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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve unveils the Steam Frame, a VR headset that can stream games from a PC or run Windows and Android games locally, expected to launch in 2026 for under $999 — Valve is about to launch a new virtual reality headset, and with it, a comprehensive new approach to what a VR device should be.
More: The Verge, IGN, Linus Tech Tips on YouTube, Tom's Hardware, Digital Trends, FlatpanelsHD, PC Gamer, Android Authority, GameSpot, Game Developer, Road to VR, and The Ghost Howls
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Bluesky: @snapcube.gay, @reckless, and @jaypeters.net
Threads: @casandchary, @casandchary, and @jetscott
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Valve unveils a cube-shaped Steam Machine gaming PC, powered by SteamOS, a semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU and AMD RDNA 3 GPU, and 16GB of RAM, arriving in early 2026 — Valve is promising 4K gaming at 60 FPS with FSR — Valve rattled the gaming industry in 2022 with the launch of the Steam Deck …
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Bluesky: @seanhollister, @reckless, @longtalljodie.com, and @seanhollister
Forums: r/macgaming, r/Games, r/pcgaming, r/gadgets, r/technews, r/technology, and r/gaming
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Valve on YouTube, IGN, Kotaku, The Shortcut, PC Gamer, Eurogamer.net, iDrop News, and Mashable
Mastodon: @Gregori@merveilles.town, @TTimo@mastodon.social, and @neobrain@mastodon.social
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Club386, Business Standard, GamesIndustry.biz, Road to VR, Engadget, Eurogamer.net, Guru3D, Digit, Game Rant, and Digital Trends
| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft unveils an AI “super factory”, a new class of hubs built for AI training, in Atlanta as part of its Fairwater network of data centers — Tech giant is building out huge data centers among most advanced in the world as it rushes to meet demand for AI computing power
More: Business Today, Microsoft, Digit, Microsoft, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Blockchain.News, DigiTimes, and BonTech Labs
X: @mustafasuleyman, @the_ai_investor, @kenmogi, @satyanadella, @testingcatalog, and @ninadschick. Bluesky: @shiraovide
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Satya Nadella says Microsoft has access to “all” of OpenAI's custom AI chip work and plans to use it to help develop its own in-house chip — Microsoft Corp. plans to use access to OpenAI's development of custom AI semiconductors to help its own chip effort.
More: Financial Times, Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and WinBuzzer
Forums: r/technology and r/BetterOffline
| SemiAnalysis: |
More: DigiTimes, NextBigWhat, and Livemint
| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
More: Dwarkesh Patel on YouTube and The Economic Times
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.1 Instant, which is “warmer” and “more conversational”, and GPT-5.1 Thinking, “easier to understand and faster”, starting with paid users — We're upgrading GPT‑5 while making it easier to customize ChatGPT.
More: Fidji Simo, The Hans India, Thurrott, OpenAI, TestingCatalog, VentureBeat, The Verge, Gizchina, TechRadar, Digit, The Indian Express, Android Authority, NextBigWhat, NDTV Profit, Moneycontrol, The Economic Times, TechEBlog, Beebom, Analytics India Magazine, MarkTechPost, Business Standard, Tech Times, WeRSM, Implicator.ai, SiliconANGLE, The Register, CNET, Appleosophy, Digital Trends, Windows Report, Daring Fireball, PhoneArena, Ars Technica, PCMag, Search Engine Journal, Decrypt, 9to5Mac, and ZDNET
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Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/BeyondThePromptAI, r/ClaudeCode, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and Slashdot
| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tencent and Apple agree to a deal to let Apple handle payments and take a 15% cut of purchases in WeChat mini games and apps, after a year of talks — Tencent Holdings Ltd. has agreed a deal with Apple Inc. that will see the iPhone maker handle payments and take a 15% cut of purchases …
More: 9to5Mac, Capital Brief, and Bloomberg Law
| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$27B, above ~$26.6B est., net profit up 19% YoY to ~$8.9B, above ~$8B est., and domestic game revenue up 15% YoY — The tech giant has invested heavily in artificial intelligence for years — Tencent Holdings reported double-digit growth on its top …
More: IG, South China Morning Post, CNBC, Blockonomi, Tech in Asia, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
AI coding startup Cursor raised $2.3B co-led by Accel and Coatue at a $29.3B valuation, after raising a $900M Series C at a $9.9B valuation in June — Cursor, which was founded by four MIT graduates who are still in their mid-20s, raised $2.3 billion in its third funding round this year| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google says it will allow “experienced users” to install Android apps from unverified developers, following backlash against new sideloading restrictions — Google will allow ‘experienced users’ to install Android apps made by unverified developers. — • — TL;DR
More: Android Developers Blog, Engadget, Moneycontrol, The Verge, The Register, Android Police, PCMag, Phandroid, Cord Cutters News, Digital Trends, SamMobile, WinBuzzer, SammyGuru, 9to5Google, and Droid Life
Mastodon: @IzzyOnDroid@floss.social and @zak@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/GooglePixel, r/AfterVanced, r/privacy, r/Android, r/androiddev, r/UpliftingNews, r/revancedapp, r/GooglePixel, and r/Android
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Europol, Eurojust, and others dismantle 1K+ servers linked to Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT, and Elysium botnet, as part of the ongoing Operation Endgame — Law enforcement authorities from nine countries have taken down over 1,000 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infolstealer, VenomRAT … | Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Leaker Evan Blass offers details on Samsung's upcoming trifold phone: named “Galaxy Z TriFold”, 6.5" cover display and 10" total display, and 200MP main camera — The Galaxy Z TriFold could launch on December 5th. … Reputable gadget leaker Evan Blass has taken to X with …
More: The Chosun Daily, Android Police, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, Android Central, 9to5Google, Mashable, SammyGuru, SamMobile, Sam Lover, Android Authority, GSMArena.com, and Forbes. X: @evleaks
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU opens a DMA investigation into Google over allegedly demoting news outlets with promotional content; Google says this is part of its anti-spam efforts — Google is under investigation by European Union antitrust watchdogs over concerns it unfairly demotes some news results in a probe … | Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
OpenAI asks a US federal judge to reverse an order that requires it to turn over 20M anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the NYT's copyright suit, citing privacy — OpenAI asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs amid …
More: Ars Technica, OpenAI, Gizmodo, Axios, AOL, NextBigWhat, Moneycontrol, and The Verge
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Bluesky: @socialmedialab.ca and @litbowl
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches Digital ID in Apple Wallet, letting iPhone and Apple Watch owners in the US carry a copy of their passport, which can be used at TSA checkpoints — iPhone and Apple Watch owners in the United States will now be able to carry a copy of their U.S. passport on their device …
More: Apple, Benzinga, PCMag, TechRadar, ZDNET, O'Grady's PowerPage, Phandroid, International Business Times, Trusted Reviews, MacRumors, Six Colors, 9to5Mac, Apple Support, Reclaim The Net, zollotech on YouTube, Appleosophy, GSMArena.com, Gulf Business, The Economic Times, NDTV Profit, WeRSM, The Fast Mode, Cult of Mac Today, TidBITS, Straight Arrow News, Skift, Michael Tsai, The Mac Observer, PhoneArena, ABC News, The Verge, Macworld, Neowin, Axios, WBFF-TV, The Apple Post, CNET, iPhone in Canada, AppleInsider, The Points Guy, and Mashable
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Bluesky: @stevekovach and @scottjohnson.wtf. Threads: @andymstone. Mastodon: @steveriggins@mastodon.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/Passports, r/TrueAnon, r/apple, r/AppleWallet, and MacRumors Forums
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google launches Cameyo by Google, after acquiring the software virtualization company in June 2024, to help organizations run legacy Windows apps on ChromeOS — Cameyo by Google makes it easier to run Windows-based apps on Chromebooks. … After acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo last year …
More: Google Cloud Blog, PCMag, AndroidGuys, Android Authority, Computerworld, 9to5Google, Neowin, Chrome Unboxed, and Thurrott
X: @jsolomonza, @pcmag, @bobodtech, @nacerbrk, and @bobodtech. LinkedIn: John Solomon. Forums: Slashdot
| Neil Vigdor / New York Times: |
At a Moscow demo, anthropomorphic robot AIDOL, one of the first in Russia, face-planted; organizers dragged the machine away and covered it with a black drape — The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues.
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| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
Baidu unveils two AI chips: the M100 for efficient MoE inference, launching in 2026, and the M300 for training super-large multimodal models, coming in 2027 — The M100 and M300 provide ‘powerful, low-cost and controllable AI computing power’ to support the nation's self-reliance push, the firm says
More: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba is renaming its AI app Tongyi to “Qwen”, aiming to make it more like ChatGPT, and adding agentic-AI shopping features for platforms like Taobao — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is preparing an overhaul of its main mobile AI app in coming months to help …
More: The Information, Tech in Asia, and Pandaily
| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
FanDuel and CME Group plan to launch FanDuel Predicts, a prediction market app, in December, bypassing restrictions in US states where gambling is illegal — Partnership with CME Group will allow betting group to offer contracts structured as peer-to-peer trades| Financial Times: |
A look at Indian messaging app Arattai, which officials are backing as a domestic WhatsApp alternative; Arattai maker Zoho says it had 350K sign-ups in October — Top officials promote domestic messaging platform as Narendra Modi pushes self-reliance in face of US tariffs
More: The Hans India
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
A Dubai court orders a worldwide freeze on $456M in reserves linked to Justin Sun's bailout of Techteryx's TrueUSD, saying there's evidence of a breach of trust — Dubai's Digital Economy Court said there was compelling evidence of a breach of trust and ordered a worldwide freeze to protect the assets.
More: DIFC Courts, The Crypto Times, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, Decrypt, and Crypto Briefing. X: @moo9000
| Financial Times: |
European carmaker officials warn the industry faces “devastating” chip shortages after the Netherlands' Nexperia takeover and is scrambling to find alternatives — Executives warn production lines could stop within weeks as the Dutch chipmaker is not sending products to China unit| Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post: |
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro launches a federal investigative task force to crack down on overseas crime organizations behind crypto scams targeting Americans — U.S. victims were defrauded of $9.3 billion in cryptocurrency scams last year, many of them operated by crime networks in Southeast Asia, officials said.
More: Chainalysis, U.S. Department …, US Department of Justice, Bloomberg, KDBC, Fox Business, Baltimore Sun, and The Record
X: @googlepubpolicy, @judgejeanine, @judgejeanine, and @andymstone. Mastodon: @Laukidh@infosec.exchange
| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
An Apple-funded study on the EU DMA: developers didn't pass on App Store fee savings to EU users, keeping prices the same or increasing them on 91% of products — A study backed by Apple claims to show that the Digital Markets Act is not lowering prices for App Store users, even when the company is forced to lower its fees.
More: Apple, 9to5Mac, ProMarket, MacRumors, Digital Information World, Pixel Envy, Reuters, Michael Tsai, and Pixel Envy
X: @timsweeneyepic and @timsweeneyepic
Mastodon: @lapcatsoftware@mastodon … and @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …
Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Zoe Thomas / Bloomberg: |
Waymo becomes the first robotaxi provider to offer driverless rides on freeways, available 24/7 in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles for users who opt in — Waymo will become the first robotaxi provider in the US to offer driverless rides on highways, a milestone that positions …
More: Waymo, Silicon Republic, NBC News, CBT News, Tech Times, TechCrunch, CNBC, Business Insider, Automotive World, CarNewsChina.com, CleanTechnica, The Information, MarketWatch, Understanding AI, KTVU-TV, Los Angeles Times, and GovTech
X: @suzkp, @mattmahansj, and @saswat101
Bluesky: @zachweinersmith and @ellenteapot.ca
Forums: r/LosAngeles, r/sanfrancisco, r/socal, r/technology, r/SelfDrivingCars, r/waymo, and r/bayarea
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