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Sources: iOS 18.2 may arrive during the week of December 2; thoughts on the Mac mini as a gaming device, the Pixelmator deal, Q4 earnings, and Peloton's new CEO — The new Mac mini could become Apple's long-awaited answer to the PlayStation and Xbox. Also: The company's next AI features …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity launches a dedicated hub for the US general election, including ballot measures and voting results, while rivals like OpenAI have been more cautious — Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, might hallucinate from time to time. But the company wants to show that it's trustworthy enough …
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Sources: Apple delays the production of a cheaper Vision Pro beyond 2027, meaning its only new headset in 2025 will be a Vision Pro with an M5 chip — As I understand it, production of the cheaper Vision Pro has been delayed beyond 2027 for a while now. This means Apple's …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta's plans to build a US nuclear-powered AI data center were thwarted in part after a rare bee species was found on land earmarked for the project — Mark Zuckerberg is continuing to explore energy deals amid a Big Tech arms race over artificial intelligence| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X starts rolling out an update to let users see public posts, and following and followers lists, of users who block them; blocked users still can't engage or DM — X is rolling out its controversial update to the block feature, allowing people to view your public posts even if you have blocked them.
More: Engadget, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Silicon Republic, PCMag, X, Cybernews.com, and KTVU-TV. X: @emptywheel
| New York Times: |
An analysis of 50 Telegram “election integrity” channels with 500K+ users finds disinformation, conspiracy theories, and violent imagery before the US election — Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand … | Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 review: the new $60 screen is easy to build, works with the latest OS, and holds the Pi on its back, but scrolling can be awkward — It has been nine years since the previous Touch Display was released. … The official Raspberry Pi Touch Display debuted …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Physical Intelligence, which plans to use AI to create brains for robots, raised $400M led by Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital at a $2B valuation — The start-up raised $400 million in a funding round with investments from the likes of Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital and OpenAI.| Reuters: |
The US fines GlobalFoundries $500K and says it sent 74 shipments worth $17.1M to SJ Semiconductor, an affiliate of SMIC, without seeking a license — The U.S. said on Friday it imposed a $500,000 penalty on New York-based GlobalFoundries (GFS.O), the world's third-largest contract chipmaker … | Washington Post: |
An analysis of 800 US adults' TikTok feeds: female users received ~11% more content about Harris than men did, and saw 40% more Harris campaign videos than men — When we asked Post readers to send us their TikTok viewing histories, we found distinct differences in political news shown to men and women.
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| Reuters: |
Shenzhen-based autonomous driving startup DeepRoute.ai raised $100M from an unnamed Chinese automaker, and plans to launch 10+ models with clients in 2025 — Chinese autonomous driving technology developer DeepRoute.ai has raised $100 million from an automaker, the company said on Monday …
More: Tech Startups, CCN.com, and Tech in Asia
| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
Blackstone, Pimco, Carlyle, BlackRock, and others have loaned $11B+ to CoreWeave, Crusoe, and other “neocloud” companies, creating a lucrative new debt market — Wall Street's largest financial institutions have loaned more than $11bn to a niche group of tech companies based … Sponsor Posts
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