• Apple refreshes the iMac, entry-level MacBook Pro with the M6 chip
• South Carolina's measles outbreak jumped to Washington state 5 times in 2 weeks
• China's top-secret spaceplane can't hide in low-Earth orbit
• "No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses
• Anthropic IPO warns its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity
• Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth
• Google begins certifying Registered App Stores for Android, but not in the US
• Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
• Warner Bros. drops final trailer for Dune: Part Three
• Ford simplifies using your EV as a home battery with the $30K Fathom
• DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model promising more realistic physics and humans
• From cheap tool to premium subscription: When a beloved app's price skyrockets
• Apple iPhone Duo review: Two screens, two experiences, two thousand dollars
• Some iPhone Duo screens are already failing, Apple says only a "small number" are affected
• Sculpture re-creates odd optical effects of famed Lycurgus Cup
• US officials want Section 702 renewed before damaging court ruling goes public
• Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce
• Worms mate in man's eyes, get plucked out right before larvae burst out
• Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes
• Apple releases iOS and macOS 27.2 with new Siri AI features, new Music logo
| • NXP reports Q3 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.79B, vs. $3.76B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates; NXPI drops 7%+ after hours (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)
• Source: Apple has discussed charging $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro with an OLED XDR touch screen and M5 Pro chip, $400 more than the current M5 Pro model (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
• Discord says it will let public-channel messages from servers listed in Server Discovery appear in web search from mid-December; admins and members can opt out (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
• Anthropic details early drug development work with six partners and says it has acquired Mithril, a one-person company working on muscular dystrophy (Anthropic)
• Robinhood reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $1.42B, in line with est., crypto revenue down 55% to $120M, and profit down 14% to $476M; HOOD drops 5%+ after hours (Reuters)
• Sources: AI robotics startup Physical Intelligence is in talks to raise $1B+ led by Avenir and Lux Capital at a ~$20B valuation, up from $11.5B earlier in 2026 (Bloomberg)
• Sources: Meta's $25B share sale was oversubscribed 5x as it seeks $98B for AI spending; the 15 largest investors in the sale accounted for ~70% of shares (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg)
• Memo: Amazon says measuring AI adoption solely by token usage or code generation is "deeply flawed," as it discourages staff from tokenmaxxing (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
• GM plans to switch from the NYSE to Nasdaq on November 17 as part of its push under Tesla veteran Sterling Anderson to use AI to speed up its development cycle (Financial Times)
• Avante, which builds an AI platform to help companies manage employee healthcare and other benefits, raised a $30M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2024 (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)
• Oracle adds ChatGPT and Codex to its app stack and expands Oracle Cloud Infrastructure lineup with Google TPUs, OpenAI's Jalapeño chip, and Cerebras hardware (Seema Mody/CNBC)
• Google launches Genie 4, a world model powered by Gemini 3.8 Flash designed to generate interactive AI simulations, initially as a preview to trusted testers (Jay Peters/The Verge)
• Anthropic's S-1 shows an 85% gross margin in H1 from running its models, a reality check for skeptics who said pay-as-you-go model sales wouldn't be profitable (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
• London-based Machenta, which is building an AI model that can teach robots new physical tasks after seeing them performed just once, raised a $40M seed (Rya Jetha/Business Insider)
• Apple adds a beta AI assistant built on Apple's and OpenAI's models to Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Logic Pro, plus MCP support to Keynote, Pages, and Numbers (Emma Roth/The Verge)
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• iPhone 18e reportedly comes with 2nm A20 chip and 60Hz screen
• ChatGPT can work with your iCloud Mail and Calendar thanks to new plugin support
• Rockstar workers in the UK will hold a union vote just as GTA 6 is released
• Grand Theft Auto VI reportedly requires a 210GB download
• This old Nokia phone got an AI Upgrade it was never designed for
• Why buying a Mac mini over a MacBook might be the smarter move
• Pokémon Unite is shutting down
• Why does the FCC hate Minions routers?
• Apple Creator Studio update adds MotionVFX to Final Cut, and AI to everywhere
• Apple iPhone Duo vs Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold: The differences beyond foldable style
• You can finally see who's talking in voice chat on PlayStation 5 — here's how
• Vivo's X500 Pro Max is another camera-focused smartphone with more video tricks
• The reason why some USB ports are orange
• Nintendo sets an Indie World showcase for October 28
• Why some iPhone apps don't appear in Apple CarPlay
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• Anthropic's political problem will get worse before it gets better
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