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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.
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
OpenAI says ChatGPT Search draws on articles from the WSJ and others it has deals with, and will direct election-related queries to sources like AP and Reuters
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’
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 …
Apple Inc.:
Apple reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $94.9B, net income of $14.74B, vs. $22.96B in Q4 2023, after paying a $10.2B charge as part of a tax decision in Europe  —  iPhone drives record September quarter revenue Services revenue reaches new all-time high  —  Apple® today announced financial results …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Wired:
Zuckerberg says Meta is training Llama 4 models on a cluster of 100K+ H100 chips, “or bigger than anything that I've seen reported for what others are doing”  —  The race for better generative AI is also a race for more computing power.  On that score, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta appears to be winning.
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 …
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 …
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.
More: Meta and The Verge
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LinkedIn: Mike Maroje Lambeta and Joelle Pineau
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.
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Nintendo launches Nintendo Music, an iOS and Android app that lets Switch Online subscribers stream or download gaming tunes from Nintendo titles  —  This time, it's a mobile app called Nintendo Music, which lets users listen to classic gaming tunes from Nintendo games spanning the last few decades …
John O'Nolan:
Ghost's CEO details the organization's governance structure and says the open-source CMS generates ~$7.5M in annual revenue and has been profitable for 12 years  —  Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.
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 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Peloton names Ford executive Peter Stern as CEO, set to start on January 1, to lead a turnaround, and projects Q2 subscriber numbers below analyst estimates  —  - Peloton also delivers results that show better profitability  —  Peloton Interactive Inc. shares soared after the fitness company …
Kali Hays / Fortune:
Internal memo: Block CEO Jack Dorsey says Tidal is in for another mass layoff; insiders say as many as 100 people could be laid off, or ~25% of Tidal's staff  —  Block CEO and founder Jack Dorsey wants streaming music app Tidal to operate like a startup again - and that means layoffs
Nico Grant / New York Times:
Media Matters: from May to August 2024, the top 30 conservative YouTube channels posted 286 videos containing US election misinformation, racking up 47M+ views  —  In June 2023, YouTube decided to stop fighting the most persistent strain of election misinformation in the United States …

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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

More News

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+
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

Earlier Picks

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Many long-time game workers are ditching large productions in favor of smaller teams, enabled by growing accessibility of Unreal Engine and other powerful tools
Washington Post:
CCDH: of 283 X posts in 2024 with false election claims that Community Notes members had responded to, only 20 had notes with enough votes to be publicly shown
Bloomberg:
Source: Amazon's target deadline to unveil AI-upgraded Alexa has moved into 2025, after documents showed Amazon planned to unveil the product on Oct. 17, 2024
New York Times:
Kraken lays off workers and names Arjun Sethi as co-CEO; sources: the cuts total 15% of staff, or ~400, including COO Gilles BianRosa and CTO Vishnu Patankar
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