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During today’s Q3 SpaceX earnings call, Musk also said the company should “probably” do a “longer presentation on the game plan” for the business.

After Ukraine said a Starshield slowdown had interrupted its military operations, Elon Musk claimed any limits “are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.” Then the president told reporters, “It wasn’t me... and I don’t think it was Elon.”

I highlighted a couple of Time’s clips last week, but it published a nine-and-a-half-minute video today from a conversation with Apple’s new CEO. He doesn’t say anything earth-shattering, but it’s an opportunity to see and hear more from the person now steering Apple forward.

After 15 years at Meta, the George W. Bush White House alum is exiting, Axios reports, amid a midterm election where Democrats are expected to win back more control in Washington. Kaplan will stay through 2027 to help with the transition, though, which will include bipartisan external affairs executives.

Wonder why he tweeted this yesterday, maybe he suddenly had to charge his phone?

The feature analyzes video and audio signals to determine whether they “may have been altered outside of Zoom.” The video conferencing app is also launching a tool that uses AI to make presenters “appear more engaged,” as well as an AI-powered feature that smooths out voices and accents in real time.

The company’s new Heritage Collection is targeted at classic car collectors wanting modern stereo features like Bluetooth and support for HD Radio and SiriusXM while also preserving the vintage look of their vehicles. The $499 SXT-C10PS head unit and matching $299 TS-X40SXT speakers are both available for preorder now.

The AI assistant, which launched in September, is only the 12th app to have reached this milestone within 40 days, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Part of its success is likely down to what Sensor Tower describes as a sizable “advertising push by Meta.”

The new nine-piece collection created as part of a collaboration with Microsoft debuted at Ikea’s physical stores at the beginning of the month. But if you don’t have easy local access to meatballs and flatpack furniture, the Yxstaby collection, which includes accessories and furniture that draw inspiration from Xbox controllers, is now available through Ikea’s online store, too.

This update allows you to perform tasks across your apps and files without transmitting data to the cloud, but Perplexity recommends 36GB of RAM or more. It uses Apple Silicon to run Qwen 3.6 or PPLX Pro (a post-trained version of Qwen) directly on your Mac, while allowing you to transfer certain tasks to the cloud for access to updated information and browser use.

The app, which says it helps renters by splitting up their payments (while tacking on an extra fee for dividing them), is now turning utility, insurance, car payments, and internet bills into buy now, pay later payments, with all of the associated issues and a $5.99 monthly fee for splitting payments on top of other processing charges.

Starting in 2027, Google will require advertisers to prove that they’ve been approved by regulators before running certain kinds of financial ads. The company has already introduced this requirement in the UK and EU as part of efforts to prevent brand impersonation and financial scams.

A market asking, “Any of the Cornell 7 charged with a felony sex crime?” racked up more than $450,000 in trading volume before it was removed by Polymarket, Front Office Sports reports. The prediction market defended the market, saying in part that it brought “objective, data-driven insight into how a matter like this is moving through the legal system.”

It lacks the panning and tilting capabilities of Wyze’s $79.98 Solar Cam Pan 2K, but for $10 less the new $69.98 Wyze Solar Cam pairs a 2K color night vision camera with a 1.77W solar panel that keeps a 5,200mAh battery charged with just an hour of sunlight a day. The included solar panel can be detached and installed up to 10 feet away for better sun exposure, while an optional microSD card can store months of motion-activated video recordings.

The Pennsylvania-based Perryman will supply titanium for its products, including the new iPhone Duo, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Apple is also building upon its partnership with Delaware’s Qnity Electronics, which will help produce films for the iPhone 18 Pro’s variable aperture camera system.

Google says “a power event” created an outage for some of its cloud servers this morning. The power problem has now been resolved, and services should be coming back online. That’s good news for Revolut and other services that were impacted by the Google Cloud problems.

Yelp’s new “Check for Me” feature is starting to roll out on iOS as part of Yelp’s fall product release. The launch also includes updates to Yelp AI’s assistant, including more personalized recommendations and the ability for it to book reservations on OpenTable.

ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have reportedly collectively ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 5500 GPUs, among the most powerful still compliant with US export controls. Those orders far exceed planned production, however, and Reuters reports that Nvidia has warned customers they might only get 5 to 10 percent of what they requested.

Popular European banking app Revolut is experiencing a major outage this morning. Revolut users are unable to make card payments, access funds, or sign into its mobile app. “We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting multiple services,” says an unnamed Revolut spokesperson to BBC News, adding that “all our customers’ money and data are safe.” Revolut’s issues started just before 9AM UK (4AM ET), after a Google Cloud power problem affected multiple services.

The Android laptops shipped with the tracking app, but it was quickly removed. Now Google has told Android Authority why, blaming laptop sleep settings. It sounds like a better optimized version might come in the future. Mind fixing any other apps while you’re at it?