• Ars Live: What drone attacks on data centers mean for modern life in the cloud
• The Elder Scrolls' most obscure adventure gets a 4K PC makeover
• Google rolls out Gemini 4 Hydrogen, finally replacing 3.8 Flash
• Ukraine says it can’t stop Russian strikes because Starshield is limited again
• Google faces calls for AI moratoriums in schools after Gemini pilot backlash
• Netflix releases new trailer for Ray Gunn
• Building a rocket is hard. AST SpaceMobile thinks it's "simple."
• Man's secret use of synthetic testosterone for cows nearly destroyed his heart
• The amazing disappearing exoplanet
• Google pushes privacy angle as Gemini-powered smartglasses debut starting at $395
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned
• Hundreds of streaming services and nothing to watch
• Review: Apple's M6 iMac is pricey, but it's still a good choice for a clean desk
• T-Mobile illegally imposed 50GB cap on low-income home Internet plan, NY says
• Anduril says its first satellite can see adversaries maneuver in orbital night
• NASA's secret weapon in the lunar space race may be ... procurement reform?
• Taiwan’s chipmaking giant TSMC to invest $1B in Anthropic, OpenAI
• Trump admin loses fight to spy on random journalists’ LinkedIn DMs
• Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.
• Apple is shuttering its 28-year-old online community forum
| • The DOJ says it got court authorization to seize or restrain $1.2B of the $2.7B frozen by Tether and Circle after North Korea's $6.3B Binance hack on October 29 (Myles Miller/Bloomberg)
• Artificial Analysis' Intelligence Index: Gemini 4 Hydrogen nearly ties Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol, at a third of Sonnet's cost but ~2.5x that of Sol (@artificialanlys)
• Sources: OpenAI confirmed to lawmakers this week that it would support a bipartisan effort in Congress to curb China's access to AI chips and chipmaking tools (Bloomberg)
• Sources: Kalshi is in talks to raise funding at a $65B valuation, weeks after closing a round at a $40B valuation; its annual run rate recently surpassed $5B (Bloomberg)
• Cerebras reports Q3 core revenue up 70% YoY to $230.9M, vs. $214.7M est., issues strong guidance, and announces a Microsoft deal; CBRS jumps 15%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
• US AG Todd Blanche says the DOJ has not yet reached a conclusion on whether Alice Huang was a Chinese spy and "of course" the FBI is investigating (Reuters)
• Sources: Anthropic's IPO is about six times oversubscribed, and bankers have told prospective investors that existing backers will be prioritized (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)
• SpaceX plans to invest $50B in an Arizona data center campus and $24B in a Texas campus; in October, it said its AI business generated 50%+ of its revenue (Grace Kay/New York Times)
• Sources: SpaceX and Tesla are progressing in their merger negotiations and could announce a deal as soon as December or early 2027 (Bloomberg)
• Sources: Jensen Huang had an intimate relationship with a second employee; revelations about two other extramarital affairs led to his resignation (Reuters)
• Users report being unable to access Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services; Microsoft says many of its servers became unexpectedly unavailable (Anna Washenko/Engadget)
• Kalshi ends the advisory contract it signed with Donald Trump Jr. in January 2025, after his VC firm 1789 Capital increased its stake in Polymarket (Anirban Sen/Reuters)
• Google Antigravity adds Orchestrator, which dynamically switches between models like Carbon and Hydrogen within the same session, for AI Ultra subscribers (Google Antigravity)
• Sources: senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out in the wake of the Nvidia spy scandal (Reuters)
• Google says Gemini 4 Hydrogen is available across AI Studio, the Gemini API, Search, paid AI Pro and Ultra tiers in Antigravity, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google)
| • Who is Collette Kress, NVIDIA's interim CEO?
• Multiple Microsoft 365 services are experiencing an outage
• Ex-NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is set to testify before Congress this month
• Zelenskyy says Starshield has been slowed again, endangering Ukraine's defense
• Apple Sports adds live UFC updates
• Pre-orders for some Apple Home Collection devices will open November 13
• Jensen Huang is out as NVIDIA CEO
• Google really needs you to know it cares about smart glasses privacy
• The first batch of Android XR smartglasses made me rethink my stance on specs without displays
• Apple HomeView review: A versatile smart display and Siri-powered home hub
• Apple TV 4K (4th gen) review: Still great, but drastically more expensive
• Nintendo is ending Google and Apple sign-ins early next year
• New York is forcing T-Mobile to stop putting data caps on low-income home internet plans
• United is restricting AI agents from booking flights
• Google brings the Gemini app to Apple CarPlay
• ByteDance is reportedly working on its own AI agent
• How many SpaceX Starship rocket tests have failed?
• Cash App founder's killer gets 16 years to life in prison
• Peacock is redesigning its mobile app to focus more on vertical videos
• Roku will stop selling smart home devices and refocus on streaming
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