Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
iVerify founder says the FBI is investigating whether China used its access to Verizon networks to infect the iPhones of staff of a US presidential campaign — The FBI has been notified of evidence of hacking on the iPhones of two senior officials at one of the presidential campaigns.
Pinterest reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $898M, vs. $896M est., MAUs up 11% to a record 537M, but forecasts Q4 revenue below est.; PINS drops 13%+ after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Pinterest reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $898M, vs. $896M est., MAUs up 11% to a record 537M, but forecasts Q4 revenue below est.; PINS drops 13%+ after hours — Pinterest shares plunged 15% Thursday after the social media company provided soft guidance for its fourth-quarter revenue despite …
Block reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY to $5.98B, vs. $6.24B est., gross profit up 19% to $2.25B, Cash App gross profit up 21% to $1.31B; SQ drops 6%+ after hours (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Block reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY to $5.98B, vs. $6.24B est., gross profit up 19% to $2.25B, Cash App gross profit up 21% to $1.31B; SQ drops 6%+ after hours — Block shares tumbled 11% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported third-quarter revenue that trailed Wall Street expectations.
Mistral AI launches a content moderation API powered by its Ministral 8B model, to detect potentially harmful content in 11 languages (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Mistral AI launches a content moderation API powered by its Ministral 8B model, to detect potentially harmful content in 11 languages — French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI launched a new content moderation API on Thursday, marking its latest move to compete with OpenAI …
An interview with Changpeng Zhao about his four months of incarceration, investing in X, forced separation from Binance, plans for the future, and more (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
An interview with Changpeng Zhao about his four months of incarceration, investing in X, forced separation from Binance, plans for the future, and more — – Changpeng Zhao speaks in first post-prison press interview — Exchange founder’s fortune jumps $12 billion after US election
Sources: CFPB told staff not to use mobile voice calls or text messages due to risk from the China-linked telecom hack; many US officials curtailed phone use (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CFPB told staff not to use mobile voice calls or text messages due to risk from the China-linked telecom hack; many US officials curtailed phone use — A federal agency has issued a directive to employees to reduce the use of their phones for work matters due to China’s recent hack …
How Russia openly escalated its online interference before the US election, including fabricated videos to support Trump, some of which had very little traction (New York Times)
New York Times:
How Russia openly escalated its online interference before the US election, including fabricated videos to support Trump, some of which had very little traction — The Kremlin did not bother to hide its efforts to influence the 2024 presidential election, as it did in the past.
Galaxy Digital signs a non-binding deal with a US-based hyperscaler company to use its 800MW of mining capacity for hosting high-performance computers (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)
Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk:
Galaxy Digital signs a non-binding deal with a US-based hyperscaler company to use its 800MW of mining capacity for hosting high-performance computers — The firm signed a non-binding deal with a hyperscaler firm to potentially allocate all of its 800 megawatts power to hosting high-performance computers.
iMac (2024) review: M4 is speedy, 4.5K display is lovely, six speakers is great, upgraded webcam is nice, but lacks height adjustment and a touch screen option (Alex Wawro/Tom’s Guide)
Alex Wawro / Tom’s Guide:
iMac (2024) review: M4 is speedy, 4.5K display is lovely, six speakers is great, upgraded webcam is nice, but lacks height adjustment and a touch screen option — A faster chip and a better camera make this a good iMac upgrade — Tom’s Guide Verdict
Mac mini (2024) review: the M4 Pro is incredibly fast, 16GB+ of RAM, front USB-C, smaller design, and Thunderbolt 5 with M4 Pro, but overpriced spec upgrades (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
Mac mini (2024) review: the M4 Pro is incredibly fast, 16GB+ of RAM, front USB-C, smaller design, and Thunderbolt 5 with M4 Pro, but overpriced spec upgrades — It’s a tiny mighty Mac. — “That’s a computer?!” My daughter just couldn’t believe her eyes when I pulled the new Mac mini out of its box.
