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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html
“You can check if there’s a backdoor.” What a knee slapper.
That Time When China’s Leader Joked About Espionage

That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage
Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.

China's recently launched K visa program hopes to attract foreign STEM graduates, but faces online backlash over fears of companies favoring overseas applicants (Anniek Bao/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/cnbcs-the-

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: China's K-visa plans spark worries of a talent flood
Despite signaling a greater openness to global talent, the policy does not represent a sweeping liberalization of China's immigration stance.

Ashley Allison, a CNN commentator and Democratic consultant, buys The Root from G/O Media, returning the brand to Black ownership (Brian Stelter/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/media/the-root-go-media-ashley-allison

The Root returns to Black ownership
Ashley Allison, a Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator, said Thursday that she is acquiring The Root from G/O Media.

A Note About the Comey Case (Joyce Vance/Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-about-the-comey-case
http://www.memeorandum.com/251002/p145#a251002p145

CNN partners with Kalshi to use the company's real-time prediction data in its reporting, for on-air data tickers, fact-checking, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/cnn-kalshi-prediction-market-data

Exclusive: CNN strikes prediction data partnership with Kalshi
The collaboration marks the first major news partnership for Kalshi.

Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on '60 Minutes' (Daniel Dale/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/politics/fact-check-trump-cbs-interview
http://www.memeorandum.com/251103/p71#a251103p71

WBD plans to remove live CNN programming from HBO Max on November 17 as CNN prepares to launch a streaming service (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/cnn-pulled-hbo-max-streams-1236392501/…

CNN Live Stream to Be Pulled From HBO Max Next Month as News Channel Preps New Offering
The network is slated to launch its own direct-to-consumer offering later this year.

Microsoft researchers say AI models can be used to design toxins that evade biosecurity systems used to screen DNA orders for potential biothreats (Antonio Regalado/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/0…

Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology
Artificial intelligence can design toxins that evade security controls.

An interview with CEO Amjad Masad on Replit's slow growth, leaving the professional developer market to focus on non-technical white-collar workers, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/02/after-…

After nine years of grinding, Replit finally found its market. Can it keep it? | TechCrunch
While AI coding startups like Cursor raise brow-raising rounds on barely three years of existence, Replit's path to a $3 billion valuation has been anything but swift.

Baidu says its Apollo Go robotaxi hit 250,000 weekly orders globally as of October 31, matching Waymo's 250,000 weekly paid US rides reported in April 2025 (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/china-baidu-robotaxis-alphabet-waymo-.html…

China's Baidu says it's running 250,000 robotaxis a week — same as Alphabet's Waymo did this spring
In the race to prove to regulators and investors that robotaxis have a viable track record, Baidu's Apollo Go is claiming orders on par with Waymo.