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| Matthew Prince / Cloudflare: |
Cloudflare says the November 18 outage was caused by a change to one of its “database systems' permissions”, not by “malicious activity of any kind” — On 18 November 2025 at 11:20 UTC (all times in this blog are UTC), Cloudflare's network began experiencing significant failures to deliver core network traffic.
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| Bloomberg: |
The Dutch government suspends its powers over chipmaker Nexperia, restoring control to its Chinese owner; a Dutch minister says the move is “a show of goodwill” — The Dutch government suspended its powers over chipmaker Nexperia, handing back control to its Chinese owner …
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| matt shumer: |
Gemini 3 hands-on: a fundamental improvement on daily use, extremely fast, Antigravity IDE is a powerful launch product, and its personality is terse and direct — Gemini 3 is a fundamental improvement on daily use, not just on benchmarks. It feels more consistent and less “spiky” than previous models.
| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok plans to test letting users choose how much AI-generated content appears in their For You feed, and will add more advanced labeling tech for AI-content — TikTok, an app that was once just a place for user-generated content, is launching a new setting that lets users choose … | Ben Berkowitz / Axios: |
Larry Summers and OpenAI say he has resigned from the OpenAI board, after a US House Committee released his emails with Jeffrey Epstein — Former Treasury secretary and Harvard president Larry Summers has resigned from the OpenAI board, he and the company told Axios in separate statements Wednesday …
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| The Verge: |
The EU unveils proposed updates to GDPR, including simplifying cookie permission pop-ups, and plans to water down the AI Act, after US and tech company pressure — The EU folds under Big Tech's pressure. … After years of staring down the world's biggest tech companies and setting the bar …
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| New York Times: |
Meta's win over the US FTC may mean Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others can resume buying startups to stay ahead of the pack, after a slowdown under Lina Khan — To avoid regulatory scrutiny, big tech companies had steered clear of buying start-ups outright. Meta's antitrust win may change that thinking.
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| New York Times: |
CEIP study: 87 of the top 100 Chinese AI researchers who were working in the US in 2019 are still doing research at US universities or companies in 2025 — Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains continue to play a major role in U.S. research.| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
Adobe plans to acquire NYSE-listed Semrush, which helps companies run search engine optimization as AI use rises, for $1.9B in cash, paying $12 per share — Semrush helps businesses from Amazon to TikTok with search-engine optimization and marketing — Adobe struck a $1.9 billion deal …
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| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Crypto exchange Kraken says it confidentially filed for a US IPO, without revealing any terms; Kraken said it raised $200M at a $20B valuation on November 18 — Crypto exchange Kraken said on Wednesday it has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States.| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic Games partners with Unity to bring games made with Unity Engine to Fortnite in 2026, part of Epic's longterm vision to make Fortnite into an open metaverse — Epic Games is teaming up with arguably its biggest game development rival. … Epic Games is teaming up with arguably … | Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg: |
President Trump says the US needs a “Federal Standard” to govern AI oversight instead of “a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes” or China will catch up — President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a federal standard governing oversight of artificial intelligence …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI is in advanced talks to raise $15B at a $230B valuation, up from the $113B it reported after merging with X in March 2025 — Like other AI startups, xAI is burning cash rapidly as it seeks to improve its flagship Grok chatbot — Elon Musk's artificial-intelligence company …
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, and Opus 4.1 are now available in public preview in Microsoft Foundry for Azure customers — Today we announced that Microsoft and Anthropic are expanding our partnership. As part of the partnership, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5 …
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| Bloomberg: |
In a lawsuit, US-based TP-Link says Netgear orchestrated a smear campaign by planting false claims with journalists and influencers about TP-Link's China ties — California-based TP-Link Systems Inc. says it may take a sales hit of more than $1 billion because of erroneous reports … | Reuters: |
The EU's General Court dismisses Amazon's request to remove its designation as a Very Large Online Platform under the DSA; platforms with 45M+ users qualify — - Amazon had contested ‘very large platform’ status — EU court says large online marketplaces can pose systemic risk
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| Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft says it will release results for the fiscal first half before trading opens on November 21, after unexpectedly postponing their publication last week — Ubisoft Entertainment SA said that it will release its results for the fiscal first half before trading opens on Friday … | Kai Nicol-Schwarz / Sifted: |
Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $44B in 2025, up from $41B in 2024; tech now makes up 15% of Europe's GDP, up from 4% in 2016 — Sifted combed through the 183 charts in this year's edition to pick out the most important bits — Europe's startups are getting some of their mojo … | Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal: |
AI music platform Suno raised $250M led by Menlo Ventures at a $2.45B valuation, up from ~$500M in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200M — Startup has raised $250 million and says annual revenue has reached $200 million — Suno, an AI music platform in which users …
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| Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto miners like IREN are pivoting to AI data centers amid the AI boom; IREN's stock, down to ~$1 in 2022, is up 300% in 2025, giving it a $13B+ market cap — Developers desperately need access to electricity—and bitcoin miners are in prime position to assist
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| Josh Sisco / Bloomberg: |
Sources: South Korean antitrust officials visited Arm's Seoul offices as part of ongoing scrutiny of its licensing practices, following Qualcomm's complaint — South Korea's antitrust regulator visited the Seoul offices of Arm Holdings Plc this week as part of ongoing scrutiny …
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| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Boston Dynamics says its robot dog Spot is used by 60+ US and Canadian bomb squads and SWAT teams, with ~2K units deployed globally, five years after its debut — Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc., is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like “Uptown Funk.”| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon's Zoox says users in San Francisco can now sign up for its Zoox Explorers program to take free rides in its robotaxis in select neighborhoods — Zoox on Tuesday began allowing select San Francisco users to hail its driverless vehicles, pitting the Amazon-owned robotaxi service … | New York Times: |
As TSMC readies its €10B Germany plant for 2027, its Taiwanese suppliers say they're struggling with the EU's complex permitting, labor, and environmental rules — European chipmakers need TSMC's help to grow their own semiconductor supply chain, but the chip giant's Taiwanese suppliers find Europe a tough place to do business.
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| Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: |
Brookfield Asset Management is targeting $10B for its new AI infrastructure fund and has already raised $5B from its balance sheet, Nvidia, and other investors — Investors include Nvidia and the Kuwait Investment Authority — Brookfield Asset Management is launching a new strategy aimed …
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