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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip in H1 2026 to rival Chromebooks, aimed at students and casual users, codenamed J700 — Apple Inc. is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers …
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon sent a cease-and-desist to Perplexity, demanding it to stop letting Comet make purchases on users' behalf, accusing it of computer fraud — Amazon.com Inc. has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI Inc. demanding that the artificial intelligence search startup stop allowing …
More: Perplexity, The Information, Business Insider, WinBuzzer, and Sherwood News
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
The UK's High Court rules against Getty in its lawsuit against Stability AI over its image generator; the judge calls the ruling “extremely limited in scope” — Getty Images largely lost its landmark lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI over its image generator at London's High Court on Tuesday.
More: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, The Guardian, Associated Press, Getty Images, The Register, Engadget, Social Media Today, Financial Times, Tech Xplore, Plagiarism Today, Hackread, MLex, PetaPixel, BonTech Labs, Law360, WinBuzzer, Press Gazette, and Sherwood News
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LinkedIn: Iain Connor and Fernanda Carvalho Dias
| Alex Reisner / The Atlantic: |
A profile of nonprofit Common Crawl, which has scraped billions of webpages since 2013, including paywalled ones, to build an archive used by OpenAI and others — Editor's note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic's ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry.| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Google unveils Project Suncatcher to launch two solar-powered satellites, each with four TPUs, into low Earth orbit in 2027, as it seeks to scale AI compute — The demand for AI data centers has grown so large that there isn't enough energy on earth to power the buildout.
More: Google Research, 9to5Google, TipRanks Financial, WinBuzzer, and Analytics India Magazine
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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €4.3B, above €4.23B est., subscribers up 12% YoY to 281M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 713M, and a €582M operating income — Spotify Technology SA reported active users and sales in the third quarter that surpassed analysts' expectations even as ad-supported revenue fell.| Sri Muppidi / The Information: |
Source: Anthropic projects revenues of up to $70B in 2028, up from ~$5B in 2025, and expects to become cash flow positive as soon as 2027 — Anthropic this summer hiked its most optimistic growth forecasts by roughly 13% to 28% over the next three years and projected generating … | Xander Elliards / The National: |
Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia's “Gaza genocide” page fails to meet its neutrality standards; the article is listed as “protected” until 21:47 UTC on November 4 — WIKIPEDIA founder Jimmy Wales has intervened over the platform's article on Gaza genocide.
More: The Verge, CNN, The Times of Israel, Townhall, Gizmodo, Semafor, and Al Jazeera
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp launches an Apple Watch app that lets users get call notifications, read full messages, and record and send voice messages — WhatsApp announced on Tuesday that it's launching an Apple Watch companion app. For the first time, WhatsApp users will be able to use their Apple Watch …
More: Meta Newsroom, WhatsApp Blog, The National, The Economic Times, How-To Geek, AppleInsider, CNET, VICE, Moneycontrol, Gadgets & Wearables, Social Media Today, Daily Mail, MacRumors, T3, Cult of Mac, Engadget, Forbes, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Neowin, TechRadar, iClarified, Stuff, iPhone in Canada, WeRSM, and The Apple Post
| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Beacon Software, which acquires niche software businesses and transforms them with AI, raised a $250M Series B led by GC, Lightspeed, and D1 at a $1B valuation — - Beacon targets overlooked sectors with AI-driven automations — Beacon's model emphasizes permanent ownership over rapid exits
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to Amazon Music for iOS and Android, letting Alexa+ Early Access users request obscure information or complex music recommendations — The AI assistant can make nuanced song recommendations and build you a vibe-based playlist.
More: About Amazon, Thurrott, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada, 9to5Mac, Engadget, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, and CNET
| Bloomberg: |
IBM plans to cut “a low single-digit percentage” of its workforce in Q4, affecting thousands of staffers; it employed ~270K workers as of the end of 2024 — International Business Machines Corp. will cut thousands of workers this quarter while it continues to shift the focus … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android, including in the US, Canada, and Japan; the app reached 1M+ downloads in the five days after its September iOS launch — Now, more people can create and share AI-generated videos on the app's social feed. … OpenAI has brought its AI video app, Sora, to Android.| Financial Times: |
Uber reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $13.5B, Gross Bookings up 21% to $49.7B, trips up 22% to 3.5B, and $1.1B operating income, vs. $1.6B est.; UBER drops 5%+ — Ride-hailing company reassures investors that it enters busy festive period with ‘exceptional momentum’| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sequoia announces that Alfred Lin and Pat Grady will be elevated to firm stewards, succeeding Roelof Botha, who led Sequoia solo since 2022 — Sequoia Capital on Tuesday announced that Alfred Lin and Pat Grady will be elevated to firm stewards, succeeding Roelof Botha.
More: The Information, PitchBook, and Wall Street Journal
| Emily Forlini / PCMag: |
AWS says it is developing Fastnet, a subsea cable buried ~1.5m deep and with a capacity over 320Tbps, aiming to debut in 2028 to connect Maryland and Ireland — Amazon Web Services (AWS) will lay a new subsea cable across the ocean floor, connecting Maryland and Ireland.
More: DatacenterDynamics, Irish Independent, About Amazon, BonTech Labs, Silicon Republic, Total Telecom, Capacity, RTÉ, and CNBC. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue up 90% YoY to ~$3.7B, vs. ~$3B est., ~$667M net profit, vs. ~$412M est., and expects 19M Switch 2 sales by March 2026, up from 15M — Nintendo raised its forecast for sales of the Switch 2 console in its current fiscal year as momentum for its new flagship console grows.
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| netzpolitik.org: |
A joint Databroker Files investigation shows commercially traded mobile phone location data allows the tracking of millions of Europeans, including EU officials — This is a joint investigation with Bayerischer Rundfunk, L'Echo (Belgium), Le Monde (France), BNR (Netherlands). It is part of the “Databroker Files”.| 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, CSO, PaymentsJournal, Bloomberg, BleepingComputer, CNN, The Cyber Express, eSecurity Planet, TechRadar, Comparitech, Silicon UK, Help Net Security, The Hacker News, Cyber Daily, Reuters, The Register, PCMag, CyberInsider, and Lawyer Monthly
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| Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal: |
Coca-Cola releases new AI-generated ads for the 2025 holidays, after finding people didn't know or care about the use of AI, despite criticism for its 2024 ads — ‘Holidays Are Coming’ faster and cheaper for the soda giant, which caught heat last year for its AI-generated ads
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
European law enforcement arrests nine suspects involved in an alleged crypto fraud ring that stole €600M+ via fake investment platforms promising high returns — European law enforcement authorities have arrested nine suspected money launderers who set up a cryptocurrency fraud network …
More: The Record, Eurojust, OCCRP, and Bitcoin Magazine
| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple releases version 26.1 of its full family of OSes, adding a “tinted” option for its Liquid Glass design that reduces transparency and increases contrast — Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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