Daily Sync

Daily Sync

Today’s top stories, tech insights, business news, entertainment buzz, and more, in less than 10 minutes. Curated by humans and narrated by AI. https://www.dailysyncpod.com/

Episodes

November 11, 2025 6 mins

US Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sends to House: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/g-s1-97245/senate-shutdown-vote

EU to set up new intelligence unit under von der Leyen: https://www.ft.com/content/b8a3aee3-222b-4b4f-a1e2-e7a819ac0dd2

Meta Omnilingual ASR speech recognition for 1600+ languages: https://ai.meta.com/blog/omnilingual-asr-advancing-automatic-speech-recognition/

EU eyes banning Huawei, ZTE from mobil...

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US judge orders Trump administration to fully fund food aid: https://reut.rs/4hOmOzo

Trump announces deals with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk to slash weight loss drug prices: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/trump-eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-deal-obesity-drug-prices.html

China allowing Nexperia to export chips again: https://www.techmeme.com/251107/p8

ChatGPT suicide advice investigation: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3x71pv1qno

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Researchers used AI to design functional antibodies from scratch, suggesting that AI tools could speed up antibody discovery without the need for animal testing: https://www.techmeme.com/251106/p1

Major US airports to face 10% flight cut due to shutdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pn73N4V2cE

Microsoft built a simulated marketplace to test hundreds of AI agents, finding that businesses could manipulate agents into buyin...

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Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5597788/election-results-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor

France investigates Shein over sex dolls: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lppx2jm7o

VW developing AI chip for China with Horizon Robotics: https://www.techmeme.com/251105/p5

Apple brings App Store to the web: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/05/0026232/apple-brings-its-app-store-to-t...

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A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones: https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-light-based-cancer-treatment-kills-tumor-cells-and-spares-healthy-ones/

Trump backs Cuomo for New York City mayor and threatens to cut funding if Mamdani wins: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c231e284345o

Japan Patent Office Rejects Key Patent Application In Nintendo's 'Palworld' Lawsuit: https://www.techdirt.com...

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Show Notes:

Trump tariffs head to Supreme Court in case eagerly awaited around the world: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4jyk9jyv3o

Louvre heist was by petty criminals not organised crime professionals, prosecutor says: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gw42j29lqo

OpenAI's Sam Altman Defends $1 Trillion+ Spending Commitments: https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/0349255/openais-sam-altman-defends-1-trillion-spending-com...

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Trump-Putin Budapest summit canceled after Moscow memo outlining Ukraine demands: https://www.ft.com/content/d6655fb1-31af-4da8-85f7-085a8fc00969

National Guard members refuse Chicago deployment orders: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/yes-there-are-some-national-guard-willing-to-do-the-right-thing/

SpaceX Starship Moon landing plans independent of NASA: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/31/0045236/spacex-starship-...

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Trump Says U.S. Will Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing 'Immediately' After Three Decade Pause: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/10/30/trump-says-us-will-resume-nuclear-weapons-testing-immediately-after-30-year-pause/

JD Vance calls for reduction in legal immigration at Turning Point event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk-sznn26k8

New China Law Fines Influencers If They Discuss 'Serious' Topics Without a Degree:...

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Senators GUARD Act AI chatbot ban minors Hawley Blumenthal: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/28/2113256/senators-announce-bill-that-would-ban-ai-chatbot-companions-for-minors

Ben & Jerry's Unilever Palestine ice cream Ben Cohen: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lqeqv9j9no

Reddit ad spending AI search results growing audience: https://www.techmeme.com/251029/p11

Apple iPhone 20 no physical buttons haptic feedback: h...

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Hurricane Melissa Category 5 Jamaica landfall: https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-melissa-intensifies-category-5-storm-jamaica-flooding-rcna239989

Tetsuya Yamagami pleads guilty Shinzo Abe murder: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5qp45y20yo

Elon Musk Grokipedia launch Wikipedia competitor: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/10/28/musk-takes-on-wikipedia-with-ai-generated-grokipedia-what-to-kn...

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Argentina's Milei wins big in midterms with 'chainsaw' austerity: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gw8qpyvqdo

The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9082q0jjo

Sixty-five countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects: https://www.techmeme.com/251027/p2

GM Plans to Drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto From All Its Cars: https://tech.slashdot.org...

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FBI arrests NBA figures in Mafia-linked gambling rings: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/current-and-former-national-basketball-association-players-and-four-other-individuals

Trump ends Canada trade talks over Reagan ad: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/politics/trump-ends-trade-negotiations-canada

OpenAI acquires Sky for Mac computers: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/23/218215/openai-buys-ai-startup-that-built-inter...

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Discovery of 15,000 Roman coins could be nation's biggest ever: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd67vv66wxxo

US military strikes suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH5oFlMPrZo

SpaceX Disables 2,500 Starlink Terminals Allegedly Used By Asian Scam Centers: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/23/0311231/spacex-disables-2500-starlink-terminals-allegedly-used-by-asian-scam-centers

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LIVE: Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor through the night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STH89y8Oke0

More than 60 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Uganda: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgql9lwddw5o

Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents: https://www.theverge.com/news/803257/amazon-robotics-automation-replace-600000-human-jobs

YouTube's Likeness Detection Has ...

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Sanae Takaichi makes history as Japan's first female prime minister: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c751z23n3n7o

French ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail for campaign finance conspiracy: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgkm2j0xelo

Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/wikipedia-says-its-losing-traffic-due-to-ai-summaries-social-media...

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Organizers say over 7 million showed up to No Kings protests: https://www.theverge.com/news/802321/organizers-say-over-7-million-showed-up-to-no-kings-protests

Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7nrlkg0zxo

X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles: https://www.theverge.com/news/802474/x-is-launching-a-marketplace-for-inactive-handles

Major AWS outage takes down For...

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Kilauea volcano erupts again in Hawaii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMWVaRLQ7jo

Scientists Create New Form of Ice, Known As Ice XXI: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/2342232/scientists-create-new-form-of-ice-known-as-ice-xxi

Reddit expands its AI-powered search to five new languages: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/reddit-expands-its-ai-powered-search-to-five-new-languages/

MacBook Pro rumor points to OLED, t...

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Trump authorizes CIA operations in Venezuela: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-authorizes-cia-operations-venezuela-raising-pressure-maduro-2025-10-15/

New Alzheimer's treatment clears plaques in mice: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/0245204/new-alzheimers-treatment-clears-plaques-from-brains-of-mice-within-hours

DirecTV AI-generated ads with customer faces: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-softw...

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UK migrants need A-level English to work: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8679q0pe57o

D'Angelo dies at 51 after cancer battle: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwynv40ly4vo

Spotify Netflix deal bars YouTube podcasts: https://www.techmeme.com/251014/p43

Walmart ChatGPT shopping partnership: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/14/2048246/walmart-chatgpt-team-up-for-shopping

Apple teases M5 MacBook launch: https://www.theverge.c...

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Scott Bessent accuses China of damaging global economy: https://www.ft.com/content/fbc5f7bc-b36c-4a12-9c5e-a3f0c19aad12

Venezuela shuts Norway embassy after Nobel Prize: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjwlxjn1xgo

NASA JPL layoffs 550 workers: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/14/0133211/nasa-unit-jpl-to-lay-off-about-550-workers-citing-restructure

Slack transforms Slackbot into AI assistant: https://www.cnet.com/te...

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