Techmeme: Sources: Apple delays the next iPhone Air, originally set for fall 2026, after the first model sold below expectations and a portion of inventory remains unsold (The Information)

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Sources: Apple delays the next iPhone Air, originally set for fall 2026, after the first model sold below expectations and a portion of inventory remains unsold — Apple is delaying the release of next year's version of the iPhone Air, its thinnest smartphone, after the first model sold below expectations …

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The Information:

Sources: Apple may add a second camera to the next iPhone Air, possibly set for spring 2027 alongside the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e, to address user complaints

More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Moneycontrol, Sherwood News, Business Standard, GSMArena.com, Nokiamob, and Notebookcheck. Forums: MacRumors Forums

Financial Times:

Sources: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave in the coming months to found his own startup; a source says he is in early talks to raise funds — Turing Award winner seeks to depart as Mark Zuckerberg makes ‘superintelligence’ push — Melissa Heikkilä in London, Hannah Murphy and Stephen Morris in San Francisco

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David Keohane / Financial Times:

SoftBank sold its entire Nvidia stake, or ~32M shares, in October for $5.8B and part of its T-Mobile stake for $9.2B, boosting Q2 profit to $16.2B, above est. — Net profit doubles to $16bn on gains from OpenAI and PayPay holdings — Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group has sold its entire stake …

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Vogue:

Apple and Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake launch the $150 iPhone Pocket, a 3D-knitted fabric accessory, its first fashion collaboration since Hermès in 2015 — It's no secret that Steve Jobs's favorite fashion designer was Issey Miyake. The former Apple CEO adopted …

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Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal:

Sony reports Q2 revenue up 4.6% YoY to ~$20.3B, net profit up 6.7% to ~$2.02B, 3.9M PS5 units sold, and raises FY operating profit forecast by 7.5% to ~$9.3B — Sony 6758 5.51%increase; green up pointing triangle Group raised its earnings forecasts after a stronger-than-expected second quarter …

More: Gematsu, Game Developer, The Game Post, Windows Central, TechRadar, Bloomberg, and Nikkei Asia

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Reuters:

A Munich court sides with Germany's music rights society GEMA in a case against OpenAI, saying OpenAI can't use song lyrics without a license; OpenAI can appeal — A German court on Tuesday sided with the country's music rights society GEMA in a closely watched copyright case against U.S.-based artificial intelligence firm OpenAI.

More: Reuters, WinBuzzer, Gamereactor UK, and ai fray

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Dominic Preston / The Verge:

Samsung rolls out its Vision AI Companion, a generative AI-powered upgrade to its Bixby assistant, across its 2025 TV lineup, with support for 10 languages — Vision AI Companion will let you ask questions about what's on screen in real time.

More: Samsung Newsroom, SammyGuru, and Digit

Wall Street Journal:

How China ramped up its AI development since early 2024 to catch the US, including relaxed regulations, huge government funding, and a focus on domestic chips — America holds a sizable lead, but China is working to tip the scales with a sweeping countrywide push, betting ‘swarms beat the titan’

More: BBC, The American Conservative, and Foreign Affairs

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:

Crypto exchange Gemini reports Q3 revenue up 106% YoY to $50.6M, above $46.2M est., and net loss of $159.5M, up from $90.2M in Q3 2024; GEMI drops 5%+ — Gemini Space Station Inc., the crypto exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, reported a steeper loss than analysts anticipated …

More: Gemini, CoinDesk, Blockonomi, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, The Coin Republic, BeInCrypto, Cryptonews, and Associated Press

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:

Financial documents: Anthropic expects to break even in 2028, while OpenAI projects ~$74B in operating losses that year before turning a profit in 2030 — Financial documents from both companies show the different approaches they are taking to the AI boom — The finances of Silicon Valley's …

More: WinBuzzer, The Information, Digit, Benzinga, and Sherwood News

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with Tim Berners-Lee on the future of web, AI, his decentralization startup Inrupt and its open-source web protocol Solid, his new memoir, and more — Today, I'm talking with a very special guest: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Tim is a legend in the history of the internet.

Bluesky: @reckless. Forums: r/artificial and Slashdot

Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:

Sources: the EU plans to designate WhatsApp's Channels as a Very Large Online Platform under the DSA, meaning it must meet moderation and transparency standards — Meta Platforms Inc.'s messaging service WhatsApp will face stricter rules under the European Union's content moderation rulebook …

More: Ukrainian National News and TipRanks Financial. X: @gmvolpi

CRN:

Intel CTO and AI officer Sachin Katti says he is leaving the company after four years to join OpenAI; Intel says CEO Lip-Bu Tan will take over its AI efforts — Intel CEO made Katti the company's chief technology and artificial intelligence officer in April.

Deborah Sophia / Reuters:

Nebius signs a ~$3B, five-year deal to provide Meta with AI infrastructure and reports a $100M+ loss in Q3, up from a $39.7M loss in Q3 2024 — Nebius Group (NBIS.O) has signed a deal worth about $3 billion with Meta to provide the Facebook owner with AI infrastructure over a five-year period …

More: Investor's Business Daily, Bloomberg, and Blockonomi

Tasmin Lockwood / CNBC:

Oura CEO Tom Hale says the Finnish company expects “maybe close” to $2B in sales in 2026, up from $1B in 2025, and there is “no news on an IPO” — The chief executive of Finland's Oura told CNBC on Tuesday that he expects the wearable tech company to generate close to $2 billion in sales next year.

Olivia Poh / Bloomberg:

Sea reports Q3 revenue up 38% YoY to $6B, above $5.65B est., a $375M net income, below $433M est., and Shopee revenue up 35% YoY to $4.3B and GMV up 28% YoY — Sea Ltd.'s quarterly profit missed analysts' estimates after the company boosted spending to battle competitors in Southeast Asia's cut-throat e-commerce market.

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