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Trump says the FBI is “looking into” Jensen Huang's affair, and the Nvidia CEO told him that he “had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy” — President Donald Trump said Monday that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang should not worry about the FBI looking …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: a US Commerce Department investigation into Megaspeed for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips to China was transferred to the DOJ after Nvidia intervened — An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Short seller Culper Research's May report, which flagged Jensen Huang's relationship with Alice Huang as “uncomfortably close”, is resurfacing on social media — Six months before the Nvidia spy scandal emerged, the New York-based short seller firm Culper Research …
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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Sources: Jensen Huang hired crisis communications firm Heller as early as October 2025; an NYT report in October 2025 on his Megaspeed ties caused tensions — The Nvidia CEO began working with consultants from Heller as early as October 2025, around the same time he was first linked to a suspected Chinese spy.
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Nvidia's 2025 figures to the US government undercounted chips sold to Megaspeed via partners by 50K; Nvidia did not give Bloomberg an exact figure — Nvidia Corp.'s general counsel intervened in a US government probe of suspected smuggling of AI chips by Megaspeed International …
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| Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times: |
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| Mark Anderson / Bloomberg: |
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic releases Mythos 5.2 and Fable 5.2, saying they are “best for the most ambitious, open-ended technical work”, with outputs up to 30% faster than 5.1 — We've upgraded Claude Fable and Claude Mythos—models that are designed to tackle the most daunting technical challenges.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Anthropic says during prerelease testing Mythos 5.2 and Fable 5.2 formalized the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem and solved two open black hole physics problems — Claude Fable 5.2 is designed to take on big technical challenges, and it's available today.| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
Apple begins offering additional AI access via one-time $50 “intelligence usage packs” when users meet monthly usage caps, starting in its Creator Studio apps — Apple has said it will eventually charge for expanded usage of select AI features.
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| Anna Tong / Forbes: |
AI infrastructure provider Fireworks says hackers accessed some customers' datasets, incomplete model weights, and billing information over the past month — Two customers told Forbes they had already substantially moved their business off Fireworks' systems, with one describing a series … | Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Meta releases Muse Ember, its smallest and most cost-efficient AI model yet, saying it delivers more intelligence per dollar than Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna — Meta Superintelligence Lab released a new AI model on Monday called Muse Ember, the lab's lightest and most cost-efficient AI model yet.
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| Reuters: |
The White House picks Palantir CISO Michael LoSapio to lead the DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, replacing Acting Director Nick Andersen — The White House said on Monday it has nominated Michael LoSapio to be the director of the US Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity …
| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Emails: Anthropic sent bankers a copy of its IPO filing showing plans to raise up to ~$69B, then followed up saying the pricing details were inaccurate — Anthropic sent out and then retracted details of its blockbuster IPO filing, according to emails to bankers seen by Reuters late on Monday.
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| Semafor: |
Jensen Huang's affair shines a spotlight on Nvidia's weak board and opaque succession planning at what has become the world's most important company — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's spy scandal shines a spotlight on thin corporate governance and opaque succession planning at what has become the world's most important company.
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| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
GeniosAI, which develops AI software for financial analysis and modeling, raised $19.1M across seed and Series A; FactSet led the Series A — GeniosAI, which develops AI software for financial analysis and modeling, has raised $19.1 million in combined seed and Series A funding, CEO PD Singh tells Axios Pro exclusively.
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Elliptic: the hackers behind the $6.3B Binance heist created at least six memecoins on the NEAR blockchain network to launder about $430,000 of stolen funds — The hackers who stole $6.3 billion from Binance Holdings Ltd. in crypto's biggest ever heist have turned to one of the sector's …
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| Reuters: |
French officials say Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France in October — French officials on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked … | Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal: |
Trump Media reports $409.7M in Q3 profit fueled by digital asset gains, up from a $54.8M loss YoY, and $3M sales, with $1.8M from subscriptions like Truth API — The parent of Truth Social reported a profit of $409.7 million in the third quarter — Trump Media & Technology Group … | Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Meituan releases weights for LongCat-2.5, a 1.6T-parameter MoE model for long-horizon agentic tasks, under the MIT license, after unveiling it on November 1 — Meituan released the weights for LongCat-2.5 on Nov. 9, one week after introducing the model. The Chinese food delivery … | Associated Press: |
California voters reject Proposition 40, which would have imposed a one-time 5% tax on residents with a net worth above $1B to mostly help fund health care — California voters have rejected a first-in-the-nation tax on the net worth of billionaires following a contentious ballot fight …
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| Reuters: |
China's trade surplus hit $1.04T in the first 10 months of 2026, topping $1T for a second year in a row, as AI-driven tech exports offset weak domestic demand — China's trade surplus surged past $1 trillion in the first 10 months as a global race to build AI infrastructure buoyed sales … | Jenny Lee / CNBC: |
SoftBank reports a Q2 net loss of $7B, down from a ~$15.8B profit in Q2 2025, and ~$14B revenue, above ~$12.8B est., as the tech selloff weighs on its results — SoftBank reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of 1.12 trillion yen ($7 billion) on Tuesday, as losses tied …
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| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
The US DOJ sues Lyft for allegedly discriminating against riders with disabilities, seeking $53M in compensation; Lyft disputes the allegations — The US Justice Department sued Lyft (LYFT.O) on Monday, alleging the ride-hailing services provider discriminated against passengers with disabilities …
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