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Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Satya Nadella hands marketing and operations oversight to Judson Althoff, naming him CEO of Microsoft's commercial business, to focus more on technical work  —  Microsoft Corp. is giving its longtime sales chief oversight of marketing and operations in a reorganization designed to free …
Financial Times:
Sources: the UK Home Office issued an order to Apple in early September to create a backdoor into its cloud storage service, this time targeting only UK users  —  Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Meta says it will use users' AI chatbot conversations to help personalize ads and content, starting on December 16, but not in the UK, South Korea, or the EU  —  While users won't be able to opt out from the new policy, the content of some conversations will be automatically excluded
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft raises its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription price from $19.99/month to $29.99/month, rebrands Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard plans, and more  —  Microsoft is also adding PC games and cloud access to its new Xbox Game Pass Essential and Premium plans.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google unveils Gemini for Home, replacing Google Assistant on smart speakers, with new voices and improved conversational skills, and a redesigned Home app  —  Gemini for Home does more than just replace Google Assistant on smart speakers and displays.  Featuring a rebuilt Home architecture …
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Google unveils new Home products: a $99 Google Home Speaker, set for spring 2026, a third-gen $100 Nest Cam Indoor, a second-gen $150 Nest Cam Outdoor, and more
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Epic says that Apple's iOS 18.6 “updated” UX for alt app marketplaces increased installations on par to Windows and macOS, cutting drop-offs from 65% to ~25%  —  But Google still makes them intentionally difficult to install. … Stats shared by the gaming software giant …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon revamps Luna “from the ground up” with a new UI and AAA games like Hogwarts Legacy and new GameNight original party games, available to Prime subscribers  —  Amazon is revamping its cloud-gaming service Luna to offer a wide variety of top-tier games, including “Hogwarts Legacy” …
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Sam Altman signs a letter of intent with Samsung and SK Hynix to supply Stargate; Samsung and SK Hynix say demand from OpenAI could hit 900K wafers per month  —  Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Co. have forged initial agreements to supply chips and other gear to OpenAI's Stargate project …
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
SAG-AFTRA criticizes AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood, the subject of a viral UK TV parody, and says that it opposes replacing performers with “synthetics”  —  SAG-Aftra, the union of film and TV industry actors, criticized the AI-generated character Tilly Norwood …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Peloton unveils its Cross Training Series, including a $1,695 Bike and $6,695 Tread Plus, and AI-based Peloton IQ to track workouts on new and old machines  —  The fitness company is aiming for a comeback with new bikes, treadmills, AI, and higher prices  —  Peloton has been angling …
Robert Burnson / Bloomberg:
Apple files a motion to dismiss xAI's lawsuit, which alleges that Apple's ChatGPT integration stifles competition, saying it plans to integrate other chatbots  —  Apple Inc. says it did nothing wrong in choosing to partner with OpenAI — rather than Elon Musk's xAI — when it added generative …
Z.ai:
Z.ai releases GLM-4.6, an open-weights model with a context window of up to 200K tokens, claiming near parity with Claude Sonnet 4 on coding and reasoning tasks  —  Today, we are releasing the latest version of our flagship model: GLM-4.6.  Compared with GLM-4.5, this generation brings several key improvements:
Lex Fridman:
Q&A with Pavel Durov on Telegram, his arrest, censorship, not using a phone, Romanian elections, VK, encryption, Edward Snowden, spring 2018 poisoning, and more  —  - Watch the full YouTube version of the podcast  —  Table of Contents  —  Here are the loose “chapters” in the conversation.
Bloomberg:
Sources: European prosecutors are investigating Northern Data for allegedly claiming a tax break on approximately €500M worth of GPUs it used for crypto mining  —  A criminal investigation that led to raids of Northern Data AG's offices last week is focused on whether the company illegally claimed …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Oura unveils colorful ceramic Oura Ring 4 versions for $499+ in four finishes with enhanced durability and a thicker 3.51mm design, and a $99 charging case  —  The company is also introducing health panels for blood work, a recycling program, and multi-ring device support.
Richard Milne / Financial Times:
Swedish AI startups Lovable, Legora, and Sana, which is set to be acquired by Workday, highlight a dilemma in European tech: sell out or bet on getting big  —  Swedish start-ups show dilemma over choosing between selling up or betting on becoming huge  —  Anton Osika's AI start …
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
Axiom Math, which aims to build an “AI mathematician” and has recruited researchers from Meta, raised a $64M seed led by B Capital at a $300M valuation  —  Axiom Math, which has recruited top talent from Meta, has raised $64 million in seed funding to build an AI math whiz.
More: Implicator.ai, B Capital, and Axiom
LinkedIn: Carina Hong, B Capital, and Axiom.  Bluesky: @rashis
Jenny Vrentas / New York Times:
How live sports betting has exploded in popularity in the US, accounting for more than half of the money wagered on FanDuel and DraftKings in recent quarters  —  As the Oklahoma City Thunder were on their way to winning the decisive Game 7 of this year's N.B.A. Finals, a flurry of shadow games …
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
China's Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou showcased robots, EVs, and a self-driving yacht, but questions remain over the US-China trade dispute and profits  —  The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China's technology.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Russia's Ukraine war spurred a new generation of defense tech investors and startups like Helsing, applying a profit-driven model to Europe's military buildup  —  Russia's war on Ukraine changed the course of a generation of start-ups and investors that have applied a new business model to Europe's military buildup.
Politico:
The White House withdraws Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the CFTC; the Winklevoss twins pressured Trump in July to reconsider his nomination  —  The White House withdrew Brian Quintenz's nomination to be a board member and chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission late Tuesday …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
R. Bruce Dold, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune, where he became editor-in-chief and publisher, is dead at 70

More News

Resilience Media:
Tel Aviv-based Commcrete, which makes handheld satellite comms devices and software, raised a $21M Series A led by Greenfield, sources say at a $100M+ valuation
Diana Novak Jones / Reuters:
A California jury finds Uber not liable for a woman's alleged sexual assault by her driver, in the first trial out of 500+ consolidated lawsuits in the state
More: Engadget, New York Times, and Bloomberg Law
X: @law360 and @blaw.  Bluesky: @legal.reuters.com.  Threads: @si14ag
Reuters:
Taiwan's vice premier, who is leading US negotiations, says Taiwan would not agree to a 50-50 split in chip production, adding no such condition was discussed

Earlier Picks

Hayden Field / The Verge:
OpenAI says that Sora has guardrails to block depictions of public figures and to ensure that a user's likeness is used only with their consent, via “cameos”
Celia Ford / Transformer:
Anthropic's System Card: Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to recognize many alignment evaluation environments as tests and would generally behave unusually well after
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
The FTC sues Zillow and Redfin, alleging they violated antitrust laws when Zillow paid Redfin $100M to stop competing against it in online rental listings
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk:
Stripe launches Open Issuance, a Bridge-powered platform that lets companies create their own stablecoins, used by crypto wallet Phantom to issue its CASH token
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