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1. AI boom turns chip packaging into the next battleground for semiconductors - Reuters
Reuters reports that the AI boom is making chip packaging the next competitive battleground in semiconductors. As advanced manufacturing reaches limits, packaging is increasingly critical to AI chip performance, prompting greater industry investment.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
2. North Korea’s army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance - Reuters
Reuters reports that North Korea’s army of world-class hackers is a secret weapon and links it to the takedown of Binance. The report frames Pyongyang’s cyber capabilities as a major threat to the crypto industry and global financial security.
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3. Elon Musk appears to signal the end of the road for Cybertruck
Musk said the move was to make room for producing Cybercabs, driverless autonomous taxis. The remark appears to signal the end of the road for the Cybertruck.
Source: BBC World
World news
1. New wave of bomb threats hit European airlines
European airlines are facing a new wave of bomb threats. No link has been established between the threats against airlines and those against media outlets.
Source: BBC World
2. Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory - Reuters
Britain will require employers to disclose salaries in job advertisements. The move aims to improve pay transparency and may affect hiring practices and job seekers’ access to wage information.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
3. Developing countries’ external debt hit record $9.4 trillion in 2025, World Bank says - Reuters
The World Bank says developing countries’ external debt reached a record $9.4 trillion in 2025. The milestone highlights mounting debt pressures and financing risks for many developing economies.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
4. Kenyan doomsday cult leader given life sentence for murdering 191 people
Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering 191 people. He ordered followers to starve their children to death in a forest so they could “meet Jesus.”
Source: BBC World
5. TikTok owner ByteDance weighs data center expansion in Brazil, Bloomberg News reports - Reuters
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is weighing a data center expansion in Brazil, Bloomberg News reported, according to Reuters. Details of the potential investment and timing were not immediately clear.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
6. Activists breach Microsoft data centre construction site as protests spread in Europe - Reuters
Activists breached a Microsoft data centre construction site as protests spread across Europe. The incident highlights growing environmental and social tensions over large tech data centre projects.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
7. Spain’s rail authorities face European fraud probe after Urda rail disaster
Spanish prosecutors are investigating EU funds intended to upgrade the railway line where a train crash killed 69 people. Rail authorities now face a European fraud probe over the funding.
Source: BBC World
8. Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman and Gloria, dies aged 52
Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has died at his home in Santiago at 52. He was known for the Oscar-winning trans drama A Fantastic Woman and English-language films including Gloria Bell and The Wonder.
Source: The Guardian World
9. Ronaldo exits Portugal stage with records intact and farewell clouded by rift
Cristiano Ronaldo exits the Portugal stage with his records intact, while his farewell is overshadowed by a rift. Details remain limited in the report.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
10. Low pressure in US midwest brings unseasonable heat to New York and Boston
A low-pressure system in the US Midwest brought unseasonably warm weather to eastern North America, with New York and Boston nearing 23C, 7-10C above early-November norms. Parts of eastern Canada exceeded 20C, while severe thunderstorms affected midterm voting in Florida, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Source: The Guardian World
11. Two dead after bus crashes in France, officials say
A bus crash in France has killed two people, including one child and one young adult, local authorities said. More people were injured in the incident.
Source: BBC World
12. Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks
Peruvian authorities seized more than 3,000 tarantulas hidden in dirty socks in three suitcases at Lima airport. The spiders were destined for Germany and could have fetched an estimated €1.5m. Two Germans and a Polish citizen were carrying the luggage.
Source: The Guardian World