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A look at Apple's plans to enhance satellite connectivity in its products, Siri's Gemini upgrade, new 2026 Macs, a Health+ service, and the future of Fitness+ — Apple is planning a series of upgrades to its satellite features for the iPhone and its smartwatches.
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| Ellen O'Regan / Politico: |
Draft documents: the European Commission plans to relax some privacy laws, including the GDPR, to boost AI growth and cut red tape for businesses in Europe — BRUSSELS — European Union officials are ready to sacrifice some of their most prized privacy rules for the sake of AI …
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| Gary N. Smith / Fast Company: |
Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector — For decades now, we have been told that artificial intelligence systems will soon replace human workers.
More: Technical.ly and TheStreet
Mastodon: @MrBirch@beige.party, @shish@techhub.social, and @ngate@mastodon.social
Forums: Hacker News and r/agi
| Wired: |
Apple removes two of the most popular gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China, citing orders from the country's Cyberspace Administration — The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China's marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
Bluesky: @zeyiyang and @lmatsakis
| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
Cold-storage crypto wallet demand is soaring, as hardware wallet maker Ledger reports its best year ever, with “triple-digit millions” in 2025 revenue so far — So-called cold storage wallets allow digital currency holders an alternative to holding their tokens directly on an exchange
More: Bitcoin Insider, Blockhead, The Crypto Times, CoinDesk, crypto.news, BeInCrypto, The Block, Cryptonews, DL News, Cointelegraph, and CryptoSlate
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| Rya Jetha / The San Francisco Standard: |
A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is creating a new category of work; Mercor hit $500M ARR in September and pays contractors $1.5M daily — Brendan Foody is excited about the future. He said so the moment we stepped into Lands End — not the park …
More: Wall Street Journal
| Zeyi Yang / Wired: |
EchoTik estimates TikTok Shop sold $19B worth of products globally in Q3, nearing eBay's $20.1B, with US sales accounting for between $4B and $4.5B, up 125% QoQ — TikTok's ecommerce arm has kept growing steadily, despite tariffs and never-ending debates over whether the platform should be banned.| Billy Gray / Wall Street Journal: |
Rumble agrees to acquire German AI infrastructure company Northern Data in an up to $970M deal, set to close in Q2 2026; both companies are backed by Tether — The deal brings together two companies backed by stablecoin issuer Tether — Rumble said it would acquire German artificial … | Financial Times: |
The UK is investigating whether ~700 of its Chinese-made Yutong electric buses can be remotely deactivated; Norway found that Yutong can render buses inoperable — Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company
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| Lee Harris / Financial Times: |
ABI: UK insurers paid out £197M+ in cyber claims in 2024, up from £60M in 2023; malware and ransomware-related claims were 51% of the total, up from 32% in 2023 — Companies paid out £197mn, according to the Association of British Insurers, prior to a string of high-profile attacks| Evan Gorelick / New York Times: |
A group of US lawyers document 509 cases of AI misuse in legal filings so far in 2025, including fabricated citations; judges and bar associations permit AI use — More lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write legal briefs. Some colleagues are publicizing the A.I.-generated errors.
More: Gizmodo and Futurism
Bluesky: @carnage4life and @thiagokrause
Forums: r/technews, r/technology, r/Lawyertalk, and r/law
| Financial Times: |
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says he aims to give “normal people” exposure to private AI companies via Robinhood Ventures' fund with 5+ “best in class” companies — CEO Vlad Tenev plans to offer shares in a fund that holds a handful of private artificial intelligence companies| Adam Leventhal / The Athletic: |
A YouGov survey estimates 9% of UK adults, or 4.7M people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, about 200K people more than in 2023 — Illegal streaming of football is on the rise in the UK and most fans want the Saturday 3pm blackout lifted, a new podcast released by The Athletic has revealed.
Forums: r/PremierLeague and r/soccer
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports a 16.9% rise in October sales, the slowest pace since February 2024, highlighting uncertainty over the AI boom's sustainability; TSMC is up 37% YTD — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported slowing growth in monthly revenue, highlighting uncertainty over the sustainability …
More: Benzinga, Dow Jones Newswires, DigiTimes, COINOTAG NEWS, and Nikkei Asia
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