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📊 Claude takes on Microsoft Office
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- Anthropic is going after Microsoft Office and Google's work apps with a new set of Claude tools for the office, including Meetings, Whiteboards, Sheets, and Data, alongside existing ones like Docs and Slides.
- The headline feature, Claude Meetings, joins video calls as a visible participant like Otter.ai or Fireflies.ai, but goes further by taking action, such as building a timeline on a whiteboard or pulling up last year's figures.
- Claude Whiteboards and Sheets are in beta on paid plans, Data is widely available on paid plans, and interactive connectors that link Claude to apps you already use reach all plans, including free users.
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📴 Apple is shutting down its Support Community
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- Apple is permanently closing its official Support Community, the user forum where people swap advice about the company's devices, which will go fully read-only before shutting down for good on November 20.
- First launched in 1998, the forum was once called Apple Discussions, and its user answers often appear among the top results when searching for fixes or instructions on using Apple features.
- Apple told MacRumors it made the decision "after a careful evaluation of strategy and customer needs," and pointed users toward the official Apple Support site for guidance going forward.
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💸 OpenAI's losses widen as revenue surges
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- OpenAI brought in $10 billion in revenue for the quarter ending in September, its first time reaching that mark, but its operating loss swelled to $10.9 billion during the same three-month stretch, Bloomberg reported.
- Revenue climbed about 50% from the second quarter and roughly tripled the year-earlier level, which Bloomberg tied to demand for OpenAI's newer models, lower prices, and a push toward AI agents that handle routine tasks for customers.
- OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue reached about $50 billion by late September, below a widely cited $68 billion figure that counted partner revenue, as the company finalizes a funding round valuing it at $1.25 trillion.
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🔓 Grok leaks thousands of user secrets
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- Grok Build, the vibe-coding agent from SpaceXSI, exposed data from thousands of users through shareable app links, spilling private business plans, medical results, and other secrets, according to security firm Claroc.
- Grok tries to hide these shared apps by randomizing their web links, but a design flaw lets anyone list thousands of live projects, and opening a link reveals all the data stored inside each app.
- Some of the leaked material came from 24 apps built by SpaceXSI itself, including a confidential onboarding plan for a new sales hire, a map of 594 sales accounts, internal tool addresses, and ad proposals.
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🛍️ OpenAI lets businesses claim ChatGPT profiles
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- OpenAI has started a beta feature called Businesses inside ChatGPT, letting companies claim and manage their profiles, update details, and see how people interact with them on the chatbot.
- Through a tool named Business Hub, verified companies can add product feeds with pricing and availability, and view grouped data on mentions, views, and website clicks, with the rollout starting for US e-commerce and online service firms.
- A separate tool, Business Agents, lets users chat with a company's agent about its products, and firms can sponsor that agent for ChatGPT Ads, though OpenAI said it does not share conversations with businesses.
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📶 Google Fi announces "super network"
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- Google Fi has launched a super network feature that lets your phone automatically jump between two carriers to find the best signal, rolling out today to Pixel 9 and newer phones using eSIMs.
- When your phone senses a slow connection, it switches carriers on its own, so hitting a dead zone or congestion no longer means fumbling with settings, though Google won't name the carriers involved.
- The feature comes free to Unlimited Premium and Flexible plan customers and works in more than 200 destinations worldwide, with Google also adding Wi-Fi Auto-Connect+ and an AI-powered Ask Fi support agent.
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