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Google debuts Gemini 2.0 and plans to test the model in search and AI Overviews, saying it enables “agents that can think, remember, plan, and even take action” — Company expects AI assistants will follow its users around the web — Google debuted a new version …
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LinkedIn: Daniele Micci-Barreca, Francesco Bertolini, Eugénie Rives, Thu Ya K., Gopi Kallayil, Mat Velloso, Bin Ni, Chantal Ferraro, and Antonio Gulli. Forums: r/singularity
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Apple rolls out iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, with Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT integration, Image Playground, and Genmoji — ChatGPT integration is also included with this update. — Apple has begun rolling iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 to iPhones and iPads.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple launches Apple Intelligence outside of the US for the first time, making it available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, and South Africa — Apple Intelligence is officially launching outside of the U.S. for the first time today, as a result of the features gaining expanded language support.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple adds Layered Recordings to the Voice Memos app in iOS 18.2 for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, after bringing audio transcriptions to Voice Memos in iOS 18 — Alongside the release of a host of new AI features, Apple is also updating the Voice Memos app in iOS 18.2.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says Russia-backed hacking group Secret Blizzard targeted Ukraine's military using other cybercriminals' tools, in order to make attribution harder — A Russian-government backed hacking group targeted Ukraine's military using tools and infrastructure developed by cybercriminals, according to new research.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
A global outage has hit Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, starting at approximately 12:40pm ET; Meta says it's “99% of the way” to resolving the issue — Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user's region.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Meta donates $1M to president-elect Trump's inaugural fund; sources: Mark Zuckerberg gifted Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses to Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November 27 — President-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving
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| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Binance and Circle partner to promote USDC; Binance plans to list more crypto trading pairs denominated in USDC and hold USDC for its own corporate treasury — - Circle faces increased challenges in the stablecoin market — Binance will support more USDC usage on its platform| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Filing: Microsoft expects an ~$800M charge in Q2 2025 over GM's exit of the Cruise robotaxi business, after acquiring a minority stake in Cruise in January 2021 — Microsoft (MSFT.O) expects to record an impairment charge of around $800 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 over General Motors' …
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Sources: Apple is working with Broadcom to develop its first AI server chip, codenamed Baltra and set for 2026 mass production, a milestone for its silicon team — Apple is developing its first server chip specially designed for artificial intelligence, according to three people … | Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Google rolls out two updates to Android's unknown tracker alerts feature, letting users pause location updates from their phone and pinpoint unfamiliar trackers — Google is rolling out two new updates to its unknown tracker alerts feature that should make it easier for Android device owners … | Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines: |
Sources: the 128GB Google Pixel 9a will cost $499, with a Tensor G4, 8GB of RAM, a 6.3" screen with 2,700 peak nits, a 5,100mAh battery, and 23W wired charging — We're getting closer and closer to the Pixel 9a being announced by Google. While we've already confirmed a number of specs about the device …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Adobe reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.61B, vs. $5.54B est., Digital Media revenue up 12%, forecasts FY 2025 revenue below est.; ADBE drops 8%+ after hours — - Fiscal year sales, profit forecasts fall short of estimates — Software maker plans a new higher-priced tier for AI tools
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| Ryan Naraine / SecurityWeek: |
Tel Aviv-based Astrix Security, which helps firms secure non-human identities like API keys and service accounts, raised a $45M Series B led by Menlo Ventures — Tel Aviv company building software to secure non-human identities banks a $45 million funding round led by Menlo Ventures.| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS dismisses Nvidia's appeal against facing a lawsuit alleging it misled shareholders about its reliance on crypto mining revenue ahead of a market crash — - Investors can press suit stemming from crypto-mining revenue — Court dismisses its second securities-fraud case this term
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