New York Times:
An analysis of 50 Telegram “election integrity” channels with 500K+ users finds disinformation, conspiracy theories, and violent imagery before the US election — Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand …
Shenzhen-based autonomous driving startup DeepRoute.ai raised $100M from an unnamed Chinese automaker, and plans to launch 10+ models with clients in 2025 (Reuters)
Reuters:
Shenzhen-based autonomous driving startup DeepRoute.ai raised $100M from an unnamed Chinese automaker, and plans to launch 10+ models with clients in 2025 — Chinese autonomous driving technology developer DeepRoute.ai has raised $100 million from an automaker, the company said on Monday …
An analysis of 800 US adults’ TikTok feeds: female users received ~11% more content about Harris than men did, and saw 40% more Harris campaign videos than men (Washington Post)
Washington Post:
An analysis of 800 US adults’ TikTok feeds: female users received ~11% more content about Harris than men did, and saw 40% more Harris campaign videos than men — When we asked Post readers to send us their TikTok viewing histories, we found distinct differences in political news shown to men and women.
The US fines GlobalFoundries $500K and says it sent 74 shipments worth $17.1M to SJ Semiconductor, an affiliate of SMIC, without seeking a license (Reuters)
Reuters:
The US fines GlobalFoundries $500K and says it sent 74 shipments worth $17.1M to SJ Semiconductor, an affiliate of SMIC, without seeking a license — The U.S. said on Friday it imposed a $500,000 penalty on New York-based GlobalFoundries (GFS.O), the world’s third-largest contract chipmaker …
X starts rolling out the update to let users see public posts and following and followers lists of users who block them; blocked users still can’t engage or DM (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
X starts rolling out the update to let users see public posts and following and followers lists of users who block them; blocked users still can’t engage or DM — X is rolling out its controversial update to the block feature, allowing people to view your public posts even if you have blocked them.
Interviews with Quantum Machines’ CTO and other executives on the startup’s Nvidia partnership to use ML to get closer to an error-corrected quantum computer (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Interviews with Quantum Machines’ CTO and other executives on the startup’s Nvidia partnership to use ML to get closer to an error-corrected quantum computer — About a year and a half ago, quantum control startup Quantum Machines and Nvidia announced a deep partnership …
Perplexity launched a dedicated hub for the US general election, including ballot measures and voting results, while rivals like OpenAI have been more cautious (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Perplexity launched a dedicated hub for the US general election, including ballot measures and voting results, while rivals like OpenAI have been more cautious — Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, might hallucinate from time to time. But the company wants to show that it’s trustworthy enough …
Gurman: Apple is working on a MacBook Pro overhaul featuring a thinner design, but it probably won’t be released until 2026 following delays in display tech (Michael Burkhardt/9to5Mac)
Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac:
Gurman: Apple is working on a MacBook Pro overhaul featuring a thinner design, but it probably won’t be released until 2026 following delays in display tech — According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will be releasing a ‘total redesign’ for MacBook Pro in 2026.
Q&A with Kay Koplovitz about her transition to VC with Springboard after the sale of USA Networks, why women-led startups are underestimated, DEI, and more (Sarah Kessler/New York Times)
Sarah Kessler / New York Times:
Q&A with Kay Koplovitz about her transition to VC with Springboard after the sale of USA Networks, why women-led startups are underestimated, DEI, and more — Kay Koplovitz still remembers her first negotiation. Her family was moving from one suburb of Milwaukee to another in the middle …
Sources: the production of a cheaper version of Vision Pro has been delayed beyond 2027; Apple’s only new headset in 2025 will be the Vision Pro with an M5 chip (@mingchikuo)
@mingchikuo:
Sources: the production of a cheaper version of Vision Pro has been delayed beyond 2027; Apple’s only new headset in 2025 will be the Vision Pro with an M5 chip — As I understand it, production of the cheaper Vision Pro has been delayed beyond 2027 for a while now. This means Apple’s only new head-mounted display device in 2025 will be the Vision Pro with an upgraded M5 processor. I think what really drove Apple to delay the cheaper
