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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let paid users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google — The new option will let the chatbot's users search for timely information much as they would on the web.
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LinkedIn: Daniel Longoria, Eric Herbel, and Conor Dragomanovich
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
| CNBC: |
Apple Q4 revenue: iPhone up 6% YoY to $46.22B, Mac up 2% YoY to $7.74B, iPad up 8% YoY to $6.95B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories down 3% YoY to $9.04B — Apple reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results.| Apple Inc.: |
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Threads: @salrodriguez. X: @jimcramer, @lexnfx, @munster_gene, @lanceulanoff, and @lexnfx. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Amazon.com, Inc.: |
Amazon Q3: revenue up 11% YoY to $158.9B, a $15.3B net income vs. $9.9B in Q3 2023, a $17.4B operating income vs. $11.2B in Q3 2023; AMZN jumps 5%+ after hours — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2024.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q3 revenue down 6% YoY to $13.28B, vs. $13.02B est., a net loss of $16.99B, and Q4 guidance above estimates; INTC jumps 10%+ after hours — Intel shares rose 7% in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker reported better-than-expected earnings and issued quarterly guidance that topped estimates.
More: Intel, The Times, Thurrott, New York Times, The Information, PCWorld, CTech, Shacknews, TipRanks Financial, and Watcher Guru
| Financial Times: |
Uber reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $11.2B, above est., gross bookings up 16% YoY to $41B, a $1.1B operating income, above est. and up from $394M in Q3 2023 — Forecast for customer spending on ride-hailing app fell slightly short of Wall Street's estimates
More: The Daily Upside, Uber, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, RetailWire, Proactive, Watcher Guru, The Information, and Bloomberg. LinkedIn: John Nelson
| Financial Times: |
China sanctions Skydio, the US' largest drone maker and a supplier to Ukraine's military; sources say Skydio is rushing to find new suppliers for critical parts — Skydio, the US's largest drone maker and a supplier to Ukraine's military, faces a supply chain crisis after Beijing imposed sanctions …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google adds Gemini in Google Maps in the US, with AI-summarized reviews and answers to conversational questions by users, and adds 150 cities to Immersive View — Google Maps is getting a big update that's supposed to help you find new places to visit with AI.
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| Dominic Chopping / Wall Street Journal: |
The EU Commission opens formal DSA proceedings against Temu over the alleged sales of non-compliant products and its platform design, like addictive features — The European Union is investigating Chinese e-commerce platform Temu over concerns that it may have failed to limit the sale of illegal products.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft delays the rollout of its controversial Recall feature to December to “refine the experience”, after previously pushing it from June to October — Microsoft says it needs more time to make sure the AI feature is ‘a secure and trusted experience’
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic launches Claude apps for Mac and Windows in public beta, and releases a dictation tool for Claude on iOS, Android, and iPadOS — Anthropic's AI-powered chatbot, Claude, now has desktop apps. — Anthropic is launching Claude apps for Mac and Windows today in public beta, which …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Windows users will only be able to buy one year of Extended Security Updates for Windows 10 for $30, after support ends in October 2025 — Microsoft is finally revealing that it will charge consumers $30 for a year of extra security updates to Windows 10.
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Forums: r/technology, r/technews, and r/windows
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The EU will review Nvidia's acquisition of AI workload management startup Run:ai, after a request by Italy's regulators; Nvidia reportedly paid $700M for Run:ai — The European Union has tossed a spanner in the works of chipmaker Nvidia's proposed acquisition of Tel Aviv-based AI workload management startup Run:ai.| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips made by TSMC's N7 process and with Wi-Fi 7 in the iPhone 17 lineup, reducing its reliance on Broadcom — Apple's big launches for 2024 are nearly complete, so reports are going to pick up regarding the 2025 product lineup.
More: MacRumors, The Verge, GSMArena.com, Redmond Pie, BGR, Digital Trends, Macworld, MacRumors, and PhoneArena
| Gene Park / Washington Post: |
Activision-Blizzard says the Call of Duty series has sold more than 500M copies to date; Nadella says Black Ops 6 set a record for first-day players — The Call of Duty series has sold more than 500 million copies to date, according to publisher Activision-Blizzard. “Black Ops 6” set launch-day records.
More: Ars Technica, Video Games Chronicle, Video Games Chronicle, VICE, Game World Observer, MSPoweruser, NME, GameSpot, Polygon, KitGuru, TechRaptor, IGN, and Pure Xbox
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Waymo was valued at more than $45B, after it raised $5.6B last week, led by Alphabet — - Company is rapidly expanding number of ride-hailing trips … The business said late last week that it had raised $5.6 billion in new capital at an undisclosed value.| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
OnePlus unveils the OnePlus 13, its next flagship with a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, 12GB+ RAM, and a 6,000mAh battery, available in China on November 1 for ~$630+ — OnePlus has officially announced its next flagship smartphone, the new OnePlus 13. Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor …
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X: @ishanagarwal24, @sondesix, @sondesix, and @mishaalrahman
| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
A look at X's Election Integrity Community, a feed to “share potential incidents of voter fraud” that has 50K+ members, launched by Elon Musk's America PAC — Elon Musk didn't just get a social network—he got a political weapon. — It's easy to forget that Elon Musk's purchase …
More: The Guardian, Wired, CNN, Florida Phoenix, and Reuters
Mastodon: @Doug_Bostrom@scicomm.xyz. X: @elonmusk, @emeraldrobinson, @darrigomelanie, @krassenstein, @cwarzel, @beckerdavidj, @businesslucas, @garymarcus, @lauferlaw, @markszaidesq, @america, @lbarronlopez, @erratarob, @pamelafessler, @zcohencnn, @zcohencnn, @brizzyc, @maxflugrath, and @zaleskiluke
Forums: r/DeFranco, r/Destiny, r/DeclineIntoCensorship, and r/Twitter
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Sophos details a five-year battle with Chinese hackers exploiting its firewalls, and how its device “implants” traced the hacks to a university and a contractor — Sophos went so far as to plant surveillance “implants” on its own devices to catch the hackers at work—and in doing so …
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Mastodon: @threatresearch@infosec …, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange
LinkedIn: Graham Helton, Jacob Williams, and Andy Greenberg
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Tether reports Q3 net profits of $2.5B, driven by gains in its US Treasury and gold holdings and bringing YTD profit to $7.7B, as USDT market cap nears $120B — The company also owns a significant amount of gold and the big move higher in the yellow metal boosted profits.
More: Tether, The Information, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, Bloomberg, Crypto Briefing, and Bitcoin Insider. X: @paoloardoino
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta is working with Wonik and GelSight to develop and commercialize tactile sensors for AI, including the Allegro robotic hand and Digit 360 tactile fingertips — Meta says it's partnering with sensor firm GelSight and Wonik Robotics, a South Korean robotics company, to commercialize tactile sensors for AI.| ProPublica: |
An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms that collectively controlled 340+ Pages and placed 160K+ ads to collect users' information — Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism — Deceptive Political Ads: Eight deceptive advertising networks …
More: HuffPost and Gizmodo
Mastodon: @dmarti@federate.social. Bluesky: @bobstarr.bsky.social. X: @propublica, @craigsilverman, @charlesornstein, @propublica, and @ebakerwhite
Forums: r/politics, r/news, r/politics, r/musked, r/neutralnews, r/NPR, and r/politics
| Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft reports Q2 net bookings down 36% YoY to €352.3M, vs. €368M est., and expects Q3 net bookings of €380M, down from €626M in Q3 2023, as its big games flop — - Expects net bookings over lucrative holiday season to be down — Success of Assassin's Creed Shadows in February is criticalSponsor Posts
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