Wednesday, November 05, 2025

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Freeda Raises €3.4 Million To Revolutionise Construction Plan Verification With AI

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based Freeda, a startup using AI to detect hidden errors in construction plans, has raised €3.4 million in funding. The round was led by Frst, with participation from Brick & Mortar Ventures. Freeda has also been selected for Station F’s Future 40, …

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Qualcomm and Arm beat expectations, but investors’ reactions are mixed

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Arm Holdings Plc both delivered strong numbers today as they posted their latest financial results, beating Wall Street’s expectations. But their stocks were heading in opposite directions in the wake of today’s reports. In th…

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Microsoft Store on the Web Adds Multi-App Install

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - The web version of the Microsoft Store quietly added the ability to select and install multiple Windows apps at once.The post Microsoft Store on the Web Adds Multi-App Install appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Snap and Perplexity sign $400 million deal to put AI search directly in Snapchat

engadget - Snap and Perplexity AI have struck a $400 million deal that will bring the AI search engine directly to Snapchat sometime in "early 2026," the two companies announced. With the partnership, Perplexity's AI search engine will be a prominent part of Snapcha…

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Apple And Google Circle $1 Billion Deal For Custom Gemini Model To Power Siri Overhaul

bgr - Rumors of Apple turning to Google's Gemini to power its conversational Siri appear to be true, as a $1 billion/year deal is currently in the works.

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Apple's New Siri Will Be Powered By Google Gemini

Juli Clover / macrumors - The smarter, more capable version of Siri that Apple is developing will be powered by Google Gemini, reports Bloomberg. Apple will pay Google approximately $1 billion per year for a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model that was developed b…

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Your Steam Deck can now download games with screen off to save battery

digitaltrends - Valve just rolled out display-off downloads for the Steam Deck, meaning your games and updates can now install while the screen stays dark. It’s a small change with big impact: less battery drain, fewer heat spikes, and no more staring at a progress bar w…

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The MPA tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to describe teen accounts

Matt Tate / engadget - The Motion Picture Association doesn’t share Meta’s view that the content people under the age of 18 might encounter on an Instagram Teen Account is comparable to what you might find in a PG-13 movie. The MPA has reportedly hit Mark Zuckerberg’s company w…

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Discord now lets parents control who contacts their teens, but messages stay private

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Discord is expanding the safety controls parents and guardians have access to in its Family Center, including increased visibility of their teens’ activity, allowing guardians to control sensitive content filtering and data privacy settings, and giving th…

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Google Adds 'AI Mode' Button to Chrome for iPhone and iPad

Juli Clover / macrumors - Google is updating the Chrome app for the iPhone and the iPad with a dedicated "AI Mode" button that matches functionality found in the desktop version of Chrome. AI Mode is located under the Google search bar, next to an Incognito Mode button.The AI Mode…

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Whisper Into This AI-Powered Smart Ring to Organize Your Thoughts

Julian Chokkattu / wired - A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts. And it’s powered by—you guessed it—an AI chatbot.

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Nintendo Store App Now Available on iOS and Android

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - The Nintendo Store app is available to download on iOS and Android, letting players make console and game purchases.The post Nintendo Store App Now Available on iOS and Android first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Cloud streaming finally arrives on the PlayStation Portal

Ash Parrish / theverge - PlayStation has announced that cloud streaming is officially rolling out to the PlayStation Portal, after a beta test period that started last year. Starting later today, PlayStation Premium Plus members will be able to stream select titles from their own…

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Google gets the US government’s green light to acquire Wiz for $32B

Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - Google announced its intent to acquire cloud security company Wiz in March and the deal is now on track to close in early 2026.

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Stability AI’s legal win over Getty leaves copyright law in limbo

Robert Hart / theverge - Stability AI, the creator of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, was largely victorious against Getty Images on Tuesday in a British legal battle over the material used to train AI models. The case originally looked set to produce a landmark ruling on A…

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iOS 26.2 beta testers in Japan can install third party app stores

appleinsider - Japanese iPhone owners are able to start using alternative app storefronts on their devices, as the first iOS 26.2 developer beta grants permission for them to be installed.An Apple Store in Japan - Image credit: AppleThe Japan Fair Trade Commission will …

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Google Tests A New Version Of AI Mode

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - Google is testing a new version of AI Mode responses in the wild, directly in the Google Search AI Mode interface. Google even tells the searcher, "You're giving feedback on a new version of Al Mode. Which response do you prefer?"

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Google exploring putting AI data centers in space — Project Suncatcher wants to harness in-orbit solar power to scale AI compute

tomshardware - Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.

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Amazon sues Perplexity's shopping bot

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Amazon sues Perplexity to block its AI shopping agent from making purchases autonomously. The first major legal clash over whether AI assistants can act as user proxies sets precedent for the $20B question: who controls the future of online commerce?

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Google warns that a new era of self-evolving, AI-driven malware has begun

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - A new report out today from Google LLC’s Threat Intelligence Group warns that there has been a major shift in cybercrime as attackers are no longer using artificial intelligence solely for productivity but are now deploying AI-enabled malware directly in …

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