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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.

Raising a newborn in the dark: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/raising-a-newborn-in-the.html

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.

Concern for the poor and the planet rubs some the wrong way
Woke Pope Leo XIV is infuriating MAGA Catholics
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/11/06/pope-leo-xiv-is-infuriating-maga-catholics

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.

The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops
"According to the Securities and Exchange Commission filings, his fund, Scion Asset Management, bought $187.6 million in puts on Nvidia and $912 million in puts on Palantir, as CNN reports.
Burry similarly made a long-term $1 billion bet from 2005 onwards against the US mortgage market, anticipating its collapse. His fund rose a whopping 489 percent when the market did subsequently fall apart in 2008."
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The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops
Michael Burry, who shorted the housing market in 2008, has bet over $1 billion that the shares of AI companies Nvidia and Palantir will fall.

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…

Is war between Russia and Europe inevitable? The West is on high alert: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/is-war-between-russia-and.html

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/

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.

Tall Goldenrod — 100% living up to its name... Such a stunning sight in the November morning light! 😍
#NaturePhotography #Photography #MorningWalk

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.

Ukraine's deputy PM 'more than confident' partners will fund coming years: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/ukraines-deputy-pm-more-than.html

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.

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/

'Pokrovsk is simply being absorbed' — Ukraine’s defense on a knife-edge: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/pokrovsk-is-simply-being-absorbed.html

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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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. 

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/

'She wasn't afraid of the bombs' — Kherson locals in awe over Angelina Jolie's visit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/she-wasnt-afraid-of-the.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.

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).

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/

Bulgaria moves to seize, sell Russian energy giant's refinery amid sanctions pressure: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/bulgaria-moves-to-seize-sell.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.

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.

A well-aimed strike by Ukraine! Russian base with killer drones destroyed in occupied Donetsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/a-wellaimed-strike-by-ukraine.html

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/

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.

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.

Zelensky ally Mindich expands his clout in government, business, investigative journalists claim: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/zelensky-ally-mindich-expands-his.html

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/

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?
https://www.

Duolingo stock falls 25% after saying it expects bookings to range between $329.5M and $335.5M this quarter, falling short of a $344.3M estimate (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/duolingo-duol-stock-q3-earnings-2025.html

Duolingo stock plunges 27% on light guidance as company prioritizes user growth
CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn told CNBC that the company has shifted its investment strategy in recent months to focus on long-term initiatives.

Ukraine sentences Russian soldier to life in prison for executing captured Ukrainian serviceman: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/ukraine-sentences-russian-soldier-to.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…

Datadog's stock jumps 20% after reporting Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $885.7M, above $852.8M est., and forecasting Q4 revenue at $912M-$916M, above $877M est. (Jaures Yip/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/datadogs-ddog-stock-earnings.html

Datadog's stock soars 20% on revenue beat, strong forecast
Datadog has rolled out multiple artificial intelligence technologies as the AI boom boosts demand for cloud security.

South Africa investigating recruitment of citizens into 'mercenary activities' in Russia-Ukraine war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/south-africa-investigating-recruitment-of.html

"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.

In response to the Russian Federation’s night attack, the AFU destroyed the “Shahed” base in Donetsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/in-response-to-the-russian.html

OpenAI releases a blueprint the company hopes lawmakers will use in crafting safety standards for teens using AI, with five suggestions for AI companies (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/06/openai-blueprint-teen-ai-safety-standards

Exclusive: OpenAI unveils blueprint for teen AI safety standards
OpenAI is trying to get ahead of criticism — and shape the norms for teens' use — by touting its new safety mechanisms to policymakers.

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.

Ukraine war latest live: Russian rebel group sabotages dozens of trains in attack on military logistics, HUR says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/ukraine-war-latest-live-russian.html

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.

💥 Ukrainian forces destroyed the "Shahed" base in Donetsk #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/ukrainian-forces-destroyed-the-quotshahedquot.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.

heise | Weg von Windows 11: Gaming unter Linux mit Bazzite im Selbstversuch
Weg von Windows, auch beim Zocken! Bazzite möchte das Spielen unter Linux so bequem wie möglich machen – auch für blutige Laien. Wir haben es ausprobiert.

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.

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."

David Sacks says there will be "no federal bailout for AI", as the US has at least five major AI companies and "if one fails, others will take its place" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/trump-ai-sacks-federal-bailout-o…

Trump AI czar Sacks says 'no federal bailout for AI' after OpenAI CFO's comments
Sacks' comments came after OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar mentioned a federal "backstop" during a conference.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative restructures to focus on AI and science, led by Biohub research centers, and acquires AI startup Evolutionary Scale's team (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/zuckerberg-chan-initiative-biohub.…

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Restructure Their Philanthropy
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said its restructured organization, Biohub, would lead its focus on artificial intelligence and scientific research.

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

POKROVSK IS UNCONQUERED! Russia fails to break through Ukrainian defenses! | Map of the War: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/pokrovsk-is-unconquered-russia-fails.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.

Ukraine is moving towards EU membership faster than expected, according to EU Commission report: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukraine-is-moving-towards-eu.html

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar clarifies the startup is not seeking a government "backstop" for its infrastructure deals, saying her use of the word "muddied the point" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/openai-cfo

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says company isn't seeking government backstop, clarifying prior comment
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said in a LinkedIn post that the artificial intelligence company is not seeking a government backstop for its infrastructure commitments.

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.

Putin highlights Russia’s nuclear weapons advancements as Trump weighs renewed nuclear testing: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/putin-highlights-russias-nuclear-weapons.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.

'Catastrophic populism:' Critics push back against Zelensky's winter support package for Ukrainians: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/catastrophic-populism-critics-push-back.html

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.

Fomo, a consumer crypto trading app, raised a $17M Series A led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $19M, and reports $20M-$40M in daily trading volume (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/why-benchmar…

Why Benchmark made a rare crypto bet on trading app Fomo, with $17M Series A  | TechCrunch
The founders of Fomo, a consumer crypto trading app that launched in May, took an unusual route to raising capital.

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.

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

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft plans to focus on superintelligence that prioritizes human control; he will lead a new superintelligence team (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/05/2025/mi…

Microsoft superintelligence team promises to keep humans in charge
Microsoft AI’s “humanist” approach to superintelligence will be led by Mustafa Suleyman.

Truffle Security, whose open source tool detects, verifies, and remediates leaked secrets such as API keys, raised a $25M Series A led by Intel Capital and a16z (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/06/tr

Truffle Security secures $25M to protect codebases from leaked secrets and nonhuman identities - SiliconANGLE
Truffle Security secures $25M to protect codebases from leaked secrets and nonhuman identities - SiliconANGLE

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