• Science says your boss should talk less in meetings
• Why BioWare's Neverwinter Nights still has thousands of active players
• OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites
• “thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops
• US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license"
• Bug turns one of the biggest fears about Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses into reality
• RFK Jr. proposes FDA look the other way on unproven peptides, report says
• Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
• Polymarket saw $600 million in election trades after the elections were over
• Tesla turns to 50-year-old stunt technology as it tries to Roadster again
• Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer
• The Surface Laptop Ultra delivers on most of Microsoft's promises
• Rocket Report: FAA eyes more Starbase traffic; India's Skyroot snares US customer
• Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket
• Googlebook review: Android on a laptop is still Android
• KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewell
• Plex now helps sell movie theater tickets
• Hegseth’s dubious low-T screening may flag up to 25 percent of the Army
• Targeted ads delivered 0-click exploits to install mercenary malware
• Above the 911? Porsche previews a new mid-engined supercar.
| • An interview with Apple's new VP of the App Store, Carson Oliver, on Apple's gaming vision, Apple Arcade, providing tools for indie game developers, and more (Giovanni Colantonio/Polygon)
• RegLayer: 47+ large US data center projects were delayed, withdrawn, or blocked in 2026; Bernstein says ~35% of the planned US data center pipeline is credible (Financial Times)
• AI debt worries mount as CoreWeave's bond yield tops 15%, insuring SoftBank debt gets pricier, and some Oracle debt trades near 80 to 90 cents on the dollar (New York Times)
• Microsoft cancels its deal to be the anchor tenant and rent 23K Nvidia AI chips at Nscale's Essex, UK, data center, which may not get grid power until the 2030s (James Titcomb/Telegraph)
• Holyvolt, which develops AI tools for making and testing new battery materials, raised $45M from Zone II, CC.VC, and others, a source says at a $245M valuation (Nick Lichtenberg/Fortune)
• Sources: Anthropic is consulting law firms on deal negotiation tactics as it develops AI agents to negotiate on humans' behalf and interact with AI counterparts (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
• GTCR and Elliott agree to acquire and take private CCC, a Nasdaq-listed car insurance software provider, for $4.6B; the deal values CCC at $6.1B including debt (Bloomberg)
• Filing: Disney agreed to hire 60+ staff from Character.AI and pay them ~$180M over three years, plus $30M for retention awards; a bankruptcy judge must approve (Bloomberg)
• An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, plans to make Windows a safer OS to run AI agents, and more (Joanna Stern/The New Things)
• Google says "magic state cultivation" works in practice on its Willow quantum processor, calling it a breakthrough that reduces errors by about 40x (Google)
• Anomaly Innovations, behind coding agent OpenCode, says a breach hit ~1.4% of OpenCode Console users and their API keys, in a "large scale distillation attack" (Walter Schulze/Startup Fortune)
• Turkish police detained Hex and PulseChain founder Richard Heart on Oct. 14, seizing $7M+ in cash and six cold wallets; HEX fell nearly 50% on initial reports (Zack Abrams/The Block)
• Bleecker Street says TikTok suspended the Musk documentary account for "political policy" violations and called the suspension "permanent"; Bleecker's appealing (Steven Zeitchik/The Hollywood Reporter)
• MapQuest adds a Surveillance Layer to its mobile app showing license plate readers and cameras from 10+ companies including Flock, using OpenStreetMap data (Chase DiBenedetto/Mashable)
• Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites "associated with" business accounts, saying it applied only to "ads and business products" (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
| • How to use your Windows PC to make and receive phone calls
• Why it's important to avoid plugging in a damaged external hard drive
• Why are internet upload speeds so much slower than download speeds?
• Why you might not want to join two Ethernet cables (and what you should do instead)
• You don't have to turn off your phone to switch SIM cards (but you probably should)
• What to check if your Nintendo Switch 2 isn't connecting to the TV
• OpenAI is building a humanoid robot, but the body isn't the real challenge
• These Samsung Galaxy tablets are in their last year of software support
• Why your Wi-Fi speeds can drop in the evening, and what to do about it
• How to keep your smart home running even if the internet goes down
• Why it's important to monitor your PC's background processes
• Don't throw away your old PlayStation — Do this instead
• The Tesla Roadster is far from the first car to use fans for downforce
• Leaked gameplay purports to show a canceled Assassin's Creed game set in ancient China
• Android Auto can be used outside of your car: Here's how
• What's actually eating all the storage space on your Android Phone?
• iPhone Duo shipping estimates have already been pushed back to 2027
• You might be surprised by how much the Slate truck can carry
• What does the yellow light on your Alexa device mean and how do you clear it?
• Anbernic's RG DDS is almost double the price of the original Nintendo 3DS
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