Daily archive
69 stories from 33 outlets. Times show when each story first broke, in UTC.
Motorola is adopting Google's Gemini Intelligence features in the first major expansion beyond Pixel, including Rambler and Create My Widget. The Signature 27 costs $1,600 and supports GrapheneOS.
Also covered by The Verge, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, CNET, Android Authority
#Amazon Prime subscribers in the US get Uber Eats restaurant delivery perks on Amazon, with no delivery fee on qualifying orders. The deal comes weeks after DoorDash agreed to acquire Instacart and after Amazon shut its own restaurant delivery service.
Also covered by TechCrunch, Bloomberg Technology, Engadget, GeekWire, The Next Web
#Meta is bringing Edits, its video-editing app, to desktop. The move targets ByteDance's CapCut, which Edits was launched to challenge last year.
Also covered by The Verge, 9to5Mac
#Startup Aina is making a smart ring intended to control autonomous AI assistants without relying on a phone. The ring lets users direct agent actions with a single tap.
Also covered by TechCrunch, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE
#Agility begins trading on the Nasdaq as the first publicly listed pure-play humanoid robotics company. The listing marks a milestone for the humanoid robot sector.
Also covered by Ars Technica, Bloomberg Technology, Quartz, TechSpot
#Qualcomm shares slid 14% at Thursday's open after a lackluster profit forecast, and would post their worst day since 2020 if the decline holds. The stock slid 9% after its Q4 earnings report amid post-election chip stock pressure.
Also covered by CNBC Technology
#Democrats are discussing compromise on the Clarity Act after their midterm sweep. Axios also reports the win complicates the path to a permitting deal.
Also covered by Axios, Decrypt
#Dropbox announced plans to buy Tigris Data, which provides cloud storage for AI workloads, for $350M. The deal was announced alongside the launch of a new DBX Agent Cloud service.
Also covered by The Next Web
#The new loyalty program costs $9.99 a month and includes a DoorDash membership along with credits toward rides or deliveries. It is designed to compete with Uber's subscription offering.
Also covered by Quartz
#Sony raised its full-year forecast after Spider-Man and PlayStation hits drove better-than-expected September-quarter results. PlayStation posted its strongest quarter in years with ¥1,208.5 billion ($7.59 billion) in sales, though PS5 console shipments fell 35% year-on-year.
Also covered by The Verge, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN, Wccftech
#Nintendo's September-quarter profit fell as a lack of major game debuts and higher Switch 2 component costs weighed on results. The company has ruled out further Switch 2 price rises while console sales and profit decline.
Also covered by CNBC Technology, Quartz, IGN
#Nintendo's half-year operating profit rose 49.1% to ¥216.5 billion while sales fell 12.1%. Switch 2 sales fell by almost 40% after Nintendo increased console prices.
Also covered by GamesIndustry.biz, Wccftech
#Peloton Interactive forecast holiday-quarter revenue slightly above analyst estimates. The fitness company also projected a year-over-year sales decline and narrower profit margins.
#Haoyang Data Center 1 (Thailand) Ltd. has secured a loan of up to $590 million. The funds will help develop a hyperscale data center facility in Thailand.
#The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a bill designed to cut red tape, is scheduled for a Senate vote on November 9. It aims to speed up US energy infrastructure construction.
#Meta Platforms' newly issued euro bonds are quoted above face value on their first day of trading. The sale drew record investor orders for a corporate bond in Europe.
#Micron Technology has suspended plans for a memory chip plant in Taiwan due to a protracted labor dispute, according to people familiar with the matter. The pause raises questions about the fate of a major production base for AI components.
#Laura Cooper, Nuveen's global investment strategist and macro credit head, says financing for the AI buildout has surged. She sees attractive opportunities in exposure to hyperscalers, speaking on Bloomberg Television.
#Hon Hai Precision Industry reported a 46% jump in October sales. The growth reflects resilient demand for Nvidia servers central to the global AI infrastructure build-out.
#BT Group Plc reported higher profit last quarter after cutting costs to focus on the UK market. The former UK telecoms monopoly also added more customers for its fiber high-speed internet service.
#Valeo chief executive Christophe Perillat says he is looking to China to streamline the century-old auto supplier. The company is also pursuing new business areas beyond clients such as Renault and General Motors.
#Uday Kotak, Asia's richest banker, says India could benefit if the global AI investment boom unwinds. He argues investors may then seek markets offering more attractive valuations.
#Deutsche Telekom, Europe's largest phone carrier, announced plans for a share buyback of as much as €2 billion next year. The announcement followed third-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates.
#Safaricom Plc reported that first-half profit climbed 36%. Losses at the Ethiopian business, part of Kenya's largest company by market value, narrowed over the period.
#Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal is working to build a global satellite-internet network that is independent of both the US and China. Governments are increasingly seeking strategic alternatives for critical communication infrastructure.
#China has blocked SoftBank Group's deal to acquire ABB's robotics unit, per the Financial Times, citing unidentified people. The report comes from Bloomberg Technology's coverage of the decision.
#Australia's trade surplus is forecast to slump to its lowest level in a decade this year. Imports of chips and servers for data centers, along with China imports and rising energy costs, are driving the decline.
#South Korea's current-account surplus jumped to a record in September. Booming semiconductor exports driven by global AI investment drove the gain.
#SoundCloud now integrates with ElevenLabs, so creators can publish AI music without exporting and re-uploading files. ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated with its music models.
Also covered by TechCrunch
#OpenAI said it will skip nondisclosure agreements in data center negotiations and ensure residents don't pay for electricity for its projects. It also pledged to solicit community input, publish construction plans and protect ratepayers.
Also covered by CNBC Technology, Engadget, The Decoder, Quartz
#The system answers queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used. Box built it on Nvidia's Nemotron models.
Also covered by SiliconANGLE
#Google is offering schools the choice of whether students can use its AI tools. Reporting also highlights Google AI search errors that leave schools in a difficult position.
Also covered by 9to5Google
#North Carolina parents say their daughter discussed suicidal thoughts with Google's AI tools on a school-issued Chromebook for months. The suit highlights risks as schools debate AI use.
#Texas has become the fastest-growing data center market in the US and a center of the AI buildout. Energy policy changes now put that expansion in doubt.
#Potential Sciences is betting that training AI models on computer-generated biochemical data can shorten the slow process of developing new drugs. The startup is backed by the UK government.
#Influencer Husk regularly goes viral by exposing the shortcomings of chatbots. OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceXSI have all reached out to him about working together.
#Bloomberg Technology explains how Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots AI agents function and what tasks they can perform. The piece also covers safety worries raised about the systems.
#After four major AI competitors held quarterly earnings calls, Big Tech signaled it is not done spending record sums on data center buildout. The buildout is not closer to yielding its promised returns.
#Opposition to data centers crossed party lines in Tuesday's midterm elections. Coverage suggests a larger political fight over data centers could follow.
#UK consumers spend over £1 billion ($1.4 billion) a year on AI subscriptions, according to research released Thursday. Anthropic is gaining ground on OpenAI, which has held the lead in the market.
#Reviewers find the M6 iMac faster and more expensive, yet it still uses an aging design. Engadget suggests most buyers would be better served by a Mac mini and an external display.
Also covered by Engadget, TechRadar
#RadianX says its perovskite cells can make charging unnecessary in some cases. The company argues today's portable devices are too power-hungry for ordinary solar panels.
#Mashable Tech lists six changes Nintendo made in its Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time. The list covers both improvements and odd choices.
Also covered by Mashable Tech
#The review finds the new iPad mini upgrades the screen to OLED, adds performance gains and water resistance for the first time, and embeds speakers in a smaller, lighter body. The reviewer calls it the best small tablet but notes its big price.
Also covered by The Guardian Tech
#Wired reviews smart rings for discreet health and fitness tracking. The guide names the rings that impressed its author most this year.
#Apple is promoting its new MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR Display through a livestream in which Labrinth creates a song from scratch. The stream is scheduled for the evening of the announcement.
Also covered by MacRumors, AppleInsider, Digital Trends
#The Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time keeps much of the original N64 experience while updating its graphics and gameplay. The Verge reports the development team also blended past and present, mixing original and new staff.
Also covered by Wccftech
#Toyota Motor Corp. has created a dedicated robotics department. The Japanese carmaker is joining major global rivals in building out robotics technology.
#WhatsApp is rolling out event creation that lets users share a link with people who lack the messenger. Recipients can still take part without installing the app.
Also covered by 9to5Mac, Engadget
#United is building a native Spotify app for seatback displays that lets passengers log into personal accounts and stream libraries, playlists and video podcasts. The integration runs over Starlink satellite Wi-Fi.
Also covered by Engadget
#Discord is moving its desktop app fully to Rust, dropping the Electron framework. The Verge reports the new app uses less RAM than the previous version.
Also covered by Wccftech, Hacker News
#Apple is tapping the investment-grade bond market for the first time in more than a year. The sale adds to a wave of debt issuance by US technology heavyweights.
#Vivaldi 8.3 lets users set ad-blocking levels on a per-site basis. The update also adds support for completely custom filters in the built-in ad blocker.
Also covered by MakeUseOf, Hacker News
#X is introducing a new version of its web app that it says is much faster than before. The rollout is happening country by country for signed-in users, per principal engineer Yagiz Nizipli.
#NASA has announced the X-70 Fractal, a crewed experimental aircraft built to speed up testing of advanced aviation technologies. Its flight-control system is rapidly reconfigurable for exploring new flight regimes.
Also covered by Slashdot
#Denise Herzing, founder and director of the Wild Dolphin Project, is using AI to help understand audio and video footage of dolphins. The effort aims to decode their communication.
#An extremely rare matter-decay event opens new possibilities for research at scales 100 billion times smaller than an atom. Physicists are calling this a first glimpse into the zeptoverse.
#Zipline closed $1.5 billion of fresh funding, valuing the drone delivery startup at $21.5 billion. The raise comes alongside an expanded commercial partnership with Walmart that adds 300 drone sites.
Also covered by Quartz
#The months-old Y Combinator startup Discovered Materials is putting $1M behind five open materials science problems. It pays $200,000 per solution, targeting chip materials.
#Penlink sells its Webloc technology to police in the US, UK and worldwide. The tool uses location data gathered from weather, gaming, email and religious apps to find people via their phones.
#<p>The machine is one of the priciest on the market but its vivid display and lighter frame excel.</p>
Also covered by AppleInsider
#On November 6th, Apple will release an all-new MacBook Pro. It's thinner and lighter and has a beautiful OLED touchscreen. It is very likely what every new MacBook Pro will look like in a couple of years. The M6 MacBook Pro, which is also out on the 6th, is not that laptop. Instead, it's a […]
#I keep forgetting the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display has a touchscreen. I've been testing this new laptop, one of the most impressive Apple has ever created, for the better part of a week. I can't stop noticing some of its other features: the slimmer design, the improved display, the Dynamic Island that somehow […]
#The new OLED MacBook Pro comes with an incredible-looking touchscreen display—and an equally eye-popping price.
#Strikes on machinery and water systems in South Lebanon have stalled recovery work. Displaced families remain unable to return home.
#James Bosworth discusses how Lula's surprise victory in Brazil and María Corina Machado's return to Venezuela affect Latin America's alignment with the Trump administration. The conversation revisits his earlier view of an 'orange wave' across the region.
#Ars Technica gives a first drive of the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe. The car's performance character is delivered through three axial flux electric motors.
#Adult content creators and free speech advocates warn that the upcoming UK law will ban simulated incest and some depictions of oral sex. They say it risks unprecedented censorship of adult content.
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