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November 3, 2026, 2:25 PM
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New York Times:
Google plans to make it easier to restrict its AI tools for students in early 2027, but says schools that block AI entirely will lose student access to Search  —  Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students.  But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google's search engine.
Apple:
Apple reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $114.48B, above $113.39B est., China revenue up 21% to $17.5B, below $18.9B est., in John Ternus' first earnings report  —  September quarter records for total company revenue, iPhone revenue, and EPS Services revenue reaches new all-time high CUPERTINO …
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Apple expects Q1 revenue to rise 7%-10% YoY, above 6% est., and gross margins of 45%-46%, below 47% est., as John Ternus says memory pricing “is unprecedented”  —  Hardware giant predicts robust sales in the holiday season but services outlook disappoints
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
John Ternus says Apple expects “even higher memory costs” in Q1 and to keep increasing after; Apple's inventory grew 31.1% QoQ and 154.3% YoY to $14.54B in Q4
Dave Lee / Bloomberg:
John Ternus' first earnings call was a timid, scripted affair, as Apple faces a challenging Christmas quarter and a difficult 2027; AAPL falls 3%+
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google severs ties with and bans Android TV box maker Videostrong after finding it intentionally preloaded malware to open a backdoor to control the XCPE botnet  —  Google has confirmed that an Android TV device maker snuck a backdoor for malware onto certified devices …
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Binance says North Korean hackers stole $6.3B through a months-long scheme with fake LinkedIn job interviews and an ad campaign to deliver malicious software  —  Binance on Tuesday disclosed that North Korean hackers used a mix of social engineering and malicious software to pull off …
Financial Times:
Chainalysis and Elliptic expect North Korean hackers to take months to launder the stolen Binance funds, using crypto swapping services and DeFi lending markets  —  North Korean hackers are expected to take months to launder the billions of dollars of tokens they stole last week from crypto exchange Binance …
Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI hires ex-US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to oversee national security modernization, as it pushes to secure government contracts and shape military policy  —  Driscoll will advise on ways AI could bolster U.S. security capabilities and cyber defenses  —  OpenAI has appointed former …
Tom Wilson / Financial Times:
The UK NCSC says AI is “transforming cyber operations” and expects China and Russia to “routinely use AI cyber to achieve their geopolitical goals” by 2028  —  Head of National Cyber Security Centre set to warn security defences, particularly for critical infrastructure, are inadequate
Lance Whitney / ZDNET:
Microsoft updates Windows 11 to make PCs with 8GB of RAM up to 20% more responsive and multitasking up to 40% faster in lab tests, utilizing memory compression  —  The latest updates to Windows 11 offer improvements in speed, performance, and memory management.  —  ZDNET's key takeaways
Financial Times:
Sources: Nvidia verbally told cloud compute clients they must sell 51%+ of their services to non-Chinese companies, as the US further limits China's chip access  —  Nvidia is ordering its data centre partners to reduce exposure to Chinese customers in a move that further restrains China's ability …
James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
CrowdStrike agrees to buy Fiddler AI, which helps monitor AI agents, for ~$400M, and Dreadnode, an automated security AI testing tool, for ~$95M, mostly in cash  —  The deals come as companies deploy AI agents faster than some security teams can establish controls
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
ChatGPT Consumer Product Lead Adam Fry says ChatGPT has hit 1.2B WAUs, adding 200M over the past two months, and its search volume is now ~20% of Google's  —  ChatGPT consumer product lead Adam Fry on ChatGPT's growth, the cost of personal agents, and plans to bring Chat and Work together.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Rockstar plans to let users pre-load GTA VI on November 10, ahead of its November 19 launch, and says the game requires up to 212GB “depending on your device”  —  Rockstar says to make sure you have ‘ample space’ on your device. … You're going to need a lot of extra storage space …
David Pierce / The Verge:
iPad mini (2026) review: great OLED display, it's waterproof and dustproof, and the A20 Pro is fast, but it's expensive, has no 120Hz display, and lacks Face ID  —  The iPad Mini sometimes feels like a trap.  It is, in some ways and for some people, the perfect iPad: meaningfully larger …
OpenAI:
OpenAI partners with Cathedral to test its security defenses and revamps its Security Bug Bounty program, including quadrupling rewards for critical findings  —  We're planning our next internal security sprint at OpenAI, bringing new researchers and security partners together with our own teams …
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
S-1: Anthropic says it may “imminently meet” its RSI threshold and may not identify “a significant acceleration” in its development until after it has occurred  —  While much attention has focused on the updated financials Anthropic revealed in its revised S-1A on Monday …
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The NYT, the New York Daily News, and others sue browser maker Brave for allegedly scraping their articles for AI training and letting users bypass paywalls

Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney eyes laying off thousands, asking some managers to target 20% in annual cost savings, which could come from job cuts and expense reductions

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Groups including SAG-AFTRA, the WGA, the RIAA, ASCAP, BMI, CAA, and WME file amicus briefs backing the NYT in its copyright case against OpenAI and Microsoft

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Adriano Marchese / Wall Street Journal:
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Marvell agrees to acquire optical components maker Lumentum in a $115B all-stock deal, as it aims to rival Broadcom; Nvidia invested $2B in each company in 2026
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