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November 26, 2025, 9:00 AM

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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia says it is “delighted by Google's success” but “Nvidia is a generation ahead”, after a report that Meta could use Google's TPUs in its data centers  —  Nvidia on Tuesday said its tech remains a generation ahead of the industry, in response to Wall Street's concerns …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
In recent months, DDR4 and DDR5 RAM and SSD prices surged dramatically due to an ongoing AI chip shortage and panic buying; some RAM kits now cost 3x as much  —  Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.  —  It's not a bad time to upgrade your gaming PC.
Angela Yang / NBC News:
Filing: OpenAI denies liability in a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT gave a teen who died by suicide information about suicide methods, arguing that he misused ChatGPT  —  The family of Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the AI company in August.  On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that is not responsible for the teen's death.
Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal:
Robinhood plans to launch a futures and derivatives exchange with Susquehanna in 2026 and acquires MIAXdx, which clears and executes derivatives trades  —  The new exchange will help Robinhood offer additional prediction contracts tied to sports, elections and other future events
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Counterpoint: Apple is set to overtake Samsung as the world's largest smartphone maker for the first time since 2011, lifted by the success of iPhone 17 models  —  Apple Inc. will retake its crown as the world's largest smartphone maker for the first time in more than a decade …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
As Microsoft accelerates its AI buildout in rural Wisconsin, one community's vocal opposition led the company to withdraw plans for a proposed data center site  —  The village of Caledonia, Wisconsin, sandwiched between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, is dotted with corn and soybean fields …
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Warner Music and AI music generator Suno strike a deal, settling previous litigation; Suno will launch licensed AI models and will acquire WMG's Songkick  —  Warner Music Group and AI music generator Suno have struck what they call a “first-of-its-kind partnership”.
Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Sources: a new network of super PACs plans to raise ~$50M to counter the Leading the Future super PAC and back candidates who prioritize AI regulations  —  As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry's influence.
Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast:
Q&A with Ilya Sutskever about model jaggedness, why we are moving beyond the “age of scaling”, SSI's plan to straight-shot superintelligence, AGI, and more  —  “These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people.  It's a very fundamental thing."  —  Transcript
Bloomberg:
Some food bloggers warn Google's AI Overviews and AI food pictures are burying their real, tested recipes, setting home cooks up for disaster this Thanksgiving  —  Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures  —  Eb Gargano has been writing recipes …
Bloomberg:
Sources: ByteDance is in talks to sell game studio Moonton, which it acquired for ~$4B in 2021, to Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Games; Moonton makes Mobile Legends  —  TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is in talks to sell gaming studio Shanghai Moonton Technology Co. to Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Games Group …
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
HP reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $14.6B, vs. $14.5B est., forecasts FY 2026 profit below est., plans to cut 4,000 to 6,000 jobs through FY 2028; HPQ drops 5%+  —  HP Inc. gave a profit outlook for current year that fell short of estimates and the company said it will cut 4,000 …
Samuel Agini / Financial Times:
Q&A with Sportable co-founders Dugald Macdonald and Peter Husemeyer on their sensor-based sports tech that generates data for teams, leagues, and broadcasters  —  The founders of Sportable are using sensors to provide a wealth of information for athletes, teams and fans
CNBC:
PitchBook: US AI and robotics VC deals are up over 4x since 2023 to $160B+ so far in 2025, while comparable China deals are just $10B+, up from $9.24B in 2023  —  The big story  —  Sitting in his new Beijing office, AI2 Robotics Founder and CEO Eric Guo wistfully reflected on fundraising challenges …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI merges ChatGPT's voice mode directly into the main text chat interface by default; users can still switch back to the original, separate voice mode  —  ChatGPT has an impressive voice mode that offers a very natural, conversational flow.  The latest update to ChatGPT now combines voice mode with the main text mode by default.

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