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November 7, 2024, 1:20 PM

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Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
Mac mini (2024) review: the M4 Pro is incredibly fast, 16GB+ of RAM, front USB-C, smaller design, and Thunderbolt 5 with M4 Pro, but overpriced spec upgrades  —  It's a tiny mighty Mac.  —  “That's a computer?!”  My daughter just couldn't believe her eyes when I pulled the new Mac mini out of its box.
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
MacBook Pro (14", M4) review: more RAM, same I/O as the 16", webcam is sharp and clear, and optional nano-texture is nice, but M4 Pro and Max are more appealing  —  More ports, more RAM, a nicer screen, and a better webcam for a little less money. … For a long time, the entry-level MacBook Pro …
Alex Wawro / Tom's Guide:
Bloomberg:
France's gambling regulator says it is “aware” of Polymarket and is “currently examining its operation and compliance”, after user Fredi9999 made a ~$48M profit  —  - Inquiry follows publicity around French trader's huge bets  — New evidence on whale's profit grows haul to $78 mln
Tom Warren / The Verge:
New York Times:
Sources: before Trump's win, Elon Musk asked him to hire SpaceX staff as top government officials, including in the DOD, a sign of the benefits Musk may reap  —  The world's richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Microsoft starts rolling out AI-powered text editing feature Rewrite in Notepad, and Generative Fill and Generative Erase features in Paint to Windows Insiders  —  Microsoft is adding AI-powered text editing to Notepad, the stripped-down text editor originally introduced in 1983.
New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and more quietly courted Trump before the election, laying the groundwork for improved Silicon Valley and DC relations  —  The executives of tech's biggest companies largely ignored Donald Trump before the 2016 election.  This time around, they're far more friendly.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Matter launches its 1.4 spec, including “enhanced multi-admin” and updates to energy management support, in a bid to get the smart home standard back on track  —  It's been two long years since the launch of Matter — the one smart home standard designed to rule them all …
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Take-Two reports Q2 net bookings up 2% YoY to $1.47B, vs. $1.43B est., net revenue up 4% to $1.35B, and sells its Private Division label to an unnamed buyer  —  Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO.O) beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter bookings and profit on Wednesday …
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Canada orders TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national security, but says it is not blocking Canadians' access; TikTok plans to appeal  —  Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic partners with Palantir and AWS to let US intel and defense agencies access its Claude models and “operationalize” their use on Palantir using AWS  —  Anthropic on Thursday announced that it's teaming up with Palantir, the data-mining firm, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Roblox plans to stop kids under 13 from accessing experiences with “certain types of interactive features”, including “social hangouts”, starting on November 18  —  Roblox is going to block kids from accessing certain types of experiences following reports alleging that the platform has enabled child abuse.
Bloomberg:
The US SEC's crypto enforcement is slated for a major rollback under President Trump, who in July 2024 pledged to fire Gary Gensler on the first day in office  —  - Trump has pledged to fire Gensler on the first day in office  — Next SEC chair is expected to push forward new regulations
Maani Truu / ABC:
Australia plans to introduce legislation that would ban children under 16 from using social media, including those who already have accounts or parental consent  —  In short:  —  Social media users under the age of 16 are set to be barred from using social media, under legislation expected to be introduced to parliament this month.
New York Times:
How Russia openly escalated its online interference before the US election, including fabricated videos to support Trump, some of which had very little traction  —  The Kremlin did not bother to hide its efforts to influence the 2024 presidential election, as it did in the past.
Ian King / Bloomberg:

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