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Google may put giant AI installations in low-earth orbit, DJI drones might soon be banned in the US, and a UK High Court sided with Stability AI Nov 05, 2025

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-Putting AI in space may sound like a sci-fi nightmare, but Google is thinking about the idea with a research endeavor called Project Suncatcher. The idea is to put power-hungry data centers into orbit on solar-powered satellites, so they can be powered by unlimited, clean energy available 24 hours a day.

-Since being placed on a Department of Commerce entity list in 2020 over national security fears, China’s DJI has faced the threat of a US ban on its hyper-popular drones.

-Stability AI has partially succeeded in defending itself against accusations of copyright infringement. As reported by The Guardian, Stability AI prevailed in a high-profile UK High Court case, following Getty first suing the company in 2023 for allegedly using its copyright images to train its Stable Diffusion AI art tool without permission.

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Waymo is launching in three new cities next year Nov 04, 2025

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San Diego, Detroit and Las Vegas are next for the Google subsidiary's driverless taxis.

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OpenAI signed a $38 billion cloud contract with Amazon, Google removed its Gemma AI model after it allegedly accused a senator of sexual assault, and TikTok announced its first-ever awards show in the US Nov 04, 2025

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-On Monday, Amazon announced a new multi-year, $38 billion cloud partnership with OpenAI. Amazon expects to deploy all the capacity OpenAI has agreed to buy by the end of 2026, with the option to purchase additional capacity in 2027 and beyond. Amazon says the partnership “will help millions of users continue to get value from ChatGPT.”

-Google has pulled the AI model Gemma from its Studio platform after a Republican senator said it "fabricated serious criminal allegations" against her, as reported by The Verge. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, sent a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai to accuse the company of defamation after the model allegedly created a story about her committing sexual assault.

-TikTok just announced that it will be hosting its first-ever awards show in the US. The appropriately-named TikTok Awards will take place on December 18, starting at 9PM ET.

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Pentagon will reportedly award SpaceX a $2 billion contract to help develop the 'Golden Dome' Nov 03, 2025

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SpaceX could build up to 600 satellites that will be used for a high-tech aerial defense system.

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Elon Musk teased a flying car, Trump's FCC is moving to make it easier for internet companies to charge hidden fees, and Anbernic's budget DS clone is open for pre-order Nov 03, 2025

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-Elon Musk has told Joe Rogan that he hopes to unveil a flying car "before the end of the year." As Gizmodo has reported, Rogan asked Musk about the long-delayed second-gen Tesla Roadster in his show, when the Tesla CEO suddenly started talking about wanting the vehicle to fly.

-The Republican-led FCC has voted on and approved a proposal that would make it harder for consumers to receive itemized bills with accurate information from their ISPs, as originally spotted by CNET. This proposal revises previous "unnecessary" requirements on the grounds that a fact-based list of charges "may confuse customers."

-After teasing its dual-screen gaming handheld last month, Anbernic has already put its RG DS up for preorder on its website. When the Anbernic RG DS was revealed for the first time, the handheld maker only hinted at a price range of less than $100.

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Pinterest has its own AI assistant now Oct 31, 2025

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The Pinterest Assistant can make recommendations based on the items you've saved and the boards you've made.

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U.S. government closer to banning TP-Link routers, the US and China agree to one-year pause on punitive tariffs, and Mixed Reality Link for Windows 11 and Meta Quest headsets is now available Oct 31, 2025

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-A number of US government agencies are backing a potential move by the Commerce Department to ban TP-Link routers, according to The Washington Post. Multiple sources familiar with internal deliberations spoke with the publication on the condition of anonymity, including a former senior Defense Department official.

-Donald Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, have agreed to a one-year pause on the punitive Trump-instated tariffs that are at the heart of the ongoing trade war between the two superpowers.

-Immersive productivity for Windows 11 is now available on the Meta Quest 3 and 3S with the latest release of Meta's Horizon OS. The feature, called Mixed Reality Link, was available on a limited basis after public previews began last year. The Windows virtual desktop experience is now rolling out to all users.

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More people watched a fake NVIDIA livestream than the real thing Oct 30, 2025

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It starred an AI-generated, crypto-hawking Jensen Huang.

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YouTube is offering employees buyouts, Meta will add a 'huge corpus' of AI content, and Proton launches 'Data Breach Observatory' Oct 30, 2025

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-As part of an AI-focused reorganization, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told employees that it will offer voluntary buyouts, according to an internal company memo. At the same time, he emphasized that there would be no specific role eliminations as part of the new structure.

-It looks like Meta's Vibes feed is just the start of the company's pivot toward AI slop. In an earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that "we're going to add yet another huge corpus of content" to Meta's recommendation system, via AI's ability to create and remix content — so you're likely to see even more AI generated posts on Facebook and Instagram.

-Proton, the company behind Proton VPN and other encrypted apps like Proton Mail and Proton Drive, just launched a new web page called the Data Breach Observatory that aims to make accurate cybercrime data more widely accessible. The Observatory is intended to be a continually updated report that records any data leak detected on the dark web, with information sourced from the underground data marketplaces themselves.

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Adobe's new Photoshop AI Assistant can automate repetitive tasks Oct 29, 2025

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It's also introducing new AI tools for Illustrator, Premiere Pro and Lightroom.

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