Valve says the company is “no longer manufacturing” its high-end, PC-tethered VR headset Valve Index, released in 2019 for $999, after unveiling the Steam Frame
While showing its new Frame VR headset to The Verge, Valve confirmed that it's moving on from its previous one.
Valve unveils the Steam Frame, a VR headset that can stream games from a PC or run Windows and Android games locally, expected to launch in 2026 for under $999
Valve is about to launch a new virtual reality headset, and with it, a comprehensive new approach to what a VR device should be.
Q&A with Satya Nadella on business models for AGI, Copilot, Microsoft AI, the hyperscale business, the OpenAI partnership, capex, sovereign AI efforts, and more
As part of this interview, Satya Nadella gave Dylan Patel (founder of SemiAnalysis) and me an exclusive first-look at their brand-new Fairwater 2 datacenter.
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.1 Instant, which is “warmer by default”, and GPT-5.1 Thinking, which is “easier to understand and faster”, starting with paid subscribers
We're upgrading GPT‑5 while making it easier to customize ChatGPT. Starting to roll out today to everyone, beginning with paid users.
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 …
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
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 …
Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$27B, above ~$26.6B est., net profit up 19% YoY to ~$8.9B, above ~$8B est., and domestic game revenue up 15% YoY
The tech giant delivered a 19% increase in third-quarter net profit — Tencent Holdings reported double-digit growth on its top and bottom lines …
Microsoft unveils an AI “super factory”, a new class of hubs for AI training, in Atlanta, as part of its plan to double its data center footprint over two years
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal :
Satya Nadella says that Microsoft has access to “all” of OpenAI's custom AI chip work with Broadcom and plans to use it to help develop its own in-house chip
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/ Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : While I do not have the full extent of its revenues, it is obvious that OpenAI's costs are dramatically higher - by several billion dollars - ...
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 …
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.
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
SemiAnalysis :
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
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.
Google launches Cameyo by Google, after acquiring the software virtualization company in June 2024, to help organizations run legacy Windows apps on ChromeOS
Cameyo by Google makes it easier to run Windows-based apps on Chromebooks. … After acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo last year …
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 …
Google DeepMind unveils SIMA 2, a video-game-playing agent built on Gemini to navigate and solve problems in 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.
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro launches a federal investigative task force to crack down on overseas crime organizations behind crypto scams targeting Americans
U.S. victims were defrauded of $9.3 billion in cryptocurrency scams last year, many of them operated by crime networks in Southeast Asia, officials said.
Sources: Verizon plans to cut ~15,000 jobs, its largest workforce reduction ever, and transition ~200 stores into franchised operations, seeking to cut costs
The telecommunications company is looking to reduce costs as it works to stem customer losses — Verizon Communications is planning …
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 …
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 has raised $15 billion from investors, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC's David Faber.
Spotify starts rolling out Recaps, a new AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what users have listened to so far, in beta on iOS
The Recap button will show up automatically on some English-language audiobooks in the iOS app. … Spotify is launching a new AI feature …
Polymarket starts live testing its US exchange, first with select users, and says the exchange is fully functional with some users betting on real contracts
Polymarket has begun live testing its US exchange by quietly opening up to some users and matching trades ahead of its planned relaunch in the American betting market.
LinkedIn rolls out AI-powered people search to premium users 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, personalized digests …
FanDuel and CME Group plan to launch FanDuel Predicts, a prediction market app, in December, bypassing restrictions in US states where gambling is illegal
Partnership with CME Group will allow betting group to offer contracts structured as peer-to-peer trades
Baidu unveils two AI chips: the M100 for efficient MoE inference, coming in early 2026, and the M300 for training super-large multimodal models, coming in 2027
The M100 and M300 provide ‘powerful, low-cost and controllable AI computing power’ to support the nation's self-reliance push, the firm says
Sources: Alibaba is renaming its AI app Tongyi to “Qwen”, aiming to make it more like ChatGPT, and adding agentic-AI shopping features for platforms like Taobao
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is preparing an overhaul of its main mobile AI app in coming months to help …
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.
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
Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg :
Thailand extradites a Chinese-born businessman to China who the US and China say ran one of Southeast Asia's largest scam compounds, after arresting him in 2022
Francesca Regalado / New York Times :
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.
Source: French authorities fully lifted the travel ban on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and removed a requirement for regular police check-ins as of November 10
Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg :
Even Realities' G2 glasses hands-on: lighter than the G1 at 36g, subtle notifications that cross the eye line, and a “passive wearable” akin to the Apple Watch
Fernando Silva / 9to5Mac :
Fabric8Labs, which uses electrochemical additive manufacturing to create chip-cooling plates for data centers, raised $50M led by NEA and Intel Capital
Fabric8Labs, a San Diego-based electrochemical additive manufacturing startup, raised $50 million led by NEA and Intel Capital, CEO Jeff Herman tells Axios Pro exclusively.
A look at Indian messaging app Arattai, which officials are backing as a domestic WhatsApp alternative; Arattai maker Zoho says it had 350K sign-ups in October
Top officials promote domestic messaging platform as Narendra Modi pushes self-reliance in face of US tariffs
UK-based BNPL startup Zilch raised $176.7M in equity and debt led by KKCG at the same $2B valuation as its 2022 funding, after raising $127M in 2024
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg :
Attentive.ai, which makes Beam AI for automating preconstruction workflows, raised a $30.5M Series B led by Insight Partners, taking its total funding to $48M
Amit Chowdhry / Pulse 2.0 :
Dresden-based chip startup Ferroelectric Memory raised €100M, including €77M equity led by HV Capital and DTCF, to commercialize energy-saving memory chips
Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg :
SMIC reports Q3 revenue up 9.7% YoY to $2.38B, above $2.35B est., and net profit up 29% YoY to $191.8M, above $161.2M est., as analog chip demand rises
Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal :
Foxglove, which is building a data and observability platform for robotics companies, raised a $40M Series B led by Bessemer, taking its total funding to $58M+
Steve Crowe / The Robot Report :
An investigation traces how Shanghai-based AI startup INF Tech accessed advanced Nvidia chips at an Indosat data center in Jakarta, despite US export controls
and how thin our track record of enforcement. If we're going to keep relying so heavily on these tools, that has to change.
JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$42.1B, above ~$41.4B est., and net income down 55% YoY to ~$745M, as it competes in meal delivery and fast commerce
Bloomberg :
Philadelphia-based grocery delivery company Gopuff raised $250M led by Eldridge Industries and Valor Equity at an $8.5B valuation, down from $15B in 2021
Ivan Levingston / Financial Times :
Salesforce buys Doti AI for $100M; the Israeli startup raised $7M and its Work AI tool lets enterprises securely access and use internal knowledge in real time
Meir Orbach / CTech :
GC AI, which provides in-house corporate legal teams with AI tools, raised a $60M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners and Northzone at a $555M valuation
Sara Merken / Reuters :
A look at Cybathlon, a competition by ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where researchers work alongside people with disabilities to test brain-computer interfaces
Oliver Whang / New York Times :
European carmaker officials say they face “devastating” chip shortages after the Netherlands' Nexperia takeover and are scrambling to find alternative sources
Financial Times :
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