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November 15, 2025, 7:25 PM

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Some experts question Anthropic's claims of cyberattack breakthroughs using its tools, noting that white-hat hackers report modest gains from AI-aided hacking  —  Researchers from Anthropic said they recently observed the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign” …
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor  —  iPhone maker's board is preparing for its longtime leader to step down as early as next year  —  Apple is stepping …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A California federal jury says Apple must pay Masimo $634M for infringing a blood-oxygen patent used in Watch workout and heart-rate alerts; Apple will appeal  —  A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple (AAPL.O) owes medical-monitoring technology company Masimo (MASI.O) …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple updates App Review Guidelines to require apps to disclose and obtain users' permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI providers  —  Apple on Thursday introduced a new set of App Review Guidelines for developers, which now specifically state that apps must disclose …
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, reportedly leaving after being sidelined, who says LLMs are a dead end for AGI and backs world models instead  —  Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI.  Now he's convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says ChatGPT will now avoid em dashes if users tell it to; em dashes have become telltale signs that supposedly signals text written by AI  —  OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to.  The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped …
Molly Taft / Wired:
Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025  —  A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
The Information:
Sources: Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400M led by B Capital at a $5B pre-money valuation  —  Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400 million at a $5 billion valuation not including …
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Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X replaces DMs with Chat, a new messaging system that it says is E2EE, supports file sharing, video calling, and more, rolling out first to iOS and the web  —  It also adds disappearing messages and file sharing features.  —  X has finally revealed its long-promised chat platform …
Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
Meta plans to launch WhatsApp third-party app integration in Europe “over the coming months”, which is required by the DMA, starting with BirdyChat and Haiket  —  Coming ‘soon’ with end-to-end encryption enabled.  —  Meta is on the cusp of launching third-party integration …

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