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Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury as of Oct. 31, down from $1.6B in March 2022; ~80% of holdings in ETH, which declined 20%+ since 2022 (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in t...

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Tencent partners with Visa to launch a palm biometric authentication payment service at stores and restaurants in Singapore, its first expansion outside China (Nikkei Asia)

Tencent partners with Visa to launch a palm biomet...

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Source: AI coding assistant startup Anysphere has received unsolicited offers valuing the company at as much as $2.5B from Benchmark, Index, a16z, and others (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Source: AI coding assistant startup Anysphere has ...

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Swiggy closes an oversubscribed ~$1.4B IPO, as investors bet on a quick commerce boom; analysts expect the company to make a muted stock market debut next week (Hritam Mukherjee/Reuters)

Swiggy closes an oversubscribed ~$1.4B IPO, as inv...

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ChatGPT gave ~2M responses asking users to get election news elsewhere on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, and rejected 250K+ requests for DALL-E images of Trump and others (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

ChatGPT gave ~2M responses asking users to get ele...

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In an email in May, the NHTSA warned Tesla that its online posts falsely suggested that its cars are autonomous, potentially misleading and endangering drivers (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

In an email in May, the NHTSA warned Tesla that it...

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Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhon...

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Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure, is raising a $100M Series B at a $850M-$900M valuation, after raising $50M in September 2023 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud...

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A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg)

A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roma...

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A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network called 764, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on kids in Discord servers and chat rooms (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist ne...

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Google rolls out its Gemini-powered Vids app that lets users create video presentations using a prompt, with full access for Workspace users until at least 2026 (Umar Shakir/The Verge)

Google rolls out its Gemini-powered Vids app that ...

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Amazon is testing grocery formats that pull together fulfillment networks for Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh stores into a common delivery platform (Liz Young/Wall Street Journal)

Amazon is testing grocery formats that pull togeth...

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Experts say the Trump administration's approach to cybersecurity is likely to focus on confronting China, relaxing regulations, narrowing CISA's focus, and more (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)

Experts say the Trump administration's approach to...

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Pocketpair says Nintendo and Pokémon Company are seeking ~$65K in damages in their lawsuit and lists the three patents the studio is accused of infringing (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Pocketpair says Nintendo and Pokémon Compan...

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UnifyApp, which lets companies build their own AI chatbots by connecting their SaaS apps and data, raised a $20M Series A, around six months after a $11M seed (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

UnifyApp, which lets companies build their own AI ...

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Apple has added a High Power performance mode, previously reserved for Max and Ultra chips, to the M4 Pro in both the Mac mini and in the new MacBook Pro (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

Apple has added a High Power performance mode, pre...

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AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not "contorted" ones (Forbes)

AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump admi...

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Some TikTok staff and users see Trump as a possible savior from the ban; others question whether Trump even cares about the app now that the campaign is over (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg)

Some TikTok staff and users see Trump as a possibl...

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