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Nintendo Chief insists the Switch momentum will keep going, even after its successor

Japanese video game maker Nintendo’s chief says its Switch console sales are still going strong, while he promised that a successor is coming.

You may have blocked someone on X but now they can see your public posts anyway

Federal agencies say Russia and Iran are ramping up influence campaigns targeting US voters

South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outlets

Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish

GISELA SALOMON, GARANCE BURKE

Microsoft reports quarterly sales up 16% to $65.6 billion as investors ask if AI spending worth it

MATT O’BRIEN

Google’s moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits despite multiple threats

MICHAEL LIEDTKE

One Tech Tip

One Tech Tip: How to get around Instagram’s new limits on political content

One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images

KELVIN CHAN, ALI SWENSON

One Tech Tip: Change these settings on X to limit calls and hide your IP address

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

One Tech Tip: Don’t use rice for your device. Here’s how to dry out your smartphone

KELVIN CHAN

Influenced

How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills

Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last 5 years or so — and social media, where tainted, fake prescription drugs can be obtained with just a few clicks, is part of the problem.

Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep

Life as a teen without social media isn’t easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline

In their own words: What young people wish they’d known about social media

A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground

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In Cyprus, officials from Algeria to Iraq train to keep WMD from crossing their borders

A small facility in Cyprus is hosting senior government officials from as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia for training by top U.S. experts to prevent the kinds of materials used to build weapons of mass destruction from crossing their borders.

TV screens are getting bigger as technology improves and prices fall

For some television viewers, size apparently does matter. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average just a few years ago.

As the data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

The English village of Abbots Langley has become a flashpoint in a British battle over data centers.

Nvidia replaces Intel on the Dow index in AI-driven shift for semiconductor industry

Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as Nvidia cornered the market for chips that run artificial intelligence systems.

MrBeast probe ends with some employees fired but finds no proof of sexual misconduct allegations

Online video production company MrBeast says it has fired somewhere between 5 to 10 employees following an investigation into the YouTube empire’s workplace culture.

Many retailers offer ‘returnless refunds.’ Just don’t expect them to talk much about it

It’s one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them keep unwanted items too.

What to stream: ‘Yellowstone’ starts its end, Eddie Redmayne as a sniper and Aubrey Plaza gets high

Eddie Redmayne’s return to TV starring as a sniper for hire in the new limited series “The Day of the Jackal” and “Yellowstone” riding off into the sunset with the launch of its final episodes are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

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Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions

Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka to make up for a shortage of truck drivers.

House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back

House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to clarify remarks he made at a New York campaign rally where he suggested that Republicans may try to repeal legislation that has spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips.

Lyft pays $2.1 million to settle case alleging the ride-hailing service deceived drivers

Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could make while the company was trying to recover from a steep downturn in demand during the pandemic.

New Jersey man pleads guilty in smuggling scheme intended to aid Russia’s war effort

A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war effort has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges.

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Saturday, November 2
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Mauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary elections

The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections later this month.

Apple sells $46 billion worth of iPhones over the summer as AI helps end slump

Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summertime quarter. That’s an early sign its recent efforts to revive demand for its marquee product with an infusion of artificial intelligence are paying off.

Amazon reports boost in quarterly profits, exceeds revenue estimates as it invests in AI

Amazon reported a boost in its quarterly profits Thursday and exceeded revenue estimates. The report sent the company’s stock up in after-hours trading.

Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced Thursday will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its dominant search engine to the widely used digital maps service that the internet company launched ne

Chinese online retailer Temu faces European Union investigation into rogue traders and illegal goods

Chinese online retailer Temu is facing a European Union investigation over suspicions it’s failing to prevent the sale of illegal products.

New York semiconductor site picked for $825 million in funding

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer says a semiconductor research facility in upstate New York will be getting $825 million in funding as one of three national technology centers.

Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign’s last days

Across the U.S., people’s phones are pinging with text messages from Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies.

TEPCO ex-chair at time of Fukushima nuclear disaster dies at 84 while on trial over responsibility

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for failing to prevent the disaster as top management, has died, with his trials still pending.

The US election system has safeguards. But human nature is a vulnerability

When it comes to election security in the U.S., the weakest link may be human nature. Election and national security officials have said there’s no way a foreign power could successfully alter enough votes to change the outcome of the upcoming presidential contest.

Takeaways from AP story on Ukrainian schools built underground to guard against bombs and radiation

Most of the Russian weapons that hit the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia kill in an instant: the drones, the ballistic missiles, the glide bombs, the artillery shells.

Radiation and Russian bombs threaten this Ukrainian city, so it’s building schools underground

To be a parent in the Ukrainian front-line city of Zaporizhzhia means weighing your child’s life against the Russian weapons within striking distance.

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform.

Autonomous truck company Aurora delays hauling freight without human drivers until April

Autonomous truck company Aurora Innovation says it won’t start hauling freight without humans on board until April of next year.

Meta’s third-quarter profit surges 35% reflecting strong ad revenue and its AI push

Meta Platforms Inc. has posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results fueled by its advertising revenue growth and its push to incorporate artificial intelligence.

Super Micro Computer’s shares plunge 33% after server maker’s accounting firm quits

Shares of Super Micro Computer have plunged more than 33% after the server maker disclosed that Ernst & Young had resigned as its public accounting firm.

Reddit’s explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company

Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million for the period ending in September, and reported sales of $348.4 million, an amount surpassing the $312.8 million analysts had projected.

Iran lifts its ban on imports of new iPhone models in place since last year

Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on imports of new iPhone 14, 15 and 16 models by the U.S. tech giant Apple. That’s according to an announcement on Wednesday.

What to know about Europe’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

The European Union has finalized its sharply higher customs duties on electric vehicles imported from China.

Colorado accidentally put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office says voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the department’s website.

Elon Musk wins a court battle over a 2018 post during a labor dispute

A federal appeals court says the National Labor Relations Board was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options.

Offshore wind industry says ‘misinformation’ from foes is a strong headwind it must fight

The offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread by opponents of wind farms.

Trump’s social media company is now worth more than Musk’s X after recent surge in stock price

Donald Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X. That’s thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president’s social media platform.

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