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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
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils Mini Apps Partner Program, offering a reduced 15% commission on IAPs for mini apps, or “self-contained” experiences built with web tech like HTML5  —  Apple announced on Thursday the launch of a new developer program, the Mini Apps Partner Program …
OpenAI:
OpenAI is piloting group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; up to 20 users can be invited to prompt ChatGPT in a shared space  —  Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation.  —  Try in ChatGPT(opens in a new window)
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
Google DeepMind unveils SIMA 2, a video-game-playing agent built on top of Gemini to navigate and solve problems inside 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.
OpenAI:
OpenAI releases GPT-5.1 in the API, featuring a “no-reasoning” mode and extended prompt caching with up to 24-hour retention to generate faster responses  —  Today we're releasing GPT‑5.1 in the API platform, the next model in the GPT‑5 series that balances intelligence …
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.
Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:
A US judge rules that Apple and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by X and xAI accusing them of conspiring to thwart competition in emerging markets in AI  —  Apple Inc. and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X Corp. and xAI accusing the companies of conspiring …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Anthropic open sources a method to score AI model political evenhandedness; Gemini 2.5 Pro got 97%, Grok 4 96%, Claude Opus 4.1 95%, GPT-5 89%, and Llama 4 66%  —  Anthropic is releasing an open source method to evaluate the political “evenhandedness” of AI chatbots, the company said Thursday.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Baidu unveils Ernie 5.0, an AI model to process and generate text, images, audio, and video, claiming it beats GPT-5-High and Gemini 2.5 Pro on some benchmarks  —  The goal: to position as a global contender in the increasingly competitive enterprise AI market.
Elissa Welle / The Verge:
Mozilla says it is building AI Window, a Firefox feature that will include an AI assistant and let users choose the model, but offers few additional details  —  You will be able to chat with the browser's AI assistant in the new AI Window. … Another day, another AI browser.
Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic says China's state-sponsored hackers used its tools to automate 80% to 90% of a September hacking campaign that targeted corporations and governments  —  The use of AI automation in hacks is a growing trend that gives hackers additional scale and speed
Bloomberg:
Ubisoft delays publishing its H1 financial results on the day they were due and requests that its shares be halted from trading until then; UBI is down 47%+ YTD  —  Ubisoft Entertainment SA said it's delaying the publication of its first-half financial results and requested the shares be halted from trading until then.
Elissa Welle / The Verge:
Google says all NotebookLM users will get access to Deep Research in the service within a week; users get to choose between two research styles: fast or deep  —  Google is adding Deep Research and more file types to NotebookLM. … Google is pairing up two of its research products …
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 …
Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg:
Grayscale files for an IPO, reporting $203.3M in net income on $318.7M in revenue for January to September 2025; the DCG unit has ~$35B in AUM and 40+ products  —  Grayscale Investments Inc. filed publicly for an initial public offering, the latest cryptocurrency-linked company …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Verizon plans to cut ~15,000 jobs, its largest workforce reduction yet, and transition ~200 stores into franchised operations, seeking to reduce costs  —  The telecommunications company is looking to reduce costs as it works to stem customer losses
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon and Anthropic support the GAIN AI Act, which would give US buyers first priority on advanced AI chips, joining Microsoft; Nvidia opposes it  —  Legislation would give tech leaders preferential access to chips  —  WASHINGTON—Amazon.com is joining Microsoft in supporting legislation …
More: Reuters
Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire:
Amazon renames Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo, a nod to “low Earth orbit”; Amazon has so far launched 150+ satellites as part a constellation set to have 3,200+  —  Amazon is rebranding its ambitious effort to expand global access to high-speed internet: Project Kuiper will now be known as Amazon Leo.
Paul Tenorio / The Athletic:
Apple and Major League Soccer agree to make all MLS games available on Apple TV for no extra charge from 2026, ending the MLS Season Pass subscription  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — MLS will no longer be behind a separate paywall on Apple TV beginning in 2026.  —  MLS and Apple have agreed to alter …
Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
Leaker Evan Blass details Samsung's upcoming “Galaxy Z TriFold” phone: a 6.5" cover display, a 10" inner display, a 200MP main camera, and a 5,437mAh battery  —  The Galaxy Z TriFold could launch on December 5th. … Reputable gadget leaker Evan Blass has taken to X with …
SemiAnalysis:
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  —  “The Big Pause”, AI Tokens Factory Economics Stack, OpenAI, Neocloud Renting, GitHub Copilot, MAI and Maia
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 …
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.

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