Josh Hawley, Ron DeSantis, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and other Republicans publicly oppose President Trump's proposal to restrict US states from regulating AI (Joe Miller/Financial Times)
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Josh Hawley, Ron DeSantis, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and other Republicans publicly oppose President Trump
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As OpenAI commits to spending $1.4T, creating a mesh of complicated deals, the startup does not disclose its auditor, and there is little information online (Louis Ashworth/Financial Times)
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As OpenAI committed to spending ~$1.4T on data centers, it hasn
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An overview of macro tech trends for 2026, as "AI eats the world": bubbles, the AI platform shift, Big Tech FOMO, capex, Nvidia, US power backlogs, and more (Benedict Evans)
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Every year, I produce a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. New in May 2025, β€˜AI eats the world’.
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An overview of macro tech trends for 2026, as “AI eats the world”: bubbles, the AI platform shift, Big Tech has FOMO, capex, Nvidia, US power backlogs, and more
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Letterboxd plans to launch the Letterboxd Video Store, a curated rental platform with undistributed festival standouts, restorations, and more, in December 2025 (Letterboxd)
Letterboxd Video Store: what you need to know about our major new feature β€’ Journal β€’ A Letterboxd Magazine
Letterboxd Video Store has arrived: our latest feature to get you adding films to your watchlist and, crucially, checking them off. Here’s everyt...
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Letterboxd says it will launch rental platform Letterboxd Video Store, curated with undistributed festival standouts, restorations, and more, in early December
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Sources: Chinese investment firm Capital Today bought ByteDance shares at a $480B valuation after a bidding war; ByteDance had a $330B valuation in September (Dong Cao/Bloomberg)
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ByteDance’s Valuation Soars to $480 Billion in Share Auction
A Chinese investment firm bought a block of ByteDance Ltd. shares at a valuation of $480 billion, far above recent levels, a sign of strong investo...
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Sources: Chinese investment firm Capital Today bought ByteDance shares at a $480B valuation in a bidding auction; ByteDance had a ~$330B valuation in September
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Sources: Salesforce's Slack tells customers in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan that they must migrate their accounts to partner Alibaba before February (The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/salesforces-slack-stop-direct-service-china-farm-alibaba
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Sources: Salesforce
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How AI is pressuring Poland's economy, Europe's top location for global business services, as companies lay off staff in Krakow, the country's hub for BPO jobs (Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-20/poland-economy-under-pressure-from-ai-and-soaring-wages
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How AI is pressuring Poland
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How scientists are exploring the use of quantum sensors, developed by startups like Q-CTRL, as a secure GPS alternative with military and civilian applications (Mike Cherney/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-pentagon-cant-trust-gps-anymore-is-quantum-physics-the-answer-d7b2d4e6?st=jZBTyB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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How scientists are exploring the use of quantum sensors, developed by startups like Q-CTRL, as a secure GPS alternative, with military and civilian applications
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Q&A with former Xbox boss Peter Moore on the Xbox 360 launch, his new book Game Changer, competition with Sony, the origins of the modern console war, and more (Robert Purchese/Eurogamer.net)
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"Microsoft was afraid Sony was going to own the living room" - Xbox 360 boss Peter Moore sheds new light on its fierce battle with PlayStation and the origins of the modern console war
To celebrate the Xbox 360's 20th anniversary, Eurogamer sits down with former Xbox boss Peter Moore to reflect on the console's creation and puglis...
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Q&A with former Xbox boss Peter Moore on the Xbox 360 launch, his new book Game Changer, competition with Sony, the origins of the modern console war, and more
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China's transport, logistics, and ride-hailing sectors are accelerating the mass adoption of autonomous vehicles, threatening the jobs of millions of drivers (Edward White/Financial Times)
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