Techmeme: A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and a square screen the size of about two iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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Sources: Google plans to preview an AI product codenamed Jarvis, which takes over a user's web browser to complete tasks like booking a flight, in December — Google is developing artificial intelligence that takes over a person's web browser to complete tasks such as gathering research …

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and a square screen the size of about two iPhones — Also: fresh details on the company's upcoming smart home device. — Apple kicks off a Mac overhaul this week that centers on new M4 chips.

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X: @raywongy and @markgurman

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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:

Online influencers are earning thousands for a single post on behalf of groups backing Harris or Trump, with scant regulatory oversight or public transparency — On TikTok, Instagram and X, freelance creators profit from the murky practice of persuading their large followings to back Trump or Harris.

X: @cat_zakrzewski and @seanjcooksey

Alex Wolf / Bloomberg Law:

FTX agrees to drop its litigation against Bybit in a deal worth about $228M that will allow FTX to withdraw assets from Bybit's cryptocurrency exchange — Search by Law Firm Search by Topic — FTX Trading Ltd. agreed to drop sprawling litigation against Bybit Fintech Ltd. and related entities …

More: Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, DL News, and The Coin Republic. Forums: r/ethtrader

Wall Street Journal:

Q&A with Precision Neuroscience executives about the uses of brain-computer interfaces, human trials, brain implants becoming consumer devices, and more — People with severe spinal injuries will one day be able to return to work, according to executives at Precision Neuroscience

Reuters:

Sources: TSMC halted shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo, which was co-founded by Bitmain's Micree Zhan, after TSMC chips were found on Huawei AI chips — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (2330.TW) suspended shipments to China-based chip designer Sophgo after a chip …

More: The Information, Tom's Hardware, SOPHGO, South China Morning Post, TheMinerMag, Cryptopolitan, CoinGape, and Huawei Central

X: @pstasiatech, @wublockchain, @yueqi_yang, @amir, and @wublockchain

Forums: r/fucktheccp and r/worldnews

Bloomberg:

Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI transforming the world much faster than the internet, Arm's global operations and China's role, geopolitics, and more — Rene Haas, the chief executive officer of Arm Holdings, says AI's impact will be ‘quite, quite dramatic’ and there's no holding back smart cars.

LinkedIn: Anna Edwards

Wall Street Journal:

How militaries around the world are using warfare simulation video games like Slitherine Software's Command: Professional Edition to run battle scenarios — Militaries worldwide run battle scenarios using one family-run British company's software, rooted in Tom Clancy novels. Watch a video simulation to see how.

LinkedIn: Arnel David

Leo Lewis / Financial Times:

Japan has too many startups that IPO too early amid a lack of late-stage funding, hurting unicorn ambitions; data: funding is set to fall ~33% from 2022 to 2024 — The country urgently needs a vibrant business pipeline to replace the unicorn's unambitious cousin

LinkedIn: Nicholas Benes

Bloomberg:

At a TSMC event, founder Morris Chang said the company will soon face its “most severe” challenges in driving growth as free trade of semiconductors falters — - CEO says confident TSMC will still expand tech leadership — Washington has been limiting China's access to advanced chips

X: @pstasiatech and @business

Keith Bradsher / New York Times:

China, the leading producer of rare minerals, has made it harder in recent weeks for foreign companies, particularly chip makers, to buy such materials in China — Already the dominant producer of rare minerals, Beijing is using export restrictions and its power over state-owned companies to further control access.

X: @martijnrasser and @alantonelson. LinkedIn: Todd Malan

Forums: r/technology and r/geopolitics

Ned Beauman / Financial Times:

A look at Factorio, a strategy video game that is a cult hit among tech workers with ~4M copies sold over eight years, as it releases its first expansion pack — Tech workers cannot resist the cult video game that asks players to single-handedly restage the industrial revolution

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