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Elon Musk's gamble on Donald Trump pays off, as Trump wins the race; Trump gave Musk a lengthy shout out in his victory speech, calling him “a super-genius” — “A star is born: Elon,” said Donald Trump in a lengthy shout out to his biggest donor while claiming victory in the US presidential race on Wednesday morning.
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Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, Michael Dell, and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on his election victory — Leaders of major technology companies congratulated President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on their victory in the U.S. presidential election Wednesday.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
What a Trump victory means for tech: antitrust woes die down, except for Google, TikTok survives, AI progress accelerates, social media shifts right, and more — Another Trump presidency will be good for crypto and Elon Musk, but every big tech company may not benefit from a more hands-off approach to antitrust.
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Republican blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno defeats Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race; crypto PACs gave $40M+ to defeat Brown — Crypto fans are celebrating the results of the Ohio Senate race, where blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno has defeated Senate …
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Stand With Crypto: US voters elected 253 pro-crypto candidates to the House, compared to 115 anti-crypto candidates, and 16 pro-crypto Senate candidates — The spending spree fueled a string of victories on Tuesday for congressional candidates who had expressed support for cryptocurrencies.| The Block: |
Bitcoin passes $74K, hitting an all-time high, and other coins also jump, as Trump wins the US presidential race; bitcoin is up nearly 70% year-to-date — - The largest cryptocurrency by market cap has gained nearly 70% year-to-date and reached a new all-time high today …
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| Marc Hochstein / CoinDesk: |
Donald Trump winning the US election vindicates Polymarket, Kalshi, PredictIt, and other prediction betting markets, which heavily favored Trump for months — Tuesday night's election returns were a shocker if you only watched CNN. But not if you'd looked at the betting all along.
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The European Commission opens an antitrust investigation into smartphone glass maker Corning for allegedly abusing its market dominance to squeeze out rivals — - EU fears deals with smartphone firms are anti-competitive — Corning pressed to remedy EU concerns with concessions| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
PlayStation 5 Pro review: high fidelity and frame rate, and smaller, lighter, and quieter than the original PS5, but $699 is pricey and a disk drive costs extra — Sony's $700 PlayStation is here for people who don't want to muck around. … You don't need me to tell you the new PS5 Pro …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Lyft partners with autonomous vehicle startup May Mobility to launch cars in Atlanta in 2025, and self-driving car company Mobileye and smart dashcam firm Nexar — It seems Lyft is hoping to catch up to Uber's string of autonomous vehicle partnerships. — Lyft announced Wednesday three … | Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Nintendo says its unannounced Switch successor will be able to play current Switch games and have carryover for Switch Online services and accounts — Nintendo hasn't announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: the $479 Zen 5-based CPU improves gaming performance, day-to-day tasks, and creative workloads, and should be the pick for PC gamers — AMD's 7800X3D successor is also better at non-gaming workloads this time around. … AMD has dominated PC gaming CPU performance for more than two years.
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| Kaustuv Basu / Bloomberg Law: |
Workers at AI companies seek specific whistleblower protections, arguing that AI advancements pose threats that they can't legally expose under current US laws — Search by Topic — Whistleblowing By Employee Artificial Intelligence Tax Evasion Medicaid Fraud — Search by Company| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Saudi Arabia plans a new AI project to rival the UAE's tech hub, backed by $50B to $100B to invest in data centers, startups, new talent, and more — - Entity would build on kingdom's efforts to emerge as AI hub — PIF, Google AI partnership may serve as model for project| Martin Peers / The Information: |
Reddit's 12% stock rally on November 5 grew its market cap to $21.52B, passing the $20.45B market cap of Snap, which has 4x as many users and 4x as much revenue — You're likely distracted right now by election results, which have surely started rolling in as you're reading.Sponsor Posts
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