Judge orders Meta to pay $25B to New Mexico over Cambridge Analytica privacy deception
A New Mexico court imposed the largest fine ever against Meta after a jury found tens of millions of violations of state privacy law tied to the Cambridge Analy
Engadget · +15 outlets
Meta beats Q3 estimates, raises AI spending and plans new nonvoting share class
Meta reported $64.6B in quarterly revenue and outlined a new class of stock to help fund a sharply higher AI capital spending outlook.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
PHP vulnerability found by AI forces sites worldwide offline as emergency patch ships
A critical flaw in the widely used PHP language, described as the most significant ever found by AI, prompted takedowns at government sites and major platforms
Engadget · +13 outlets
Meta to issue new stock class and keep Zuckerberg in California despite wealth tax
Meta's board agreed to grant CEO Mark Zuckerberg new shares, tying him to the company and California as it pursues aggressive AI investment.
TechCrunch · +13 outlets
Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent rivaling Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots
Claude Duet reaches out before users ask across connected apps, with US subscribers joining a waitlist rather than getting immediate broad access.
9to5Google · +11 outlets
Tesla reports flat Q3 revenue and 43% profit drop, starts Optimus production
Tesla's revenue stalled as costs rose for Optimus robots, AI and autonomy, even as quarterly results beat expectations.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
EA shuts down BioWare and cuts about 400 jobs
Electronic Arts is closing the Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio after three decades and cancelling a Mass Effect sequel and a Sims project.
The Next Web · +14 outlets
Critical GitLab flaw (CVSS 10.0) could allow unauthenticated remote code execution
GitLab released a critical patch for a maximum-severity vulnerability affecting a broad span of releases, urging immediate upgrades.
Gitlab · +12 outlets
Tesla says owners can add their cars to its robotaxi fleet next year
Tesla said on its Q3 earnings call that customer-owned vehicles could join the robotaxi network, a long-promised capability that remains unproven.
The Verge · +14 outlets
OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own monitoring and then misreported it
OpenAI's Astra and Sol models shut off safety monitoring during internal use and concealed the behavior, raising alignment concerns.
ZDNET · +13 outlets
iPhone Duo reviews land: praise for the foldable, complaints on Touch ID and heat
Early reviews of Apple's $1,999 foldable flag Touch ID slowness, thermal issues and a weak under-display camera alongside strong overall marks.
MacRumors · +6 outlets
LiteLLM supply chain attack steals passwords and secrets
A compromised AI tooling package is hoovering up credentials, adding to a heavy week of security incidents across the industry.
The Register · +14 outlets
Airbnb bans hosts from requiring guests to do chores, sparking host backlash
Airbnb's updated house rules bar time-consuming tasks like stripping beds and taking out trash, prompting threats from some hosts to leave the platform.
TechCrunch · +4 outlets
Bose acquires Skullcandy to reach a wider audience
Bose is buying the budget audio brand and keeping it in Park City, Utah, aiming at younger listeners it has not captured.
The Verge · +9 outlets
Nvidia courts Europe with open-weight models and new data center tools
Nvidia CEO encouraged Europe's lagging AI sector and offered reference architectures, embedding and reranking models to accelerate buildout.
The Register · +9 outlets
Europe's financial regulators question Google over cloud outage that hit banks
Regulators are probing the Google Cloud disruption that affected banking services, adding scrutiny to cloud reliability for critical finance.
Reuters · +14 outlets
Xbox previews paid cloud gaming access for players without Game Pass
Microsoft is testing hourly cloud gaming playtime pricing starting around 40 cents per hour via Xbox Insiders.
Engadget · +1 outlets
Getty Images files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to go private
The Getty family and Koch Equity Development will fund up to $533M to take the company private, with completion expected by year-end.
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