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Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal:
How the launch of Gemini 3, which surged ahead of models from OpenAI and other competitors on benchmark tests, has pushed Google ahead in the AI race  —  Top-scoring model's debut shakes up AI chatbot race: 'I think we've hit on something'  —  Call it America's next top model.
Rani Molla / Sherwood News:
Alphabet's stock closed at a record high of $299.66 on November 21, continuing a strong recent run after Google's Gemini 3 impressed analysts and consumers  —  The internet giant has a lot going for it right now.  —  Google parent Alphabet hit a record closing high of $299.66 today …
Aisha Down / The Guardian:
Researchers say Russia-aligned Pravda network is engaging in “LLM grooming”, flooding the internet with disinformation to influence chatbots like ChatGPT  —  Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible
Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
Waymo says California authorized it to operate across the entire Bay Area and Sacramento, and between LA and San Diego, where it plans to expand to in mid-2026  —  California officials have quietly opened the door to one of the largest geographic expansions of autonomous ride-hailing the state has ever seen.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Google confirms hackers stole Salesforce-stored data from 200+ companies via a supply chain hack involving Gainsight, which provides a customer support platform  —  Google has confirmed that hackers have stolen the Salesforce-stored data of more than 200 companies in a large-scale supply chain hack.
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Sources: the White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state AI laws, following bipartisan backlash  —  The White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on artificial intelligence through lawsuits …
Lisa Du / Bloomberg:
General Atlantic purchases a $96M minority stake in Japanese HR software unicorn SmartHR, marking the PE firm's first growth equity investment in Japan  —  General Atlantic completed its first growth equity investment in Japan and plans to do more, citing an increase in entrepreneurship …
David McCabe / New York Times:
A US judge is expected to rule next year on breaking up Google's ad tech monopoly, after the DOJ and Google delivered closing arguments in a remedies hearing  —  Judge Leonie M. Brinkema is on the clock.  —  The federal judge, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia …
Bloomberg:
New York-based emergency alerts platform RapidSOS raised $100M led by Apax Digital Funds, a source says at a $1B+ valuation, for US and international expansion  —  Emergency services company RapidSOS raised $100 million in a deal led by Apax Digital Funds to help it expand, including internationally.

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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: some WBD investors warm to David Ellison and his top team, after they were reassured that Paramount's Middle Eastern financing is secure

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS names Tony Dokoupil as the new anchor of CBS Evening News as part of a major overhaul under Bari Weiss; Dokoupil is currently an anchor on CBS' morning show

Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
The UK's Channel 4 names Priya Dogra as CEO, starting March 2026, replacing Alex Mahon, who stepped down after eight years; Dogra currently works for Sky

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Bloomberg:
Sources: Trump's team recently discussed letting Nvidia sell H200 chips to China, a major departure from the administration's earlier public stances
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
CrowdStrike confirms that an insider shared screenshots from internal systems with unnamed threat actors but says its systems were not breached
Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg:
Ubisoft delayed reporting its Q2 results after auditors found it improperly booked sales from a partnership as revenue, forcing it to restate its accounts
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting”
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