The DaB - Daily Briefing - November 15, 2025, 06:23 AM

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💻 Android developer verification: Early access starts

Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-11-13 00:33 | ID: 88784036a691 | Engagement: [68.5/100] ⭐ Notable

| Topics: 🔒 Security, 📱 Mobile

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Hacker News discussion with 1346 points and 667 comments. Posted 2025-11-13 00:33.

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[02]

💻 I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-11-14 14:05 | ID: 55b4f3dbff57 | Engagement: [65.5/100] ⭐ Notable

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🔒 Security

🤖 AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1172 points and 693 comments. Posted 2025-11-14 14:05.

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[03]

💻 Steam Machine

Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-11-12 17:59 | ID: 1672115dec21 | Engagement: [62.5/100] ⭐ Notable

| Topics: 🔒 Security

🤖 AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 2854 points and 1458 comments. Posted 2025-11-12 17:59.

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[04]

💻 Steam Frame

Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-11-12 17:54 | ID: c3cd5f332694 | Engagement: [62.5/100] ⭐ Notable

| Topics: 🔒 Security

🤖 AI Summary:
Hacker News discussion with 1887 points and 681 comments. Posted 2025-11-12 17:54.

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[05]

💻 I Am Mark Zuckerberg

Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-11-09 06:13 | ID: 1fa0c2497a48 | Engagement: [62.5/100] ⭐ Notable

| Topics: 🔒 Security

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Hacker News discussion with 1284 points and 437 comments. Posted 2025-11-09 06:13.

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[06]

💻 The 'Toy Story' You Remember

Source: Hacker News | Published: 2025-11-11 03:17 | ID: d7eaf673ae62 | Engagement: [62.5/100] ⭐ Notable

| Topics: 🔒 Security

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Hacker News discussion with 1185 points and 338 comments. Posted 2025-11-11 03:17.

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[07]

📰 Leaked documents shed light into how much OpenAI pays Microsoft

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:47:41 +0000 | ID: e71dcf06f7f4 | Engagement: [51.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🏢 Big Tech

🤖 AI Summary:
Leaked documents reveal how much OpenAI paid Microsoft under a revenue-share agreement. They also indicate inference costs.

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[08]

📰 Tesla releases detailed safety report after Waymo co-CEO called for more data

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:57:21 +0000 | ID: f375b430875f | Engagement: [49.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🏢 Big Tech

🤖 AI Summary:
The new data, released Friday, finally addresses some of the biggest criticisms of the paltry "safety reports" Tesla's released for years.

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[09]

📰 Databricks co-founder argues US must go open source to beat China in AI

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:52:18 +0000 | ID: e1ca1b912d08 | Engagement: [47.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🚀 Startup

🤖 AI Summary:
VC Andy Konwinski argues that the U.S. is losing its AI research dominance to China.

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[10]

📰 ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:06:57 +0000 | ID: 43a96726a29b | Engagement: [46.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml

🤖 AI Summary:
A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve been updating throughout the year.

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[11]

📰 OpenAI says it’s fixed ChatGPT’s em dash problem

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:59:45 +0000 | ID: 02fa8bccac56 | Engagement: [46.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🏢 Big Tech

🤖 AI Summary:
OpenAI says users can now personalize ChatGPT to stop using the em dash in its output.

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[12]

📰 Five people plead guilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate US companies as ‘remote IT workers’

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:15:09 +0000 | ID: def7ef1b1e1d | Engagement: [44.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml

🤖 AI Summary:
The U.S. Department of Justice said five people — including four U.S. nationals — "facilitated" North Korean IT workers to get jobs at American companies, allowing the regime to earn money from their ...

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[13]

📰 Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:45:34 +0000 | ID: a6a399885a62 | Engagement: [42.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml

🤖 AI Summary:
Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.

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[14]

📰 Apple’s last-gen AirPods Pro 2 are down to their lowest price to date

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T11:42:27-05:00 | ID: fbcfad91cab3 | Engagement: [42.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🏢 Big Tech

🤖 AI Summary:
Walmart on Friday officially kicked off its early Black Friday deals, with the first wave of discounts lasting from November 14th to November 16th. One of the best deals we’ve spotted is on the last-g...

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[15]

📰 A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:29:56 +0000 | ID: 23578c043c7c | Engagement: [41.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🚀 Startup

🤖 AI Summary:
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.

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[16]

📰 US may owe $1 trillion in refunds if SCOTUS cancels Trump tariffs

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:49:01 +0000 | ID: 9763592282a7 | Engagement: [40.5/100] 📰 Standard

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🤖 AI Summary:
Tech industry primed for big refunds if SCOTUS rules against Trump tariffs.

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[17]

📰 How two Nissan Leafs help make a regional airport more resilient

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:45:35 +0000 | ID: 38612bb48411 | Engagement: [40.5/100] 📰 Standard

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🤖 AI Summary:
We've seen schoolbuses and big pickups do V2G; how about a smaller car?

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[18]

📰 “How about no”: FCC boss Brendan Carr says he won’t end news distortion probes

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:32:10 +0000 | ID: e1d52ec85943 | Engagement: [40.5/100] 📰 Standard

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🤖 AI Summary:
Carr rejects criticism from four former FCC chairs, including three Republicans.

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[19]

📰 Fortnite is coming to the Xbox PC store

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T13:37:18-05:00 | ID: 7eecfde300ca | Engagement: [40.5/100] 📰 Standard

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml

🤖 AI Summary:
Fortnite is going to be available on the Xbox on PC app beginning November 18th. Right now on PC, you have to launch the game from the Epic Games Launcher, but if you prefer the Xbox on PC app, that’s...

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[20]

📰 Oura Ring 4 Ceramic review: A colorful glow-up

Source: TechCrunch | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:30:58 +0000 | ID: 1a2b84cbc395 | Engagement: [39.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

🤖 AI Summary:
If you want a pop of color and style, then the Oura Ring 4 Ceramic might be the smart ring for you.

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[21]

📰 YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout that’s now over

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T20:19:23-05:00 | ID: 45fdb5ca11df | Engagement: [39.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml, 🏢 Big Tech

🤖 AI Summary:
Disney and YouTube have reached an agreement to bring back ESPN and more than 20 other Disney-owned channels two weeks after they went dark on YouTube TV. During the dispute, Google has accused Disney...

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[22]

📰 What’s it like to compete in the longest US off-road rally with no GPS?

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:22:25 +0000 | ID: fa4814b312cd | Engagement: [38.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

🤖 AI Summary:
Hydrogen and solar power the rally infrastructure, but navigation is low-tech.

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[23]

📰 Disney and ESPN are back on YouTube TV

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T20:10:19-05:00 | ID: a6438d9a132e | Engagement: [37.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

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🤖 AI Summary:
ESPN and other Disney-owned channels will be returning to YouTube TV following a new agreement announced Friday. More than 20 channels went dark on YouTube TV on October 30th, but two weeks later — an...

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[24]

📰 The best early Black Friday deals we’ve found so far on laptops, TVs, and more

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T17:02:20-05:00 | ID: 55808a8388b1 | Engagement: [37.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml

🤖 AI Summary:
Black Friday is the most anticipated day of the year for bargain hunters. While there’s still some time to go before November 28th, we’re already starting to see a healthy selection of early discounts...

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[25]

📰 A recent Switch 2 update blocks some third-party docks, but Nintendo isn’t saying why

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T15:00:27-05:00 | ID: c0b2fa05ed5f | Engagement: [37.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

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🤖 AI Summary:
Nintendo recently issued an update (21.0.0) for its Switch 2 console that, in addition to some small changes, has caused some third-party docks to stop working as intended. In the early weeks and mont...

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[26]

📰 The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:30:07 +0000 | ID: 4579c8c20169 | Engagement: [35.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

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"Blue" and "Gold" are expected to arrive at Mars in September 2027.

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[27]

📰 As shutdown ends, dubious CDC panel gets back to dismantling vaccine schedule

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:01:15 +0000 | ID: 3a0ee79b71e1 | Engagement: [35.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

🤖 AI Summary:
Pediatricians are calling for members to be replaced and all their decisions reversed.

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[28]

📰 Three astronauts are stuck on China’s space station without a safe ride home

Source: Ars Technica - All content | Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:56:24 +0000 | ID: fe12cda69cb2 | Engagement: [35.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

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"This does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return."

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[29]

📰 Paramount Skydance is working on a new Star Trek movie

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T14:32:06-05:00 | ID: 486c182d92f4 | Engagement: [32.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

🤖 AI Summary:
Paramount Skydance head David Ellison made it very clear that he was interested in restarting the studio’s Star Trek movie franchise with some new blood, and it seems like that plan is moving forward....

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📰 Superman, Sinners, and other 4K Blu-rays are just $12.99 ahead of Black Friday

Source: The Verge | Published: 2025-11-14T13:00:00-05:00 | ID: 9b5d1cec124f | Engagement: [32.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

🤖 AI Summary:
If you’re looking for movies to binge over the long Thanksgiving weekend, or perhaps you need some stocking stuffer ideas, Gruv is running an early Black Friday sale that drops 4K Blu-rays to just $12...

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[31]

🗨️ A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten it

Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-11-14 18:57 | ID: d6f64e2afa75 | Engagement: [32.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

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🤖 AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 41540 upvotes and 999 comments.

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[32]

🗨️ US may owe $1 trillion in refunds if SCOTUS cancels tariffs | Tech industry primed for big refunds if SCOTUS rules against tariffs.

Source: Reddit (r/technology) | Published: 2025-11-15 03:17 | ID: f9089d8574d6 | Engagement: [32.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

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🤖 AI Summary:
Reddit discussion in r/technology with 3078 upvotes and 234 comments.

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[33]

🗨️ The Lazarus team is glad to announce Lazarus FreePascal IDE 4.4

Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-11-14 17:55 | ID: 41e01e4d85b0 | Engagement: [30.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

| Topics: 👩‍💻 Programming

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Reddit discussion in r/programming with 109 upvotes and 33 comments.

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[34]

🗨️ The Internet is Cool. Thank you, TCP

Source: Reddit (r/programming) | Published: 2025-11-14 20:54 | ID: bc63b2e50268 | Engagement: [30.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

| Topics: 👩‍💻 Programming

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Reddit discussion in r/programming with 63 upvotes and 4 comments.

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🗨️ [P] I visualized 8,000+ LLM papers using t-SNE — the earliest “LLM-like” one dates back to 2011

Source: Reddit (r/MachineLearning) | Published: 2025-11-14 15:18 | ID: 04d88f6b497b | Engagement: [27.5/100] 📄 Low Impact

| Topics: 🤖 Ai Ml

🤖 AI Summary:
I’ve been exploring how research on large language models has evolved over time. To do that, I collected around 8,000 papers from arXiv, Hugging Face, and OpenAlex, generated text embeddings from thei...

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