Things We're Reading – Week of November 10, 2025

The European Commission is contemplating delaying certain provisions of its AI legislation due to pressure from major tech companies and the U.S. government, with a final decision expected around November 19, 2025.

NVIDIA has achieved a historic milestone by reaching a $5 trillion market valuation, underscoring the critical role of AI hardware in the ongoing technological revolution.

OpenAI and AWS have signed a landmark $38 billion deal, securing access to vast Nvidia GPU resources and diversifying OpenAI’s infrastructure beyond Microsoft.

Apple has agreed to pay Google approximately $1 billion annually to integrate a custom Gemini model into Siri, marking a major overhaul of Apple’s assistant.

Google introduced its seventh-generation TPU, 'Ironwood,' delivering four times the performance over its predecessor and strengthening Google’s AI hardware capabilities.

The annual AAPS PharmSci 360 meeting in San Antonio opened with AI as the central theme, emphasizing AI-driven drug design, analytics, and manufacturing.

Microsoft secured U.S. approval to export 60,000 Nvidia GB300 chips to the UAE under strict safeguards, highlighting global AI infrastructure competition.

Ripple has locked 700 million XRP back into escrow after releasing 1 billion XRP, as part of its regular monthly cycle to manage supply.

This year’s Ripple SWELL conference highlights the growing partnership between traditional finance and blockchain innovation, with major banks and asset managers participating.

YouTube has clarified that its upcoming Community Guidelines update, set to take effect on November 17, will not impose a blanket ban on cryptocurrency content.