Arizona Science Center on a rainy October morning as kids ran around a rack of white …
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple says Live Translation on AirPods will come to the EU next month; the first iOS 26.2 beta, seeded to developers on November 4, brings the feature to the EU  —  The upcoming iOS 26.2 update for iPhone makes the Live Translation on AirPods feature available in the EU, according to Apple.
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 …
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
Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Source: Anthropic projects revenues of up to $70B in 2028, up from ~$5B in 2025, and expects to become cash flow positive as soon as 2027  —  Anthropic this summer hiked its most optimistic growth forecasts by roughly 13% to 28% over the next three years and projected generating …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

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Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

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Bloomberg:
IBM plans to cut “a low single-digit percentage” of its workforce in Q4, affecting thousands of staffers; IBM employed ~270K workers as of the end of 2024
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
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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”
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