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November 6, 2024, 2:30 AM

Top News

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
GOP's Bernie Moreno, a blockchain entrepreneur, defeats Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown in Ohio Senate race, where crypto PACs directed $40M to defeat Brown  —  Crypto fans are celebrating the results of the Ohio Senate race, where blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno …
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store  —  - Fine will target Apple for anticompetitive App Store practices  — EU move follows earlier €1.8 billion fine in Spotify case
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions  —  The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a “relentless onslaught of change.”
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 …
Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple adds an Apple News Live Activity widget to track the 2024 US election results in real time on iPhone and iPad lock screens and the Apple Watch widget view  —  If you're not feeling plugged in enough during the 2024 election, Apple News has a way to get up-to-the-second results …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Wall Street Journal:
How the Salt Typhoon hackers breached US telecommunication infrastructure to carry out targeted espionage against the US for at least eight months  —  Hackers for months scooped up call logs, unencrypted texts and some audio in breach, piercing America's communications infrastructure without detection
Anna Gross / Financial Times:
The UK launches a platform with guidance and practical resources to help businesses conduct impact assessments and evaluations of the safety of new AI systems  —  Science and tech secretary Peter Kyle wants country to be global leader in testing safety of new technology
Martin Peers / The Information:
A ~12% stock rally on November 5 lifted Reddit's market cap to $21.5B, making Reddit more valuable than 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.

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