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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, SiliconANGLE, NextBigWhat, Observer, Forbes, Crunchbase News, Implicator.ai, Analytics India Magazine, Unite.AI, Accel, TechCrunch, Inc.com, and Bloomberg
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| 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
| 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 …
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| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Forbes Middle East, iPhone in Canada, AppleInsider, iClarified, and Thurrott
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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, 9to5Google, NextBigWhat, TechCrunch, Engadget, Android Authority, Ars Technica, MediaPost, BGR, Sourcing Journal, Social Media Today, Axios, Search Engine Land, Android Police, CNET, and Android Central
X: @rmstein, @glenngabe, @_simonsmith, @lilyraynyc, @newsfromgoogle, @google, @vidssrinivasan, @rmstein, @dozenrose, and @glenngabe. Bluesky: @miasato. Mastodon: @occult@vox.ominous.net. Forums: r/artificial
| 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, The Information, Runtime, Axios, Decrypt, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, CBS News, The Verge, WinBuzzer, and Constellation Research
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Bluesky: @carlquintanilla and @kevincollier
Mastodon: @kims@mas.to, @cigitalgem@sigmoid.social, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange. Forums: Hacker News
| 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, Decrypt, TechEBlog, TechCrunch, WinBuzzer, and The Decoder
X: @googledeepmind, @amoufarek, @bilawalsidhu, @scaling01, @artificialava, @jeffclune, @cong_ml, @l32zhang, @googledeepmind, @googledeepmind, @lancelotricci, @jparkerholder, @shanelegg, @bilawalsidhu, @googledeepmind, and @joehillthunder
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me, @pekka, and @janexwang
Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters
| 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: Video Games Chronicle, Engadget, Reuters, PC Gamer, Blue's News, PocketGamer.biz, Eurogamer.net, and TheStreet. Forums: r/ubisoft
| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
Sundar Pichai proved to be the “wartime CEO” that Google needed after ChatGPT's launch, making the company an AI leader, in part by empowering Demis Hassabis — There was a time everyone seemed to have a take on why Open AI's ChatGPT beat Google to market in November 2022.
More: Fortune, Reuters, Neowin, Search Engine Land, Digital Trends, TipRanks Financial, PhoneArena, and Glossy. Forums: r/artificial
| 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 … | 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, Neowin, Business Insider, Social Media Today, iPhone in Canada, Engadget, and PhoneArena
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases GPT-5.1 in the API, featuring a “no-reasoning” mode and extended prompt caching with up to 24-hour retention to generate faster responses — Today we're releasing GPT‑5.1 in the API platform, the next model in the GPT‑5 series that balances intelligence …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, ZDNET, Blockchain.News, and The Decoder
X: @laksh_officiall, @cb42733859, @stevenheidel, @flavioad, @openaidevs, @openaidevs, @openaidevs, @openaidevs, @openaidevs, and @sama. LinkedIn: Raj Pathak. Forums: Hacker News
| 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 … | 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.| Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg: |
Grayscale files for an IPO, reporting $203.3M in net income on $318.7M in revenue for January to September 2025; the DCG unit has ~$35B in AUM and 40+ products — Grayscale Investments Inc. filed publicly for an initial public offering, the latest cryptocurrency-linked company …
More: The Information, Grayscale Investments, Bloomberg, Blockchain.News, crypto.news, Morningstar, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, Coinpedia Fintech News, Blockonomi, Bitcoin Insider, CoinGape, Reuters, The Coin Republic, CoinDesk, Proactive, Axios, ZyCrypto, and Cryptonews. X: @barrysilbert
| 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, NextBigWhat, Neowin, Android Authority, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Decoder, ZDNET, WinBuzzer, Tom's Guide, Engadget, XDA Developers, and BGR
| 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: Reuters, Bloomberg, Engadget, PhoneArena, Yahoo Finance, WHAS-TV, Al Jazeera, Android Authority, Droid Life, Fierce Network, Investor's Business Daily, Daily Caller News Foundation, ZeroHedge News, Benzinga, and CRN
Bluesky: @paleofuture and @keithboykin
Forums: r/Economics, r/technology, r/technology, r/business, r/wallstreetbets, and r/news
| Paul Tenorio / The Athletic: |
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. — MLS and Apple have agreed to alter …
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Forums: r/appletv, r/SoundersFC, r/television, r/apple, r/ussoccer, r/tvPlus, r/PhillyUnion, and r/MLS
| 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, Crypto Briefing, Reuters, Moneycontrol, Proactive, and TESLARATI
| 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.| 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, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, The Information, 425Business.com/, PCMag, Aviation Week Network, and Via Satellite
| Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg: |
A US judge rules that Apple and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by X and xAI accusing them of conspiring to thwart competition in emerging markets in AI — Apple Inc. and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X Corp. and xAI accusing the companies of conspiring … | Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Leaker Evan Blass details Samsung's upcoming “Galaxy Z TriFold” phone: a 6.5" cover display, a 10" inner display, a 200MP main camera, and a 5,437mAh battery — The Galaxy Z TriFold could launch on December 5th. … Reputable gadget leaker Evan Blass has taken to X with …
More: The Chosun Daily, 9to5Google, Droid Life, MobileSyrup, Digital Trends, Deal N Tech, Chrome Unboxed, Android Authority, GSMArena.com, and Forbes. X: @evleaks
| 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| 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, The Record, The Cyber Express, CyberInsider, Infosecurity, Metacurity, GovInfoSecurity.com, Hackread, eSecurity Planet, OCCRP, PCMag, LinkedIn, and CyberScoop
X: @uk_daniel_card, @pancak3lullz, @uk_daniel_card, @europol, and @troyhunt. LinkedIn: Trevor Hilligoss
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @andyjabbour, @metacurity.com, and @shadowserver
| 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| 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.
More: TikTok, Social Media Today, Tubefilter, Digital Trends, Neowin, B&T, MediaPost, Engadget, and WeRSM
| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Maryland will use Claude across its agencies to help residents apply for food aid, Medicaid, and more, and deploy Percepta tools to speed up housing permits — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is partnering with AI companies Anthropic and Percepta to try to improve access to government benefits and housing …
More: Office of Governor Wes Moore, GovTech, Anthropic, and StateScoop
| The Information: |
Sources: OneTrust, which sells privacy and compliance software and was last valued at $4.5B in 2023, is exploring a sale, possibly to private equity buyers — OneTrust, a nine-year-old startup that benefited from a wave of European and U.S. laws regulating how companies collect and share website data … | 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 … | 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.Sponsor Posts
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