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According to projections from election forecasting firm Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), Democrat James Talarico will win the U.S. Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton. This marks the Democrats’ first major victory in the Lone Star State since 1988. It is a major milestone for the Democratic Party: on one hand, the party has finally secured a key state critical to presidential elections; on the other, it brings the party closer to reclaiming the Senate majority. The Democrats need a net gain of four seats to regain control of the Senate, and U.S. media projections show the party has flipped both Senate races in North Carolina and South Carolina.

US President Trump: I am not running for election. If I run, we will win by a landslide! (Jinshi)

According to Bitget's market data, South Korea's Seoul Composite Index fell 4% on the day, after rising more than 3% at the open; Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 4.45% to its lowest level since May 20.

A newly created wallet recently withdrew 521,501 $UNI ($3.69M), 915,747 $MORPHO ($1.95M), and 10M $ARB ($1.54M) from Bybit.

According to US media reports, Democratic candidate Bob Brooks defeated Republican US Representative Ryan McKenzie of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, successfully flipping a House of Representatives seat held by the GOP in this key presidential swing state. Brooks serves as the head of a firefighters' union in Pennsylvania. During this election cycle, Democrats are seeking to recapture four congressional districts from Republicans in Pennsylvania, and this seat is one of them. In the 2024 presidential election, Trump won McKenzie’s district by a 3-percentage-point margin. Nationwide, Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take control of the US House of Representatives. (Jinshi)

Flash News from Dongcha Beating AI: On the early morning of November 4, Apple rolled out the iOS 27.3 developer beta, bringing Apple Intelligence to Chinese mainland iPhones for the first time. The initial features include photo erase, AI writing, real-time translation, notification summaries, and intelligent emoji generation. Apple Intelligence launched overseas in 2024, with Chinese users waiting over two years for the test version. The mainland China version of Apple Intelligence integrates Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen, though core functions like photo erase and notification summaries still run on Apple’s self-developed models. For complex queries, Siri can call on Qianwen to provide answers. Users can also submit photos, PDFs, and PPTs to Qianwen for image recognition and document analysis; the writing tool leverages Qianwen to generate articles, copy, and even images. Qianwen requires user activation, and Apple will request consent each time before sending queries, photos, or documents to it. Alibaba stated that it will not use this data for model training. However, the newly launched features remain early-stage Apple Intelligence functions. The next-generation Siri unveiled at WWDC 2026, which can understand screen content and perform cross-app operations, is not yet available for mainland China. Initial supported devices include the iPhone 15 Pro series, iPhone 16 and later models, iPhone Air, and iPhone Duo. Both the device and Siri language must be set to Simplified Chinese or English. Apple plans to release the official version in December; iPad and Mac versions still await approval.