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Black Friday is just around the corner, and alongside uncovering great deals, this week has been packed with exciting tech news.

Sumitomo Rubber USA announced the closure of its century-old Buffalo, New York, Dunlop tire factory, resulting in the termination of 1,550 employees.

Microsoft has taken down 240 phishing websites and disrupted the ONNX phishing service, which it claims is operated by an Egyptian man named Abanoub Nady, also known as MRxC0DER.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convenes annually for the Conference of Parties (COP) to address carbon emissions and support vulnerable nations through a loss and damage fund.

Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI, expressed mixed expectations for the incoming Trump administration in a Financial Times opinion piece. While he hopes Trump could foster greater competition and innovation in the tech industry, Hoffman raised concerns about the potential for favoritism benefiting certain individuals and companies.

Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI, expressed mixed expectations for the incoming Trump administration in a Financial Times opinion piece. While he hopes Trump could foster greater competition and innovation in the tech industry, Hoffman raised concerns about the potential for favoritism benefiting certain individuals and companies.

The phenomenon of pairing big cultural events continues with “Glicked,” combining the films Wicked and Gladiator II. Wicked, based on the popular Broadway musical, stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo as the iconic witches of The Wizard of Oz in a tale of friendship and magic, with a sequel set for next fall.

The Australian government plans to impose strict fines on social media companies that fail to enforce a proposed ban on children under 16 using their platforms.

Alphabet, Google's parent company, saw its shares fall over 5% on Thursday, marking the largest drop in 10 months. The decline followed the Justice Department's request for Google to divest its Chrome browser to curb its dominance in the search engine market.

OpenAI is emphasizing its efforts to make its language models safer and reduce harmful behaviors. The company recently shared the results of an investigation into ChatGPT's likelihood of producing harmful stereotypes based on user names.

The U.S. Department of Justice has taken down PopeyeTools, a major cybercriminal marketplace active since 2016, and arrested three alleged administrators.

Palo Alto Networks has released patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in "Operation Lunar Peek," a targeted cyberattack campaign. The critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-0012, is an authentication bypass flaw that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative privileges via the PAN-OS management interface exposed to the internet.