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eBay Q3 2026 earnings: collectibles, live shopping and Depop lift revenue 14%, a week after job cuts

eBay Q3 earnings 2026: revenue rose 14% to $3.2 billion, beating its forecast, a week after eBay said it would cut 9% of staff. Here's what drove it.

Video of the day

Apple's first touchscreen Mac is an OLED MacBook Pro, and it starts at US$2,899

Official video, played from YouTube. Read our story

AI

Google's Genie 4 builds worlds you can walk into and talk to, but only testers can try it

Poster in Block colours with the Block name and the words 'It laughs. It sighs. It's AI.'

Block's Dessa voice model laughs and sighs like a person, which is both its promise and its risk

TechSpotlight poster in Kimi colours with the name Kimi and the words 'Less hacking skill, on purpose'

Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro gives up some hacking skill before its open release

Big Tech & Business

Intel agrees to buy Classiq, a bet that easy software will open up quantum computing

Meta and NVIDIA logos on black with two fluffy cartoon mascots, from NVIDIA's announcement

Nvidia puts US$3 billion into Meta's share sale as the two deepen work on Muse AI agents

Microsoft offers about 60,000 staff a paid way out. Here is what we know, and what we don't

Science & Breakthroughs

Artist's concept of the lava planet TOI-561 b, half lit and glowing red, beside its bright orange star

Webb finds lava planet TOI-561 b reflects about 75% of its starlight, possibly off mineral clouds

Poster in deep blue with a wind symbol and the words '18.7 million bats. Fixable?'

Wind turbines have killed about 18.7 million US bats since 1981, USGS-led study estimates

NASA satellite view of iceberg A-81, a white slab among clouds, near snow-covered South Georgia

Iceberg A-81, a slab of Antarctic ice the size of a city, slows at the edge of South Georgia

Phones & Gadgets

Apple's new 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro, half open, in front of a glowing M6 chip name

Apple's M6 MacBook Pro and iMac arrive at last year's prices, with older Macs in their sights

Close-up of the iPhone Duo's metal hinge, half folded, from Apple's launch images

iPhone Duo screen cracks: iFixit's teardown points to the hinge, but Apple hasn't explained why

iPhone Duo goes on sale: few phones in stores, January waits online, careful praise

Apps & Software

Google's privacy policy now lets connected Gmail and Photos data shape ads

Spotify Family plan QR code check: what the 7-day rule means for your family

Arc browser is shutting down on 22 December: how to save your data and move on

Launches

GTA 6 leads Jason and Lucia escaping on a dirt bike as a police car and helicopter chase them through Vice City

GTA 6 launch trailer lands: Grand Theft Auto VI arrives 19 November on PS5 and Xbox, with no PC date

The new white Tesla Roadster with both doors open and a large rear wing, in a dark studio

Tesla's new Roadster flew in a Texas demo, but buyers still have no price or delivery date

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