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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
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.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Satya Nadella says that Microsoft has access to “all” of OpenAI's custom AI chip work with Broadcom and plans to use it to help develop its own in-house chip
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A deep dive into Microsoft's AI strategy: its OpenAI deal, data center investments, neocloud renting, GitHub Copilot, its MAI models, its Maia chip, and more
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.
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.
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
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Valve unveils the second-gen Steam Controller, with a puck that serves as both a low-latency wireless connector and a charging station, launching in early 2026
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 …
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
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 …
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
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple launches Digital ID in Apple Wallet, letting iPhone and Apple Watch owners show a copy of their US passport at TSA checkpoints when traveling domestically  —  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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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

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