- A look at OpenScholar, an LLM for scientific research built by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington that outperforms GPT-4o on accuracy (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
- Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
- As part of its proposed remedies, the US DOJ says Google should be required to syndicate its US search results to other rival search engines for the next decade (Brian Fung/CNN)
- Filing: the US DOJ asks a federal judge to force Google to sell Chrome and impose restrictions designed to prevent Android from favoring its search engine (Michael Liedtke/Associated Press)
- DOJ: Google must sell Chrome to end monopoly
- WhatsApp will finally let you unsubscribe from business marketing spam
- OneCell Diagnostics bags $16M to help limit cancer reoccurrence using AI
- OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
- India’s Arzooo, once valued at $310M, sells in distressed deal
- Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for violations (Rod McGuirk/Associated Press)
- OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in NY Times copyright lawsuit
- Hyundai reveals the Ioniq 9, its biggest EV to date
- Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical trials of its brain implants and plans to run its first non-US trial with Toronto Western Hospital (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)
- Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars
- Investors betting on space growth under Trump administration
- Nvidia’s CEO defends his moat as AI labs change how they improve their AI models
- NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
- Reddit appears to be back after a 4-hour-long outage
- Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors (Matt Swayne/The Quantum Insider)
- Turning carbon emissions into methane fuel
- Space Force chief observes Starship test launch, signaling military interest
- Transforming Geospatial Intelligence: Data Labeling for AI – Webinar Replay
- Is nuclear power gaining new energy?
- Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025 (Sara Fischer/Axios)
- AI can now create a replica of your personality
- Palo Alto Networks reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $2.14B, vs. $2.12B est., and projects FY 2025 sales in line with estimates; PANW drops 5%+ after hours (Claudia Assis/MarketWatch)
- Snowflake snaps up data management company Datavolo
- Final trailer for Prime Video's 'Secret Level' looks out of this world
- Teledyne Space Imaging partners with Satlantis on very high-resolution sensor
- When a bomb cyclone meets an atmospheric river, the result is like an out-of-control fire hose
- Lockheed Martin teams with Iceye to advance AI-enabled targeting
- Inversion Space raises $44 million
- This seashell could help improve nanotechnologies, fiber optic cables and more
- Solar power magnate Gautam Adani and others indicted over alleged $250M bribery scheme
- ‘PDF to Brainrot’ study tools are a strange iteration on a TikTok trend
- SabersPro Obi Wan Ep3 lightsaber review
- Watch Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launch to the ISS on Nov. 21
- Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., unveils a deal with Anthropic to bring Claude to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 18%+ after hours (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
- Here's what happens to your body and emotions in while seeking common ground
- NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission
- Fusion startup Tokamak Energy attracts $125M for its egg-like reactor design
- Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates (Daniel Howley/Yahoo Finance)
- STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station
- Another VC-backed fintech, Earnin, faces crackdown over allegedly ‘predatory’ loans
- Supermassive black holes bent the laws of physics to grow to monstrous sizes
- Qubit that makes most errors obvious now available to customers
- Lockheed Martin’s new mid-size satellite platform closer to launch
- It’s not just you, Reddit is down
- NASA Stacks First Artemis II Segment on Mobile Launcher
- Sources: xAI has told investors it raised $5B in a funding round valuing it at $50B and that its revenue has reached $100M on an annualized basis (Wall Street Journal)
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