Meta’s system uses interaction patterns, birthday messages, and visual cues such as height and bone structure to estimate age. Users likely under 13 are removed, while those 13–17 are placed in private Teen Accounts with restricted content and messaging.
Rights holders allege Suno’s AI clones artists’ voices and lyrics without authorization, with Elvis’ rights holders invoking Tennessee’s ELVIS Act. The Eminem publisher suit echoes Jason Isbell’s September case; Suno says it blocks artist-name prompts.
METR’s 11-week investigation found Anthropic achieved roughly two years of historical AI progress in one year, with most acceleration attributed to AI assistance. Staff reported 12× productivity on its newest internal model, double Mythos 5.
Investors could still raise OpenAI’s latest funding total to $20 billion, though it fell short of the original $30 billion target after tech stocks declined and public sentiment toward AI projects cooled. Anthropic filed its S-1, while OpenAI has no IPO timeline.
More than 100,000 App Store apps now support Apple’s iPhone Duo just two weeks after launch, with thousands more added daily, VP Susan Prescott says. But Instagram’s messy launch experience shows adoption doesn’t guarantee polish.
Layer3 Intel observed 28 residential-proxy services routing traffic through the network from Oct. 5 to Nov. 3, 2026, mostly 5 p.m.–midnight ET. Synthient linked the activity to Rave, which reportedly bundles 12 proxy SDKs.
Kobo’s Stack supports EPUB/PDF uploads up to 200MB, syncing progress, highlights and notes across apps, web and select e-readers. It launches in six markets at Canadian $3.99/month or UK £2.99/month, with a 90-day trial; US availability is unannounced.
Fox’s $22 billion acquisition gives it control of Roku, which reaches more than 100 million U.S. households, and adds founder Anthony Wood to Fox’s board. Fox plans to bring sports, news and local stations to the platform.
The European Commission says TikTok’s existing controls have failed to prevent “rabbit hole” exposure to repeated content about sadness, isolation and body image. Under the 2023 Digital Services Act, TikTok must redesign its For You feed or face fines of up to 6% of global turnover.
The service is rolling out first to a small group of US customers via invitation text, with Amazon promising “millions more” in the coming weeks. Users can send product photos or descriptions, get recommendations, track prices, and complete purchases.
About 100 protesters entered the Amsterdam site on Nov. 6, despite the city’s ban on new data centers until 2030. The project covers three 85-meter towers, planned since 2016, with Microsoft as sole tenant and Pure Data Centres as developer.
After voters broadly opposed data center expansion in the midterms, OpenAI said in November 2026 it will end NDAs with public officials, except for narrow security and proprietary-information protections. It also pledged to cover electricity and infrastructure costs and report job creation and local hiring.
