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Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement — Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time …
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered Vids app that lets users create video presentations using a prompt, with full access for Workspace users until at least 2026 — Google is generally rolling out its Gemini AI-powered Vids app that lets you create video presentations using a prompt.| Forbes: |
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones — Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
ChatGPT gave ~2M responses asking users to get election news elsewhere on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, and rejected 250K+ requests for DALL-E images of Trump and others — Now that the election is over, the dissection can begin. As this is the first election in which AI chatbots played a significant part …
More: OpenAI, The Economic Times, The Hill, CNBC, and Bloomberg
| Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: |
A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M — The founder of a cryptocurrency mixing service known as Bitcoin Fog was ordered to serve 12 1/2 years in prison for laundering tens …
More: US Department of Justice, The Hacker News, Cointelegraph, and CoinGape
| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network called 764, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on kids in Discord servers and chat rooms — A Michigan man who ran chat rooms and Discord servers targeting children playing online games and coercing them into self-harm …
More: US Department of Justice, Michigan Advance, Wired, and Associated Press. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Financial Times: |
Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7nm or smaller as of this coming Monday — World's biggest contract chipmaker acts to ensure it is in line with US restrictions on Chinese access to latest processors
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X: @pstasiatech, @pstasiatech, @pstasiatech, and @martijnrasser
Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/China, r/gadgets, and Ars OpenForum
| Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury as of Oct. 31, down from $1.6B in March 2022; ~80% of holdings in ETH, which declined 20%+ since 2022 — The foundation has spent roughly $240 million since March 2022, and holds most of its treasury in ether, which has slid roughly 22% since the last financial report.| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Palworld developer Pocketpair says Nintendo and Pokémon Company are seeking ~$65K in damages in their lawsuit and lists three patents it's accused of infringing — No, Nintendo probably isn't going easy on the studio. — Nintendo and the Pokémon Company are seeking approximately $65,700 …
More: Pocketpair, Kotaku, IGN, Techdirt, Android Headlines, PC Gamer, Know Your Meme, Screen Rant, games fray, VICE, Game Developer, PocketGamer.biz, The US Sun, Game Rant, GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer.net, Bloomberg, Forbes, Cryptopolitan, The Verge, My Nintendo News, Push Square, Gameranx, TechRaptor, Destructoid, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Dexerto, XboxEra, Video Games Chronicle, GoNintendo, and Nintendo World Report Updates
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @destinlegarie, @inferno60x, @jornker2, @spawnwavemedia, @inkfycreates, @belgianredacted, and @arexbold
| Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: |
The 2024 US election cycle showed how crypto has turned out to be a practically perfect special interest group for an era of unlimited corporate spending — The industry made a $135 million bet on the election. It paid off spectacularly. — On Nov. 5, a few dozen Bitcoiners … | Liz Young / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon is testing grocery formats that pull together fulfillment networks for Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh stores into a common delivery platform — The e-commerce giant is testing store formats that more seamlessly align online fulfillment and in-person shopping
More: Originally Reported …, PYMNTS.com, Motley Fool, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Chain Store Age
LinkedIn: Liz Young and Tim Sturtewagen
| Hritam Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Swiggy closes an oversubscribed ~$1.4B IPO, as investors bet on a quick commerce boom; analysts expect the company to make a muted stock market debut next week — Food and grocery delivery firm Swiggy's (SWIG.NS) $1.4 billion initial public offering was oversubscribed on Friday … Sponsor Posts
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