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| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anthropic's IPO draws multiple times the orders for the shares available; a source says Dario Amodei and Jamie Dimon have a livestream event on Friday — Anthropic PBC's initial public offering has drawn multiple times the orders for the shares available, according to people familiar … | @firesidealpha: |
Anthropic's IPO roadshow video: Dario Amodei says cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness will be “relics of the past” in “less than a decade” — Dario Amodei says cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness will be relics of the past in less than a decade, and that “we can create an age of miracles”
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, Anthropic, and Business Insider
X: @trungtphan, @samhaselby, @benbajarin, @jessesingal, @brendan_duke, @danielnewmanuv, @andrewdudum, @jebkeiper, @kasthomas, @melindabchu1, @garymarcus, @bearlyai, @ednewtonrex, @playerinthgame, @lefthanddraft, @ilex_ulmus, @financedircfo, @motorhueso, @wfithian, @freganmitts, @melindabchu1, @kasthomas, @firesidealpha, and @johncassidy. Forums: r/singularity
| Politico: |
After the US midterms, Palantir CEO Alex Karp pivots toward Democrats, describing his philosophy as “progressive” and praising Trump for saying ICE went too far — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Wednesday morning — and a special note of gratitude and thanks to all the vets on Veterans Day.
More: New York Post, Gizmodo, Washington Examiner, 404 Media, Business Insider, Blaze Media, Futurism, and Mock Paper Scissors
X: @fmanjoo, @rstephens, @mattxiv, @emilyjashinsky, @bradmunchen, @adamwren, @trueslazac, @brndxix, @polltracker2024, @adamwren, @tomaskenn, @douglaslfarrar, @adamscochran, @ettingermentum, @wongmjane, @bmeiselas, @bdquinn, @panasonicdx4500, @robbysoave, @mattyglesias, @krystalball, @nomads4pritzker, and @hondawang
Bluesky: @alexshultz and @mims
Forums: r/technology, r/popculturechat, and r/stupidpol
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: co-founder Zhang Yiming says ByteDance plans to launch a Muse-like AI assistant in the coming weeks and rival Anthropic and OpenAI by 2029 or 2030 — ByteDance Ltd. plans the release of a Muse-like AI assistant in the coming weeks to augment its lead in AI video … | Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: |
Records: China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, which has close PLA ties, has access to Nvidia's H200 AI chips despite being on a US export blacklist — A Chinese university with deep ties to the People's Liberation Army bought Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips last month despite …
More: International Business Times, Legal Insurrection, Seeking Alpha, The Indian Express, TheEnergyMag, ANI News, and Unite.AI
X: @sambresnick, @kareemrifai, @roguepotusstaff, @mattyglesias, @shetlerjones, @cnlyonsjones, and @seandurns
Forums: r/politics and r/nvidia
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
Google DeepMind launches AlphaGenome 2, trained on 100M+ cell profiles across 68 tissues to predict the effects of genetic variants, for non-commercial research — DeepMind's new DNA model better predicts how mutations affect different cells, potentially opening paths to treatment.
More: Google DeepMind, SiliconANGLE, iPhone in Canada, Blockchain.News, Nature, MadRobot, and Unite.AI
X: @deryatr_, @demishassabis, @sundarpichai, @sujinyan6, @lyalindotcom, @pushmeet, @__reidy__, @adamgayoso, @adamgayoso, @googledeepmind, @googledeepmind, @avsecz, @avsecz, @avsecz, @drotarpavol, @adamgayoso, @googledeepmind, and @googledeepmind. LinkedIn: Vincent Plagnol
Forums: r/singularity and r/accelerate
| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo sold 5.2M copies of its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake in just four days, giving the Switch 2 the blockbuster hit it had been waiting for — Nintendo Co. sold 5.2 million copies of its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake in just four days …
More: Nintendo, Metacritic, Wccftech, IGN, Consequence, Spyglass, The Shortcut, Tech4Gamers, Inven Global, Implicator.ai, Dexerto, Kotaku, Quartz, DayOne, iPhone in Canada, Game Sandwich, TheSixthAxis, Video Games Chronicle, Nintendo Life, TheGamer, GoNintendo, KitGuru, Video Games Chronicle, and Forbes
Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com and @risettemd
Forums: r/switch2, r/majorasmask, r/NintendoStock, and r/OcarinaOfTime
| Alison Sider / Wall Street Journal: |
United Airlines says it will prevent personal AI assistants from booking tickets, citing data privacy risks and possible FAA and DOT rule violations — The carrier says automated assistants present data-privacy risks; 'I don't want to create another middleman' — United Airlines doesn't want to deal with your AI agent.| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
IBM announces the Quantum Nighthawk r3, its next-gen processor designed to execute 10,000 quantum operations across 520 qubits to tackle more complex problems — IBM Corp. today announced the Quantum Nighthawk r3, its next-generation processor designed to tackle larger …
More: IBM, Barron's Online, Ars Technica, NewsCord, Bankshot Strategy, The Quantum Insider, and RuntimeWire. X: @ibmresearch
| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says its Apple Support Community forum will permanently close on November 20 and as of November 10 the site is read-only and no longer accepting new posts — Users visiting the Apple Support Community tonight were greeted with a message informing them that the platform will permanently shut down on November 20.
More: MacRumors, The Verge, ZDNET, Ars Technica, Six Colors, T3, Cult of Mac, Neowin, Fast Company, Phandroid, Storyboard18, iClarified, PCMag, iThinkDifferent, Engadget, iPhone in Canada, The Apple Post, Pixel Envy, and AppleInsider
X: @classicii_mrmac, @rsgnl, @rsgnl, and @rsgnl
| Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News: |
MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR teardown: 5/10 repairability, a point above the M5 MBP, and Touch ID works with a new logic board; the backlit logo uses four LEDs — “Fancy new display” makes our screwdrivers nervous, and Apple's latest MacBook has the fanciest display yet.
More: iFixit on YouTube, The Register, Six Colors, MacRumors, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada, GSMArena.com, 9to5Mac, Macworld, iThinkDifferent, TechEBlog, Andrew Clare on YouTube, The Verge, Engadget, iClarified, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
X: @leakerapple, @vadimyuryev, @markgurman, @chancehmiller, @teslaconomics, @viticci, @vadimyuryev, @andrewjclare, @ifixit, and @mkbhd. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Desmond Shum: |
Rather than being a spy, Alice Huang is likely primarily a commercial fixer or “white glove” for businesses, leveraging a career in China's capital markets — Behind $4.8 billion in Nvidia chips lies a familiar Chinese business model: the white glove
More: Wired, New York Times, Associated Press, CBS News, The Independent, New Republic, New York Times, New York Times, and Financial Times
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Bluesky: @willoremus.com and @carlquintanilla
| April Roach / CNBC: |
| Politico: |
More: Telegraph, Talking Points Memo, Motley Fool, Fortune, New York Times, and Financial Times
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: self-driving simulation software maker Applied Intuition is in talks to raise at least $1.5B led by General Catalyst at a ~$30B pre-money valuation — Applied Intuition Inc., a defense contractor developing technology for autonomous vehicles, is in talks to raise at least $1.5 billion … | Richard Adams / The Guardian: |
England's university regulator says AI makes grading coursework “close to impossible” and recommends a return to “AI-free assessment” methods like written exams — Office for Students says institutions in England should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations
More: Unite.AI and The Decoder
Bluesky: @catherinefletcher.info, @premnsikka, @alisonstenning, @benpatrickwill, @fabiochiusi, @eicathomefinn, @davehitchcock, and @jomichell. Forums: r/unitedkingdom
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
CoreWeave reports Q3 revenue up 168% YoY to $3.66B, above $3.55B est., a $132.5B revenue backlog, and lifts its 2026 earnings guidance; CRWV jumps 20%+ — CoreWeave reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and lifted its 2026 guidance on Tuesday, showing that demand …
More: CoreWeave, CNBC, CNBC, CNBC, Reuters, Seeking Alpha, Fast Company, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Quartz, The Crypto Basic, Motley Fool, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Constellation Research, and Wall Street Journal
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/CRWV_investors
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find that Grok Build is leaking the data of over 35,000 apps via shareable links, including proprietary business info, some belonging to SpaceXSI — Grok Build, the vibe-coding agent from SpaceXSI, is leaking data—some of it proprietary business information and other sensitive secrets …
More: Claroc Blog, Engadget, TechRadar, MadRobot, The Decoder, Cyber Security News, RuntimeWire, and RuntimeWire
X: @intcyberdigest, @piperk, @intcyberdigest, @mattyp, @dailydarkweb, @brotendies, @bradmunchen, @trevin, @mistersql, and @3pun0x. Mastodon: @dangoodin@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/SPCXInvestors and Ars OpenForum
| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
The European Commission introduces the Digital Fairness Act, which aims to curb addictive design features and manipulative “dark patterns” or face large fines — The European Union is debuting a new plan designed to curb practices that manipulate people into spending more time and money online.
| Luke Plunkett / Aftermath: |
Game developer House House confirms using AI during Big Walk's final development, sparking an intense debate among Independent Games Festival judges and jurors — 'We support the work of those who are trying to limit the harm generative AI is doing to videogames and our world …
More: Ars Technica, GamesIndustry.biz, Possibility Space, Gizmodo, Dexerto, Big Walk, Vertical Slice, Inven Global, Clockwork Worlds, GamesRadar, Game Informer, Eurogamer.net, The Verge, Video Games Chronicle, PC Gamer, Kotaku, and Polygon.com
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Forums: r/aiwars, r/artificial, r/DreamStationcc, r/kindafunny, r/aigamedev, r/PS5, r/pcgaming, and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Mark Chediak / Bloomberg: |
Salt Lake City-based energy storage startup Torus raised a $500M Series C led by Magnetar to build shipping container-sized AI data centers at 1MW to 20MW sizes — Torus, an energy-storage startup, said it raised $500 million in funding to help launch a new shipping container-sized product …
More: FinSMEs, Torus, Ventureburn, Quartz, and RuntimeWire
| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
Leaked memo: Meta's head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering Santosh Janardhan plans to leave in early 2027; he will be succeeded by Dave Brown — Meta Platforms Inc.'s longtime infrastructure chief will leave the company in early 2027, a major leadership change as it continues … | Tim Keary / Forbes: |
Tel Aviv- and SF-based Edelbyte, which is building a data analytics platform optimized for AI agents, emerges from stealth with $70M across Series A and seed — This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. … Big data analytics is being reimagined for AI agents.
More: Globes
| Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
Plurai, founded by former Nexar staffers to use synthetic data and digital twins of corporate IT environments to assess AI agents, raised a $13M seed — AI agents are all the rage, but they're not quite as capable as their purveyors would have you believe.
More: CTech, FinSMEs, Pulse 2.0, and RuntimeWire
| Nick Clegg / The Atlantic: |
Silicon Valley's herd mentality in cozying up to Trump backfired as Democrats may seek retribution, China closes the AI gap, and anti-Big Tech sentiment grows — For Silicon Valley leaders, cozying up to the Trump administration has led to a series of spectacular failures.
X: @nickclegg, @alexvoica, @sstossel, @maggienanyonga, and @adriennelaf. Forums: r/atlanticdiscussions
| Lenny Rachitsky / Lenny's Newsletter: |
An analysis of the tech job market in late 2026: product managers seem to be benefiting the most in the AI era, demand for engineers is plateauing, and more — PMs are winning, engineers are plateauing, designers are hurting, and the biggest AI hiring boom isn't in software
X: @gergelyorosz, @lennysan, @bentlegen, @lennysan, @nichochar, @subodhkolhe, @lennysan, @lennysan, and @lennysan. Bluesky: @seldo.com. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Forums: r/UXDesign
| J.D. Capelouto / Semafor: |
An analysis of 42 interviews since 2022: after US chip restrictions, Jensen Huang's public rhetoric became more admiring of China and critical of export rules — Jensen Huang's public rhetoric on China became more admiring, and his stance on export controls more critical … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SoftBank reserved 13GW+ of turbines, equivalent to six Hoover Dams, to power AI; SoftBank took a $3.7B earnings hit mostly from canceled reservations — SoftBank reserved enough gas turbines to generate the power of six Hoover Dams. It cost the company billions of dollars in losses.
More: Tom's Hardware. X: @elonmusk, @ross__hendricks, @realkunalashah, @edzitron, and @anissagardizy8
| Jake Roach / Tom's Hardware: |
A deep dive into AMD's Zen 6 EPYC Venice: uses TSMC's N2P, the 9686F often beats Nvidia's Vera, a dual 9996 is up to 93% faster than a dual Zen 5 9965, and more — Our first look at Zen 6, both under the hood and in real-world applications. … AMD's EPYC ‘Venice’ CPUs are the first to debut …
More: AMD Newsroom, Gizmodo, Chips and Cheese, SiliconANGLE, PC Gamer, Ace of Spades HQ, Tech Times, Club386, StorageReview.com, Advanced Micro Devices, VideoCardz.com, ServeTheHome on YouTube, Level1Techs on YouTube, Phoronix, The Register, ServeTheHome, Wccftech, PCMag, Wccftech, and Phoronix
X: @ryansmithat, @techepiphanyyt, @firstadopter, @pirat_nation, @highyieldyt, @aschilling, @chipsandcheese9, @aschilling, @aschilling, @amd, and @aschilling
Forums: r/TechHardware, r/AMD_Stock, and r/hardware
| Morgan Chittum / Fortune: |
Rox, which develops AI agents to automate customer research and outreach, raised a $100M Series B co-led by General Catalyst and March at a $1.3B valuation — Morgan Chittum here. For decades, enterprise software giants like Salesforce have powered the workflows that keep the world's biggest businesses running.Sponsor Posts
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