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UK cuts contribution to Aids, tuberculosis and malaria fund by 15%
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/11/uk-cuts-contribution-aids-tuberculosis-malaria-fund

Google expands Google Translate's live speech translation from Pixel Buds to any headphones, supporting 70 languages, in beta on compatible Android phones (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/843483/google-translate-live-sp…

Google Translate brings real-time speech translations to any headphones
Google Translate will now let users hear live speech translations in any headphones on its Android app, expanding a feature that was once only available with Pixel Buds.

AT&T launches Connected Life, a smart home security system with hardware from Google and Abode, designed to keep working during power or internet outages (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/842307/att-connected-life-smart-hom…

AT&T’s new home security system is powered by Google Home and Abode
AT&T is launching Connected Life, a new smart home security offering built around Google Home that keeps working during power or internet outages.

Samsung rolls out its Vision AI Companion, a generative AI-powered upgrade to its Bixby assistant, across its 2025 TV lineup, with support for 10 languages (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/818355/samsung-tvs-bixby-generative-ai-con…

Samsung brings a generative AI-powered Bixby to its TVs
Samsung Vision AI Companion will let you ask Bixby questions about what’s on screen in real time, powered by Copilot and Perplexity.

Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an issue that let an external party send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5M users' data was exposed (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/860337/instagram-fixed-password-reset…

Instagram says it fixed the issue that let someone send all those password reset emails
Instagram says it fixed the issue that sent password reset emails and that there was no breach of its systems.

Google unveils Private AI Compute, a cloud platform providing a "secure, fortified space" to run AI tools on devices, similar to Apple's Private Cloud Compute (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/818364/google-private-ai-compute

Google is introducing its own version of Apple’s private AI cloud compute
Google is rolling out Private AI Compute to use the cloud for AI requests while keeping on-device levels of privacy, a similar feature to Apple. 

OpenAI's Fidji Simo says ChatGPT's "adult mode" is expected to launch in Q1 2026, says OpenAI wants to get better at age prediction before launching the feature (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/842657/openai-chatgpt-adult-mode-debut-q1-…

ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ is expected to debut in Q1 2026
OpenAI expects ChatGPT’s “adult mode” will launch in the first quarter of 2026.

OpenAI says GPT-5.2 Thinking hallucinates less than GPT-5.1 and has improved reliability for agentic AI needs; pre-release testers include Notion, Box, Shopify (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/842529/open…

OpenAI calls GPT-5.2 the best model yet for professionals
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2, which it calls its best AI model yet for professional use.

Amazon Prime Video pulls its AI recaps, which it began testing in November, for Fallout, Bosch, and other shows after users noticed errors in the Fallout recaps (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/842978/amazon-prime-video-ai-fallout-recap<…

Amazon Prime Video pulls AI-powered recaps after Fallout flub
Amazon Prime Video has pulled its AI-powered Video Recaps after viewers noticed errors in Fallout’s season one summary.

Rivian says it is building its own 5nm AI chip called the Rivian Autonomy Processor and a foundational "Large Driving Model", to enable fully autonomous driving (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/842213/rivian-ai-autonomous-chip-specs

Rivian is building its own powerful AI chips for autonomous driving
Rivian announced it was building its own AI chips for self-driving features. The company also plans on adding lidar to its upcoming R2 vehicles.