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Oura CEO Tom Hale says the Finnish company expects "maybe close" to $2B in sales in 2026, up from $1B in 2025, and there is "no news on an IPO" (Tasmin Lockwood/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/smart-ring-maker-…

Oura expects close to $2 billion in 2026 sales, almost doubling for the second consecutive year
CEO Tom Hale spoke with CNBC's Arjun Kharpal in an exclusive interview at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.  

https://www.techmeme.com/251109/p10#a251109p10

The UK is investigating whether ~700 of its Chinese-made Yutong electric buses can be remotely deactivated; Norway found that Yutong can render buses inoperable
From Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

Tsunami-Wellen neu verstanden: Nasa-Satellit liefert präzise Daten
Ein Nasa-Satellit hat erstmals eine Tsunami-Welle detailliert erfasst. Die Ergebnisse überraschen Forschende und könnten Tsunami-Warnungen präziser machen.

The UK proposes an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill allowing "authorized testers" to proactively assess AI models for their ability to generate CSAM (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8xq677l9xo

UK seeks to curb AI child sex abuse imagery with tougher testing
A new law will allow authorised testers to assess AI models for their ability to generate abuse material

South Korea's KT Corp. launches a sovereign cloud for Korean enterprises built on Azure, with encrypted in-memory computing and strict local data governance (Jie Ye-eun/The Korea Herald)
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10614445

KT rolls out sovereign public cloud with Microsoft - The Korea Herald
KT Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of its public cloud service, developed in partnership with Microsoft, in a strategic bid to bolster its foothold in K

Sony unveils a cheaper, Japan-only PlayStation 5 Digital Edition for ~$350, a ~25% discount, following a similar move by Nintendo with the Switch 2 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f6edb22a-0b19-4073-9e28-ec29b096dde3

Sony launches cheaper Japan-only PlayStation 5 console
Region-locked version at 25% discount in move to boost domestic sales

A look at claims from Google and others about quantum computing breakthroughs over the past few months that helped boost quantum computing stocks in 2025 (Richard Waters/Financial Times)

CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo's chatty motorized laptop to Sharp's ChatGPT-powered Poketomo (Chris Velazco/Washington Post)

The race to make AI adorable was on full display at CES
Robots for seniors, AI pals for women, and laptops are embracing the power of cute -- for better or worse.

How US startups like Oakland-based Brimstone are racing to develop sources of raw materials that the US needs for tech, an industry China has long dominated (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)
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Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally, letting users customize "top stories" in Search, and launches highlighted links from users' news subscriptions (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/google-ro

Google rolling out Preferred Sources globally and announces Spotlighting subscriptions
Spotlighting subscriptions are coming to Gemini first and then AI Mode and AI Overviews within Google Search.