Apple releases version 26.1 of its full family of OSes, adding a “tinted” option for its Liquid Glass design that reduces transparency and increases contrast
Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial …
Apple refreshes the web version of the App Store, letting users view and search for apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro
Apple Issues Critical Update For 1 Billion iPhones Jason Cross / Macworld : Apple brings the App Store to the web Appleosophy : Apple launches new App Store for the web Brad Bennett / MobileSyrup : Ap...
The UK's High Court rules against Getty in its lawsuit against Stability AI over its image generator; the judge calls the ruling “extremely limited in scope”
Getty Images largely lost its landmark lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI over its image generator at London's High Court on Tuesday.
Coca-Cola releases new AI-generated ads for the 2025 holidays, after finding people didn't know or care about the use of AI, despite criticism for its 2024 ads
‘Holidays Are Coming’ faster and cheaper for the soda giant, which caught heat last year for its AI-generated ads
Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia's “Gaza genocide” page fails to meet its neutrality standards; the article is listed as “protected” until 21:47 UTC on November 4
WIKIPEDIA founder Jimmy Wales has intervened over the platform's article on Gaza genocide.
DeFi protocol Balancer says an attacker exploited its V2 Composable Stable Pools on November 3, resulting in an estimated ~$128M in losses across blockchains
Some $128 million in crypto was stolen from Balancer liquidity pools on Ethereum and beyond, with Berachain halting its chain as a result.
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €4.3B, above €4.23B est., subscribers up 12% YoY to 281M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 713M, and a €582M operating income
Spotify Technology SA reported active users and sales in the third quarter that surpassed analysts' expectations even as ad-supported revenue fell.
US federal prosecutors allege that three cybersecurity professionals carried out ransomware attacks on at least five US companies in 2023 using ALPHV ransomware
The alleged cybersecurity turncoats attacked at least five U.S. companies while working for their respective employers, officials said.
WhatsApp launches an Apple Watch app that lets users get call notifications, read full messages, and record and send voice messages
WhatsApp announced on Tuesday that it's launching an Apple Watch companion app. For the first time, WhatsApp users will be able to use their Apple Watch …
Sources: China offers to cut data center power bills by up to 50% for Alibaba, ByteDance, and others if they use domestic chips like Huawei's over foreign ones
Beijing introduces grants that slash power bills by up to half for some of the country's largest data centres
Sources: Trump decided not to discuss Nvidia's AI chip exports to China during his October 30 meeting with Xi Jinping following opposition from his top advisers
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Nintendo reports Q2 revenue up 90% YoY to ~$3.7B, vs. ~$3B est., ~$667M net profit, vs. ~$412M est., and expects 19M Switch 2 sales by March 2026, up from 15M
Nintendo raised its forecast for sales of the Switch 2 console in its current fiscal year as momentum for its new flagship console grows.
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to Amazon Music for iOS and Android, letting Alexa+ Early Access users request obscure information or complex music recommendations
The AI assistant can make nuanced song recommendations and build you a vibe-based playlist.
A profile of nonprofit Common Crawl, which has scraped billions of webpages since 2013, including paywalled ones, to build an archive used by OpenAI and others
Editor's note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic's ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. X: @kait_tiffany . Bluesky: @katienotopoulos , @damonberes.com , @justinhendrix ,...
AWS says it is developing Fastnet, a subsea cable buried ~1.5m deep and with a capacity over 320Tbps, aiming to debut in 2028 to connect Maryland and Ireland
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will lay a new subsea cable across the ocean floor, connecting Maryland and Ireland.
Uber reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $13.5B, Gross Bookings up 21% to $49.7B, trips up 22% to 3.5B, and $1.1B operating income, vs. $1.6B est.; UBER drops 5%+
Ride-hailing company reassures investors that it enters busy festive period with ‘exceptional momentum’
When asked on 60 Minutes about his pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao, President Trump said “I don't know who he is” and “I heard it was a Biden witch hunt”
but CBS cuts it from broadcast Caitlin Keith / Deseret News : 3 takeaways from Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Trump says he doesn't know who Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is Steven Walgenbach / Insi...
France threatens to ban Shein and refers it to the Paris prosecutor after an investigation found that the site sold lifelike sex dolls “resembling children”
still no action. Stop Shein in Markham. Enforce the Modern Slavery Act. #BanSheinCanada #HumanRights #Markham @VincentVerier [image] @brusselssignal : France's High Commissioner for Children, Sarah El...
Spotify says it now has nearly 500K video podcasts and more than 390M users have now streamed a video podcast on its platform, up 54% YoY
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How Portugal is investing ~4.6% of its GDP around the port of Sines, seeking to transform it from a tourism-reliant economy into a tech and industrial hub
Investment around the town of Sines totals almost 5% of GDP as the country seeks to retool its economy for the 21st century. X: @zschneeweiss . LinkedIn: Sofia Horta e Costa X: Zoe Schneeweiss / @zsch...
Shopify reports Q3 revenue up 32% YoY to $2.84B, vs. $2.76B est., GMV up 32% YoY to $92B, and expects Q4 revenue up in the mid-to-high 20% range, vs. 23.4% est.
Update Adriano Marchese / Wall Street Journal : Shopify Beats Forecasts Fueled by Strong Merchant Growth Adam Hejl / Yahoo Finance : Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP) Reports Upbeat Q3 Shopify : Shopify Beats Acr...
Beacon Software, which acquires niche software businesses and transforms them with AI, raised a $250M Series B led by GC, Lightspeed, and D1 at a $1B valuation
- Beacon targets overlooked sectors with AI-driven automations — Beacon's model emphasizes permanent ownership over rapid exits
Palantir reports Q3 revenue up 63% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.09B est., US government revenue up 52% YoY to $486M, and projects Q4 revenue above est.; PLTR drops 5%+
So Why Is The Stock Crashing? Naomi Li Gan / Tech in Asia : Palantir posts $1.2b Q3 revenue on strong AI demand Danny Vena / Motley Fool : Palantir CEO Alex Karp Just Delivered Incredible News for Nvi...
Sources: Apple plans to launch a low-cost laptop in H1 2026 to rival Chromebooks, aimed at students and casual users, codenamed J700, currently in testing
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : X: @markgurman X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman : NEW: Apple is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away cu...
European law enforcement arrests nine suspects involved in an alleged crypto fraud ring that stole €600M+ via fake investment platforms promising high returns
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Goldman Sachs: just 33 US counties accounted for ~72% of all US data center capacity as of July; buildouts like AWS' in Oregon have transformed tiny communities
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal :
Microsoft plans to spend $7.9B+ on data centers, cloud, and employees in the UAE over the next four years, taking its UAE investment to $15.2B from 2023 to 2029
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Tel Aviv-based Daylight, whose AI-native platform autonomously identifies and contains cyber threats, raised a $33M Series A, bringing its total funding to $40M
Meir Orbach / CTech :
Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin says DeFi platforms' rapid growth leaves their users' assets at risk of attack; DefiLlama says $140B+ is held on DeFi protocols
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Sources: WeRide is set to raise ~$308M in its Hong Kong listing, planning to price shares at ~$3.48 each, representing a ~4% discount to its Monday Nasdaq close
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Instacart launches an AI shopping assistant as part of its white-label e-commerce service, which powers the online shopping sites for some grocery chains
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Augmented Intelligence, which is building neuro-symbolic AI models, raised $20M in a bridge SAFE round at a $750M valuation, taking its funding to nearly $60M
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat :
Grab reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $873M, vs. 869M est., and a $136M adjusted EBITDA, helped by group food orders, shared rides, and more; GRAB drops 5%+
Olivia Poh / Bloomberg :
Q&A with Lyft CEO David Risher on the company's turnaround, AI for drivers, paying drivers more, Uber, partnering with Tensor for autonomous vehicles, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge :
Anthropic announces a deal with Cognizant, under which Cognizant will roll out Claude to its 350K employees and co-sell Claude models to its business customers
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal :
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