The most important news of the day

Every day we read hundreds of stories. Only the most important ones are here — short, in our own words, with a link to the original source.

1. IT law & regulation · Smartphones & apps · IT industry & companies

   Epic asks Supreme Court to punish Apple

   Epic wants Apple punished for not following the spirit of the ruling on App Store steering and fees, even though Apple follows its letter. Oral arguments begin on January 11, 2027.

   Full story at AppleInsider ↗
2. Smartphones & apps · Software & updates

   Google Messages update improves search

   A Google Messages update fixes an issue that every other messaging app has. Searching through messages is said to become a much better experience.

   Full story at PhoneArena ↗
3. Operating systems · Software & updates · Smartphones & apps

   Apple changes how it develops iOS 28 and macOS 28

   Apple has changed its development process for iOS 28 and macOS 28 to give engineers more time for new features. Developers are also optimizing apps for the iPhone Duo, and the last big hardware launches come this week.

   Full story at MacRumors ↗
4. Enterprise software · Artificial intelligence

   Microsoft asks for AI tips as 365 outage hits

   Microsoft asked for AI tips on the day a Microsoft 365 outage hit millions of users. The top reply said the company should make sure its product doesn't fail.

   Full story at Windows Latest ↗
5. Chips & hardware · Operating systems

   Huawei opens pre-orders for foldable MateBook Fold S

   Huawei has opened pre-orders for the MateBook Fold S, its first foldable PC running the Hongmeng operating system. It combines a foldable design with Huawei's own hardware and software.

   Full story at Gizchina.com ↗
6. Artificial intelligence · New AI models

   Gemini 4 Carbon tops MathArena at a higher cost

   Google's Gemini 4 Carbon and Anthropic's Fable 5.2 have knocked GPT-6.1 Sol from the top of the MathArena math benchmark. Both cost significantly more.

   Full story at The Decoder ↗
7. Cloud & data centers · Programming & dev tools

   Cloudflare adds spending limits and alerts

   Cloudflare's Spend Management lets users set spending thresholds and have activity paused when they are reached. This aims to avoid unexpected bills from unplanned usage.

   Full story at blog.cloudflare.com ↗
8. IT law & regulation

   Microsoft explains a ruling on press freedom

   Microsoft published a post on why a new court ruling matters for press freedom and privacy. The text gives no further details.

   Full story at news.microsoft.com ↗
9. Artificial intelligence · Open source · Programming & dev tools

   llama.cpp reaches version 1.0.0

   llama.cpp v1.0.0 has been released, presented as a stronger foundation for the local AI ecosystem.

   Full story at huggingface.co ↗
10. Cloud & data centers · DevOps & containers · Programming & dev tools

    GitHub publishes its October 2026 availability report

    GitHub added substantial independently scalable Azure capacity in October, but write outages and a regional network disruption showed the need for safer operations. As of November 9, 140 of 151 production services ran in Azure Central US.

    Full story at github.blog ↗

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