A Munich court sides with Germany's music rights society GEMA in a case against OpenAI, saying OpenAI can't use song lyrics without a license; OpenAI can appeal (Reuters)
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November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A Munich court sides with Germany's music rights society GEMA in a case against OpenAI, saying OpenAI can't use song lyrics without a license; OpenAI can appeal (Reuters)
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Australia's spy chief said Chinese state hackers probed telecom networks and critical infrastructure; Australia lost $8B+ last year to espionage (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)
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November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Australia's spy chief said Chinese state hackers probed telecom networks and critical infrastructure; Australia lost $8B+ last year to espionage (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)
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Waymo becomes the first company to offer driverless rides on freeways, launching 24/7 services in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles for users who opt in (Zoe Thomas/Bloomberg)
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November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Waymo becomes the first company to offer driverless rides on freeways, launching 24/7 services in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles for users who opt in (Zoe Thomas/Bloomberg)
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Google files a lawsuit in the SDNY against a group of China-based hackers that it says run the Lighthouse platform for "phishing services", stealing $1B+ (Financial Times)
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November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Google files a lawsuit in the SDNY against a group of China-based hackers that it says run the Lighthouse platform for "phishing services", stealing $1B+ (Financial Times)
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Michael Burry's warning that hyperscalers are underestimating AI chip depreciation shows that tech investors may have forgotten how much depreciation can hurt (Chris Bryant/Bloomberg)
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November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Michael Burry's warning that hyperscalers are underestimating AI chip depreciation shows that tech investors may have forgotten how much depreciation can hurt (Chris Bryant/Bloomberg)
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Financial documents show Anthropic expects to break even in 2028, while OpenAI projects ~$74B in operating losses that year before turning a profit in 2030 (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Financial documents show Anthropic expects to break even in 2028, while OpenAI projects ~$74B in operating losses that year before turning a profit in 2030 (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
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Sources: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave in the coming months to found his own startup; a source says he is in early talks to raise funds (Financial Times)
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November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Sources: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave in the coming months to found his own startup; a source says he is in early talks to raise funds (Financial Times)
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An analysis of 47,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations: ~10% related to emotional or mental health, ChatGPT exhibits a "default to yes" behavior, and more (Washington Post)
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November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
An analysis of 47,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations: ~10% related to emotional or mental health, ChatGPT exhibits a "default to yes" behavior, and more (Washington Post)
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CoreWeave closed down 16% after its CEO admitted delays at a data center developer that Jim Cramer implied may be Core Scientific; CORZ closed down 10% (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
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November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
CoreWeave closed down 16% after its CEO admitted delays at a data center developer that Jim Cramer implied may be Core Scientific; CORZ closed down 10% (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
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A group of US lawyers document 509 cases of AI misuse in legal filings so far in 2025, including fabricated citations; judges and bar associations permit AI use (Evan Gorelick/New York Times)
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November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A group of US lawyers document 509 cases of AI misuse in legal filings so far in 2025, including fabricated citations; judges and bar associations permit AI use (Evan Gorelick/New York Times)
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Nasdaq had its worst 5-day run since April, falling 3% for the week as the combined market value of eight most valuable AI-related stocks fell by about $800B (Financial Times)
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November 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Nasdaq had its worst 5-day run since April, falling 3% for the week as the combined market value of eight most valuable AI-related stocks fell by about $800B (Financial Times)
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Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector (Fast Company)
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November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector (Fast Company)
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OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.1 Instant, "warmer" and "more conversational", and GPT-5.1 Thinking, "easier to understand and faster", starting with paid ChatGPT users (OpenAI)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.1 Instant, "warmer" and "more conversational", and GPT-5.1 Thinking, "easier to understand and faster", starting with paid ChatGPT users (OpenAI)
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In DeepSeek's first public appearance since R1's success, a senior researcher told a state-run conference he was pessimistic about AI's impact on humanity (Reuters)
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November 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
In DeepSeek's first public appearance since R1's success, a senior researcher told a state-run conference he was pessimistic about AI's impact on humanity (Reuters)
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Sources: Apple is delaying the release of the next version of the iPhone Air, originally planned for fall 2026, after the first model sold below expectations (The Information)
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November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sources: Apple is delaying the release of the next version of the iPhone Air, originally planned for fall 2026, after the first model sold below expectations (The Information)
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Sachin Katti, Intel's CTO and AI officer, says he is leaving the company to join OpenAI; Intel says CEO Lip-Bu Tan will take over its AI efforts (CRN)
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November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Sachin Katti, Intel's CTO and AI officer, says he is leaving the company to join OpenAI; Intel says CEO Lip-Bu Tan will take over its AI efforts (CRN)
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A look at Apple's plans to enhance satellite connectivity in its products, Siri's Gemini upgrade, new 2026 Macs, a Health+ service, and the future of Fitness+ (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A look at Apple's plans to enhance satellite connectivity in its products, Siri's Gemini upgrade, new 2026 Macs, a Health+ service, and the future of Fitness+ (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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Filing: Synopsys plans to lay off ~10% of its staff, or ~2,000 employees, after completing its $35B acquisition of engineering design firm Ansys earlier in 2025 (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Filing: Synopsys plans to lay off ~10% of its staff, or ~2,000 employees, after completing its $35B acquisition of engineering design firm Ansys earlier in 2025 (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
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Apple removes two of the most popular gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China, citing orders from the country's Cyberspace Administration (Wired)
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November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Apple removes two of the most popular gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China, citing orders from the country's Cyberspace Administration (Wired)
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Google unveils Private AI Compute, a cloud platform providing a "secure, fortified space" to run AI tools on devices, similar to Apple's Private Cloud Compute (Robert Hart/The Verge)
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November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Google unveils Private AI Compute, a cloud platform providing a "secure, fortified space" to run AI tools on devices, similar to Apple's Private Cloud Compute (Robert Hart/The Verge)
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Menulog, acquired by Just Eat in 2015, plans to shut down in Australia on November 26, leaving Uber Eats and DoorDash as the country's main food delivery apps (Tegan Jones/SmartCompany)
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November 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Menulog, acquired by Just Eat in 2015, plans to shut down in Australia on November 26, leaving Uber Eats and DoorDash as the country's main food delivery apps (Tegan Jones/SmartCompany)
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Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine partner with ElevenLabs to create AI versions of their voices for its Iconic Voice Marketplace; McConaughey also invests (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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Google unveils new features for Pixel phones, including AI-powered notification summaries, notification prioritization, and AI photo edits in Messages (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
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November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Google unveils new features for Pixel phones, including AI-powered notification summaries, notification prioritization, and AI photo edits in Messages (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
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The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner of the archiving site as part of a criminal investigation (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
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November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner of the archiving site as part of a criminal investigation (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
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Oh so they are just not going to pay him. That's fine.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh so they are just not going to pay him. That's fine.