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Wall Street Journal - Nov 6

The following are the leading stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not validated these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Nvidia and Jeff Bezos-backed Perplexity AI are finalizing a brand-new funding round to raise $500 million, which would value it at $9 billion, tripling its evaluation from simply a. couple of months ago.

- The New York Times has released its. election-forecasting tool, Needle, on Tuesday evening, which. estimates the outcome of the election based upon ballot outcomes,. in spite of a continuing strike by hundreds of its tech workers.

- Hackers connected to Chinese intelligence utilized accuracy. strikes to silently jeopardize cellular phone lines utilized by a selection. of senior national security and policy officials across the U.S. government, in addition to politicians.

- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector. General said it needs to get ready for more legal difficulties o its. rule-making by establishing an extensive administrative procedure.

- A California judge has permitted the state's carbon. emissions disclosure requirements to move forward, requiring. large organizations to divulge in-depth info on their. carbon emissions and climate-related risks.

- Super Micro Computer said it would strengthen. its internal governance and oversight functions after Ernst &&. Young resigned as its auditor, pointing out skepticism of management.

(source: Reuters)