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| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
AI coding startup Cursor raised a $2.3B Series D co-led by Accel and Coatue at a $29.3B valuation, after raising a $900M Series C at a $9.9B valuation in June — Cursor, which was founded by four MIT graduates who are still in their mid-20s, raised $2.3 billion in its third funding round this year
More: Cursor, Forbes, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, Inc.com, Observer, Unite.AI, Reuters, Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, Analytics India Magazine, and Accel
X: @jenniferhli, @jamiequint, @rdoar4, @austinnickpiel, @petergyang, @apartovi, @yuchenj_uw, @sarahdingwang, @packym, @milesgrimshaw, @liangsays, @swyx, @pitdesi, @cursor_ai, @benln, @ephraimduncan_, @bytebot, @kylebrussell, and @andrewcurran_. LinkedIn: C. Diggory Rycroft. Bluesky: @davidcrespo. Forums: Hacker News
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Cursor says it has crossed $1B in annualized revenue, has 300+ employees, and its in-house models “generate more code than almost any other LLMs in the world” — Artificial intelligence startup Cursor on Thursday announced it has closed a $2.3 billion funding round …
Bluesky: @beardywheat
| Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic says China's state-sponsored hackers used its tools to automate 80% to 90% of a September hacking campaign that targeted corporations and governments — The use of AI automation in hacks is a growing trend that gives hackers additional scale and speed
More: Anthropic, Axios, The Information, The Verge, CBS News, Constellation Research, and WinBuzzer
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Europol, Eurojust, and others dismantle 1,025 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT, and Elysium botnet, in the latest Operation Endgame phase — Law enforcement authorities from nine countries have taken down over 1,000 servers used by the Rhadamanthys infolstealer …
More: Europol, Have I Been Pwned …, politie.nl, Shadowserver, The Record, TechCrunch, PCMag, eSecurity Planet, GovInfoSecurity.com, LinkedIn, The Register, Infosecurity, The Cyber Express, CyberInsider, Help Net Security, Cyber Security News, Metacurity, Hackread, OCCRP, CyberScoop, and Security Affairs
X: @uk_daniel_card, @pancak3lullz, @uk_daniel_card, @europol, and @troyhunt. LinkedIn: Trevor Hilligoss
Bluesky: @andyjabbour, @ericjgeller.com, @shadowserver, and @metacurity.com
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Google launches AI-powered shopping features in the US, including conversational search, side-by-side item comparisons, price tracking, and an agentic checkout — There have never been more options for things to buy. Google is betting AI is how shoppers will make decisions.
More: The Keyword, Neowin, 9to5Google, Android Police, Social Media Today, Android Headlines, MediaPost, Android Central, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Engadget, Android Authority, Ars Technica, TipRanks Financial, BGR, PhoneArena, Sourcing Journal, Axios, Search Engine Land, Glossy, CNET, Business Insider, WinBuzzer, and Search Engine Journal
| SemiAnalysis: |
A deep dive into Microsoft's AI strategy: its OpenAI deal, data center investments, neocloud renting, GitHub Copilot, its MAI models, its Maia chip, and more — “The Big Pause”, AI Tokens Factory Economics Stack, OpenAI, Neocloud Renting, GitHub Copilot, MAI and Maia| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
More: Dwarkesh Patel on YouTube, The Decoder, and The Economic Times
X: @dwarkesh_sp, @rihardjarc, @alexeheath, @modestproposal1, @firstadopter, @steadycompound, @dwarkesh_sp, @edzitron, and @clementdelangue. Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com
| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tencent and Apple signed a deal to let Apple handle payments and take a 15% cut of purchases in WeChat mini games and apps, after over a year of talks — Tencent Holdings Ltd. has agreed a deal with Apple Inc. that will see the iPhone maker handle payments and take a 15% cut …
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Thurrott, Forbes Middle East, Apple Must, iPhone in Canada, AppleInsider, The Information, CNBC, iClarified, and PYMNTS.com. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils Mini Apps Partner Program, offering a reduced 15% commission on IAPs for mini apps, or “self-contained” experiences built with web tech like HTML5 — Apple announced on Thursday the launch of a new developer program, the Mini Apps Partner Program …
More: Apple Developer, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, iPhone in Canada, MacRumors, iClarified, and Lifewire
X: @timsweeneyepic and @timsweeneyepic
Bluesky: @maxpatten and @kosso.co.uk
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Leaker Evan Blass details Samsung's upcoming trifold phone: named “Galaxy Z TriFold”, it has a 6.5" cover display, a 10" total display, and a 200MP main camera — The Galaxy Z TriFold could launch on December 5th. … Reputable gadget leaker Evan Blass has taken to X with … | Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Google DeepMind unveils SIMA 2, a video-game-playing agent built on top of Gemini to navigate and solve problems inside 3D virtual worlds like Goat Simulator 3 — Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds.
More: Google DeepMind, TechCrunch, The Verge, TechEBlog, WinBuzzer, and The Decoder
| Paul Tenorio / The Athletic: |
Sources: Apple and Major League Soccer agree to make all MLS games available on Apple TV for no extra charge from 2026, ending the MLS Season Pass subscription — PALM BEACH, Fla. — MLS will no longer be behind a separate paywall on Apple TV beginning in 2026.
More: The Hollywood Reporter, Engadget, CNBC, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Silicon Valley Business …, 9to5Mac, Variety, Field Level Media, Front Office Sports, Cord Cutters News, TheDesk.net, ESPN, Barrett Media, Awful Announcing, Sports Media Watch, and Sports Business Journal
X: @markgurman, @tombogert, @andrewmarchand, @joeclowery, @kylesheldon, @paultenorio, and @joepompliano
Forums: r/apple, r/ussoccer, r/tvPlus, r/television, r/PhillyUnion, r/MLS, and MacRumors Forums
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Verizon plans to cut ~15,000 jobs, its largest workforce reduction yet, and transition ~200 stores into franchised operations, seeking to reduce costs — The telecommunications company is looking to reduce costs as it works to stem customer losses
More: CRN, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, WHAS-TV, Al Jazeera, Android Authority, Bloomberg Law, TVNewsCheck, Fox Business, Daily Caller News Foundation, TheDesk.net, Benzinga, Fierce Network, and ZeroHedge News
Bluesky: @paleofuture and @keithboykin
Forums: r/news, r/wallstreetbets, r/Economics, r/technology, and r/business
| Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft delays publishing its H1 financial results on the day they were due and requests that its shares be halted from trading until then; UBI is down 47%+ YTD — Ubisoft Entertainment SA said it's delaying the publication of its first-half financial results and requested the shares be halted from trading until then.
More: Engadget, Video Games Chronicle, PC Gamer, Bloomberg Law, TheStreet, Reuters, Eurogamer.net, PocketGamer.biz, and Kotaku
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google says it will allow “experienced users” to install Android apps made by unverified developers, following backlash against new sideloading restrictions — Google will allow ‘experienced users’ to install Android apps made by unverified developers. — • — TL;DR
More: Android Developers Blog, Ars Technica, The Verge, The Register, How-To Geek, AFTVnews, Android Police, 9to5Google, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, SamMobile, PhoneArena, PCMag, Digital Trends, Engadget, Neowin, Phandroid, Liliputing, and Droid Life
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz and @datnofact
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta overhauls Facebook Marketplace, adding collections, collaborative buying, reactions, comments, an improved checkout experience, and Meta AI integrations — Meta is overhauling Facebook Marketplace with new collaborative tools, social features, an improved checkout experience …
More: Meta Newsroom, Business Insider, Engadget, PhoneArena, and iPhone in Canada
| CNBC: |
Sources: xAI raised $15B, adding $5B to the $10B it reportedly raised in September at a $200B valuation; Elon Musk replies “false” to an X post about the report — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is raising $15 billion from investors, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC's David Faber.
More: PYMNTS.com, New York Post, Proactive, Moneycontrol, Crypto Briefing, Reuters, and WinBuzzer. X: @elonmusk
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn rolls out AI-powered people search to LinkedIn Premium subscribers in the US, with plans to expand it to other countries in the coming months — For the last two years, LinkedIn has tried to infuse AI into different parts of its platforms, including ad copies, content creation … | Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
The UK CAT refuses to let Apple appeal a ruling that it abused its dominance by charging “excessive and unfair” App Store fees; lawyers: the damages are £1B+ — - Apple refused permission to appeal landmark ruling — Company says it will challenge decision at Court of Appeal| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU opens a DMA investigation into Google for allegedly demoting news outlets with content from commercial partners, which Google says is an anti-spam policy — Google is under investigation by European Union antitrust watchdogs over concerns it unfairly demotes some news results in a probe … | Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon renames Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo, a nod to “low Earth orbit”; Amazon has so far launched 150+ satellites as part a constellation set to have 3,200+ — Amazon is rebranding its ambitious effort to expand global access to high-speed internet: Project Kuiper will now be known as Amazon Leo.
More: About Amazon, The Information, PCMag, Bloomberg Law, and SpaceNews
| Elissa Welle / The Verge: |
Google says all NotebookLM users will get access to Deep Research in the service within a week; users get to choose between two research styles: fast or deep — Google is adding Deep Research and more file types to NotebookLM. … Google is pairing up two of its research products …
More: The Keyword, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, Engadget, TechCrunch, ZDNET, Neowin, Android Authority, WinBuzzer, CNET, The Decoder, Tom's Guide, and BGR
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches Bulletin board, which lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers, similar to Instagram's broadcast channels — TikTok announced on Thursday that it's launching “bulletin board,” a new feature that lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers.| Elissa Welle / The Verge: |
Spotify starts rolling out Recaps, an AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what users have listened to so far, in beta on iOS for select English audiobooks — The Recap button will show up automatically on some English-language audiobooks in the iOS app.
More: Spotify, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, Neowin, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, T3, Mashable, Trusted Reviews, Engadget, and CNET
LinkedIn: Edward Nawotka and Katerina Goncharova
| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
OnePlus debuts the $900+ OnePlus 15, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a 7,300mah battery, and a 6.78" 165Hz screen; the US government shutdown delays a US debut — The OnePlus 15 has top-tier gaming performance and can control TVs as a universal remote. — The US federal government shutdown …
More: 9to5Google, The Verge, Forbes, Droid Life, PhoneArena, Android Police, and Android Central. X: @imparkerburton
| Neil Vigdor / New York Times: |
AIDOL, one of the first anthropomorphic robots in Russia, face-planted at a demo in Moscow; organizers dragged the robot away and covered it with a black drape — The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues.
More: Telegraph, Business Insider, The Post Millennial, Meduza, BBC, Gizmodo, Telewizja Polska S.A, EADaily, Associated Press, TechEBlog, The Times, New York Times, Times of India, NBC News, Daily Mail, Kyiv Post, Futurism, and The Register. Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in early talks to raise a new round of funding at a roughly $50B valuation, potentially rising to $55B-$60B — Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, is in early talks to raise … | Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: |
Alembic, which offers AI-powered data analytics for marketers, raised a $145M Series B led by Prysm and Accenture at a $645M valuation, up from $49M in 2024 — New funding round values Alembic, which helps brands show links between marketing activity and business results, at $645 million
More: Adweek and SiliconANGLE
| Nicole Sperling / New York Times: |
Netflix shifts its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle, and Tetris, playable in its app on TVs using phones as controllers — Netflix has an answer with how to deal with weird Aunt Marsha on Thanksgiving night: Boggle! — Four years after the streaming giant … | Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: |
Exowatt, which aims to use concentrated solar power to generate 1¢ per kWh electricity for data centers, raised a $120M Series A from a16z, Sam Altman, and more — When Hannan Happi started thinking about how to solve the AI power crisis, he kept one figure in mind: one cent per kilowatt-hour.
More: FinSMEs and Refresh Miami
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Anthropic open sources a method to score AI model political evenhandedness; Gemini 2.5 Pro got 97%, Grok 4 96%, Claude Opus 4.1 95%, GPT-5 89%, and Llama 4 66% — Anthropic is releasing an open source method to evaluate the political “evenhandedness” of AI chatbots, the company said Thursday.| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Baidu unveils Ernie 5.0, an AI model to process and generate text, images, audio, and video, claiming it beats GPT-5-High and Gemini 2.5 Pro on some benchmarks — The goal: to position as a global contender in the increasingly competitive enterprise AI market.| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Salesforce acquires Tel Aviv-based Doti AI for $100M; Doti had raised $7M and its Work AI tool lets enterprises securely access internal knowledge in real time — The young Israeli company, founded by former Wix engineers, will bring agentic knowledge discovery tools into Slack.
More: SiliconANGLE, MarTech, and TipRanks Financial
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