UK tech leaders urge Rachel Reeves to rule out exit tax
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Denmark passes social media ban for users under 15
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China warns Dutch away from Nexperia as it lets chip exports resume
Brandon Vigliarolo / theregister - Netherlands court still overseeing governance at the chipmaker Tensions between China and the Netherlands over the state of chipmaker Nexperia have begun to ease, but the battle for company control doesn't appear to be entirely resolved yet. …
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FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - The FBI is attempting to track down the identity of the owner of Archive.today and its numerous mirrors, like Archive.is and Archive.ph. As reported by 404 Media, the FBI subpoena, which was posted on the official Archive.today X account, was sent to web …
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Walks Back ‘Federal Backstop’ Comment Amid Scrutiny Over Trillion-Dollar Spending
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI’s finance chief, Sarah Friar, on Wednesday took back comments that hinted the AI firm might need a “federal backstop” for its huge technology spending. After her words at a Wall Street Journal event caused a stir, Friar wrote on LinkedIn that she “…
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Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15732 / 13 stories in 4 months
MPA orders Meta to stop using “PG-13” label on Instagram teen accounts
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has sent a cease and desist order to Meta, demanding that Instagram stop using the “PG-13” movie rating to describe the content standards for its teen-focused accounts. The trade group, which is responsible for the U.S…
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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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Debra Messing’s anti-Mamdani crashout
Eve Upton-Clark / fastcompany - Last night, Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo to become the next mayor of New York City. Cue the online crashouts. Leading the pack is Will & Grace star Debra Messing, who is now facing intense backlash for sharing dozens of posts smearing the Democrat…
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Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 15700 / 20 stories in 4 months
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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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?
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15684 / 7 stories in 4 months
Stability AI wins UK court battle over Getty Images
In a landmark legal showdown in the UK, Stability AI garnered a favorable ruling against Getty Images over copyright issues linked to AI training data. The decision, while partly a win for Stability AI, leaves unresolved questions on fair use and signals a shift in copyright enforcement in the AI creative space.
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Michael Burry a.k.a. "Big Short",discloses $1.1B bet against Nvidia&Palantir
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OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Deal With Amazon
msmash / slashdot - OpenAI will pay Amazon $38 billion for computing power in a seven-year deal that marks the companies' first partnership. Amazon expects all of the computing capacity negotiated as part of the agreement will be available to OpenAI by the end of next year. …
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Microsoft gets a rare U.S. export license for UAE AI chips
Robert Brown / implicator - Microsoft won the first Trump-era export license to ship advanced Nvidia chips to the UAE, clearing a path for billions in data center spending. The trade: chip access for binding oversight that converts private infrastructure into alliance architecture.
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'Grand Theft Auto' Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firing Dozens
EditorDavid / slashdot - "Rockstar Games fired dozens of employees," reports Bloomberg, "in a move that a British trade union said was designed to prevent the workers from unionizing. The company said they were fired for misconduct."TheGrand Theft Automaker terminatedbetween 30 a…
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Sam Altman says ‘enough’ to questions about OpenAI’s revenue
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that the company is doing “well more” than $13 billion in annual revenue — and he sounded a little testy when pressed on how it will pay for its massive spending commitments.
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GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Rockstar Games, the developer of Grand Theft Auto VI, fired between 30 to 40 employees on Thursday, as previously reported by Bloomberg. According to the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), all of the employees fired were part of a private…
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After teen death lawsuits, Character.AI will restrict chats for under-18 users
Benj Edwards / arstechnica - AI companion app faces legal and regulatory pressure over child safety concerns.
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YouTube announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for US staff
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told employees about the program via an internal memo on Wednesday.
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