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Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement — Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time …
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered Vids app that lets users create video presentations using a prompt, with full access for Workspace users until at least 2026 — Google is generally rolling out its Gemini AI-powered Vids app that lets you create video presentations using a prompt.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
ChatGPT gave ~2M responses asking users to get election news elsewhere on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, and rejected 250K+ requests for DALL-E images of Trump and others — Now that the election is over, the dissection can begin. As this is the first election in which AI chatbots played a significant part …
More: OpenAI, Engadget, Neowin, The Decoder, The Indian Express, The Economic Times, The Hill, and CNBC
| Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: |
The 2024 US election cycle showed how crypto has turned out to be a practically perfect special interest group for an era of unlimited corporate spending — The industry made a $135 million bet on the election. It paid off spectacularly. — On Nov. 5, a few dozen Bitcoiners … | Forbes: |
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones — Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
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| Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: |
A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M — The founder of a cryptocurrency mixing service known as Bitcoin Fog was ordered to serve 12 1/2 years in prison for laundering tens …
More: US Department of Justice, Cryptopolitan, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Hacker News, and CoinGape. LinkedIn: Patrick McConnell
| Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury as of Oct. 31, down from $1.6B in March 2022; ~80% of holdings in ETH, which declined 20%+ since 2022 — The foundation has spent roughly $240 million since March 2022, and holds most of its treasury in ether, which has slid roughly 22% since the last financial report.
More: Bitcoinist.com, Ethereum Foundation, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, Cryptonews, CryptoPotato, Blockchain News …, Blockonomi, CoinGape, and Cointelegraph. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Ben Holland / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: US private construction spending on data centers grew to ~$30B/year, over 2x the amount in late 2022; global spending is on track to reach $250B/year — US companies are plowing money into building data centers as they race to get ahead in artificial intelligence.
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| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
Data shows open interest on Polymarket fell 64% from $510.95M on November 5 to $184.16M by November 8, highlighting the platform's reliance on political betting — - Open interest on Polymarket soared to $510.95 million by Nov. 5 and subsequently fell to $184.16 million by Nov. 8, The Block's data shows.
More: CNBC, The Block, and Fast Company
| Nikkei Asia: |
The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association says Taiwan's semiconductor production is on track to increase 22% YoY to a record $165B in 2024 on AI demand — HSINCHU, Taiwan — Taiwan's semiconductor production is on track for a 22% increase this year to a record 5.3 trillion New Taiwan dollars …
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
In an email in May, the NHTSA warned Tesla that its online posts falsely suggested that its cars are autonomous, potentially misleading and endangering drivers — Tesla has falsely suggested in social media posts that its cars are autonomous, potentially misleading and endangering drivers …
More: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Forbes
| Nikkei Asia: |
Tencent partners with Visa to launch a palm biometric authentication payment service at stores and restaurants in Singapore, its first expansion outside China — GUANGZHOU — China's Tencent Holdings announced that it is partnering with Visa to launch a palm biometric authentication payment service …
More: Tencent, Tech in Asia, PYMNTS.com, and Biometric Update
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Source: AI coding assistant startup Anysphere has received unsolicited offers valuing the company at as much as $2.5B from Benchmark, Index, a16z, and others — There isn't a shortage of AI-powered coding assistance startups. They include Augment, Codeium, Magic, and Poolside.
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