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Q&A with Houseparty co-founder Ben Rubin on his new group messaging platform Towns, using the River Protocol, moderation, raising a $25M Series A, and more (Joel Khalili/Wired)

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Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and more quietly courted Trump before the election, laying the groundwork for improved Silicon Valley and DC relations (New York Times)

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SMIC reports Q3 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$2.17B, vs $2.2B est., and net income up 58.3% YoY to ~$148.8M, below $199.71M est., as the chip sector recovers (Reuters)

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France's gambling regulator says it is "aware" of Polymarket and is "currently examining its operation and compliance", after user Fredi9999 made a $48M profit (Bloomberg)

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France's gambling regulator says it is "aware" of Polymarket and is "currently examining its operation and compliance", after user Fredi9999 made a $48M profit (Bloomberg)

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TSMC SVP Cliff Hou says Taiwan must improve its chip tech to maintain its global leadership; in October, Trump said that Taiwan "stole 95% of our business" (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

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Sources: before Trump's win, Elon Musk asked him to hire SpaceX staff as top government officials, including in the DOD, a sign of the benefits Musk may reap (New York Times)

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How doctors are pioneering the use of AI to improve outcomes for patients, including faster diagnostics, more targeted treatment, and better communication (Sarah Neville/Financial Times)

How doctors are pioneering the use of AI to improv...

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Nintendo says it has sold 146M Switch consoles in 7.5 years, the user community has grown to 127M annual players, and Pokémon sales on Switch have reached 99M (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

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Microsoft starts rolling out AI-powered text editing feature Rewrite in Notepad, and Generative Fill and Generative Erase features in Paint to Windows Insiders (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Microsoft starts rolling out AI-powered text editi...

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Microsoft starts rolling out AI-powered text editing feature Rewrite in Notepad, and Generative Fill and Generative Erase features in Paint to Windows Insiders (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Adyen reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to €498.3M, vs. €503.3M est., and processed volume growth slowed to 32% from 45% in H1 2024; ADYEN falls 9%+ in Amsterdam (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)

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Malaysia's Johor state has drawn ~50 data center projects in the last three years, creating 40,000 jobs but raising concerns about power and water shortages (Rest of World)

Malaysia's Johor state has drawn ~50 data center p...

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Experts say President-elect Donald Trump will likely uphold the CHIPS Act, despite his campaign rhetoric, with some modifications to its implementation (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

Experts say President-elect Donald Trump will like...

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Streams Charts: Election Day livestreams generated ~84M hours of watch time, with 80.6% on YouTube, where Fox News had 1.14M peak viewers, beating other outlets (Amanda Gerut/Fortune)

Streams Charts: Election Day livestreams generated...

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The US SEC's crypto-related enforcement is slated for a major rollback under President Trump, who has pledged to fire Gary Gensler on the first day in office (Bloomberg)

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Truecaller co-founders Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam plan to hand over day-to-day company operations to product chief Rishit Jhunjhunwala in January 2025 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

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Qualcomm and Arm's earnings results show the smartphone industry making an uneven comeback, with both companies seeing stronger demand for high-end models (Ian King/Bloomberg)

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