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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, T3, Linus Tech Tips on YouTube, Tom's Hardware, PocketGamer.biz, New Atlas, Digital Trends, PC Gamer, Android Authority, FlatpanelsHD, GameSpot, and The Ghost Howls
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Bluesky: @snapcube.gay, @reckless, and @jaypeters.net
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| 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 — 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: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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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, Digit, Microsoft, The Register, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, 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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| SemiAnalysis: |
More: Implicator.ai, DigiTimes, and NextBigWhat
| 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: IG, Tencent, CNBC, Blockonomi, South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, Reuters, and Bloomberg. X: @economyapp
| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tencent and Apple agree to a deal to let Apple handle payments and take a 15% cut of purchases in WeChat mini games and apps, after 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 of purchases …
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Capital Brief
| 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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Forums: r/GooglePixel, r/AfterVanced, r/privacy, r/Android, r/UpliftingNews, r/androiddev, r/revancedapp, r/GooglePixel, r/Android, and Slashdot
| 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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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, Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, Cursor, and Crypto Briefing
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Leaker Evan Blass offers details on Samsung's upcoming trifold phone: named “Galaxy Z TriFold”, 6.5" cover display and 10" total display, and 200MP main camera — The Galaxy Z TriFold could launch on December 5th. … Reputable gadget leaker Evan Blass has taken to X with … | 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 …
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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 … | 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.
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| 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, Android Authority, Business Insider, Sourcing Journal, Glossy, Search Engine Journal, and BGR. Bluesky: @miasato
| 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
| 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, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| 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, Tech in Asia, and Pandaily
| 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 …
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Bluesky: @socialmedialab.ca and @litbowl
| 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| 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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X: @kirawontmiss, @dwr, @lukewearechange, @valentinaforusa, @aaronrday, @chibireviews, @chancehmiller, @kangminjlee, @vincedaotv, @wallstreetapes, @itsmorganariel, @lookatmymeat1, @jackunheard, @zeee_media, @dmichaeltripi, and @fringeviews. LinkedIn: Jason Lim
Forums: Hacker News, r/Passports, r/TrueAnon, r/apple, r/AppleWallet, and MacRumors Forums
| 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.| 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
| 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
More: DutchNews.nl
| 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: T3, Engadget, TechCrunch, Spotify, and Trusted Reviews
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