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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI and AWS sign a seven-year deal in which OpenAI will pay $38B for AI compute, including training its models using Amazon's data centers and using its CPUs — Companies' first computing partnership is part of Amazon's efforts to grow its cloud business
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
As part of its AWS deal, OpenAI says it will immediately begin running workloads on AWS infrastructure, tapping hundreds of thousands of Nvidia's GPUs in the US — OpenAI has signed a deal to buy $38 billion worth of capacity from Amazon Web Services, its first contract with the leader … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Microsoft says the US now lets it ship the latest Nvidia chips to the UAE, the first company to get a license; Trump made a deal with UAE President MBZ in May — Commerce department approval paves way for huge new investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in Middle East
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft plans to spend $7.9B+ on data centers, cloud, and employees in the UAE over the next four years, taking its UAE investment to $15.2B from 2023 to 2029 — Microsoft Corp. said it will spend more than $7.9 billion on data centers, cloud-computing and employees in the United Arab Emirates …
More: Microsoft, Reuters, The National, Yahoo Finance, Arabian Business, WinBuzzer, Blockonomi, NewsMax.com, and Windows Report
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft signs a five-year, ~$9.7B deal to buy AI compute capacity from Sydney-based IREN, giving Microsoft access to Nvidia's GB300 in IREN's Texas facility — Microsoft Corp. has signed a roughly $9.7 billion deal to buy artificial intelligence computing capacity from IREN Ltd., becoming the Australian company's largest customer.
More: IREN, Reuters, Associated Press, The Coin Republic, ZeroHedge News, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, Outlook Business, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Insider, The Crypto Times, Livemint, The Block, Bitcoin Magazine, Sherwood News, israelhayom.com, Wall Street Pit, TechCrunch, Dow Jones Newswires, Times of India, Business Insider, and Wall Street Journal
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| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
US federal prosecutors allege that three cybersecurity professionals carried out ransomware attacks on at least five US companies in 2023 using ALPHV ransomware — The alleged cybersecurity turncoats attacked at least five U.S. companies while working for their respective employers, officials said.
More: Chicago Sun Times, TechCrunch, Reuters, PCMag, The Register, Bloomberg, CNN, Lawyer Monthly, CyberInsider, BleepingComputer, and Fox News
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple refreshes the web version of the App Store, letting users view and search for apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, TV, Watch, and Vision — Apple has launched a dramatic new web interface for the App Store. You can now get the full App Store experience right in your browser … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria is stepping down after 11 years, replaced by Cloudflare President of Product & Engineering Chirantan Desai, effective November 10 — Database software maker MongoDB said on Monday that CEO Dev Ittycheria is stepping down from the top job after an 11-year run.
More: CRN, The Stack, Yahoo Finance, Investor's Business Daily, Constellation Research, and MongoDB
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| Ryan S. Gladwin / Decrypt: |
DeFi protocol Balancer says its V2 Composable Stable Pools suffered an exploit, which security experts estimate resulted in total losses worth about $128M — Some $128 million in crypto was stolen from Balancer liquidity pools on Ethereum and beyond, with Berachain halting its chain as a result.
More: The Record, The Block, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, Cointelegraph, Yahoo Finance, Protos, TheStreet, The Crypto Times, CryptoSlate, and DL News
| Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: |
When asked on 60 Minutes about his pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao, President Trump said “I don't know who he is” and “I heard it was a Biden witch hunt” — In a rare interview, Trump said he was told Changpeng Zhao was the victim of the Biden administration's “witch hunt” against crypto.
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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple releases version 26.1 of its full family of OSes, including a “tinted” option for the Liquid Glass design to reduce transparency and increase contrast — Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial …
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Palantir reports Q3 revenue up 63% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.09B est., US government revenue up 52% to $486M, and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates — Palantir reported quarterly results that topped analysts' estimates and issued better-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump decided not to discuss Nvidia's AI chip exports to China during his October 30 meeting with Xi Jinping following opposition from his top advisers — The president decided against discussing the matter with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after top aides opposed it| Eli Tan / New York Times: |
How Facebook Dating, launched in 2019, has become a surprise hit with 21M+ daily users, vs. Hinge's ~15M, a sign of how Facebook has been reinventing itself — Facebook's free dating service has 21 million users, more than the popular dating app Hinge, as the social network reinvents itself.| Josh Scott / BetaKit: |
Toronto-based quantum computing company Xanadu says it will go public in the US and Canada via a SPAC, in a deal that values the combined business at ~$3.6B — Toronto-based quantum computing firm Xanadu has struck a deal to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp.
More: Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp., Benzinga, Globe and Mail, Bloomberg, The Logic, and Reuters. X: @xanaduai
| Liz Alderman / New York Times: |
France threatens to ban Shein and refers it to Paris prosecutor after an investigation found that sex dolls “resembling children” were being sold on the site — The controversy adds to a growing backlash in France against the giant Chinese online retailer as it prepares to open …
More: The Information, WWD, 9News, France 24, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, UPI, Reuters, The Guardian, France 24, CNN, and The Sun
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| Michael Roddan / The Information: |
Deel names ex-Credit Karma CEO Joe Kauffman as CFO ahead of a potential IPO; Philippe Bouaziz, Deel's ex-CFO and CEO Alex's father, becomes executive chair — Global payroll startup Deel has hired a new chief financial officer, former Credit Karma boss Joe Kauffman, as the company continues …
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok announces its first ever TikTok Awards show in the US; the live event will take place on December 18 and will be streamed on the TikTok app and on Tubi — TikTok announced on Monday that it's launching its first-ever TikTok Awards show in the U.S. The awards will include …
More: TikTok, The Hollywood Reporter, MediaPost, Digital Music News, Engadget, Social Media Today, Rolling Stone, and Billboard. LinkedIn: Courtney Hayes
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Japanese trade association CODA, representing Studio Ghibli, Square Enix and others, demands that OpenAI stop using their copyrighted content to train Sora 2 — Japanese trade association CODA says Sora 2's opt-out policy may have violated copyright law.| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic announces a deal with Cognizant, under which Cognizant will deploy Claude to its 350,000 employees and co-sell Claude models to its business customers — The professional-services firm becomes one of the AI startup's three largest customers, and will soon roll out Anthropic's Claude model to its 350,000 employees| Reuters: |
The UK CMA says it will open an in-depth investigation into Getty and Shutterstock's proposed merger after their offered remedies did not fully address concerns — - Getty disappointed by CMA's decision, offered remedies to avoid Phase 2 review — Getty and Shutterstock committed to merger despite CMA's concerns| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Hong Kong-based crypto investor and blockchain developer Animoca Brands says it will go public on the Nasdaq via a reverse merger with Currenc Group in 2026 — Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based crypto investor and blockchain developer, plans to go public on the Nasdaq stock exchange through a reverse merger with Currenc Group Inc.
More: Animoca Brands, Coinspeaker, and crypto.news
| Heather Landi / Fierce Healthcare: |
Hippocratic AI, which offers healthcare AI agents, raised a $126M Series C led by Avenir at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.64B in January — Hippocratic AI funding round generative AI venture capital (VC) — Hippocratic AI has seen rapid growth in the past 18 months … | Rocket Drew / The Information: |
Court docs: in a deposition, Ilya Sutskever discussed conflicts at OpenAI that he sent to board members before Sam Altman's firing, his OpenAI exit, and more — Anthropic initially expressed “excitement” about a possible merger with OpenAI two years ago, after OpenAI's board fired CEO Sam Altman …
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| Emily Forgash / Bloomberg: |
Proofpoint says it has “high confidence” that hackers are working with organized crime groups to infiltrate trucking and freight companies to steal cargo — Hackers are infiltrating trucking and freight companies in a scheme to steal and sell cargo shipments …
More: Proofpoint, The Record, The Hacker News, Cybersecurity Dive, The Register, 9to5Mac, CyberInsider, BleepingComputer, Infosecurity, and Tom's Hardware. Bluesky: @olevilladsen
| Steve Nadis / Quanta Magazine: |
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