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Some interesting moves over at Block. Share to TikTok could be something major for the music industry. Amazon’s offer to invest again in Anthropic comes with some interesting strings attached. More signs that the smartglasses category is coming now. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.Sponsors:LegalZoom.com promocode TechmemeLinks:Block reports revenue miss but a slight beat on earnings (CNBC)Jack Dorsey's Square to Invest More in Bitcoin Mining and Shut Decentralized 'Web5' Venture (CoinDesk)TikTok’s latest feature lets music fans ‘Share to TikTok’ from Spotify and Apple Music (TechCrunch)Amazon Discussing New Multibillion-Dollar Investment in Anthropic (The Information)Baidu Readies AI Smart Glasses to Rival Meta’s Ray-Bans (Bloomberg)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (ArsTechnica)What I Learned From Destroying Myself at the NYC Marathon (Intelligencer)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

More in depth analysis of what the Trump victory might mean for Silicon Valley, and Elon Musk’s companies in particular. Canadian regulators going after TikTok. Australia wants to make sure no one uses social media until they’re sixteen. France is “aware” of Polymarket. And the reviews of all the new Macs.Sponsors:Promevo.com/techmemeLinks:Elon Musk Helped Elect Trump. What Does He Expect in Return? (NYTimes)Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue (Reuters)Labor backs 16 as the minimum age to use social media ahead of national cabinet meeting (ABCNews)French Regulator Examines Polymarket After Bets on Trump (Bloomberg)Apple Mac mini review (M4 Pro, 2024): Shockingly small, incredibly powerful (Engadget)Apple MacBook Pro M4 review: the Pro for everyone (The Verge)Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review (2024): Brace yourself for M4 speed (Engadget)Apple iMac M4 review: More power, same great looks (Tom's Guide)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The tech angle to the election news yesterday, and interestingly a lot of it is crypto related. The EU Commission looks like it will fine Apple and has opened a case against Corning? Perplexity is raising another massive new round. And a pretty definitive piece about how drone tech has changed warfare.Sponsors:Head to Lumen.me/RIDE for 15% off your purchase.WashingtonPost.com/rideLinks:Polymarket, Prediction Betting Markets Vindicated by Trump's Strong Showing (Coindesk)Apple to Face First EU Fine Under Bloc’s Digital Markets Act (Bloomberg)Corning Faces EU Probe Into Smartphone ‘Gorilla Glass’ (Bloomberg)How Lina Khan Became an Election Hot Topic (NYTimes)Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division (TechCrunch)AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion in New Funding Round (WSJ)Battles of Precise Mass (Foreign Affairs)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Big hacking arrest in Canada. More evidence Apple is thinking: “You know, maybe smartglasses are the way to go…” More signs OpenAI is focusing on hardware. More signs they’re about to go for-profit. And what it’s actually like to use GPT Search? Is it a Google killer or no?Links:Canada Arrests Man Suspected of Hacks of Snowflake Customers (Bloomberg)Apple Explores Push Into Smart Glasses With ‘Atlas’ User Study (Bloomberg)Meta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI (TechCrunch)OpenAI in Regulator Talks to Become For-Profit Company (Bloomberg)Anthropic hikes the price of its Haiku model (TechCrunch)Uber’s Real Threat Isn’t From Robots (WSJ)ChatGPT Search is not OpenAI’s ‘Google killer’ yet (TechCrunch)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Apple is investing more in Satellite technology, and also acquires Pixelmator. What does this all mean for them? Is the high end Vision Pro getting abandoned? What does it mean that Google Cloud is now growing faster than AWS? And how Coreweave and other “neocloud” startups are financing their crazy growth in a totally new way. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.Sponsors:Miro.comMackWeldon.com promocode BRIANLinks:Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity (9to5Mac)Apple is acquiring the popular image editing app Pixelmator (The Verge)Apple Finally Finds Its Gaming Console With the New Mac Mini (Bloomberg)Apple Vision Pro rumored to get M5 in 2025, but lower cost model is delayed (Apple Insider)X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts (TechCrunch)Google’s cloud outpaces rivals in third quarter as AI battle heats up (CNBC)Early Apple M4 Pro and M4 Max benchmarks hint at a massive performance boost (Neowin)Wall Street frenzy creates $11bn debt market for AI groups buying Nvidia chips (Financial Times)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

OpenAI officially gets into the search game. Earnings from Apple and Amazon. Why Google is switching up how it does Android. And in the longreads, Meta to win AI even if doesn’t produce AGI, and how downsizing is helping game developers survive the jobspocalypse.Links:OpenAI Brings Search Features to ChatGPT in Challenge to Google (Bloomberg)China Ruins Apple's Quarter (24/7WallStreet)Amazon Surges Past Earnings Forecasts (The Motley Fool)Google confirms Android 16 is coming earlier than usual, developer preview begins soon (Android Authority)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:Meta’s AI Abundance (Stratechery)After Era of Bloat, Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller (Bloomberg)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We’ve got that day where all the tech earnings have come at once, but this time I’m gonna mention Uber too cause did you know they’re making bank these days? China says that two can play the sanctioning technology game. A niche little app from Nintendo. And a review of the Starlink Mini, which seems incredibly compelling for a specific type of user.Links:Meta AI has more than 500 million users (Engadget)Meta’s Next Llama AI Models Are Training on a GPU Cluster ‘Bigger Than Anything’ Else (Wired)Microsoft says AI is on pace to be a $10 billion-a-year business (Axios)Uber shares slide on slowing bookings growth (Financial Times)Chinese sanctions hit US drone maker supplying Ukraine (Financial Times)Nintendo made a music streaming app for Switch Online subscribers (The Verge)Starlink Mini review: space internet goes ultraportable (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Apple release week continues with new MacBook pros. GitHub goes multi-model. Alphabet earnings were good, but Reddit earnings were massive. Why Samsung is having such a hard time since the summer. And a summary of the color Kindle reviews. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.Links:Apple updates the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips (The Verge)Every MacBook Air now starts with 16GB of RAM at no extra cost (Engadget)GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI (The Verge)PlayStation Shutters Studio Behind ‘Concord’ Video-Game Flop (Bloomberg)More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI (The Verge)Reddit shares soar 22% on earnings beat and better-than-expected forecast (CNBC)Samsung’s Sudden $122 Billion Wipeout Shows the Cost of Sleeping on AI (Bloomberg)Russian Hackers Are Targeting US Officials, Microsoft Says (Bloomberg)Kindle Colorsoft review: The missing link in Amazon’s ereader lineup (Engadget)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A whole bunch of new Macs plus the first dribbles of Apple Intelligence. Apple is taking a big step in weening itself off of China reliance for manufacturing. Microsoft accuses Google of astroturfing. And potentially the return of startups buying startups? Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.Links:Apple Announces iMac With M4 Chip, Upgraded Camera, Nano-Texture Display Option, and More (MacRumors)New Mac mini shrinks down, gains M4 and M4 Pro chips (SixColors)Apple Intelligence goes live with iOS 18.1 update (TechCrunch)Apple Taps India to Learn How to Build New iPhone (The Information)Microsoft says Google is running ‘shadow campaigns’ in Europe to influence regulators (CNBC)Sequoia to Rake in More Than $100 Million From Crypto Acquisition (Bloomberg)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Robinhood rolls out smart contract derivatives around the election, a look at how smart markets have seemed to have their mainstream breakthrough this year. TikTok now has a Fediverse, open-source competitor. AI now has an opensource definition, or something? And Meta opensourced their own AI podcast making tool. Here’s what you missed today in the world of tech.Sponsors:1Password.com/rideLinks:Robinhood jumps into election trading, giving users chance to buy Harris or Trump contracts (CNBC)Billions in election bets raise the stakes of the presidential race (Washington Post)Apple Blocked From Selling iPhone 16 Models in Indonesia (Bloomberg)The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops (TechCrunch)We finally have an ‘official’ definition for open source AI (TechCrunch)Even With Venture Slowdown, Megadeals Grow (CrunchBase)Netflix Adds ‘Moments’ Feature Allowing Users to Easily Share Favorite Scenes (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)Meta Releases NotebookLlama, An Open-Source Podcast Generator (Techopedia)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Verge says we could get GPT-5 by December, but it might be called Orion. The biggest health care data breach in US history. Turns out Americans can actually produce high yield, quality silicon. Or, at least, Arizonans can. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.Sponsors:Acorns.com/rideLinks:OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December (The Verge)UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare breach (BleepingComputer)TSMC’s Arizona Chip Production Yields Surpass Taiwan’s in Win for US Push (Bloomberg)Bluesky raises $15M Series A, plans to launch subscriptions (TechCrunch)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:The mystifying, acrimonious battle between Arm and Qualcomm (Financial Times)Who Gets the TikTok in the Divorce? The Messy Fight Over Valuable Social Media Accounts (WSJ)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Raspberry PI does AI now too. Apple is cutting iPhone production orders. Microsoft says China, Russia and Iran are still doing the dirt as the election nears. What if Foxconn got into the business of manufacturing cars? And what if surge pricing, but for groceries? New electronic price tags could make that possible.Sponsors:Notion.com/rideLinks:Raspberry Pi releases more AI-focused add-ons (TechCrunch)Raspberry Pi release higher performance AI HAT+ — 13 and 26 TOPS variants (TomsHardware)iPhone 16 orders cut by around 10 million units for 4Q24–1H25; no evidence yet that Apple Intelligence could boost iPhone shipments in the near term (Ming-Chi Kuo)Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions (Wired)Roblox to Enact Child-Safety Changes Giving Parents More Control (Bloomberg)What if carmaking went the way of consumer electronics? (The Economist)Kroger and Walmart Deny ‘Surge Pricing’ After Adopting Digital Price Tags (NYTimes)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A huge dispute in the semiconductor space has gone nuclear with implications that are crazy. Anthropic’s new AI app can control your computer for you. Runway’s new model lets you do your own motion capture. And farewell to Foursquare, the OG version at least.Links:Arm to Scrap Qualcomm Chip Design License in Feud Escalation (Bloomberg)Anthropic’s new AI can use computers like a human, redefining automation for enterprises (VentureBeat)Apple Sharply Scales Back Production of Vision Pro (The Information)Runway’s Act-One uses smartphone cameras to replicate facial expression motion capture (Silicon Angle)‘This is a game changer’: Runway releases new AI facial expression motion capture feature Act-One (VentureBeat)Farewell to Foursquare’s app (TechCrunch)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Qualcomm has unveiled its big, next gen Snapdragon SoC which will someday be in all the phones. Except iPhones, of course. Is Netflix pulling back on its gaming strategy? Why a new marketplace from Epic might actually point the way to the metaverse. And how are various people trying to get AI to have a better personality?Links:Snapdragon 8 Elite deep dive: A return to custom CPUs and much more (Android Authority)Scoop: Netflix shuts down 'AAA' Team Blue gaming studio, amid gaming shake-up (Game File)Netflix has closed its AAA gaming studio (Engadget)Hulu and Disney+ No Longer Support Signups and Payment Using App Store (MacRumors)Epic’s ambitious digital asset shop is now open (The Verge)Biden administration proposes new rules governing data transfers to adversarial nations (The Record)How AI groups are infusing their chatbots with personality (Financial Times)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Google’s strategy of keeping it in the courts is already going to plan. New AI agents from Microsoft. New Open Source models from IBM. Perplexity is looking to raise again. How far behind Apple thinks it is in AI. And what it’s like to use your AirPods as hearing aids.Sponsors:Ramp.com/techmemeMiro.comLinks:Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now (The Verge)Microsoft unveils new autonomous AI agents in advance of competing Salesforce rollout (GeekWire)AI Startup Perplexity in Funding Talks to More Than Double Valuation to $8 Billion (WSJ)IBM debuts open source Granite 3.0 LLMs for enterprise AI (VentureBeat)Apple’s New iPad Mini Highlights the Company’s Secret AI Advantage (Bloomberg)Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Did Nintendo try to kill GoldenEye 007 before it was completed? Why did Shigeru Miyamoto keep telling the development team to tone down the violence. And why did the famous multiplayer aspect of the game almost didn’t happen? It’s slappers only on Rad History, because we’re diving into the history of THE game of the late 1990s, GoldenEye 007.With Special Guest: John GruberSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Now Amazon is building some modular nuclear reactors. TSMC’s results cheer up the chips industry. Uber but for buying plane tickets. No, I mean, really, use Uber to buy plane tickets. And the controversial reason Meta is reportedly laying off some folks.Sponsors:Lumen.me/rideLinks:Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors (CNBC)TSMC Hikes Revenue Outlook in Show of Confidence in AI Boom (Bloomberg)The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership (The Verge)Uber explored takeover bid for Expedia (FT)Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more (The Verge)Meta fires staff for abusing $25 meal credits (FT)Analogue’s 4K Nintendo 64 launches next year for $249 (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kindles come roaring back, with significant updates to the Paperwhite and the Scribe, but also, for the first time ever, a Kindle with a color screen. Why has ASML suddenly plunged so much if chips are so hot right now? Android 15 is beginning to roll out. And Sonos is back to releasing new speakers again.Sponsors:Promevo.com/techmemeLinks:Amazon’s new seven-inch Kindle Paperwhite is bigger and faster than ever (The Verge)Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe takes another step toward pen and paper (The Verge)Amazon finally has a color Kindle, and it looks pretty good (The Verge)Global Chip Stocks Erase $420 Billion After ASML Sales Warning (Bloomberg)YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video (The Verge)Android 15 is now available for Pixels (The Verge)Sonos announces ‘breakthrough’ Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4 (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Nuclear Energy sector is clearly getting back in business, thanks to big tech and their AI needs. The latest back and forth in the Wordpress brouhaha. The US is considering caps on the chips Nvidia can deliver to a bunch of countries worldwide. And is Tether getting deeper into the global finance game?Sponsors:1Password.com/rideArcticWolf.com/registerLinks:Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI (WSJ)DHH's Original PostMatt Mullenweg's Original ResponseMatt's 2nd ResponseApple Unveils New iPad Mini With A17 Pro Chip and Apple Intelligence (MacRumors)US Weighs Capping Exports of AI Chips From Nvidia and AMD to Some Countries (Bloomberg)Crypto Company Tether Talking to Commodity Traders About Lending Them Its Billions (Bloomberg)The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over (Wired)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.