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| Ellen O'Regan / Politico: |
Draft docs: the European Commission plans to simplify some of its privacy rules, including GDPR, to boost AI growth and slash red tape for businesses in Europe — BRUSSELS — European Union officials are ready to sacrifice some of their most prized privacy rules for the sake of AI …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's plans to expand satellite features in its products, hiding Siri's Gemini upgrade, 2026 Macs, a new Health+ service, and the future of Fitness+ — Apple is planning a series of upgrades to its satellite features for the iPhone and its smartwatches.
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| Wired: |
Apple removes two of the most popular gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China, citing orders from the country's Cyberspace Administration — The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China's marginalized LGBTQ+ community.| Gary N. Smith / Fast Company: |
Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector — For decades now, we have been told that artificial intelligence systems will soon replace human workers.
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| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
An interview with Ukrainian cyber-crime kingpin Vyacheslav Penchukov, aka Tank, who was arrested in 2022 after spending ~10 years on the FBI's Most Wanted list — After years of reading about “Tank” and months of planning a visit to him in a Colorado prison, I hear the door click open before I see him walk into the room.| Kat Tenbarge / Wired: |
Amazon's House of David season two included 350 to 400 AI-generated shots, up from 70+ in S1, using 10 to 15 tools from companies like Runway, drawing criticism — The show, which follows David's ascent to King of Israel, used four times as much AI this season, including for many of its battle scenes.
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports a 16.9% rise in October sales, the slowest pace since February 2024, highlighting uncertainty over the AI boom's sustainability; TSMC is up 37% YTD — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported slowing growth in monthly revenue as investors debate the sustainability …
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| Evan Gorelick / New York Times: |
A group of US lawyers document 509 cases of AI misuse in legal filings so far in 2025, including fabricated citations; judges and bar associations permit AI use — More lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write legal briefs. Some colleagues are publicizing the A.I.-generated errors.
More: Gizmodo, One First, and Futurism
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| Zeyi Yang / Wired: |
EchoTik estimates TikTok Shop sold $19B worth of products globally in Q3, nearing eBay's $20.1B, with US sales accounting for between $4B and $4.5B, up 125% QoQ — TikTok's ecommerce arm has kept growing steadily, despite tariffs and never-ending debates over whether the platform should be banned.| Rya Jetha / The San Francisco Standard: |
A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is creating a new category of work; Mercor hit $500M ARR in September and pays contractors $1.5M daily — Brendan Foody is excited about the future. He said so the moment we stepped into Lands End — not the park …
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| Financial Times: |
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says he aims to give “normal people” exposure to private AI companies via Robinhood Ventures' fund with 5+ “best in class” companies — CEO Vlad Tenev plans to offer shares in a fund that holds a handful of private artificial intelligence companies| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Scribe, which helps enterprises identify where AI and automation investments will yield genuine returns, raised a $75M Series C at a $1.3B post-money valuation — After helping several enterprises document how work actually happens, Scribe has raised $75 million at a $1.3 billion post-money valuation … | Niko Gallogly / New York Times: |
Gamma, which uses AI to help create presentations, social media posts, websites, and more, raised $68M at a $2.1B valuation and reports 600K+ paying users — The five-year-old start-up, which has just 52 employees and is profitable, is now valued at $2.1 billion by investors including Andreessen Horowitz.| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Instacart reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $939M, above est., orders up 14% YoY to 83.4M, above 82.9M est., GTV up 10% to $9.1B, and plans a $1.5B share buyback — Instacart posted better-than-expected order growth and provided an upbeat earnings outlook for the current period …
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