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| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Apple unveils the $299 Apple HomeView, a 7" smart display with an A18 chip, tabletop and wall-mounted versions, and “HomeView software”, shipping November 13 — With customizable “faces,” this 7-inch smart display is a unique hybrid between an iPhone and an Apple Watch.
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Forums: r/europe, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Apple: |
Apple unveils the Apple Home Collection, a lineup of smart home accessories made with LG and Schneider, including cameras, thermostats, a doorbell, and a lock — In collaboration with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, Apple brings the simplicity, reliability, and privacy of iPhone …
More: Gizmodo, ZDNET, How-To Geek, CNET, Thurrott, AppleInsider, Wired, TechCrunch, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge, T3, Gadget Review, Redmond Pie, MacStories, Mashable, Phandroid, Digital Trends, Pulse 2.0, Six Colors, Toronto Star, iClarified, Tom's Guide, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, The Apple Post, and Notebookcheck
X: @snazzylabs, @canoopsy, @neilcybart, @stephenrobles, @theappledesign, @raywongy, @aaronp613, and @joannastern
Forums: r/HomeKit, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple HomeView demo: a square screen with a personalized, iPhone-like experience based on facial recognition, up to six users, Siri AI, and a closed ecosystem — HomeView is a square-shaped screen for smart home control, hands-free FaceTime calls and access to Siri AI
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Apple unveils the fourth-gen Apple TV 4K, with Siri AI, an A19 chip, 128GB of storage, far-field mics, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6, shipping November 13 for $299 — The fourth-gen streaming box also gets a surround-sound upgrade and the ability to find your Siri remote.
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| Apple: |
Apple unveils the $149 HomePod mini 2, with an S10 chip, “Sound Glow” interactive lighting, and Siri AI via a future update, in five colors, shipping October 30 — With a profoundly more capable and conversational Siri AI, new ways to enjoy music, and a more immersive home theater experience …
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Forums: r/HomeKit, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple says the HomeView will not be available in the EU because Siri AI is currently unavailable on iOS there and it is “working constructively with the EU” — Apple's new HomeView smart home hub will not be available in the European Union because Siri AI is currently unavailable …
More: ZDNET, Business Today, EasternEye, iThinkDifferent, Mashable, iPhone in Canada, The Shortcut, and The Apple Post
X: @luciascarlet and @tom_krikorian
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Rhea Rose Abraham / Reuters: |
Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, agrees to sell some assets to Disney for $20M, and plans to keep operating as it completes the sale — Character.AI said on Monday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US and agreed to sell some of its assets to Walt Disney (DIS.N) for $20 million.
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| Alexander Lee / GamesBeat: |
Sources: Rockstar plans to release the PC version of GTA 6 within the first three months of 2027, after releasing it on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 19 — Become a member of GB MAX to gain exclusive access to the industry and to the most influential global B2B leadership community …
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic researchers say small AI models may be months away from being able to self-replicate on IoT devices like smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes — Our experiments suggest that small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self-replicate on commercial IoT devices …
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Forums: r/ClaudeAI, r/Anthropic, r/agi, r/LocalLLM, r/worldnews, r/news, r/antiai, and r/neoliberal
| Meta AI Research: |
Meta introduces Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, saying that they “deliver state-of-the-art performance on personal and professional agentic tasks” — Fourteen months ago, we began a ground-up overhaul of our artificial intelligence efforts. In that time, we've gone from rebuilding …
More: Meta Newsroom, Investor's Business Daily, Meta, New York Times, Techstrong.ai, PCMag, The Neuron, Help Net Security, The Indian Express, Windows Report, and Artificial Analysis
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| Cheeky Pint: |
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| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
More: Wired, Latent.Space, Bloomberg, FUNDA, and Agence France-Presse
| Reuters: |
Bumble says it has agreed to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings in a $1.3B deal; Ithaca co-founders Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman will become Bumble's co-CEOs — Bumble (BMBL.O) said on Tuesday it had agreed to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings in a deal valued at $1.3 billion …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
SpaceXSI launches a unified X Subscription bundling Grok, Cursor, and X Premium, with tiers at $8, $30, $100, and $200 per month; the $30 tier includes Grok Bot — One membership will give you access to SpaceXSI's products. — SpaceXSI has announced a unified membership scheme across its products called the X Subscription.
More: xAI, TechCrunch, xAI, The New Stack, Forkast, and Motley Fool
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says new measures like preserved thinking in Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 have reduced data harvesting through distillation attacks by about 90% to 99% — In recent months, we've made substantial progress on reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks on Claude using new methods, as we outline in this blog.
More: Blockchain.News, The Decoder, and Forbes Europe
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Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, and r/singularity
| Anniek Bao / CNBC: |
The IMF lifts its 2026 global GDP growth forecast to 3.1%, up from 3% in July, citing an AI boom that offsets Middle East war disruptions and high energy costs — BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for global growth this year as the AI-driven investment boom helps offset … | Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Epic has delayed the release of an upcoming game, instructing developers to implement an “AI first” production model with “no more hand-written code” — The company told the team behind the upcoming shooter that it will now be an ‘AI first’ production
More: Game World Observer, The Verge, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, Gadget Review, The A.V. Club, Digit, KitGuru, and Wccftech
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Forums: r/pcgaming, r/COPYRIGHT, and r/aigamedev
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese tech companies bought 1M+ Nvidia gaming and workstation chips, mostly RTX 5090 and RTX Pro, for basic AI workloads amid an AI chip shortage — The country's tech giants are snapping up products never designed for advanced AI to satisfy soaring computing demands
More: Tom's Hardware, MarketWatch, and IGN
| Aditya Soni / Reuters: |
Sources: Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed for substantial control over what external AI evaluators can publish, out of concern that trade secrets could leak — Anthropic and OpenAI have sought significant control over what outside evaluators can publish, concerned that findings could reveal trade secrets … | Reece Rogers / Wired: |
Meta confirms Muse lets users “engage in adult conversations, if they choose, using a private and secure VM”, saying it doesn't block “legal adult behavior” — My Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters.| Reuters: |
Sources: US banking regulators are questioning banks about their deployment of agentic AI, use of Chinese-developed AI models, and autonomous system safeguards — Banking regulators are stepping up efforts to contain growing AI risks, six people familiar with the matter said …
More: Semafor, Politico, and PYMNTS.com
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