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| 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: MacRumors, The Information, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Capital Brief, CNBC, Caixin Global, and Reuters
| 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: Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, CNBC, IG, Nikkei Asia, Caixin Global, Tencent, Blockonomi, Tech in Asia, Bloomberg, and South China Morning Post. X: @economyapp
| 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
X: @steadycompound, @dwarkesh_sp, @dwarkesh_sp, @rihardjarc, @alexeheath, @edzitron, @modestproposal1, @firstadopter, and @clementdelangue. Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com
| 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, SiliconANGLE, BonTech Labs, GeekWire, and Blockchain.News
X: @mustafasuleyman, @the_ai_investor, @kenmogi, @satyanadella, @testingcatalog, and @ninadschick. Bluesky: @shiraovide. Forums: r/Visakhapatnam
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
| SemiAnalysis: |
More: Implicator.ai, Beyond Search, DigiTimes, NextBigWhat, and Livemint
| 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, How-To Geek, Thurrott, OSnews, The Verge, The Register, Android Police, PCMag, Engadget, Moneycontrol, Neowin, 9to5Google, Android Headlines, PhoneArena, WinBuzzer, SamMobile, SammyGuru, Digital Trends, Phandroid, GB News, Cord Cutters News, and Droid Life
Mastodon: @IzzyOnDroid@floss.social and @zak@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/technology, r/GooglePixel, r/privacy, r/Android, r/UpliftingNews, r/AfterVanced, 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 … | 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: Cursor, Reuters, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Analytics India Magazine, Accel, Implicator.ai, and Crypto Briefing
X: @kylebrussell, @benln, @ephraimduncan_, @bytebot, @cursor_ai, and @andrewcurran_
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Europol, Eurojust, and others dismantle 1,025 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT, and Elysium botnet, in the latest Operation Endgame phase — Law enforcement authorities from nine countries have taken down over 1,000 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infolstealer …
More: Europol, Have I Been Pwned …, The Record, Shadowserver, Security Affairs, CyberScoop, Metacurity, Hackread, OCCRP, The Register, Infosecurity, The Cyber Express, CyberInsider, Help Net Security, Cyber Security News, and The Hacker News
X: @uk_daniel_card, @pancak3lullz, @uk_daniel_card, @europol, and @troyhunt
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @andyjabbour, @shadowserver, and @metacurity.com
Mastodon: @abuse_ch@ioc.exchange and @haveibeenpwned@infosec …
| 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, Ars Technica, GamesIndustry.biz, 9to5Linux, Club386, Business Standard, Yanko Design, GamingBolt, Digit, Road to VR, Guru3D, XR Today, PC Gamer, Game Rant, and Digital Trends
| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: The Verge, Valve on YouTube, IGN, Linus Tech Tips on YouTube, T3, Tom's Hardware, PocketGamer.biz, GameRevolution, New Atlas, Notebookcheck, Android Authority, Digital Trends, PC Gamer, GameSpot, Game Developer, The Ghost Howls, Road to VR, Press Start, UploadVR, Tom's Hardware, and The Verge
X: @valvesoftware, @dtupper, @sadlyitsbradley, @gamertagvr, @skarredghost, @nimazeighami, @heaney555, @brobo82, @ibrews, @zimtok5, @asychov, @bengeskin, @benz145, @ondeck, @thrilluwu, @jpminetos, @benz145, @benz145, and @benz145
Bluesky: @drandrewthaler, @snapcube.gay, @reckless, and @jaypeters.net
Threads: @casandchary, @casandchary, and @jetscott
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Google DeepMind unveils SIMA 2, a video-game-playing agent built on Gemini to navigate and solve problems in 3D virtual worlds like Goat Simulator 3 — Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds.
More: Google DeepMind, TechCrunch, The Verge, WinBuzzer, and The Decoder
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Google launches AI-powered shopping features in the US, including conversational search, side-by-side item comparisons, price tracking, and an agentic checkout — There have never been more options for things to buy. Google is betting AI is how shoppers will make decisions.
More: The Keyword, Android Police, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land, Axios, CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, MediaPost, PhoneArena, TipRanks Financial, WinBuzzer, Android Authority, Business Insider, Sourcing Journal, Glossy, Search Engine Journal, and BGR. Bluesky: @miasato
| 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, Digital Trends, KnowTechie, VentureBeat, Fast Company, The Verge, Thurrott, Gizchina, NextBigWhat, The Economic Times, TechRadar, MarkTechPost, Business Standard, The Indian Express, Analytics India Magazine, Tech Times, Digit, Android Authority, Moneycontrol, Implicator.ai, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Appleosophy, 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
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn rolls out AI-powered people search to premium users in the US, with plans to expand it to other countries in the coming months — For the last two years, LinkedIn has tried to infuse AI into different parts of its platforms, including ad copies, content creation, personalized digests …
More: The Verge and Fast Company
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Sources: xAI raised $15B, adding $5B to the $10B it reportedly raised in September at a $200B valuation; Elon Musk replies “false” to an X post about the report — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has raised $15 billion from investors, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC's David Faber.| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU opens a DMA investigation into Google for allegedly demoting news outlets with content from commercial partners, which Google says is an anti-spam policy — Google is under investigation by European Union antitrust watchdogs over concerns it unfairly demotes some news results in a probe … | Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
OnePlus debuts the $900+ OnePlus 15, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a 7,300mah battery, and a 6.78" 165Hz screen; the US government shutdown delays a US debut — The OnePlus 15 has top-tier gaming performance and can control TVs as a universal remote. — The US federal government shutdown …
More: 9to5Google, Forbes, Android Police, Android Headlines, Android Central, and Pocket-lint. X: @imparkerburton
| Neil Vigdor / New York Times: |
AIDOL, one of the first anthropomorphic robots in Russia, face-planted at a demo in Moscow; organizers dragged the robot 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.| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
Baidu unveils two AI chips: the M100 for efficient MoE inference, coming in early 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: TrendForce, WinBuzzer, Wall Street Journal, Blockonomi, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Verizon plans to cut ~15,000 jobs, its largest workforce reduction ever, and transition ~200 stores into franchised operations, seeking to cut costs — The telecommunications company is looking to reduce costs as it works to stem customer losses — Verizon Communications is planning …
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, and NewsMax.com
| 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, Tech in Asia, and Pandaily
| 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
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches Bulletin board, which lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers, similar to Instagram's broadcast channels — TikTok announced on Thursday that it's launching “bulletin board,” a new feature that lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers.
More: TikTok
| Elissa Welle / The Verge: |
Spotify starts rolling out Recaps, a new AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what users have listened to so far, in beta on iOS — The Recap button will show up automatically on some English-language audiobooks in the iOS app. … Spotify is launching a new AI feature …
More: CNET, T3, TechCrunch, Engadget, Spotify, and Trusted Reviews
| 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 …, Bloomberg, US Department of Justice, Fox Business, KDBC, Baltimore Sun, and The Record
X: @googlepubpolicy, @judgejeanine, @judgejeanine, and @andymstone. Bluesky: @shiraovide. Mastodon: @Laukidh@infosec.exchange. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Colin Campbell / Axios: |
Fabric8Labs, which uses electrochemical additive manufacturing to create chip-cooling plates for data centers, raised $50M led by NEA and Intel Capital — Fabric8Labs, a San Diego-based electrochemical additive manufacturing startup, raised $50 million led by NEA and Intel Capital, CEO Jeff Herman tells Axios Pro exclusively.| 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: DL News, CME Group; Flutter; FanDuel, Decrypt, Dow Jones Newswires, The Block, Cryptonews, and CNBC
X: @geoffzochodne and @dustingouker
| 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
| 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.
More: Globes and Salesforce Ben
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