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Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, cutting prices and claiming leads over Opus 5.5 on most benchmarks, with Mythos pitched as its strongest vulnerability hunter.

• Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 at $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens.
• Mythos 5.2 found 89.6% of 1,829 known vulnerability advisories on Anthropic's CVE Rediscovery test, 10.2% more than Opus 5.5.
• Fable and Mythos share one model; Fable blocks high-risk cyber and biology work, while Mythos is limited to vetted organizations.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Faster, cheaper and ahead on most tests
03:13 One model, two doors
06:09 Pricing and availability
07:29 How we got here
08:20 What it means for finance and crypto

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/anthropic-claude-fable-mythos-5-2/

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Google told an Australian Senate inquiry that the Digital Duty of Care bill could force age checks or under-18 bans on services like Gmail unless private tools are exempted.

• Google warned Australian senators that the Digital Duty of Care bill could force online services to age-gate or block under-18 users from Gmail.
• The draft law sets fines of up to A$109.2 million for platforms that fail to systematically protect young people from harmful content.
• The bill has passed the House of Representatives and is under Senate scrutiny, with a committee report due on November 20.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:08 When Safety Rules Threaten Private Inboxes
02:36 Why Big Tech Is Pushing Back
03:38 How the Proposed Rules Compare to Practical Realities
03:43 The Identity Bottleneck and the Path Forward

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/google-australia-duty-care-bill-gmail-teens/

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Russia will let retail investors buy Bitcoin, Ether and USDT through licensed firms from November 17, with a 300,000-ruble annual cap, mandatory testing and no self-custody.

• From November 17, Russians can legally buy Bitcoin, Ether and USDT through licensed brokers, asset managers and crypto exchange operators.
• Retail buyers face a 300,000-ruble annual cap per intermediary, must pass a test, and cannot move coins to personal wallets.
• Moscow Exchange plans to open crypto trading on December 1, and off-platform trading will be shut down on July 1, 2027.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:58 What the new rules say
02:31 Who can trade, and how much
03:43 Who will run the market
05:01 How Russia got here, and what comes next
05:21 Why it matters
06:56 The Blockrora take

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/finance/russia-retail-crypto-trading-rules/

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Nigeria's central bank has banned algorithmic stablecoins and put issuers, exchanges and custodians under licensing, with steep capital floors and strict reserve rules.

• The Central Bank of Nigeria banned algorithmic stablecoins and brought issuers, exchanges, custodians and crypto payment providers under a new licensing regime.
• Stablecoin issuers must fully back tokens plus a 2% buffer and hold ₦10 billion or ₦15 billion in minimum paid-up capital.
• Foreign-currency stablecoins can be offered to Nigerians only by a Nigerian-incorporated company holding a Class 2 licence from the CBN.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Who needs a licence
01:44 Dollar stablecoins must go local
02:42 Reserve rules
03:18 P2P trading
03:53 What is banned
05:35 From bank ban to licensing
06:25 Africa's biggest stablecoin market
07:09 Industry reaction
08:04 What happens next
08:54 Open questions

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/finance/nigeria-bans-algorithmic-stablecoins-crypto-licensing/

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Anthropic has launched a Plaid-powered personal finance tool that lets Claude read bank and card data to track spending, putting it in direct competition with rival AI labs' finance tools.

• Anthropic's new Claude finance tool uses Plaid to connect bank and credit card accounts so users can track and categorize their spending.
• Claude's account access is read-only, so it cannot move money, transfer funds or manage investments, and finance chats will not train models.
• The beta is rolling out to paying US Claude subscribers on Pro, Max and Ultra plans, with no ads or sponsored loan offers.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Everyday Questions and Spending Checks
01:46 Privacy Safeguards and Availability

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/anthropic-claude-personal-finance-tool-plaid/

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Bitcoin slid to about $76,000 as a chip and AI stock selloff hit the Nasdaq, showing how miners' pivot to AI data centers has tied the cryptocurrency to the tech trade.

• Bitcoin fell from above $80,000 to around $76,000 on November 5 as a selloff in chip and AI stocks pushed the Nasdaq into correction.
• By June, public Bitcoin miners had announced more than $70 billion in AI and high-performance computing contracts, according to a crypto.news analysis.
• Crypto miner stocks fell 15% to 20% amid fears that a Democratic-controlled Congress could slow AI data-center construction.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Thursday: the AI trade breaks, and Bitcoin breaks with it
02:03 From hashrate to compute: how miners became AI landlords
03:33 Why a Democratic Congress spooked Bitcoin
04:51 The digital gold problem
05:41 The glass-half-full case
06:56 What to watch next
08:24 The bottom line

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/finance/bitcoin-falls-ai-stock-selloff-miners/

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TikTok has launched a standalone TikTok Shop app in four Southeast Asian markets, separating shopping from its video feed to compete directly with Amazon, Shopee and Temu.

• TikTok has launched a dedicated TikTok Shop app on iOS and Android, separating its online retail operations from its main video platform.
• The app is available in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, while the United States and United Kingdom are excluded from the initial release.
• The standalone storefront offers personalized recommendations, merchant live streams, built-in checkout, order tracking, customer support and app-only discounts to attract early users.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Moving Beyond the Video Feed
01:43 A Direct Challenge to Traditional Marketplaces

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/tiktok-shop-standalone-app-southeast-asia/

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Apple has cut daily AI tool budgets for engineers and other staff as token costs mount, joining Microsoft, Tesla and Uber in capping developer AI spending.

• Apple cut daily AI tool spending limits for software engineers from $300 to $200, and some groups may soon drop to $100.
• Most non-technical Apple employees now have a $100 daily AI ceiling, with $25 limits under discussion for lighter-use teams.
• Apple managers are steering developers toward smaller open-source models run locally on Macs to avoid billable third-party cloud requests.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 The Honeymoon Phase Gives Way to Token Discipline
00:56 Slashing Daily Allowances Across Engineering
01:44 Token Costs and the Move Toward Local Workloads
02:29 Industry Pressures and the Decentralized Alternative

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/apple-caps-employee-ai-token-spending/

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Google will turn off Search on managed school networks that disable its AI features, sparking backlash from educators and raising antitrust and bundling concerns.

• Under updated Google Workspace for Education policy, schools that disable AI features like Gemini and AI Overviews will lose standard Google Search.
• Google argues Search and generative AI are no longer separate products and that splitting them creates fragmented experiences.
• Educators, digital rights advocates and policymakers object, and antitrust authorities could view the bundling as anticompetitive leverage.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:11 The Ultimatum: Search and AI Are Now One
02:24 The Classroom Backlash
03:24 The Power of Platform Lock-In
04:19 Why Decentralization and Open Standards Matter
05:18 What Comes Next?

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/google-schools-ai-search-ultimatum/

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Apple expects rising memory chip prices to cut its holiday-quarter gross margin to 45–46%, as the AI-driven shortage that gave Samsung record profits hits device makers.

• Apple guided its December-quarter gross margin to 45–46%, down from 47.9% in the September quarter, citing rising memory chip prices.
• Samsung reported Q3 2026 operating profit of KRW 107.4 trillion, about $80 billion, the first tech company to top KRW 100 trillion in a quarter.
• Apple's fiscal Q4 revenue reached $114.48 billion, beating the $113.39 billion analysts expected, helped by early iPhone 18 Pro demand.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:22 Why memory got so expensive
02:25 Samsung's windfall
03:33 How the squeeze reaches Apple
05:14 What to watch next

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/apple-memory-chip-costs-margin-samsung-profit/

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