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November 11, 2025, 6:50 AM
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Sources: Apple is delaying the next generation iPhone Air's release date, originally planned for fall 2026, after the first model sold below expectations  —  Apple is delaying the release of next year's version of the iPhone Air, its thinnest smartphone, after the first model sold below expectations …
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 …
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 …
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 of 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 …
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.
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.
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Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal:
An investor group and AI developer Voltai plan to use AI to design, build, and run a 3GW data center in South Korea, set to cost up to $35B and open in 2028  —  If completed as envisioned by its backers, the data center is set to cost as much as $35 billion and pack up to 3 gigawatts of power

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From Mediagazer

Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Sources: the Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes' publisher, EIC, and a Middle East reporter for insubordination; the publisher earlier announced his retirement

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Sources: Paramount reps are expected to meet Monday with the California AG's office to discuss a possible settlement of the antitrust suit blocking the WBD deal

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Chris Aronson, ex-president of domestic theatrical distribution at Paramount, sues the company, claiming breach of contract and age discrimination

More News

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Meta introduces Omnilingual Automatic Speech Recognition, a suite of AI models providing automatic speech recognition capabilities for more than 1,600 languages
Sander Lutz / Decrypt:
The US Treasury and IRS issue guidance allowing crypto products to offer staking rewards under a new safe harbor
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
CoreWeave reports Q3 revenue up 134% YoY to $1.36B, above $1.29B est., a $110M net loss, and forecasts FY revenue below estimates; CRWV drops 5%+
Anna Washenko / Engadget:
Meta plans to discontinue Facebook's Like and Share buttons for external sites in February 2026 as usage “naturally declined as the digital landscape evolved”

Earlier Picks

Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Neros, which makes low-cost, military FPV drones in the US, raised $75M led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $121M, and won a US Army contract
Josh Scott / BetaKit:
Canada-based legaltech company Clio raised a $500M Series G at a $5B valuation, along with $350M in debt, and says it has completed its $1B vLex acquisition
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Coinbase unveils a platform to let retail investors buy tokens before they're listed on its exchange, starting with blockchain startup Monad's token next week
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