Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 4. Today we are covering:

* Sam Altman Has Explored Deal to Build Competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

* Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget

* Apple Design Executive Alan Dye Poached by Meta in Major Coup

* Google launches Workspace Studio to create automated Gemini-powered agents

* Pentagon Investigator Faults Hegseth for Improper Use of Signal

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