• 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.
| • RegLayer: 47+ large US data center projects were delayed, withdrawn, or blocked in 2026; Bernstein says ~35% of the planned US data center pipeline is credible (Financial Times)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 with Nscale to serve as the anchor tenant and rent 23K Nvidia AI chips at a planned data center facing repeated delays in Essex, UK (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)
• DeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash-1017, an update it says offers "stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion, and shorter outputs" than its predecessor (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
| • 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
• This Samsung Galaxy feature can protect you from untrustworthy apps
• Why are some locations blurred out on Google Maps?
• Common problems with Amazon Alexa and how to fix them
• Should you have both Ethernet and Wi-Fi for your home?
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