Tech News

1. Amazon's Q3 Earnings:

   • Amazon reports a 13% YoY revenue increase to $180.2B and a net income of $21.2B. 👉 businesswire.com
   • Amazon's ad revenue rose 24% YoY to $17.7B. 👉 thewrap.com
   • Amazon's Q3 AWS revenue up 20% YoY to $33B. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Amazon's Q3 includes $9.5B pre-tax gain from its investment in Anthropic. 👉 geekwire.com
   • Amazon is raising its forecast for capital expenditures to $125B in 2025. 👉 cnbc.com

2. Apple's Q4 Results:

   • Apple reports Q4 revenue up 8% YoY to $102.47B and FY 2025 revenue up 6% to $416.16B. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Apple expects Q1 revenue to grow 10% to 12% YoY. 👉 reuters.com
   • Apple's Q4 revenue from Services up 15% YoY to $28.75B. 👉 thewrap.com
   • Apple's Q4: iPhone up 6% YoY to $49.03B, Mac up 13% to $8.73B. 👉 businesswire.com

3. OpenAI's Developments:

   • OpenAI is reportedly preparing for an IPO that could value the company at up to $1 trillion. 👉 reuters.com
   • OpenAI CEO says revamped Siri on track to launch next year. 👉 macrumors.com
   • OpenAI launches Aardvark, a GPT-5-powered autonomous cybersecurity research agent in private beta. 👉 zdnet.com
   • OpenAI is starting to sell extra credits for Sora. 👉 engadget.com
   • OpenAI's Sora app adds character cameos to create AI deepfakes. 👉 theverge.com

4. AI and Coding:

   • TypeScript overtakes Python and JavaScript as the most used language on GitHub. (2 days ago) 👉 github.blog
   • Universal Music Group settles copyright lawsuit with AI music startup Udio and strikes a licensing deal. 👉 theverge.com
   • A new AI-targeted cloaking attack tricks AI crawlers into citing fake info as verified facts. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Cognition releases SWE-1.5, a new coding model in Windsurf. 👉 cognition.ai

5. Cloud Security:

   • Google, Meta, and Microsoft collectively spent nearly $80B on AI infrastructure in Q3. 👉 ft.com^$
   • The ICC plans to switch from Microsoft Office to Open Desk. 👉 euractiv.com

6. Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities:

   • A critical security flaw in Chromium's Blink rendering engine can crash browsers within seconds. 👉 theregister.com
   • A new exploit, "Brash," crashes Chromium browsers with a single malicious URL. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Massive surge of NFC relay malware steals Europeans’ credit cards. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • CISA orders feds to patch VMware Tools flaw exploited by Chinese hackers. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A major telecom services provider, Ribbon Communications, was breached by state hackers. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Ex-L3Harris exec guilty of selling cyber exploits to Russian broker. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Major telecom services provider Ribbon breached by state hackers. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

7. Trade and Regulations:

   • Trump and Xi agree to a yearlong trade truce that rolls back many contentious tariffs and retaliatory measures. 👉 nytimes.com^$
   • President Trump says he and Xi Jinping discussed Nvidia and other chipmakers' access to China, but did not discuss approving sales of Blackwell chips. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • China says it will work with the US to resolve issues related to TikTok. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • US Commerce Department has proposed banning TP-Link's devices, citing its ties to China. 👉 washingtonpost.com
   • Germany publishes checklist on how to act when your online account is hacked. 👉 cybernews.com

8. Finance and Business News:

   • Meta plans to raise money through bond offerings worth up to $30B. 👉 reuters.com
   • Meta has received record orders of about $125B for a corporate bond sale. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Italy's Bending Spoons raises $710 million at $11 billion valuation and will acquire AOL. 👉 axios.com
   • Sources say Intel is in talks to acquire AI chip startup SambaNova. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Coinbase reports Q3 revenue up 55% YoY to $1.9B. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Twilio reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $1.3B. 👉 seekingalpha.com
   • Netflix announces a 10-for-1 stock split. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Roku reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.21B. 👉 variety.com
   • Reddit reports Q3 revenue up 68% YoY to $585M. 👉 cnbc.com

9. Cluely's Marketing Strategy:

   • AI "cheating" app Cluely's CEO said most startups flop because their products don't get seen. (2 days ago) 👉 businessinsider.com^$
   • Cluely launched earlier this year as a tool to help software engineers cheat on their job interviews. 👉 businessinsider.com^$

10. Android App Sideloading Restrictions:

    • A "Keep Android Open" campaign pushes back on new rules from Google that will block users from sideloading apps on Android phones. 👉 pcmag.com
    • The campaign urges the public to lobby government regulators to intervene and stop the upcoming restrictions. 👉 keepandroidopen.org

11. Project Nimbus:

    • In 2021, Google and Amazon agreed to use a secret code as part of Project Nimbus with the Israeli government to sidestep legal obligations globally. 👉 theguardian.com

12. Mercury Dental Fillings:

    • Britain is facing mounting pressure to ban mercury dental fillings due to contamination levels in fish. 👉 theguardian.com

13. Nuclear Weapons Testing:

    • President Trump has directed the Department of War to restart nuclear weapons testing. 👉 bbc.com

14. Obesity and Diabetes:

    • The U.S. adult obesity rate has gradually declined to 37.0% in 2025, while diagnoses of diabetes have reached an all-time high of 13.8%. 👉 news.gallup.com

15. EU Chip Crisis:

    • Carmakers in the EU are "days away" from closing production lines due to a computer chip supply crisis from China. 👉 theguardian.com

16. The Tradeoff Between the ICC and Microsoft Office:

    • The International Criminal Court will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative. 👉 euractiv.com

17. AI-Generated Posts:

    • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to increase the amount of AI-generated content in social feeds. 👉 theverge.com

18. Google Play Store:

    • Google has implemented the first phase of changes mandated by the court after losing the antitrust case brought by Epic Games, allowing developers more freedom. 👉 arstechnica.com

19. Security:

    • CISA and NSA share tips on securing Microsoft Exchange servers. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
    • Massive surge of NFC relay malware steals Europeans’ credit cards. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

20. Microsoft fixes Windows update failures:

• Microsoft fixes 0x800F081F errors causing Windows update failures. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

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