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heise jobs IT Tag am 11. November in Berlin
Finden Sie ihren IT-Traumjob und kommen Sie mit potenziellen Arbeitgebern in Kontakt!
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This cannot lead to anything good.
Gemini Deep Research can tap into your Gmail and Google Drive
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/gemini-deep-research-google-drive-gmail/

Gemini Deep Research can tap into your Gmail and Google Drive
After adding PDF support in May, Gemini Deep Research can now directly tap into your Gmail, Google Drive, and Chat. 

Ecuador Solischicht Di, 11.11. im Cafe Knallhart Hamburg
In Ecuador hat sich in den letzten Wochen eine der längsten Protestwellen der Geschichte entwickelt, ausgelöst durch die Abschaffung des Diesel-Subventions. Das führt zu hohen Benzinpreisen und hat viele indigene Gemeinschaf
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YouTube confirms it removed 700 videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights groups in early October to comply with US State Department sanctions (The Intercept)
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/youtube-google-israel-palestine-human-ri…

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

In YouTube TV-ESPN impasse, perhaps the Eagles and Packers can bring sides together https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6782284/2025/11/06/youtubetv-espn-disney-alphabet-google-nfl/

Here we go again ... Jared #Isaacman has been nominated for NASA Administrator a second time: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/04/trump-nominates-isaacman-nasa-administrator-00636497 and
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/trump-will-re-nominate-isaacman-for-nasa-administrator/. Also https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/1985796145017471442 = a looong statement by him about his leaked document (the 'Athena' plan) mentioned e.g. in https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/capitol-hill-is-abuzz-with-talk-of-the-athena-plan-for-nasa/ and https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/03/jared-isaacman-confidential-manifesto-nasa-00633858

Democrats win big on Election Night: Mamdani, Sherrill, Spanberger [and Prop 50]
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/democrats-trump-us-elections-mamdani-sherrill-spanberger.html

YouTube confirms it removed 700 videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights groups in early October to comply with US State Department sanctions (The Intercept)
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/youtube-google-israel-palestine-human-ri…

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago (Arelis R. Hernšndez/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/11/05/chicago-preschool-ice-arrest/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251105/p145#a251105p145

Folks: Aral, you’re such a natural speaker, your talks are so seamless…
Meanwhile, me, for the past few days, preparing to be a natural speaker: …

In order to save money, Canada is abolishing it's #luxury tax that was levied on things like private jets and yachts. As it turns out, it cost more to administer the #tax than it raised.

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg https://www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/bill-gates-donated-climate-denier-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center/

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

How Europe plans to phase out Russian oil and gas, explained: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/how-europe-plans-to-phase.html

320.000 Jeeps wegen Feuergefahr zurückgerufen
Ein Fehler im Akku kann Pluginhybrid-Jeeps in Flammen aufgehen lassen. Eine Lösung für das Problem hat Chrysler bisher nicht.
https://www.heise.de/n…

Research: AI's ability to complete long and complex software engineering tasks doubles every 6-7 months, but there is a "messiness tax" for real-world tasks (Boaz Barak/Windows On Theory)
https://windowsontheory.org/2025/11/04/thoughts-by…

Thoughts by a non-economist on AI and economics
Crossposted on lesswrong Modern humans first emerged about 100,000 years ago. For the next 99,800 years or so, nothing happened. Well, not quite nothing. There were wars, political intrigue, the in…

Raiders at Broncos on TNF: Pete Carroll vs. Sean Payton, throwback jerseys and TV props https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6779044/2025/11/06/raiders-broncos-tnf-how-to-watch/

I am super impressed with how Ohio newspapers and Ohio journalists in general report on cyber incidents. They've got game.
Cyberattack that crippled Middletown's systems shows how hackers target smaller cities
https://www.cinci…

Cyberattack that crippled Middletown's systems shows how hackers target smaller cities
Over 2 months after a cyberattack took the city's utility payments offline, Middletown can't charge locals. The hack is part of a growing trend.

Letters to the editor from writers using AI chatbots are flooding scientific journals, likely written by writers seeking to boost their number of citations (Gina Kolata/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/science/letters-to-the-editor-ai-chatb…

The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.

Dick is dead.
#deadDick

War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84, With Blood of Millions on His Hands
Cheney’s legacy more than outlives him; he reshaped the very structures of war and authoritarianism at home and abroad.

NATO and the drones. This weekend, drones were flying spy missions over a Belgian Air Force base. Said the country's Defense Minister: "A helicopter and police vehicles chased the drone, but lost it after several kilometers.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/02/…

Drones spotted above Belgian airbase were ‘spying’ on military planes, defense minister says
Several drones spotted above a Belgian airbase over the weekend were there “to spy” on military fighter jets, the country’s defense minister said Sunday, at a time when European nations are on high alert for airspace intrusions.

Hell in Pokrovsk: 100,000 Russians faced Ukrainian resistance: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/hell-in-pokrovsk-russians-faced.html

Qualcomm reports Q4 revenue up 10% to $11.27B, vs. $10.79B est., handsets revenue up 14% to $6.96B, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates (Ari Levy/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/qualcomm-qcom-q4-2025-earnings-report.html

Qualcomm reports earnings, revenue beat and issues strong forecast
Qualcomm is trying to prove that it has a role in the artificial intelligence boom, which to date has been dominated by Nvidia.

Schaeffler setzt humanoide Roboter von Neura Robotics ein und liefert Teile
Der Automobilzulieferer Schaeffler stellt Teile für humanoide Roboter von Neura Robotics her. Zudem werden sie in der Produktion eingesetzt und liefern Daten.

So the city of Houston is blaming its firefighters for clicking on a link in an email the city sent to them that intended to share information about the firefighters’ promotion exam but instead linked to a bunch of social security numbers in the clear.
Houston data breach exposes firefighters’ personal info, union says they’re being blamed

Houston data breach exposes firefighters’ personal info, union says they’re being blamed
Houston firefighters say they’re being unfairly blamed after a city email exposed 7,500 Social Security numbers in a data breach.

The teachers, and the tragedy, that made Jaguars head coach Liam Coen https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780341/2025/11/06/jaguars-head-coach-liam-coen-family-mom-death/

RUSSIA'S VICTORIES ARE AI-GENERATED! Pokrovsk – HOLD ON!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/russias-victories-are-aigenerated-pokrovsk.html

Super Micro reports Q1 revenue down 15% YoY to $5B, vs. $6.09B est., and forecasts Q2 profit below estimates; SMCI drops 9% after hours (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/super-micro-sh…

Blue Origin bereitet zweiten Start der New Glenn vor
Die Schwerlastrakete New Glenn steht für ihren zweiten Flug ins All bereit. Sie soll unter anderem einem Marsmission der NASA auf den Weg bringen.
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NFL Week 10 picks against the spread: Daniel Jones, Colts will bounce back in Berlin https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6778980/2025/11/06/nfl-week-10-picks-predictions-betting-2025/

Ukraine reportedly strikes Russia's Volgograd oil refinery: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/ukraine-reportedly-strikes-russias-volgograd.html

Standardmodell der Kosmologie falsch? Expansion des Universums verlangsamt sich
Seit Jahrzehnten geht man davon aus, dass sich die Expansion des Universums beschleunigt – dafür gab es gar den Nobelpreis. Nun werden die Zweifel noch lauter.

Perplexity AI accuses Amazon of "bullying" after receiving "an aggressive legal threat" demanding Comet not make purchases on users' behalf (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/perplexity-ai-amazon-bullying-comet-browser.html

Perplexity AI accuses Amazon of bullying with legal threat over Comet browser
Amazon wants Perplexity to prevent its users from using its AI browser called Comet to make purchases on their behalf.

Can a jersey number give a player a psychological edge? Just ask the QB who wears 47 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780810/2025/11/06/bear-bachmeier-byu-undefeated-jersey-number-football/

Chart of the week: What do Ukraine's front-line communities need?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/chart-of-the-week-what.html

Rennen um autonomes Fahren: VW baut in China eigene KI-Chips
Sorgen vor ausbleibenden China-Chiplieferungen und Entwicklungsdruck bei autonomem Fahren plagen die Autoindustrie. VW kündigt nun einen eigenen Chip an.

Google says Gemini Deep Research can now directly draw on information stored in users' Gmail, Drive, and Chat to create reports (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/gemini-deep-research-google-drive-gmail/

Gemini Deep Research can tap into your Gmail and Google Drive
After adding PDF support in May, Gemini Deep Research can now directly tap into your Gmail, Google Drive, and Chat. 

Trey Hendrickson to Lions and other deals we would've liked to see at NFL trade deadline https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6782083/2025/11/06/nfl-trends-week-10-trade-deadline-trey-hendrickson/

Under the hood, Russia’s 'Reaper' drone copy is shockingly American: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/under-the-hood-russias-reaper.html

Australien: Reddit und Kick fallen unter Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder
Vor einem Jahr hat die australische Regierung ein Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder und Jugendliche eingeführt. Das hat sie jetzt auf mehr Dienste ausgeweitet.

A profile of OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his role in the company's $1.4T infrastructure buildout that's required to reach AGI (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/05/openai-greg-brockman-ai-infrastructure-data-c…

Meet OpenAI’s master builder: Greg Brockman is steering a $1.4 trillion infrastructure surge with stakes that go far beyond AI
As OpenAI’s president, Brockman is focused on “completing the mission” of moving beyond AI to artificial general intelligence (AGI).

The NFL trade deadline is wilder than ever, but it probably won’t put your team over the top: Video https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6781976/2025/11/06/nfl-trade-deadline-trends-takeaways/

SHOCK! The Kremlin deceitfully sends Hindus to war. India protests: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/shock-the-kremlin-deceitfully-sends.html

Strickmaschine erstellt feste 3D-Strukturen ähnlich wie ein 3D-Drucker
Zwar sind mit 3D-Druck dreidimensionale Strukturen schnell erstellt. Warum sie aber nicht einfach stricken?
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Sequoia announces that Alfred Lin and Pat Grady will be elevated to firm stewards, succeeding Roelof Botha, who led Sequoia solo since 2022 (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/sequoia-capital-roelof-botha-pat-grady-alfred-lin

Sequoia Capital transitions to new leadership
Alfred Lin and Pat Grady will become Sequoia's new stewards.

Ukraine nuclear energy sector official arrested over bribery scheme: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/ukraine-nuclear-energy-sector-official.html

Edge 70: Motorolas dünnes Smartphone mit 4800 mAh Akku
Nach Samsung und Apple hat jetzt auch Motorola mit dem Moto Edge 70 ein schlankes Smartphone vorgestellt. Dabei spart der Hersteller nicht beim Akku.
https://www…

Pinterest shares dropped 20% on Wednesday after forecasting Q4 revenue below estimates as advertising took a hit from retailers dealing with tariffs (Jaures Yip/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/pinterest-stock-earnings-tariffs-ads.html

Pinterest plunges 20% after weak results as tariffs drag on ad revenue
Third-quarter sales in the U.S. and Canada came in at $786 million, missing analyst projections.

"Entlastungskabinett": Mehr als nur das offizielle Aus für DE-Mail
Die schwarz-rote Bundesregierung will den Alltag für Bürgerinnen und Bürger, aber auch für Unternehmen einfacher machen. Das soll Kosten und Aufwand sparen.

Belgium shuts down Brussels Airport due to suspicious drone sighting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/belgium-shuts-down-brussels-airport.html

DoorDash reports Q3 revenue up 27% YoY to $3.45B, vs. $3.36B est., and total orders up 21% to 776M, vs. 770.13M est.; DASH drops 18% after hours (Chris Eudaily/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/doordash-stock-dash-q3-2025-earnings.html

Doordash stock tanks 20% as company misses earnings, says it expects further spending
The food delivery platform said it expects to spend "several hundred million dollars" on new initiatives and development in 2026.

Copernicus-Programm: Erdbeobachtungssatellit Sentinel-1D ins All gestartet
Er soll Daten über die Erde sammeln, zu Oberflächenänderungen, aber auch für den Katastrophenschutz: Ein weiterer Satellit des Copernicus-Programms ist im All.

Ukrainian counterattacks around Pokrovsk blunt Russia’s advance: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukrainian-counterattacks-around-pokrovsk-blunt.html

WhatsApp launches an Apple Watch companion app, letting users get call notifications, read full messages, and record and send voice messages (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/whatsapp-launches-long-awaited-apple-watch-app/…

WhatsApp launches long-awaited Apple Watch app | TechCrunch
For the first time, WhatsApp users will be able to use their Apple Watch to get call notifications, read full messages, record and send voice messages, and view media content more clearly.

Windows 11 25H2: Weitere automatische Update-Verteilung
In der Nacht zum Freitag hat Microsoft mit der automatischen Verteilung des Windows-11-25H2-Updates auf 24H2-Maschinen begonnen.
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Wabi, a "YouTube for apps" launched by Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda to let users create and share mini apps without coding, raised a $20M pre-seed (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed…

Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the ‘YouTube of apps’  | TechCrunch
Wabi, a startup from the founder of Replika, has just raised a $20 million pre-seed round. Wabi is like "YouTube for apps" -- a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends.

Putin in shock: Romania gets weapons nearly free, Russians face tribunal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/putin-in-shock-romania-gets.html

Figma reports Q3 revenue up 38% YoY to $274.2M, vs. $265.2M est., adjusted operating margin of 12%, vs. 6.5% est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/figma-fig-q3-earnings-report-2025.html

Figma delivers strong forecast as AI draws in more customers
People are signing up for Figma to use its Make tool for generating app designs with artificial intelligence, CEO Dylan Figma said.

Angelina Jolie reportedly visits front-line regions in southern Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/angelina-jolie-reportedly-visits-frontline.html

Pinterest reports Q3 revenue up 17% YoY to $1.05B, MAUs up 12% to 600M, vs. 590M est., but forecasts Q4 revenue below est.; PINS drops 13% after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/pinterest-pins-q3-earnings-report-2025.html

Pinterest shares plummet 15% on earnings miss, weak forecast
Pinterest shares tanked on Tuesday after the company reported third-quarter financial results that missed on earnings per share and provided weak guidance.

CLOSER TO THE EU! Ukraine is fighting for freedom on all fronts! | NEWS PULSE: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/closer-to-the-eu-ukraine.html

Google says Ironwood, its seventh-gen TPU, will launch in the coming weeks and is more than 4x faster than its sixth-gen TPU; it comes in a 9,216-chip config (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/google-unveils-ironwood-seventh-gener…

Google's rolling out its most powerful AI chip, taking aim at Nvidia with custom silicon
Google says Ironwood, the seventh generation of its Tensor Processing Unit, is more than four times faster than its predecessor chip.

Russia ends seasonal draft model, moves to year-round conscription from 2026: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/russia-ends-seasonal-draft-model.html

Sens. Mark Warner and Josh Hawley introduce a bipartisan bill that would require companies and US agencies to submit quarterly reports on AI-related job impacts (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/ai-jobs-act-warner-hawley.html

New bipartisan bill would require companies to report AI job losses
The AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act would require companies and federal agencies to submit quarterly reports of "AI-related job effects."

Returning home, photographer Yelena Yemchuk finds beauty in a country at war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/returning-home-photographer-yelena-yemchuk.html

Giga, which develops voice-based AI agents for customer support, raised a $61M Series A led by Redpoint with participation from Y Combinator and Nexus (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/05/voice-ai-giga-raise-61-million-customer-serv…

Exclusive: Voice AI startup Giga raises $61 million to take on customer service automation
Voice AI has the potential to streamline a lot of businesses' customer service tasks, such as answering routine customer questions or scheduling appointments, without a human agent needing to step in.

Explosions reported in Russia's Oryol Oblast — residents claim missile attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/explosions-reported-in-russias-oryol.html

Snap reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $1.51B vs. $1.49B est., DAUs up 8% to 477M vs. 476M est., and announces a $500M share buyback; SNAP jumps 23% after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/snap-q3-earnings-report-2025.html

Snap shares rocket 25% on strong forecast, $400 million Perplexity deal
Perplexity AI will pay the social media company $400 million over 1 year to integrate the AI startup's search features into Snapchat in 2026, Snap said.

"Russian Victory" – MYTH: Putin's illusions distort reality, Russia's losses are mounting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/190049.html

Shares of Asian AI-linked companies fall, tracking declines in US peers, as investors worry about stretched valuations; SoftBank falls 9% , Advantest 7% (Lee Ying Shan/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/softbank-ai-stocks-slide-on-valuation-jitters-.ht…

SoftBank shares plunge 10% as Asian AI-linked stocks slide on valuation jitters
The AI-led rally has pushed the S&P 500's forward P/E above 23—its highest since 2000, according to FactSet.

'Online Killboard' — How to track Ukraine’s top drone units in (almost) real-time: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/online-killboard-how-to-track.html

Google Maps plans to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android and iOS, giving users a "hands-free, conversational driving experience", in the "coming weeks" (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/google-maps-gemini-navigation/

Google Maps gets Gemini for conversational navigation & traffic reporting on Android, iOS
In Google Maps, Gemini already exists in place listings, and it’s now coming to the navigation experience on Android and iOS.

Ukrainian drones hit Russian refineries in Bashkortostan and Kstovo, sparking fires: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukrainian-drones-hit-russian-refineries.html

Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435M at a $6.1B valuation, up from $4.2B after raising a $200M Series D in October 2024 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/armis-raises-435-million-at-6point1-bi…

Armis raises $435 million, valuing cybersecurity startup at $6.1 billion
The cybersecurity startup reaches a $6.1 billion valuation three months after topping $300 million in annual recurring revenues.

Is Putin reaching for the nuclear button? The Kremlin intensifies its attacks on the West: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/is-putin-reaching-for-the.html

Spotify says it now has nearly 500K video podcasts and more than 390M users have now streamed a video podcast on its platform, up 54% YoY (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/spotify-now-has-half-a-mi…

Spotify now has half a million video podcasts, which nearly 400M users have watched | TechCrunch
Spotify says that users' time spent with video content on Spotify has also more than doubled year-over-year, largely driven by video podcasts.

Russia's seaborne oil exports see sharpest fall since early 2024 after new US sanctions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/russias-seaborne-oil-exports-see.html

Robinhood reports Q3 revenue up 100% YoY to $1.27B, vs. $1.19B est., transaction-based revenue up 129% to $730M, vs. $739M est., and net income up 271% to $556M (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/robinhood-hood-q3-2025-earnings.html
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Robinhood doubles revenue as it beats third-quarter earnings expectations
CFO Jason Warnick said prediction markets and Bitstamp are generating about $100 million or more in annualized revenues.

How ideology-driven AI chatbots like Grok and Gab's Arya position themselves as alternatives to mainstream chatbots accused of liberal bias (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/busines

Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars
Once pitched as dispassionate tools to answer your questions, A.I. chatbots are now programmed to reflect the biases of their creators.

Ukraine’s military intelligence opens ground corridor in Pokrovsk to improve logistics: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukraines-military-intelligence-opens-ground.html

Microsoft built a simulated marketplace to test hundreds of AI agents, finding that businesses could manipulate agents into buying their products and more (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/microsoft-built-a-synthet…

Microsoft built a fake marketplace to test AI agents — they failed in surprising ways | TechCrunch
The research raises new questions about how well AI agents will perform when working unsupervised — and how quickly AI companies can make good on promises of an agentic future.

Inception, which is building diffusion-based AI models for code and text, raised a $50M seed led by Menlo and releases an update to its Mercury coding model (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/inception-rai…

Inception raises $50 million to build diffusion models for code and text | TechCrunch
Diffusion models already power AI image generators, but Inception thinks they can be even more powerful applied in software development.

Switzerland-based Mimic Robotics, which is building AI models to enable human-like robotic hands to adapt to complex, high-precision tasks, raised a $16M seed (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/04/mimic-raises-16m-build-a…

Mimic raises $16M to build AI models for human-like robotic hands - SiliconANGLE
Mimic raises $16M to build AI models for human-like robotic hands - SiliconANGLE

Apple says Live Translation on AirPods will expand to the EU next month; the first iOS 26.2 beta, seeded to developers on Tuesday, brings the feature to the EU (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/04/ios-26-2-expands-live-transl…

iOS 26.2 Expands Live Translation on AirPods to EU
The upcoming iOS 26.2 update for iPhone makes the Live Translation feature on select AirPods available in the EU, according to Apple. The news was...

Customer engagement service MoEngage raised a $100M Series F led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing its total funding to $250M as it ramps up AI investment (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/goldm…

Goldman Sachs doubles down on MoEngage in new round to fuel global expansion | TechCrunch
MoEngage already has customers across 75 countries, with North America being its biggest business driver.

Qualcomm Ventures and six Indian VC firms join India Deep Tech Alliance with an additional $850M in commitments; Nvidia joins as a strategic technical adviser (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/nvid

NVIDIA, Qualcomm join U.S., Indian VCs to help build India's next deep tech startups | TechCrunch
Qualcomm Ventures has joined six Indian venture firms, collectively adding more than $850 million to boost India’s deep-tech ecosystem.

Australia broadens its social media ban for under-16s to include Reddit and Kick, which join Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and YouTube (Clare Armstrong/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/reddit-and-kick-added-to-c…

Reddit and Kick added to child social media ban
Reddit and Kick will be included in the world-first social media ban for children under 16, which begins next month.

Sony unveils the Fair Human-Centric Image Benchmark dataset to test the fairness of computer vision models, saying it was compiled in a fair and ethical manner (Thomas Claburn/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/sony_ai_vision_model_benchmark/…

Sony rolls out a standard way to measure bias in how AI describes what it 'sees'
: Images in the test dataset were all sourced with consent

Google unveils Project Suncatcher to launch two solar-powered satellites, each with four TPUs, into low Earth orbit in 2027, as it seeks to scale AI compute (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/04/2025/google-wants-…

Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space
The tech giant released a paper Tuesday outlining plans to launch its AI chips into low-earth orbit, allowing them to run off solar power.

Sources detail a leadership vacuum and staff cuts at the NSA, eroding morale among its analysts and weakening the agency's long-term cyber capabilities (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/11/lea

A leadership vacuum and staff cuts threaten NSA morale, operational strength
The signals intelligence giant has halted recruitment for its Legal Honors Program, two people familiar say, slowing inflow of top legal talent. Other long-term capabilities are at risk.

Bitcoin dropped below $100K for the first time since June on Tuesday; ETH also fell as much as 15% on Tuesday, and many altcoins are down 50% this year (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/bitc…

Bitcoin (BTC) Falls Below $100,000 With Risk Appetite Muted After Wipeout
Bitcoin has wiped out its summer rally, giving back gains made during Wall Street’s euphoric embrace and a surge in institutional buying.

Sources: Shein told investors in August that it expects $2B in net income in 2025 despite US tariffs and forecasts mid-teen percentage growth in full-year sales (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-06/s…

Shein Eyes $2 Billion Profit in 2025 Despite US Tariff Headwinds
Shein Group Ltd. has told investors that it’s expecting a bumper $2 billion in net income in 2025, after higher profit margins through price hikes and cost-cutting helped overcome a drop in online traffic caused by President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs.

A look at Bret Taylor's AI agent startup Sierra as it launches new products; source: Sierra is on track to exceed $100M in annualized revenue by January 2026 (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/11/05/sierra-bret-taylor-c…

How Two Silicon Valley A-Listers Became Billionaires By Remaking Customer Service With AI
Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor had leadership roles at the world's biggest tech companies. Now they’re in the startup trenches, using AI agents to help companies interact with their customers.

Source: Google is in early talks to deepen its strategic investment in Anthropic that could value the AI company at more than $350B (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepen-investment-in-ai-anthropic-2025-11

Google is in early discussions to deepen its investment in Anthropic
Google is in early discussions to deepen its investment in Anthropic. The two companies announced a massive cloud computing deal in October.

Sources: Sequoia's Pat Grady and Alfred Lin plan to deepen the firm's AI focus and reframe its image as less politically partisan, after Roelof Botha's exit (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport says the US DOJ concluded its review of Google's planned $32B acquisition; the FTC website dated the early termination to October 24 (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-1…

Huawei unveils the ~$590 Mate 70 Air, a 6.6mm thick smartphone set to compete with the $999 iPhone Air, with a 7" display and HarmonyOS, shipping November 11 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-06/huawe…

Research: US companies announced 153,074 job cuts in October, the most in 20 years and up 3x on October 2024, as AI reshapes industries and cost-cutting rises (Julia Fanzeres/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: the Chinese government issues guidance requiring new data center projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made AI chips (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-bans-foreign-ai-c…

Sources and documents: Google plans to build an AI data center on Australia's remote Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with its DOD earlier in 2025 (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific