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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, FlatpanelsHD, PC Gamer, Android Authority, Game Developer, GameSpot, Road to VR, The Ghost Howls, Android Police, and GamesIndustry.biz
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve says it has stopped production of its high-end, PC-tethered VR headset Valve Index, which it's “no longer manufacturing”, 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: Ars Technica, GamesIndustry.biz, Road to VR, Engadget, Guru3D, Eurogamer.net, Digit, and Game Rant
| UploadVR: |
Valve's Steam Frame hands-on: the back-mounted battery and 185g visor make it very comfortable and game streaming is stable, but the display has poor contrast — UploadVR's Ian Hamilton and David Heaney went hands-on with Steam Frame at Valve HQ. — If you missed it, Valve …
More: The Verge, Forbes, Digital Foundry on YouTube, Polygon.com, and Digital Foundry
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Valve unveils a new Steam Machine, a cube-shaped gaming PC with SteamOS, a semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU and AMD RDNA 3 GPU, and 16GB of RAM, expected 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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| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Valve's Steam Frame features a replaceable battery strap, dual 2160×2160 LCD panels, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, 16GB of RAM, a microSD slot, and weighs 440g — Valve just officially announced Steam Frame, a “streaming-first” standalone VR headset launching in “early 2026”.
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| 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 — Imagine a Steam Deck with the screen lopped off, and you're close. … One of the best parts of the Steam Deck is its many different controls …
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| 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
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| 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.
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| SemiAnalysis: |
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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.
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| 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
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| 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: South China Morning Post, CNBC, and Bloomberg
| 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 …
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
OpenAI asks a US federal judge to reverse an order that required 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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 … | 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| 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 and Pandaily
| 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 …
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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
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| 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.
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| 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
| 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.
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| Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: |
Philadelphia-based grocery delivery company Gopuff raised $250M led by Eldridge Industries and Valor Equity at an $8.5B valuation, down from $15B in 2021 — Investment marks fresh backing for US rapid delivery app service seen as survivor in turbulent sector
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| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
SMIC reports Q3 revenue up 9.7% YoY to $2.38B, above $2.35B est., and net profit up 29% YoY to $191.8M, above $161.2M est., as analog chip demand rises — China's largest contract chip maker is upbeat on revenue growth in the fourth quarter — Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. returned … | 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| Francesca Regalado / New York Times: |
A Chinese-born businessman who the US and China say ran one of SE Asia's largest scam compounds was extradited to China, three years after his Thailand arrest — China and the United States say She Zhijiang, a Chinese-born businessman, ran a major scam compound in Myanmar. He was arrested in Bangkok in 2022.
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