Big Tech News
- Alex Karp calls himself a 'progressive' in an interview, and his recent earnings call remarks are compared with that claim
- Google confirms the Gemini app is coming to Apple CarPlay with full Gemini Live conversations
- Apple Invites adds guest polls for hosts and a new emoji effect in its monthly update
- Amazon launches AWS Emulator, a free open-source local suite built by AI agents that replicates hundreds of AWS services
- Google Wallet is rolling out digital Google Home keys for supported smart locks on Android
- Meta's head of infrastructure and engineering will step down in early 2027
- Microsoft vows to pay its own way to power its data centers without subsidies or higher costs for others
- Apple is shutting down its 28-year-old Support Community forum, which is already read-only, on November 20
- Windows 11's November 2026 update adds new features and a divisive security change
- LinkedIn is testing a frequent viewer label that shows users who repeatedly view their profiles
- AMD details Zen 6 EPYC server CPUs, including Venice with up to 256 cores, Verano with up to 192 cores and Venice-X with 1152 MB of cache
- Apple confirms an ongoing outage affecting iCloud Mail, Calendar, Contacts, iWork for iCloud and Game Center
- Google Fi brings back network switching with a Super Network that automatically moves Pixel users between two 5G networks
- Apple TV adds built-in sign language interpretation to supported titles, starting with Being Heumann and F1
- Reddit launches Reddit Reviews to guide shoppers' purchase decisions, drawing concern that advertising will replace human advice
- X launches a video clipping tool that lets users share excerpts and pays both original creators and clippers
- Sony retires the PlayStation Plus PC app, which goes offline December 10
- Democrats oppose a plan to stack the FCC with Republicans and propose probes of Chairman Carr
- Apple announces the Swift Student Challenge for 2027, with submissions open February 8 to February 28, 2027
- Fraggle Rock: A Holiday Gift arrives as a new holiday special exclusively on Apple TV
- Adobe Acrobat is coming to Gmail and Google Drive as Google and Adobe expand their partnership
- Sony bets on anime to build a larger intellectual property business and drive future growth
- Apple Arcade unveils three new games from hit franchises, including Crossy Road Rush and NBA 2K27
- Spotify adds new voices to its AI DJ and lets Premium users turn off commentary between songs
- Waze adds real-time alerts for nearby cyclists to drivers using Garmin LiveTrack data
- Apple may factor parking into Apple Maps arrival time estimates
- Meta's AI assistant Muse arrives on Apple Watch with voice calls, texts and dictation
- New WhatsApp head Kunal Shah wants to make the app easier to use and give its AI more capabilities
- Instagram launches Effect Builder, a free web tool for creating AI Stories filters from text descriptions
- Jensen Huang spy scandal becomes a White House problem as Donald Trump defends the Nvidia CEO