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The test comes as Hinge’s Q3 direct revenue rose 19% to $221 million, with paying users up 23% to 2.3 million, yet revenue per payer is around $30—nearly twice Tinder’s. The tier adds filters and custom location boundaries; pricing is undisclosed.
Apple CFO Kevan Parekh said third-party AI apps and partnerships could create new revenue streams, without detailing a plan. Reuters says investors are weighing whether Apple could distribute AI agents via the App Store as U.S. commission revenue fell 18%.
Founded by three Stanford classmates with Google DeepMind or Apple backgrounds, the 18-person startup reached a $300M valuation after a $45M Series A led by Sequoia. Its platform continuously retrains models using feedback from businesses’ own apps, targeting fields such as law and finance.
Google says Videostrong embedded a backdoor in 1.3 million Android devices, selling access to affiliates for ad fraud, data exfiltration, and residential proxy networks. In November 2026, Google banned the Shenzhen company from certified Android hardware and software.
Meta’s final OS update for Quest 2 and Quest Pro will be version 213 by March 2027, with security patches and critical fixes continuing through the end of 2027. Quest 3/3S are now the baseline ahead of Meta VR Glasses, due spring 2027.
OpenAI’s November 2026 pilot in Effingham County, Georgia, could release up to 1,000 megawatts during extreme weather—enough to power air conditioners in about 700,000 homes. The plan arrives amid data-center backlash and new energy-cost restrictions in several states.
Anthropic added two system-prompt sentences to Claude Code on Opus 5.5, steering it away from recreating games owned by others under its existing IP policy. Original games and projects using users’ own designs and assets remain supported, but Anthropic has disclosed no detection details.
The settlement avoids Snap’s first trial in a broader wave of youth-safety litigation, where CEO Evan Spiegel was expected to testify. The two plaintiffs had already settled similar claims with Meta, TikTok and YouTube; Snap announced its agreement in November 2026.
Germany’s BSI says Bundestag members and other public figures received Apple spyware alerts in November 2026, urging recipients to assume their devices may be compromised. Zero-click exploits can steal messages, location data and other sensitive information.
Grok Bot users saw weekly limits hit 100% over Halloween weekend, even without overnight activity. Elon Musk said on Nov. 1 the spike was intentional because serving the AI cost more than it generated. SpaceX says AI generates 52% of income.
42AI says its behavioral model is already used by 10 large brokerages, generating over seven figures in annual revenue. One brokerage reportedly gained about $30 million in additional value through dynamic hedging, while the system predicts traders’ responses to volatility.
Squarespace is cutting about 300 jobs, or 19% of its roughly 1,800-person workforce, to simplify operations in November 2026. Affected employees will receive 16 weeks of base pay and healthcare through May 2027.
Launched in November 2026, Readwise Books tracks words read, pace, depth, immersion, and individual sessions—more like Strava than a basic reading log. It supports Kindle Cloud Reader, physical-book scans, DRM-free EPUBs, AI tools, a public API, and an MCP server.
The NYT and other publishers allege Brave sold scraped-site access to Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI and Cohere for AI training and queries. Filed in November 2026, the lawsuits also target Brave’s advertised paywall-blocking feature.
Affinity for iPad brings pro design, illustration, photo-editing and layout tools to Apple’s tablet for free from November 2026, with Apple Pencil Pro support and Sketch Studio. Projects use one .af format, while Canva AI Studio adds optional editing tools.
Danfoss refrigerators were remotely switched to defrost, spoiling food at stores in Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden in November 2026. Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt confirmed the attacks; Claroty warned in August that the units were vulnerable.
OpenAI says the unified ChatGPT workspace will let users move from brainstorming to execution, using files and plugins to build sites or presentations without switching tabs. It’s rolling out to select users; ChatGPT and Codex will share token allowances, while Codex remains separate.
OpenAI’s Chris Lehane is proposing “AI compute campuses” to soften opposition to data centers, alongside AI “speed limits” and global standards. He called the 2026 midterms a preview of AI’s expected role in the 2028 presidential race.