• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang summoned by Congress over Chinese espionage concerns
• No more Cybertrucks; Musk moves on from the angular metallic flop
• Rocket Report: Artemis II literally tore through the atmosphere; New Glenn delay
• Blue Origin says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at 1/4 the cost
• Meet *sshole, the vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices
• NASA unveils mysterious X-70 experimental aircraft using AI-generated image
• Sony revives the original Walkman headphones, adds USB-C
• Google: Schools can keep search while skipping Gemini, but AI search is non-negotiable
• Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.
• BMW bumps battery for the better: The 2027 i7 60 xDrive, driven
• Software squeezes more data out of Webb Telescope for imaging exoplanets
• Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws
• MAHA lost bigly in the midterms—is it at death's door?
• Gamers go to ridiculous lengths to "improve" GTA VI with Nvidia's DLSS 5
• Statehouse wins give Democrats new power to push clean energy
• Motorola's new Signature 27 has it all if you can stomach the $1,600 price tag
• Agility Robotics' Nasdaq debut invites scrutiny of humanoid robot market
• 2026 iPad mini review: Maximizing the mini
• Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe first drive: Where tech and fun collide
• Nintendo's biggest ROM chip supplier is bowing out of the business
| • Researcher: *sshole, a decade-old OpenSSH flaw, lets attackers use a password of 256+ characters to log into passwordless accounts on some musl Linux systems (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
• Democrats, with Elizabeth Warren a top contender to chair Senate Banking, are poised to step up oversight of Nvidia over chip exports and circular financing (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)
• Fox closes its $22B Roku acquisition well ahead of the expected 2027 date; Anthony Wood joins Fox's board and will co-chair a new Tubi, Fox One, and Roku unit (Todd Spangler/Variety)
• Sources: TSMC is considering expanding into manufacturing 3D DRAM at the request of Nvidia, its biggest customer, amid memory chip shortages due to the AI boom (Qianer Liu/The Information)
• Employees at Microsoft, long known for its stability, are grappling with its decision to offer buyouts to 60,000 people as its spending priorities shift to AI (Emmy Martin/New York Times)
• Experts say the new Democratic congressional majority will likely seek to rebuild CISA, prioritize AI security, revive local cyber grants, probe DOGE, and more (Eric Geller/Cybersecurity Dive)
• Preliminary findings: the EU says TikTok violated the DSA by not preventing its recommendation algorithm from trapping users in harmful content "rabbit holes" (Alexander Martin/The Record)
• Sources: Democrats are eyeing Apple, Meta, and Elon Musk-led companies as early congressional investigation targets, after winning House and Senate majorities (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)
• Sources: Nvidia is requiring Southeast Asian customers seeking Nvidia Cloud Partner status to enroll in a program that tracks the locations of their AI chips (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
• Elon Musk says Tesla plans to wind down production of the Cybertruck at its Texas Gigafactory around mid-2027 "to make room for increased Cybercab production" (Kana Inagaki/Financial Times)
• Cleanview: ~40% of pending US data center capacity is planned to be built in states where newly elected governors have pledged to stop or pause construction (Bloomberg)
• Blockaid: the Binance hackers stole ~$2.5B, or 40% of the $6.3B haul, in one Ethereum transaction using wallet permissions that cost just $15 in network fees (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
• NYC-based Kalepa, whose AI service supports insurance underwriting, pricing, and portfolio management, raised a $75M Series B led by Updata at a $470M valuation (Manya Saini/Reuters)
• Sources: China's YMTC plans to source 60% to 70% of equipment locally for a planned fourth factory, to make 300-layer NAND chips, up from ~50% for its third fab (Reuters)
• Asian tech stocks plunge amid fears US Democrats may delay data centers; Taiwan's Taiex sees a record intraday point drop, Kospi falls 8.7%, and Nikkei 6.7% (Jada Nagumo/Nikkei Asia)
| • The EU accuses TikTok's 'rabbit hole' algorithm of breaching its content rules
• You'll soon be able to text Alexa to shop on Amazon
• DOJ just launched something called the Super Intelligence Task Force
• Eufy's clever outdoor security camera that lives inside is now available to buy
• A Stranger Things prequel series is coming to Netflix in 2028
• Anker Soundcore Space 2 Pro review: Big bang for less bucks
• Google's Find Hub can finally notify you if you've left a tracker behind
• Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 review: The new standard for smartwatch battery life
• Tesla is 'winding down' Cybertruck production at its Texas Gigafactory
• Perplexity's 'teammates' are the company's AI agents for daily work tasks
• The New York Times Company is reportedly trying to buy Letterboxd for $330 million
• Airbnb is threatening to launch an AI travel agent next year
• Blue Origin's New Glenn launch delay will continue into 2027
• Bose recalls S1 Pro battery packs due to fire and overheating risks
• Google is ditching Firebase Studio soon, and it wants you to use its newer AI tools instead
• A BioWare documentary is set to arrive next year
• TikTok just released a standalone Shop app, but it's not in America just yet
• The Xbox PC app is getting a speed boost
• Warby Parker seemingly spilled the beans on Google's Android XR smart glasses launch
• The FAA is finally phasing out floppy disks from air traffic control
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