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| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft unveils an AI “super factory”, a new class of hubs for AI training, in Atlanta, as part of its plan to double its data center footprint over two years — 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: Microsoft, Business Today, Microsoft, Digit, The Register, Neowin, and BonTech Labs
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| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
Q&A with Satya Nadella on business models for AGI, Copilot, Microsoft AI, the hyperscale business, the OpenAI partnership, capex, sovereign AI efforts, and more — As part of this interview, Satya Nadella gave Dylan Patel (founder of SemiAnalysis) and me an exclusive first-look at their brand-new Fairwater 2 datacenter.
More: Dwarkesh Patel on YouTube and The Economic Times
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve says the company is “no longer manufacturing” its high-end, PC-tethered VR headset Valve Index, released in 2019 for $999, after unveiling the Steam Frame — While showing its new Frame VR headset to The Verge, Valve confirmed that it's moving on from its previous one.
More: Engadget, Club386, GamesIndustry.biz, Business Standard, 9to5Linux, Digit, GamingBolt, XR Today, Road to VR, Guru3D, and PC Gamer
| 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.
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Threads: @casandchary, @casandchary, and @jetscott
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
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Forums: r/macgaming, r/Games, r/pcgaming, r/gadgets, r/technews, r/technology, and r/gaming
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Valve on YouTube, The Shortcut, PC Gamer, PC Games Insider, and Eurogamer.net
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
| 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 delivered a 19% increase in third-quarter net profit — Tencent Holdings reported double-digit growth on its top and bottom lines …
More: Nikkei Asia, Tencent, CNBC, IG, Blockonomi, Reuters, Tech in Asia, Bloomberg, and South China Morning Post. X: @economyapp
| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tencent and Apple signed a deal to let Apple handle payments and take a 15% cut of purchases in WeChat mini games and apps, after over 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 …
More: The Information, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Capital Brief, and CNBC
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google says it will allow “experienced users” to install Android apps made by 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, PCMag, The Verge, The Register, Engadget, Moneycontrol, Android Police, Neowin, 9to5Google, Android Headlines, PhoneArena, GB News, Phandroid, SammyGuru, WinBuzzer, SamMobile, Digital Trends, Cord Cutters News, and Droid Life
Mastodon: @IzzyOnDroid@floss.social and @zak@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/GooglePixel, r/AfterVanced, r/privacy, r/Android, r/UpliftingNews, r/androiddev, r/revancedapp, r/GooglePixel, r/Android, and Slashdot
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Leaker Evan Blass details Samsung's upcoming trifold phone: named “Galaxy Z TriFold”, it has a 6.5" cover display, a 10" total display, and a 200MP main camera — The Galaxy Z TriFold could launch on December 5th. … Reputable gadget leaker Evan Blass has taken to X with … | OpenAI: |
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.1 Instant, which is “warmer by default”, and GPT-5.1 Thinking, which is “easier to understand and faster”, starting with paid subscribers — We're upgrading GPT‑5 while making it easier to customize ChatGPT. Starting to roll out today to everyone, beginning with paid users.
More: Fidji Simo, The Register, OpenAI, TestingCatalog, Thurrott, Fast Company, KnowTechie, VentureBeat, The Verge, Digit, The Indian Express, Gizchina, NextBigWhat, The Economic Times, TechRadar, Analytics India Magazine, MarkTechPost, Business Standard, Tech Times, Android Authority, Implicator.ai, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, 9to5Mac, and ZDNET
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Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/BeyondThePromptAI, r/ClaudeCode, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and Slashdot
| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
AI coding startup Cursor raised a $2.3B Series D 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
More: TechCrunch, Cursor, Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, and Crypto Briefing
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| 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 …
More: Europol, CyberScoop, Metacurity, Shadowserver, Have I Been Pwned …, The Record, The Register, Infosecurity, The Cyber Express, CyberInsider, Help Net Security, and Cyber Security News
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Bluesky: @andyjabbour, @shadowserver, and @metacurity.com
Mastodon: @abuse_ch@ioc.exchange and @haveibeenpwned@infosec …
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Google launches AI-powered shopping features in the US, including conversational search, side-by-side item comparisons, price tracking, and AI-assisted checkout — There have never been more options for things to buy. Google is betting AI is how shoppers will make decisions.
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land, Axios, CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, Android Authority, Business Insider, Sourcing Journal, Glossy, Search Engine Journal, and BGR. Bluesky: @miasato
| 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 … | 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, The Hill, PCMag, GameRevolution, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacRumors, Six Colors, 9to5Mac, Apple Support, International Business Times, TechRadar, zollotech on YouTube, Phandroid, Trusted Reviews, GSMArena.com, The Economic Times, NDTV Profit, Appleosophy, Cult of Mac Today, Michael Tsai, The Mac Observer, PhoneArena, ABC News, Macworld, The Verge, Neowin, Axios, WBFF-TV, The Apple Post, CNET, iPhone in Canada, AppleInsider, The Points Guy, and Mashable
X: @kirawontmiss, @dwr, @lukewearechange, @valentinaforusa, @aaronrday, @chibireviews, @chancehmiller, @kangminjlee, @vincedaotv, @wallstreetapes, @itsmorganariel, @lookatmymeat1, @jackunheard, @zeee_media, @dmichaeltripi, and @fringeviews. LinkedIn: Jason Lim
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
| 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.
More: Telegraph, Times of India, Meduza, BBC, Telewizja Polska S.A, Futurism, The Times, New York Times, Daily Mail, Associated Press, NBC News, Kyiv Post, Gizmodo, EADaily, and The Register
| 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, WinBuzzer, Blockonomi, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| 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, TechRadar, PCMag, AndroidGuys, Android Authority, Computerworld, 9to5Google, Neowin, Chrome Unboxed, and Thurrott
X: @jsolomonza, @pcmag, @bobodtech, @nacerbrk, and @bobodtech. LinkedIn: John Solomon. Forums: Slashdot
| 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: Benzinga, The Information, and Tech in Asia
| 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
More: CME Group; Flutter; FanDuel, Decrypt, Dow Jones Newswires, and The Block
X: @geoffzochodne and @dustingouker
| Denitsa Tsekova / Bloomberg: |
Polymarket starts live testing its US exchange, first with select users, and says the exchange is fully functional with some users betting on real contracts — Polymarket has begun live testing its US exchange by quietly opening up to some users and matching trades ahead of its planned relaunch in the American betting market.| 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, Fox Business, KDBC, Baltimore Sun, and The Record
X: @googlepubpolicy, @judgejeanine, @judgejeanine, and @andymstone. Mastodon: @Laukidh@infosec.exchange. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg: |
Source: French authorities fully lifted the travel ban on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and removed a requirement for regular police check-ins as of November 10 — Telegram billionaire Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov's travel ban has been fully lifted by French authorities investigating him over his messaging platform.
More: France 24, Cointelegraph, and Le Monde
| Wall Street Journal: |
An investigation traces how Shanghai-based AI company INF Tech accessed advanced Nvidia chips at an Indonesian data center despite US export controls — In Indonesia, semiconductors covered by U.S. export controls are ready to help a Shanghai-based group.| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Salesforce buys Doti AI for $100M; the Israeli startup raised $7M and its Work AI tool lets enterprises securely access and use internal knowledge in real time — The young Israeli company, founded by former Wix engineers, will bring agentic knowledge discovery tools into Slack.| 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: Moneycontrol and The Hans India
| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
OnePlus launches the $900+ OnePlus 15, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and a 6.78" 165Hz display; the US launch is delayed due to the government shutdown — The OnePlus 15 has top-tier gaming performance and can control TVs as a universal remote. — The US federal government shutdown … | 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, Moneycontrol, Gizmodo, MediaPost, GameRevolution, Axios, NextBigWhat, and AOL
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Bluesky: @socialmedialab.ca and @litbowl
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