• FCC chair warns media not to run the "fake polls" Trump keeps complaining about
• Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought
• Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse
• Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3
• The new human-crafted Apple Music brand matters in an AI world
• RIP BioWare: EA shuts down storied RPG studio after over three decades
• OpenAI's latest AI models are coming to Google Cloud and Antigravity
• Report: Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, then blamed it on Trump
• Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits
• Does opting out of smart TV tracking work? Research finds “suspicious” traffic.
• SpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase
• The $15 billion ad-powered AI startup your doctor may already be using
• Review: Carrie is a triumphant remix with one major flaw
• The past, present, and future share a show floor at Pinball Expo 2026
• PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
• Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says
• Cops raid office of RFK Jr. allies planning “unethical” vaccine trial on babies
• Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix
• JustWatch, which tackles streaming fragmentation, launches own streaming service
• Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
| • How AI is an inherently imperial technology, and how the US and China are building rival "AI empires" with different approaches to extend their power (Foreign Affairs)
• Pressure to back promising AI startups is upending the VC investment process, with investors willing to buy into the same round at rapidly escalating valuations (Bloomberg)
• Source: Musk's public endorsement of a potential SpaceX-Tesla merger rattled some insiders, who worry his comments could invite shareholder scrutiny and delays (Milana Vinn/Reuters)
• Sources: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner proposed joining a bid for TikTok's European business over lunch with Charles Kushner, the US ambassador to France (Financial Times)
• Microsoft says China-linked hackers used AI penetration testing tool ARTEX to compromise ConnectWise as part of a campaign targeting hundreds of organizations (AJ Vicens/Reuters)
• A Micron labor union staged Taiwan's first-ever strike in the semiconductor industry on Thursday, demanding a regular profit-sharing scheme for its employees (Nikkei Asia)
• SEC filings show how Meta restructured its stock to shield Mark Zuckerberg from California's proposed wealth tax, after he said he'd sell his Palo Alto home (New York Times)
• Epic says "Fortnite is coming back to the App Store in Australia tomorrow" after an Australian federal judge ordered Apple to open up iOS in an antitrust case (Rhea Rose Abraham/Reuters)
• An Australian federal judge rules Apple must let Australian iPhone users install apps from third-party app stores starting March 1, 2027; Apple plans to appeal (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
• Walmart unveils Agent Gateway, an MCP server for AI agents to shop its site, and Agent Profiles to authorize agents and track their purchases separately (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
• Sources: DeepSeek raised ~$15B in its latest fundraising round, one of China's largest ever, with CATL and Tencent among the biggest contributors (Lulu Yilun Chen/Bloomberg)
• AWS analysts claim that at least one actor started to exploit the PHP2Shell bugs on October 17, four days prior to the vulnerabilities' public disclosure (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
• GM says it plans to debut OnStar AI, an in-car assistant that can execute vehicle functions and run diagnostics via voice commands, in the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
• Sources: advisers within Elon Musk's empire are pushing to announce a SpaceX-Tesla merger by H1 2027 so it can close while President Trump remains in power (Bloomberg)
• Cloud provider Railway says an unauthorized party may have accessed customer encrypted environment variables and, for some, obtained the decrypted contents (Jacob Cooper/Railway Blog)
| • Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is 'entering a new phase' with Muse
• Bose buys audio rival Skullcandy
• Airbnb bans hosts from making you do the dishes
• Claude Duet is Anthropic's answer to Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots
• Government websites in the EU and Canada taken offline over PHP vulnerability
• Meta ordered to cough up $25 billion in New Mexico privacy case
• Xbox is previewing paid cloud gaming for players without Game Pass
• EA is shutting down BioWare and cutting around 400 jobs
• There's a new Apple Music logo and it looks like ripples in water
• Sony's PlayStation Pulse headset arrives on November 19 for $100
• Supernatural's VR exercise app has relaunched on Meta VR headsets
• Oppo Find X10 Pro Max hands-on: Triple 200-megapixel cameras but few surprises
• Now you can chat with Gemini while using Google Maps through CarPlay
• A permanent Pokémon store will open in London, with more locations outside Asia to follow
• Stranger Than Heaven builds its identity as Like A Dragon's more relentless spin-off
• How to spot a white label gadget, and why that's important
• Here's how SpaceX plans to catch Starship's upper stage for the first time
• Apple iPhone Duo review: A first-class foldable
• Two dangerous internet security issues are putting site admins on edge
• OpenAI's agents disabled their own safety monitoring systems
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