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November 11, 2026, 6:01 AM

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New York Times:
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  —  Wachtell partner Joon H. Kim, a former acting U.S. attorney, is leading the inquiry into the chip maker's chief executive.
New York Times:
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  —  Before Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One en route to Beijing, the president was reminded of intelligence showing that he was in a relationship …
New York Times:
A profile of Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy who founded Megaspeed with her business partner Kang Wei, who sources say was often introduced as her husband  —  Alice Huang, who U.S. intelligence determined is a Chinese asset, emerged from the high-flying world of Shanghai finance to work …
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Nintendo sold 5.2M copies of its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake in just four days, giving the Switch 2 the blockbuster hit it had been waiting for  —  Nintendo Co. sold 5.2 million copies of its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake in just four days …
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Leaked documents: OpenAI's adjusted operating margin improved from -150% in Q2 to -109% in Q3, while its adjusted operating losses rose from $10.1B to $10.9B  —  The company improved its adjusted operating margin but remains far off from profitability  —  OpenAI grew revenue by roughly 50% …
Lenny Rachitsky / Lenny's Newsletter:
An analysis of the tech job market in late 2026: product managers seem to be benefiting most in the AI era, demand for engineers is plateauing, and more  —  PMs are winning, engineers are plateauing, designers are hurting, and the biggest AI hiring boom isn't in software
Jake Roach / Tom's Hardware:
A deep dive into AMD's Zen 6 EPYC Venice: uses TSMC's N2P, the 9686F often beats Nvidia's Vera, a dual 9996 is up to 93% faster than a dual Zen 5 9965, and more  —  Our first look at Zen 6, both under the hood and in real-world applications. … AMD's EPYC ‘Venice’ CPUs are the first to debut …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
CoreWeave reports Q3 revenue up 168% YoY to $3.66B, above $3.55B est., a $132.5B revenue backlog, and lifts its 2026 guidance; CRWV jumps 5%+ pre-market  —  CoreWeave reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and lifted its 2026 guidance on Tuesday, showing that demand …
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Anthropic unveils office tools, including a video call assistant, a data dashboard, and spreadsheet service Claude Sheets, competing with Microsoft and Google  —  Anthropic PBC is releasing a suite of tools that weave the company's artificial intelligence capabilities into more everyday office work …
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Incident report: Railway says it believes the October hack targeted AI provider keys for resale, and estimates unauthorized spend on the stolen keys at ~$740K  —  Cloud hosting provider Railway says hackers exploited vulnerabilities in its infrastructure to steal customer authentication secrets …
Koray Kavukcuoglu / Google:
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon to paid API and AI Ultra users two weeks after releasing it to cyber defenders, and previews a swarm feature in Antigravity  —  Developers, enterprises, scientists, and consumers can now try our latest frontier model.  —  SVP, Google DeepMind and Chief AI Architect, Google
Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News:
MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR teardown: a 5/10 score, a point above the M5 MacBook Pro, and Touch ID works with a new logic board; the backlit logo uses four LEDs  —  “Fancy new display” makes our screwdrivers nervous, and Apple's latest MacBook has the fanciest display yet.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers find that Grok Build is leaking data of over 35,000 apps via shareable links, including proprietary information, some belonging to SpaceXSI  —  Grok Build, the vibe-coding agent from SpaceXSI, is leaking data—some of it proprietary business information and other sensitive secrets …
Richard Adams / The Guardian:
England's university regulator says AI makes grading coursework “close to impossible” and recommends a return to “AI-free assessment” methods like written exams  —  Office for Students says institutions in England should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
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  —  The all-in-one satellite dish can now operate for over four hours without an external power source.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bloomberg:
How US-based game publishers are losing ground in the $121B mobile gaming market to Chinese rivals, which can make games quicker, cheaper, and more profitably  —  American studios are losing ground to Chinese rivals that can make games quicker, cheaper and more profitably.
Reuters:
AI training startup Mercor raised a $750M Series D from Benchmark, General Catalyst, Nvidia, and others at a $20B valuation, up from $10B in October 2025  —  Mercor said on Tuesday it had raised $750 million in a funding round that valued the AI training startup at $20 billion.

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