Techmeme: Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so (Sebastian Sinclair/Decrypt)

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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:

Block reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY to $5.98B, vs. $6.24B est., gross profit up 19% YoY to $2.25B, Cash App gross profit up 21% to $1.31B, and a $284M net income — WATCH NOW — Block reported third-quarter revenue on Thursday that trailed Wall Street expectations.

More: Block, Fortune, Protos, The Crypto Times, MarketWatch, Blockhead, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, and Benzinga. Threads: @kalihays1

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk:

Block says it is investing less in music streaming app Tidal and winding down decentralized “Web5” venture TBD to focus on its bitcoin mining rigs and wallet — The firm is redoubling efforts to supply miners as that industry struggles with profits — and Donald Trump promises help.

More: Blockonomi, Music Ally, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, Cryptonews, TechCrunch, CoinGape, and Decrypt

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Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:

Some TikTok staff and users see Trump as a possible savior from the ban; others question whether Trump even cares about the app now that the campaign is over — Trump has signaled he's against a possible ban of the viral video-sharing app — Some TikTok staff and creators …

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Bluesky: @theprestige.bsky.social and @wagatwe.com. X: @ali_lev

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:

With Elon Musk's ascension in Trump's orbit, tech leaders on the right hope to steer the second Trump administration, bringing a startup ethos to the government

More: Wccftech and NBC News

Bluesky: @jayhawkjeff.bsky.social, @angelaina.bsky.social, and @jarnon.bsky.social

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages — TikTok on Thursday debuted a new feature that will more closely connect its app, which already influences which songs top the charts …

More: TikTok, Spotify, Hypebeast, Music Ally, PhoneArena, MSPoweruser, Neowin, Mashable, Engadget, Android Headlines, Social Media Today, Billboard, Digital Music News, Pocket-lint, How-To Geek, The Verge, Music Business Worldwide, and Music Week. Threads: @chris

Financial Times:

Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7nm or smaller as of this coming Monday — World's biggest contract chipmaker acts to ensure it is in line with US restrictions on Chinese access to latest processors

More: The Information, Engadget, Business Insider, South China Morning Post, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, Barron's Online, Wccftech, WinBuzzer, Nikkei Asia, TrendForce News, and Bloomberg

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Anissa Gardizy / The Information:

Source: Amazon is discussing a second multibillion-dollar Anthropic investment, asking Anthropic to use servers with Amazon chips; Anthropic prefers Nvidia GPUs — Amazon is discussing making a second multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI rival Anthropic, according to a person involved in the discussions.

More: The Decoder, DatacenterDynamics, Spyglass, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Benzinga

X: @anissagardizy8. Forums: r/singularity

Sebastian Sinclair / Decrypt:

Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so — Starting in mid-2025, Detroit residents will be able to pay with popular cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum through a PayPal-managed platform.

Mark Hachman / PCWorld:

Mercury Research: AMD's desktop CPU market share, in units, grew from 19.2% in Q3 2023 to 28.7% in Q3 2024 and from 19.5% to 22.3% for mobile in the same period — AMD's desktop CPU market share jumped nearly 10 percent in the last year, an analyst reported Thursday, on the heels …

More: Tom's Hardware, The Verge, XDA Developers, Wccftech, and Trak.in

Forums: r/technology, r/pcmasterrace, and r/hardware

Bloomberg:

Sony reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$19.45B, operating profit up 73% YoY to ~$2.96B vs. ~$2.18B est., and PS5 sales of 3.8M units, down from 4.9M a year ago — - Chinese hit ‘Wukong’ helped game sales on aging PlayStation 5 — Image sensor business was hurt by demand lull in North America

More: Sony Group Portal, Gizmodo, GamesIndustry.biz, Engadget, Benzinga, Game World Observer, Wccftech, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Sony Group Portal, Sony Group Portal, and Reuters

Threads: @tomwarrenuk. X: @tomwarren

Blake Brittain / Reuters:

A US federal judge dismisses Raw Story and AlterNet's copyright lawsuit against OpenAI over LLM training, for now, saying the outlets couldn't show enough harm — A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI that claimed it misused articles …

More: VentureBeat, Windows Central, Engadget, The Decoder, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg Law, CCN.com, WinBuzzer, Silicon Republic, ai fray, and Music Ally

Threads: @carnage4life. X: @rustybrick

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Bloomberg:

Source: Baidu plans to unveil smart glasses with cameras and voice commands built atop AI model Ernie next week, launching as soon as early 2025 for under $299 — China's search leader and longtime investor in artificial intelligence plans to showcase the product at its annual Baidu World event …

More: Fortune, The Information, WinBuzzer, TechNode, and Tech in Asia. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social

Ming-Chi Kuo:

Kuo: Apple plans to upgrade the high-end iPhone 18's wide-angle lens in 2026 to a variable aperture camera; Sunny Optical will be the primary shutter supplier — Key Growth Drivers for Sunny Optical's Apple Orders in 2025-2026: — 1. Lens Supply Allocation to Rebound Significantly from ~5% in 2024 to 15-20% in 2025

More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, Neowin, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, Wccftech, Mashable, Patently Apple, PhoneArena, and TechRadar

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:

iVerify's founder says the FBI is investigating whether China used its access to Verizon networks to infect the iPhones of staff of a US presidential campaign — The FBI has been notified of evidence of hacking on the iPhones of two senior officials at one of the presidential campaigns.

More: AppleInsider. X: @iblametom and @iblametom

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: the CFPB told staff not to conduct work using mobile voice calls or text messages due to China-linked telco hack; many US officials curtailed phone use

More: Metacurity, CSO, TechRadar, KDFX-TV, CyberScoop, ABC7, and CPO Magazine

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