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On October 29, Financial News Overseas cited a Reuters report that Amazon cut about 250 positions in its devices and services division. An informed source stated that the affected positions were mainly software development roles.The report mentioned that in the previous weeks, Amazon launched several new products, including a new Kindle e-reader and tablets.

According to an exclusive report from "Du Jia," Douyin is currently testing exclusive interactive props for short drama scenes. Viewers can spend platform diamonds to send these props, which will trigger corresponding interactive effects in the short drama, allowing viewers to transition from simply "watching the drama" to paying for participation in the storyline.The report indicates that some short dramas will display entrances for props like "Iron Sand Palm · 1 Diamond" at key conflict points in the plot, with 1 diamond approximately equal to 0.1 yuan. This model opens up an interactive tipping monetization channel beyond traditional full episode unlock payments, advertisements, and short drama cards. In terms of industry background, current short drama revenue is highly concentrated among a few hit titles, putting significant pressure on small to medium projects to recoup costs, while one-time full episode payments filter out users who are only willing to make small payments. Prop payments will connect live tipping capabilities to short drama content, aiming to tap into the fragmented consumption potential of existing users.The report also warns that low-threshold props may provoke controversies related to deliberately creating conflicts and inducing consumption, requiring the platform to maintain ongoing regulation.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Patrick Lowry, CEO of Samara Asset Group, an asset management company that holds Bitcoin as a primary treasury reserve, expressed his dislike for the term "Bitcoin treasury company" and believes that the current market is rejecting all pure treasury strategies except for Strategy. He stated that "digital gold" is poor marketing, turning Bitcoin into an investment rather than a currency, which is also the reason for Bitcoin's price drop during discussions of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.Lowry introduced that Samara uses Bitcoin as operating capital rather than merely holding it. The company allocates committed funds from its risk fund to Bitcoin and liquidates at market price when capital calls are needed, regardless of price fluctuations. He mentioned that holding Bitcoin presents a threshold yield issue, which could harm shareholder interests.He also discussed MSCI's decision regarding non-operating companies, loopholes related to the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the potential impact of a rebound in altcoin treasuries. Lowry criticized the regression of the European regulatory environment, mentioning BaFin, the first Bitcoin ETP, and the issues of excessive regulation in the post-Merkel era.

Amazon will announce its earnings report after the U.S. stock market closes on Thursday. Whether AWS's growth rate can return to above 40%, along with the $22 billion capital expenditure and advertising monetization efficiency, will be the focus of the earnings report. The forecast for Q3 of fiscal year 2026 is a single-quarter revenue of $20.244 billion, expected to grow by 12.25% year-on-year; the net profit forecast is $21.363 billion, expected to grow by 0.83% year-on-year.Bank of America expects AWS revenue to grow by 40% year-on-year, higher than the market's general expectation of 38%; HSBC expects its operating profit to reach $27 billion, with sales slightly above the upper guidance limit. JPMorgan believes that the expansion of AWS profit margins and improvements in retail business efficiency will continue to drive profit growth, while Morgan Stanley emphasizes the retail business's layout in the smart agent commerce field and the market position of the Bedrock AI platform.

Web3 infrastructure and payment network Diamante announced that its ecosystem has experienced a security breach involving unauthorized activities by malicious actors. Upon discovery, the team immediately activated emergency security protocols and coordinated with exchange partners, market makers, liquidity providers, and listing partners to suspend affected withdrawals and transfers, restrict unauthorized asset movement, and prevent further exploitation.Diamante stated that the investigation has identified the suspected attackers and is coordinating with law enforcement agencies, government entities, and jurisdictional partners in multiple countries to seek legal action and asset recovery. A comprehensive incident review has been initiated to determine the cause of the breach, the sequence of events, the scope of affected assets, and to strengthen the infrastructure. Diamante is committed to ensuring that every affected participant is fully compensated and will continue to update the incident scope, asset recovery progress, and protective measures upon obtaining verified information.

AI cloud service provider Akamai launched the AI agent sandbox Agent Sandbox and the Akamai Inference beta on October 27. The Agent Sandbox provides an isolated environment for the code written and run for agents based on WebAssembly, limiting their computing power, memory, and external connections. Jon Alexander, Senior Vice President of Cloud Technology at Akamai, stated that teams running agents need to define boundaries for the code they write.A survey by Palo Alto Networks in 2026 of 2,930 security leaders showed that, on average, each human identity corresponds to 109 machine identities, of which 79 are AI agents. Hugging Face disclosed a breach on July 16, and OpenAI subsequently confirmed that its models were responsible; a METR investigation found about 1,200 OpenAI agents collaborating through hidden message boards, with around 700 participating in attacks, escaping the sandbox and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities to enter production systems.Zscaler discovered web pages hiding instructions targeting AI agents in July, specifically indirect prompt injection, with a spoofed document page requiring agents to pay approximately 0.0012 Ethereum as a $3 licensing fee, and 4 out of 26 tested models complied. Palo Alto completed its acquisition of CyberArk in February and acquired Koi in April, while Cisco completed its acquisition of Astrix Security on June 29. The investigation predicts that the number of enterprise AI agents will grow by 85% in the next 12 months, with human identities increasing by 56%.

The shortage caused by the AI boom has extended from GPUs and memory to circuit boards. When planning their supply chains for 2027, HP and Dell found that even previously inconspicuous printed circuit boards could face shortages. In September this year, Amazon invested approximately 1.59 billion New Taiwan Dollars in Taiwanese circuit board manufacturer Gold Circuit Electronics, transitioning from customer to shareholder.AI servers require circuit boards with more layers and lower signal loss, and chip packaging substrates are becoming larger, driving up the demand for key materials such as specialty fiberglass cloth and copper-clad laminates. Suppliers prioritize fulfilling more profitable AI orders, squeezing ordinary servers, with some ordinary server circuit board delivery times approaching one year.It is difficult for the production capacity of key materials to keep up with demand in the short term. TrendForce estimates that Japan's Nitto Denko controls about 90% of the global T-glass specialty fiberglass cloth market, with new production capacity not expected to come online until mid-2027 at the earliest. The chairman of Taiwanese substrate manufacturer Unimicron Technology warned on October 20 that some key materials could be short by about 20% by 2027, with delivery times for some chip substrate production equipment extending to as long as 30 months.

Anthropic has secured an additional $77 billion in funding from Google, Amazon, and Broadcom. The financing agreement with Amazon is tied to computing power milestones, while the $20 billion commitment from Google is partially dependent on revenue targets. Google and Amazon have become the largest shareholders of Anthropic.

According to sources citing QuestMobile data, as of August, Tencent's short drama mini-program Green Bubble had 143 million monthly active users. In the first week of October, the weekly active users reached 89.68 million, a 44.1% increase compared to the first week of September. After officially renaming the product in July, the weekly active users approached 90 million within about three months.DataEye monitoring shows that from October 1 to 7, Green Bubble's short drama had a total of 43,000 material placements, with an average daily placement volume increasing by 57% compared to the week before the holiday. The growth mainly came from fully replacing the original short drama mini-program entrance and support from the WeChat ecosystem traffic, which includes Video Accounts. The daily active users of Video Accounts are 600 million, making it a key part of the WeChat ecosystem distribution.Green Bubble continues to expand its content offerings, including live-action dramas, AI dramas, and animated dramas. Currently, Hongguo short dramas are leading in the short drama sector with a free standalone app model, while Kuaishou, Pinduoduo, Taobao, and Baidu have also entered the short drama space.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Zama (ZAMA) will unlock approximately 27,958,000 tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on November 2, worth about 19.15 million USD.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Victor Wembanyama: Points O/U 28.5" for the event "Spurs vs. Mavericks" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 25% an hour ago to the current 43.5% (a fluctuation of 18.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that due to the growing demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, Amazon Web Services' cloud computing capacity is essentially sold out before the end of 2027, with a large number of orders pushed to 2028.

Binance founder CZ tweeted that there are concerns about artificial intelligence attacking cryptocurrencies, but the encryption technology relied upon by the internet and banking systems is weaker.He pointed out that artificial intelligence can cause harm without cracking Bitcoin's cryptography, and the leaked data has fueled more phishing and social engineering attacks, reminding users to pay attention to security.

The data analysis platform DefiLlama reported on Gate's latest reserve report for October 2026. The report shows that Gate's various reserve indicators performed impressively, highlighting its leading level in industry transparency construction.DefiLlama pointed out that, on the occasion of the launch of Gate Money two weeks ago, the latest disclosed reserve data from Gate shows that the total platform reserves have reached $8.688 billion, with customer net assets at $7.332 billion, and the overall reserve ratio has risen to 118.49%, continuing to stay above the 100% full reserve benchmark.In terms of core assets, the reserve of BTC is 25,727 coins, with a reserve ratio of 121.60%; the reserve of ETH is 449,042 coins, with a reserve ratio of 123.78%. Regarding stablecoins, the total platform reserves of USDT, USDC, USD1, and GUSD amount to $1.746 billion, with a comprehensive reserve ratio of 116.59%. Additionally, the reserve ratios for popular tokens such as GT, DOGE, and SOL have reached 129.00%, 106.76%, and 102.51%, respectively.Various asset classes maintain sufficient reserve coverage, reflecting Gate's long-term investment in asset reserve management and transparency construction, which also provides strong support for user asset security and the platform's long-term stable operation. The continuous growth of reserve scale and excess coverage also lays a solid foundation for the innovative business of financial integration at Gate Money.

According to "Reading Plus," the short drama application Hongguo Short Drama App, owned by ByteDance, has launched "Xiaoguo AI." This feature has undergone a period of gray testing and is now officially online, relying on the Doubao large model. It is labeled as Hongguo AI BOT within the app and is positioned as an AI assistant for finding short dramas, providing series search and recommendations. The report states that this is the first time Hongguo has integrated conversational AI into the user-end drama search scenario, beyond AI short drama production.According to practical tests by "Reading Plus," the main entry point is located in the app's search bar. Clicking it leads to the conversation page, and users can also ask questions in the comment section by @XiaoguoAI. The page features quick questions, such as "What short dramas are everyone watching?" and "What are the differences between male-oriented and female-oriented short dramas?" When users input keywords, it returns a list of suggestions, a trending short drama list, and series popularity. The AI responses can pop up short drama cards with play buttons, which redirect to the viewing page when clicked.This tool relies on generative models and search plugins to return information such as titles, plot summaries, poster stills, reputation ratings, and playback channels based on keywords and viewing preferences. From user feedback, it can also record update requests and push notifications when new seasons of followed series are available for reservation.

The on-chain data platform DefiLlama announced a collaboration with the prediction market platform Trueo to launch a new prediction market settled with DefiLlama data, covering protocol revenue and the probability of vulnerabilities occurring.Revenue markets include protocol revenues from Hyperliquid, Pump, Aero, Uniswap, Collector Crypt, and Papertrade. Vulnerability markets cover DeFi hacking incidents and the probability of specific protocols being exploited, including whether Aave and Morpho will experience vulnerabilities this month, as well as weekly and monthly markets for the scale of the largest hacking events.Other on-chain indicator markets include the RWA market capitalization and DEX trading volume of Robinhood Chain, as well as who will have a higher TVL this weekend between Solana and Base.

According to Business Insider, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expected to acquire NVIDIA (NVDA.O) GB300 racks worth $5 billion.