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<span class="title" style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=b4ea5abeb3&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Samsung unveils the Galaxy XR headset, with Android XR, 4K micro-OLED displays, a Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, and an external battery pack, available for $1,800</a></span>
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<a class="tweet_cite" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=3cf8566cfd&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">@dannyaroslavski:</a>
<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=20612736a0&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">I genuinely don't think there is a user segment for the Galaxy XR. It can't compete with the Vision Pro on productivity or high-end video, and it can't compete with the Quest on gaming. Gemini is cool but I dont think it can save it.</a>
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<a class="tweet_cite" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=771dc4c5ba&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">@alexmaxham:</a>
<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=5c0eeacf5f&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">Last week, I spent some time with the Galaxy XR and was very impressed with what Samsung had to offer. Unlike Vision Pro, Galaxy XR is much lighter weight. It's only 545g versus the 748g of the M5 Vision Pro. Android XR is incredibly smooth, Google and Samsung have brought some really incredible experiences to Galaxy XR at launch. The $1799 price tag is a bit steep, but it is about half the price of Vision Pro.</a>
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<a class="tweet_cite" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=ff28ed5d94&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">@josethevrtech:</a>
<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=e29a54c658&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">the idea of thinking the samsung galaxy xr headset is competing with the Apple Vision Pro is unfair lol, they're genuinely not even in the same category, they're built on completely different hardware/software architectures and philosophy. one runs everything on a single chip (Galaxy XR), while the other uses two specialized chips working together for efficient compute balancing (AVP) the only fair comparison for the Galaxy XR would be competing headsets running on the XR2g2 CPU.</a>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=c40a12542f&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Samsung's Galaxy XR is the first Android XR headset and features Gemini Live, which understands users' surroundings and lets them interact with apps hands-free</a></span>
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<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Matt Horne / </span><span class="pub_name">Android Authority</span>)</span>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=6e57e18a47&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">insiders say this is clean up from the Llama 4 issues earlier this year and last year aimed at reducing organizational sprawl and to move faster on decisions. Wang's memo says “fewer conversations will be required to make a decision”</a>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=010a5de234&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Q&A with GM CEO Mary Barra and CPO Sterling Anderson on GM's plans for AI and autonomous driving, ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, more</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Nilay Patel / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=28ae1a2f39&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Google says its Willow quantum chip using a new Quantum Echoes algorithm ran computations 13,000x faster than supercomputers, aiding drug and materials research</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Cade Metz / </span><span class="pub_name">New York Times</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=116867f688&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data scraping companies, accusing them of illegally stealing its data by scraping Google search results</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Mike Isaac / </span><span class="pub_name">New York Times</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=c3b3259a10&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Trump administration is considering barring exports of products made with US software to China in response to the country's rare earth restrictions</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Reuters</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=efa886ff7c&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The UK CMA designates Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in each of their mobile platforms, imposing stricter rules on them to improve competition</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Financial Times</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=5f348d9485&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Apple has cut production orders for the iPhone Air to levels near “end of production” but increased those for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Nikkei Asia</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=b610cbb779&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale resigned after the firm refused to discipline partner Shaun Maguire over his comments calling Zohran Mamdani “an Islamist”</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Financial Times</span>)</span>
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Artificial Intelligence
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=22ba302016&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Prince Harry and 800+ public figures sign a Future of Life Institute statement urging a ban on AI superintelligence development until it can be deployed safely</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">David Ingram / </span><span class="pub_name">NBC News</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=d3609ae973&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">EBU/BBC study: 45% of responses from top AI assistants misrepresented news content with at least one significant issue and 31% showed serious sourcing problems</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Olivia Le Poidevin / </span><span class="pub_name">Reuters</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=5646e679b9&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Palworld developer Pocketpair says its new publishing division won't fund games that use generative AI, saying it “doesn't believe” in the tech</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Chris Kerr / </span><span class="pub_name">Game Developer</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=de72a2e4b9&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">A teen's parents allege OpenAI loosened ChatGPT's suicide-talk rules to boost engagement before their son died by suicide using a method discussed with ChatGPT</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Wall Street Journal</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=4da4c517ed&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">In an experiment, GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp expressed secular, Western liberal values regardless of the language of the questions</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Kelsey Piper / </span><span class="pub_name">The Argument</span>)</span>
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Wearables
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=7d887b5725&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Samsung says it is working on Android XR-based smart glasses in partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, during its Worlds Wide Open event</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Sabrina Ortiz / </span><span class="pub_name">ZDNET</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=313918cd3f&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple's Vision Pro with the M5 chip is assembled in Vietnam, according to labels on its packaging; the M2-based model, launched in 2024, was built in China</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Bloomberg</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=e60323ca31&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Amazon is testing AR glasses for delivery drivers, using AI and computer vision to help them scan packages, follow walking directions, and get proof of delivery</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Todd Bishop / </span><span class="pub_name">GeekWire</span>)</span>
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infosec
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=a95e191f9b&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Nonprofit Cyber Monitoring Centre estimates that the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack cost the UK economy at least £1.9B and affected over 5,000 UK organizations</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Financial Times</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=7d2f8baed0&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Researchers detail systemic vulnerabilities in AI agentic browsers, including Perplexity's Comet and Fellou, related to indirect prompt injection attacks</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Brave</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=ad958a84bb&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">A UN pact to fight cybercrime is set to be signed by dozens of countries in Hanoi; tech companies and activists warn the pact may criminalize ethical hacking</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Francesco Guarascio / </span><span class="pub_name">Reuters</span>)</span>
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Cryptocurrency
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=1d6e6edc3e&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Canada's financial crime watchdog fines crypto exchange Cryptomus a record ~$126M for infractions including failing to flag suspicious transactions</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Canadian Press</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=b63d77d89f&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Crypto trading firm FalconX agrees to acquire 21shares, one of the main crypto ETF managers, for an undisclosed sum; 21shares had $11B+ in assets in September</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Vicky Ge Huang / </span><span class="pub_name">Wall Street Journal</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=b50399b6f8&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The UK FCA sues Justin Sun-linked crypto exchange HTX in London's High Court for alleged illegal promotion of “cryptoasset services” to UK consumers</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Lucca De Paoli / </span><span class="pub_name">Bloomberg</span>)</span>
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Content Moderation
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=6eb4c53675&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple removes controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for failing to meet requirements around content moderation and user privacy</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Sarah Perez / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=7d6ea91ade&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Meta removes an AI video designed to look like RTÉ news bulletin that falsely showed Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly withdrawing from the race</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Órla Ryan / </span><span class="pub_name">The Irish Times</span>)</span>
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Earnings
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=3db3841946&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">IBM reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $16.3B, above $16.1B est., and Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat) revenue up 14%, below 16% est.; IBM drops 6%+ after hours</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Brody Ford / </span><span class="pub_name">Bloomberg</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=32264a06eb&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">SAP reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to €9.08B, cloud revenue up 22% to €5.29B, below €5.33B est., and current cloud backlog up 23% to €18.84B</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Christina Kyriasoglou / </span><span class="pub_name">Bloomberg</span>)</span>
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funding deals
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=e52060bd97&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sesame, which is developing an AI agent with a natural-sounding human voice and smart glasses, raised a $250M Series B and opens an early beta of its iOS app</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Sarah Perez / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=177a167bfc&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Fal.ai, which hosts multimodal AI models for developers, raised ~$250M at a $4B+ valuation, less than three months after announcing a $125M Series C</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Marina Temkin / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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