Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals — Interpol announced it arrested 41 individuals and taken down 1,037 servers and infrastructure running on 22,000 IP addresses facilitating cybercrime …
Sources: Perplexity is finalizing a $500M funding round led by IVP that would value it at $9B, triple its reported valuation from just a few months ago (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Perplexity is finalizing a $500M funding round led by IVP that would value it at $9B, triple its reported valuation from just a few months ago — Artificial intelligence search company is raising $500 million in its fourth funding round this year — Perplexity is finalizing …
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions — The Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a “relentless onslaught of change.”
Sources: Apple has asked Foxconn to produce AI servers in Taiwan using Apple silicon, but Foxconn’s capacity is limited by demand for Nvidia’s GB200 servers (Nikkei Asia)
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple has asked Foxconn to produce AI servers in Taiwan using Apple silicon, but Foxconn’s capacity is limited by demand for Nvidia’s GB200 servers — TAIPEI — Apple has approached Foxconn about building artificial intelligence servers in Taiwan as the iPhone maker looks to accelerate …
Sources: EU regulators are preparing to impose a fine on Apple, under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to offers outside of the App Store (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are preparing to impose a fine on Apple, under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to offers outside of the App Store — – Fine will target Apple for anticompetitive App Store practices — EU move follows earlier €1.8 billion fine in Spotify case
How FTC Chair Lina Khan became a US election hot topic, drawing increasing vitriol as the presidential vote neared; Trump is expected to replace Khan if he wins (New York Times)
New York Times:
How FTC Chair Lina Khan became a US election hot topic, drawing increasing vitriol as the presidential vote neared; Trump is expected to replace Khan if he wins — The Federal Trade Commission chair drew increasing political vitriol as the presidential vote neared. Her political future hangs in the balance.
Apple News adds a Live Activity widget to track the results of the US elections in real time on iPhone, iPad, and Watch (Wesley Hilliard/AppleInsider)
Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple News adds a Live Activity widget to track the results of the US elections in real time on iPhone, iPad, and Watch — If you’re not feeling plugged in enough during the 2024 election, Apple News has a way to get up-to-the-second results on your Lock Screen and Apple Watch through Live Activities.
Amazon receives FAA approval to fly its newer, smaller delivery drones, including beyond pilots’ line of sight, and aims to ramp up deliveries near Phoenix (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon receives FAA approval to fly its newer, smaller delivery drones, including beyond pilots’ line of sight, and aims to ramp up deliveries near Phoenix — Amazon said Tuesday it received regulatory approval to begin flying a smaller, quieter version of its delivery drone …
In its annual report, Apple warns of future products perhaps never exceeding the iPhone’s profitability, “geopolitical tensions”, and AI features’ safety risks (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
In its annual report, Apple warns of future products perhaps never exceeding the iPhone’s profitability, “geopolitical tensions”, and AI features’ safety risks — Apple has warned investors that future products may never be as profitable as its iPhone business …
GlobalFoundries reports Q3 revenue down 6% YoY to $1.7B and expects Q4 revenue of $1.8B-$1.85B, vs. $1.8B est., driven by smartphone chip demand; GFS jumps 11%+ (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters)
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
GlobalFoundries reports Q3 revenue down 6% YoY to $1.7B and expects Q4 revenue of $1.8B-$1.85B, vs. $1.8B est., driven by smartphone chip demand; GFS jumps 11%+ — World’s third-largest contract chipmaker, GlobalFoundries (GFS.O), forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday …
