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An MIT study finds that AI can replace 11.7% of the US labor market, or ~$1.2T in wages, based on the "Iceberg Index", which measures job automation potential (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
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November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
An MIT study finds that AI can replace 11.7% of the US labor market, or ~$1.2T in wages, based on the "Iceberg Index", which measures job automation potential (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
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Clover Security, whose AI agents plug into developer platforms like GitHub to predict and detect security flaws, raised $36M led by Notable Capital and Team8 (Sam Sabin/Axios)
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November 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Clover Security, whose AI agents plug into developer platforms like GitHub to predict and detect security flaws, raised $36M led by Notable Capital and Team8 (Sam Sabin/Axios)
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South Korean crypto exchange Upbit suspended deposits and withdrawals after saying $37M worth of Solana tokens were moved to an unauthorized external wallet (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
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November 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
South Korean crypto exchange Upbit suspended deposits and withdrawals after saying $37M worth of Solana tokens were moved to an unauthorized external wallet (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
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Tidalwave, whose AI agents automate mortgage docs checks and give real-time multilingual feedback to borrowers, raised a $22M Series A led by Permanent Capital (Fortune)
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November 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Tidalwave, whose AI agents automate mortgage docs checks and give real-time multilingual feedback to borrowers, raised a $22M Series A led by Permanent Capital (Fortune)
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London-based AI video startup Synthesia says its ARR reached $100M by April 2025, after reporting 2024 revenue up 82% YoY to $58M and a pre-tax loss of $59M (Nicholas Fearn/Financial Times)
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November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
London-based AI video startup Synthesia says its ARR reached $100M by April 2025, after reporting 2024 revenue up 82% YoY to $58M and a pre-tax loss of $59M (Nicholas Fearn/Financial Times)
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San Francisco Compute, which provides a marketplace for AI computing capacity, raised a $40M Series A led by DCVC and Wing Venture Capital at a $300M valuation (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
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November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
San Francisco Compute, which provides a marketplace for AI computing capacity, raised a $40M Series A led by DCVC and Wing Venture Capital at a $300M valuation (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
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Sources: Alibaba and ByteDance are among the top Chinese companies training their latest LLMs in Southeast Asian data centers to access Nvidia's AI chips (Financial Times)
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November 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Sources: Alibaba and ByteDance are among the top Chinese companies training their latest LLMs in Southeast Asian data centers to access Nvidia's AI chips (Financial Times)
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Point One Navigation, which develops precise location tech, raised a $35M Series C led by Khosla Ventures, a source says at a post-money valuation of $230M (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
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November 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Point One Navigation, which develops precise location tech, raised a $35M Series C led by Khosla Ventures, a source says at a post-money valuation of $230M (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
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Coverbase, an AI procurement and risk platform provider, raised a $16.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures, bringing its total funding to $20M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Coverbase, an AI procurement and risk platform provider, raised a $16.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures, bringing its total funding to $20M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
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Blackstone invests $50M into compliance agent-focused Norm Ai, which is launching an independent law firm offering "AI-native legal services" (Norm Ai)
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November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Blackstone invests $50M into compliance agent-focused Norm Ai, which is launching an independent law firm offering "AI-native legal services" (Norm Ai)
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Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy corporate data management and security startup Veza for $1B+ in a deal as early as next week (The Information)
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November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy corporate data management and security startup Veza for $1B+ in a deal as early as next week (The Information)
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Intel denies allegations in a TSMC lawsuit that VP Wei-Jen Lo likely leaked trade secrets after retiring from TSMC and joining Intel (Reuters)
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November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Intel denies allegations in a TSMC lawsuit that VP Wei-Jen Lo likely leaked trade secrets after retiring from TSMC and joining Intel (Reuters)
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Dell, HP, and other tech companies are warning of potential memory-chip supply shortages in the coming year due to demand from the buildout of AI infrastructure (Bloomberg)
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November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Dell, HP, and other tech companies are warning of potential memory-chip supply shortages in the coming year due to demand from the buildout of AI infrastructure (Bloomberg)
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S&P downgrades the ability of Tether's USDT to maintain its peg to the US dollar to "weak", the lowest rating, citing exposure to high-risk assets such as BTC (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
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November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
S&P downgrades the ability of Tether's USDT to maintain its peg to the US dollar to "weak", the lowest rating, citing exposure to high-risk assets such as BTC (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
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Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus, which is building AI for manufacturing computers, cars, and spacecraft, has acquired agentic AI startup General Agents (Paresh Dave/Wired)
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November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus, which is building AI for manufacturing computers, cars, and spacecraft, has acquired agentic AI startup General Agents (Paresh Dave/Wired)
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The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16+ age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
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November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16+ age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)
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Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
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November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
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In an October 7 letter, the Pentagon informed lawmakers that Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)
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November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In an October 7 letter, the Pentagon informed lawmakers that Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)
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The House Homeland Security Committee asks Dario Amodei to testify at a December 17 hearing about how Chinese state actors used Claude Code for cyber-espionage (Sam Sabin/Axios)
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November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The House Homeland Security Committee asks Dario Amodei to testify at a December 17 hearing about how Chinese state actors used Claude Code for cyber-espionage (Sam Sabin/Axios)
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EU member states agree a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM; states now negotiate with EU lawmakers (Reuters)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
EU member states agree a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM; states now negotiate with EU lawmakers (Reuters)
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The EU says its regulators asked Shein for documents on measures to prevent the exposure of minors to inappropriate content and the circulation of illegal items (Jenny Che/Bloomberg)
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November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The EU says its regulators asked Shein for documents on measures to prevent the exposure of minors to inappropriate content and the circulation of illegal items (Jenny Che/Bloomberg)
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France says it plans legal complaints against AliExpress and Joom over the sales of childlike sex dolls; Temu, Wish, eBay, and more are also under investigation (Financial Times)
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
France says it plans legal complaints against AliExpress and Joom over the sales of childlike sex dolls; Temu, Wish, eBay, and more are also under investigation (Financial Times)
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Sources: ByteDance is in talks to sell game studio Moonton, which it acquired for ~$4B in 2021, to Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Games; Moonton makes Mobile Legends (Bloomberg)
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November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sources: ByteDance is in talks to sell game studio Moonton, which it acquired for ~$4B in 2021, to Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Games; Moonton makes Mobile Legends (Bloomberg)
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Sources: ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese company in 2025, but Chinese regulators now block it from using the chips in new data centers (Qianer Liu/The Information)
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sources: ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese company in 2025, but Chinese regulators now block it from using the chips in new data centers (Qianer Liu/The Information)
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Michael Saylor-led Strategy is down 50%+ in the past three months after crypto loses $1T+ in value, as the "digital asset treasury" craze at companies unravels (Financial Times)
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November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Michael Saylor-led Strategy is down 50%+ in the past three months after crypto loses $1T+ in value, as the "digital asset treasury" craze at companies unravels (Financial Times)
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