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Google has launched Pixel Tag, a first-party Bluetooth tracker using Ultra-Wideband for precise locating. It connects via Google Find Hub, supports sharing location with up to 10 people, and offers about a year of battery life. Pixel Tag competes with AirTag and Samsung’s trackers and requires Android 9+ with Bluetooth 6.0 for full features.
Nvidia has announced Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO after a board-led investigation into alleged foreign influence and personal misconduct. Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO as the company searches for a permanent successor. The affair with a Megaspeed executive, plus separate reports of a relationship with an Nvidia VP, have prompted scrutiny from U.S. officials and lawmakers.
A wave of partnerships and acquisitions is redefining who executes restaurant deliveries. Uber Eats now partners with McDonald’s in key markets, while Amazon and Walmart expand Prime perks with delivery tie-ins. The shifts intensify competition among DoorDash, Instacart, Uber, and others.
Jio Platforms has launched a 302 billion-rupee IPO at a price band of 1,065–1,119 rupees per share to repay telecom debt and fund cloud, satellite and AI plans. Global funds and 212 anchor investors have backed the float, and institutional bids have far exceeded allocated shares as India’s equity market has been weak this year.
Anthropic’s internal reporting shows AI agents are replacing a growing share of junior technical roles while boosting productivity. The company says output per person has risen as AI tools diffuse, with human oversight remaining essential.
Anthropic has announced a plan to dedicate 5% of its shares to a Public Benefit Fund, with potential to add more as the company’s value grows. The fund may support large nonprofit donations or distributions to specific populations, while excluding lobbying; governance details will follow ahead of an anticipated IPO.
Frontier AI labs have produced machine-generated proofs that they say resolve major problems in mathematics, computer science and physics. OpenAI, Anthropic and startups such as PSI and AxiomMath have published or announced formalized results — including a refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis and a proof tied to quantum query complexity — and researchers are racing to verify and interpret the work.
Tech giants are enabling PyTorch across diverse hardware, with Google and Amazon launching TorchTPU and TorchNeuron to run AI apps on TPUs and Trainium, respectively. The moves aim to reduce dependence on Nvidia GPUs and broaden hardware options for developers and cloud providers.
The rise of AI-generated music has prompted major platforms to act. Spotify and other services are removing AI-slop from recommendations, while Deezer offers a toggle to exclude AI-created tracks. Artists vary in stance, with Grimes and A$AP Rocky embracing some AI use but urging human credit. The debate centers on labeling, user choice, and the future of music charts.
Security researchers have found two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language, labelled PHP2Shell, and PHP maintainers have released emergency patches. Governments and major tech firms have urged operators to update immediately or temporarily take sites offline after AI-assisted research and an early public leak triggered millions of exploitation attempts between 21–27 October 2026.
Meta has told investors Muse, its AI personal assistant, is unprofitable now due to compute intensity but will become highly profitable as efficiency improves. The company plans to monetize Muse through transaction fees as it scales, with expectations of profitability next year while continuing to push Reality Labs losses toward reduction.
Anthropic introduces Claude Duet, an AI agent designed for professionals and small businesses. The tool provides daily briefs, monitors connected apps, builds dashboards, and can perform background tasks with user approval. It connects to thousands of apps via Claude Opus 5.5 and is accessible through Pro/Max subscriptions in the US. The feature is in a research preview.
Retailers are embracing AI agents to shop on customers’ behalf while clashing with platforms that restrict or block agent use. Walmart leads with agent gateways and profiles; Amazon blocks Muse on its site, pushing a broader debate about security, privacy, and consumer choice. Home Depot and Target are testing openness and in-house AI, signaling a fragmented landscape for AI-assisted shopping.
Meta Platforms has announced a new class of non-voting Class C stock to raise capital while preserving founder Mark Zuckerberg’s voting power. The move supports its ongoing AI initiative and funding of data centers, with shares distributed to existing shareholders. The plan aims to maintain founder-led control as the company expands in AI and near-term growth ambitions.
Airbnb has updated guidelines to limit chores guests can perform at check-out, standardising house rules into seven categories. The change, effective Nov. 20, aims to curb onerous duties while allowing “reasonable” requests, with bear-country and drought exceptions. Welsh hosts warn it will raise costs and affect turnover.
Meta has created a new class of non‑voting Class C shares and agreed a deal with Mark Zuckerberg that will let him sell a portion of those shares to cover a potential California one‑time billionaire tax (Proposition 40) without losing voting control. The company has said the move will also raise capital for AI investment and keep Zuckerberg working near Meta's headquarters.
Vulnerabilities in PHP, a core technology powering about 70% of websites, have prompted governments and major sites to take systems offline to patch critical flaws. OpenAI researchers credit frontier AI with help in discovering the bugs, and cybersecurity teams warn that exploitation could allow data theft and server takeover. Patches have been issued, and authorities urge immediate updating.
Meta Platforms has announced a plan to raise capital to fund its AI expansion, including a potential combination of public offerings and an at-the-market stock program. The move accompanies continued heavy investment in data centers and AI products as the company faces investor scrutiny over financing its growth.
Tesla executives describe a path to a robotaxi-dominated future, with Cybercabs and unsupervised FSD on the horizon, while regulators scrutinize safety and certification processes.
Quest Diagnostics has disclosed unauthorized access to its Quanum Lab Services Manager, a platform used by clinicians to order tests and view results. The breach, discovered this week, may involve patient records and personal information and is under investigation. Law enforcement has been notified. Previous Quest breaches and rising cyberattacks in health tech frame the context as investigators pursue specifics.
Instacart has engaged banks to evaluate options as talks with DoorDash and Uber continue. Bloomberg and the Journal report ongoing discussions with potential buyers; the talks have spurred stock moves and raised antitrust considerations. A sale could value the company around $16-17 billion if a premium is paid, with Uber and DoorDash expanding grocery wings.
TikTok is launching a standalone commerce app in Southeast Asia featuring live streams, short-form video shopping, in-app checkout and exclusive offers. The move aligns TikTok Shop with a broader push toward a super-app model, competing with Amazon, Temu, Yelp and Google Maps while expanding beyond the main platform.
Anthropic’s S-1 reveals billionaire-backed stakes and a 5% public-benefit pledge. Co-founders hold large portions, Amazon’s convertible notes could convert to billions, and a $100 billion public-benefit fund is planned as the company targets a multi-trillion-dollar IPO. Founders pledge 80% of equity to philanthropy, while strategic investors loom large in governance and control.
Microsoft has offered voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and India, available to staff at level 70 and below on select teams. The company has framed the programme as time‑limited and similar to standard severance; it expects only a small share of eligible staff to accept while continuing heavy AI capital spending.
Apple has acknowledged an inner-display fault affecting a small number of iPhone Duo units sold since the device launched on 23 October. Early owners have reported cracks, bright lines and crunching noises when unfolding the phone. Apple has said affected customers should contact AppleCare for replacements and that most units are not affected.
Reports from Bloomberg, The Japan Times and TechCrunch describe early Duo units cracking along the center crease with audible crunches and display malfunctions after hours or days of use. Apple acknowledges an inner-display issue affecting a small number of units.
Instagram is testing long-form video through Features, allowing up to 90 minutes, and is exploring monetization paths as it competes with YouTube. The move follows a broader overhaul of video formats and signals a shift to keep creators on Instagram as revenue questions loom.
The 2026 Kindle Colorsoft introduces a reimagined color display, a side-mounted power button, and a lighter, thinner body. A Signature Edition adds aluminum construction, larger storage, and wireless charging. Reviewers praise the display clarity and battery life, while noting higher costs and ongoing ecosystem commitments.
Tech giants are pouring billions into AI infrastructure. Investors are worried that heavy capex outpaces revenue growth, free cash flow is turning negative for several leaders, and monetization remains uncertain as Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft push into AI builds. The sector faces a delayed payoff as data centers and compute power scale up.
Anthropic has filed for an IPO, with a private valuation near $965 billion and strategic stakes held by Amazon and other backers. The article notes how quickly the company has scaled, the distribution of stakes, and the strategic role of founders and investors as it heads to public markets.
Reddit has announced tests of a primarily logged-in experience in select markets outside the U.S. as it seeks to deepen engagement, improve ad targeting and curb content scraping. The move follows a Q3 where revenue grew strongly, though search referrals have declined and Q4 guidance is weak.
Amazon has reinforced its AI-driven investment plan, forecasting more capital outlays in 2027 as it pushes AWS and AI infrastructure. Third-quarter results show AWS growth powering revenue while free cash flow remains negative amid heavy capex.
Binance has disclosed a security breach that has affected an estimated $6.3 billion in client assets, suspended withdrawals and worked with stablecoin issuers to freeze roughly $2.5–3 billion on-chain. The FBI and US law enforcement partners are tracing stolen funds, which investigators say have been converted mainly into ether and routed through DeFi and instant-swap services.
Advanced AI models and open-source hacking tools have exposed and helped exploit long-hidden software vulnerabilities. Firms have linked autonomous tools like Artex to active attacks, while frontier models have found thousands of bugs in PHP and other critical codebases. Organisations are patching systems and warning that AI will accelerate both discovery and malicious reuse of flaws.
Courts have seen settlements with Meta, TikTok and YouTube in youth-social media litigation. Snap’s California trial proceeds, with ongoing concerns about how platforms’ features affect teens' mental health.
AMD has reported better-than-expected earnings driven by data center demand, with revenue up 45% year over year and data center sales nearly doubling. The company forecasts fourth-quarter revenue around $17 billion, with a gross margin near 55%. Analyst concern centers on demand trends and Intel’s guidance, as the AI chip race accelerates.
OpenAI has trimmed its latest funding target to $20 billion, with a post-money valuation of about $1.25 trillion. The round is led by UAE investors, with participation from Coatue, Sequoia, and others; first close could be below $20B as allocations are reduced. Markets have responded to AI spending worries amid a tech stock sell-off.
DoorDash has disclosed that third‑party AI agents have generated only several hundred orders so far, far below the company’s billion‑order scale in 2026. The company is expanding its internal AI tools and testing an MCP connector for third‑party integrations, while stressing that most orders still come through the app itself.
AI-driven post-training, embodied AI, and robotics research are accelerating investment and development globally. Startups and legacy players are racing to enable robots to learn tasks from minimal demonstrations, while women’s leadership and regional policies shape the adoption and governance of these technologies.
Binance has published an initial investigation showing a months‑long, multi‑stage social‑engineering campaign and tampered developer tools let attackers compromise multiple engineers’ laptops, an internal AI tool and then drain $6.3 billion from hot wallets. The FBI has linked the theft to North Korean actors; Binance says it has replenished most assets and is hiring outside cyber experts.
Google has set Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Google Search off by default for K–12 student accounts and said school administrators must explicitly enable them. Google has also said its Search features are "deeply integrated" with AI, so schools that block AI entirely will lose access to Google Search until they re-enable it.
Palantir has reported $2.31 billion in Q3 revenue, with US commercial revenue eclipsing government revenue for the first time. The company has raised full-year guidance as enterprise AI adoption accelerates, while indicating shorter-term, renewable contracts in the enterprise segment.
Waymo plans to let users hail robotaxis through its own app in Austin and Atlanta, while Uber will continue to host Waymo rides on its platform until January 2028. Current users in two cities can still book via Uber, with changes expected in 2028.
Google has rolled out controls that turn Gemini, Gemini Notebook and Search AI off by default for K–12 student accounts but will not offer a way to use Google Search without AI; critics say schools that fully opt out will lose Search and accuse Google of coercion, parents have protested and a lawsuit alleges harm from student interactions with Gemini.
Tencent Cloud is broadening its enterprise AI offerings with Hy4 and Hy4 Flash models while expanding WorkBuddy, its AI productivity agent. The company is targeting international markets, including the Middle East, and is building a large ecosystem of developers and partners as cloud regions grow to 25 with 70 availability zones.
A roundup of top bean-to-cup machines shows how AutoBarista-like devices mix automation with accessibility, offering espresso, drip and milk-based drinks. Tests highlight setup, maintenance and taste across multiple models, with cautions about waste and upkeep.
Tesla has announced it will stop the Cybertruck line in about eight months to reallocate factory space toward its Cybercab robotaxi program. Elon Musk says orders far exceed capacity, but deposits will be returned for many. The shift follows years of underwhelming Cybertruck sales and a pivot to software-enabled transport.
Meta has begun globally expanding its AI age-estimation system to place users who appear to be teens into Teen Accounts on Instagram and Facebook, with stricter safeguards and time limits. The rollout follows settlements with US states over alleged harm to minors and adds enforcement through context clues, visual cues, and Apple-age checks in some regions.
Amazon’s Ring Robotics is rolling out a flying indoor drone and a roving business robot. The devices use AI Pilot to map spaces and patrol routes, sparking privacy concerns while promising security gains. Availability begins late 2026 to early 2027, with the drone cruising for up to eight minutes per charge.