• 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
| • How Silicon Valley billionaires raised $333M+ to try to defeat a 5% California wealth tax; Patrick Collison's $33M is his most serious campaign engagement yet (New York Times)
• The CFTC files a legal challenge to block Utah's attempt to restrict prediction market betting, asserting it is the sole US regulator of prediction markets (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
• SK Hynix expects memory shortages to persist through at least 2030; it has long-term deals with 14 major buyers for 50%+ of its output in 2027 and 2028 (Simon Sharwood/The Register)
• Sources: TPG is in talks to acquire UK-based Ark Data Centres, which operates 27 data centers in the UK and Belgium, from Elliott Management at a ~$5B valuation (Financial Times)
• Industry insiders say PCBs and chip substrates are key supply constraints for consumer electronics makers as AI demand increasingly eats up production capacity (Nikkei Asia)
• Sources: CXMT plans to start HBM3E production despite yields of just 20% to 30%; its HBM3E performance is closer to that of SK Hynix's previous-gen HBM3 chips (Reuters)
• Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom and digital services company, rose 21.4% in its trading debut after raising ~$3.2B in the country's largest IPO (Priyanka Salve/CNBC)
• Sources: Fujifilm plans to increase magnetic tape production capacity fivefold to meet AI-driven storage demand, its biggest production expansion in ~20 years (Nikkei Asia)
• Anthropic's S-1 implies a $40T+ annual TAM based on the economic value of knowledge work in 2025, topping SpaceX's $28.5T estimate, without explicitly naming it (Wall Street Journal)
• Sources: HP, Asus, and Acer are shifting some PC production from Thailand and Vietnam back to China amid rising component costs; Dell is mulling a similar move (Nikkei Asia)
• The US FCC approves Amazon Leo's $11.5B acquisition of Globalstar, giving Amazon access to Globalstar's 24 satellites and mobile satellite spectrum (David Shepardson/Reuters)
• Sources: chipmaker Onsemi is in talks to acquire 16-year-old chip startup Ferric for ~$1B; PitchBook: Ferric last raised a $32.1M Series C in December 2024 (Valida Pau/The Information)
• Letter: two Democratic senators allege the Trump administration withheld a secret FISC ruling on search filters that let analysts access Americans' messages (Dell Cameron/Wired)
• SK Hynix plans to return $22B+ in dividends and ~$15B in buybacks to shareholders, on top of its ~$30B buyback program completed in August (Kwanwoo Jun/Wall Street Journal)
• AMD says it will invest $1B in Meta's equity offering, its first Helios rackscale systems are installed at Meta, and its EPYC CPUs power Meta's Muse AI agent (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
| • iOS 27.2 brings two new features to Apple's CarPlay
• Don't throw away your old Kindle — repurpose it instead
• This one missing feature from the Slate truck might be a dealbreaker for truck enthusiasts
• Discord public server messages may be soon searchable on Google, but you can opt out
• How to change and customize your Android Auto display
• The best ways to tell if someone is using AI glasses
• What are wrong number text scams, and how can you avoid them?
• Why is there a random arm taking over the X composer?
• 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
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