• The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch
• Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robot
• Democrats oppose plan to stack FCC with Republicans, plan probes of Chairman Carr
• Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI
• What happens to mathematics when AI becomes an oracle?
• Google Fi adds support for a second 5G network, won't say which one
• Pixel phones getting new icon styles, Create My Widget, and more in November Pixel Drop
• Free video-streaming service Tubi lets users share curated watchlists now
• Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve's new FPS data
• High oil prices have led to a dip in global carbon emissions
• One space station company sues another for copying its work
• DeepMind reveals Gemini Robotics 2.5 and open safety benchmark "ASIMOV-jailbreak"
• Nvidia has a Jensen Huang problem—and no obvious successor
• FDA warns GLP-1 drugs may pose risk of rare condition that causes vision loss
• Polestar has a new look with its Formula 2030 concept
• Ukraine’s fiber-optic drones get squeezed by AI data center demand
• Review: Apple's M6 MacBook Pro is good, but it's missing all the exciting stuff
• DCU shake-up: James Gunn and Peter Safran out post-merger
• Man who lost $308,000 on sports bets sues Kalshi for offering illegal gambling
• A Sam Altman parody offers an amusing lesson in memory management
| • In a report, Railway says it believes the October hack targeted AI provider keys for resale, and unauthorized spend on the stolen keys was estimated at ~$740K (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
• Leaked documents: OpenAI's adjusted operating margin improved from -150% to -109% from Q2 to Q3 (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
• Coframe, which uses AI to make websites that test and personalize themselves for each visitor, raised a $25M Series A, bringing its total funding to $35M (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)
• Sources and records: 11+ NSA and US Cyber Command personnel died by suicide over the 12 months to September, prompting White House and Congressional questions (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg)
• CoreWeave reports Q3 revenue up 168% YoY to $3.66B, vs. $3.55B est., a net loss of $709M, and a $132.5B revenue backlog, up from $104B as of June (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
• Sources: the US Commerce Dept. delayed new Entity List additions for two months, leaving off Megaspeed despite four other US agencies pushing for its inclusion (Financial Times)
• Source: OpenAI told investors on Tuesday that its revenue jumped 50% to around $10B in Q3, up from 17% growth in Q2 (The Information)
• S-1: Nvidia plans to invest ~$10B in Anthropic after its IPO, or ~10% of the total new cash Anthropic is expected to raise in November, including in its IPO (Cory Weinberg/New York Times)
• Graphon, which wants to resolve AI agent memory limitations by mapping connections across docs, videos, and images, raised a $35M Series A led by RRE Ventures (Shubhangi Goel/Business Insider)
• Lawsuit filing: Point72's quant unit Cubist claims its fired lead research analyst used Claude and Codex to steal source code before leaving for a competitor (Bloomberg)
• SpaceX announces Starlink Mini 2 with a swappable battery that it says can operate for over four hours without an external power source, reportedly for $999 (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
• São Paulo-based Clara, which sells corporate spend management tools in Latin America, raised $105M, as a $65M Series C and $40M in renewed growth financing (Maria Clara Cobo/Bloomberg)
• Sources: despite Trump's denial, he was told at least twice in seven months about Huang's affair with an alleged spy, including by Rubio en route to Beijing (New York Times)
• Google Fi debuts a "super network" feature for automatic carrier switching and Wi-Fi Auto-Connect+ to improve indoor connectivity in malls, airports, and more (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)
• Nvidia hires former acting US attorney Joon H. Kim and his law firm Wachtell Lipton to conduct a probe into Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy (New York Times)
| • NVIDIA shareholders are suing the company and CEO Jensen Huang
• How SCSKiller is trying to fix shader stuttering in PC games
• These Xiaomi phones are no longer getting support with the latest HyperOS 4 update
• Meta warns some of its AI glasses may get 'too warm' if they get wet
• The Disney+ app on Meta Quest now includes 3D movies
• What is the 'Dead Internet Theory' and should humanity be worried?
• The best-selling game console of all time is over 25 years old
• New York will independently test AI models
• How much did the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 cost in 2020 vs 2026?
• Google's impressive Rambler dictation tech is now available on Pixel 10 devices too
• Here's what to look for so you don't get scammed by a fake GPU
• NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 has presets you should know about
• Polestar is banned in the US, but we still want its latest concept car
• Google turns Gemini towards medical paperwork
• Anthropic takes on Google and Microsoft with Claude Sheets
• Google Fi announces super network automatic carrier switching for improved speed and reception
• Can you use WD-40 on your electronics?
• Adobe and Google have teamed up to connect Drive, Gmail and Acrobat
• Don't throw away your old phone box — you might need it in an emergency
• What is the difference between rest mode and shutdown for your PlayStation 5?
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