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November 11, 2026, 1:40 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:
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
The Information:
Sources: Jensen Huang and Alice Huang's relationship dates back to at least 2023, facilitating $7.5B+ in Nvidia chip shipments via Chinese companies since then
Anthropic:
Anthropic launches its IPO roadshow, saying the company and shareholders plan to sell 825M Class A shares at $70 to $78 each, listing on the Nasdaq under ANT  —  Today Anthropic, PBC launched the roadshow for its proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock.
CNBC:
Filing: Anthropic's IPO could give it an up to $1.405T valuation on a fully diluted basis, up from the $965B valuation during its $65B Series H announced in May
Jake Roach / Tom's Hardware:
A deep dive into AMD's Zen 6 EPYC Venice: it 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, 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 …
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 …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
CoreWeave reports Q3 revenue up 168% YoY to $3.66B, vs. $3.55B est., a $132.5B revenue backlog, and lifts its 2026 guidance; CRWV jumps 5%+ after hours  —  CoreWeave reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and lifted its 2026 guidance on Tuesday, showing that demand …
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
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
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
In a report, Railway says it believes the October hack targeted AI provider keys for resale, and unauthorized spend on the stolen keys was estimated at ~$740K  —  Cloud hosting provider Railway says hackers exploited vulnerabilities in its infrastructure to steal customer authentication secrets …
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 …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
OpenAI launches Businesses in ChatGPT in beta, including Business Agents for companies to interact with users and a hub where companies can claim their profiles  —  ChatGPT's new AI agents represent companies and can help with things like comparison shopping.
AI Futures Project:
The AI Futures Project updates its timelines after METR's report on Anthropic R&D progress, saying it now expects a Superhuman AI Researcher to arrive in 2027  —  We want to get this post out quickly given the urgency of the topic.  It's possible that there are some errors in the modeling …
Sam Rutherford / Engadget:
Google Fi debuts a “super network” feature for automatic carrier switching and Wi-Fi Auto-Connect+ to improve indoor connectivity in malls, airports, and more  —  It's rolling out first on Pixel phones before wider availability arrives in 2027.  —  Getting the fastest mobile data speeds …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Oura agrees to acquire AI and on-demand doctor tool Counsel Health for $625M, and says Q4 revenue grew 153% YoY to $533M and FY 2026 revenue grew 92% to ~$1.75B  —  Oura Inc. agreed to acquire artificial intelligence and on-demand doctor service Counsel Health Inc. for $625 million …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Reddit launches Reddit Reviews, a built-in hub using AI to turn subreddit comments into product pages with pros, cons, and sentiment, starting with 10K items  —  With a new product reviews hub, Reddit is creating something akin to a crowdsourced Wirecutter.
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.
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Google DeepMind researchers used agentic AI framework AlphaProof Code to verify the Signal protocol's cryptographic guarantees, in a four-week proof-of-concept  —  DeepMind researchers were able to formally verify that the widely used encryption protocol works as intended.  Their stretch goal?

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Jack Queen / Reuters:
A federal judge said Trump's $10B defamation suit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary can go forward but threw out Trump's unfair trade practices claim

Suzanne Monyak / Bloomberg Law:
A federal appeals court upholds an August 2025 ruling that Trump officials can't fire VOA director Michael Abramowitz without approval from an independent board

The Guardian:
The Guardian and ITV publish an investigation into TV presenter David Walliams, who lost a court bid to stop them from publishing sexual misconduct allegations

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Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Apple says its Apple Support Community forum will close permanently on November 20 and starting today the site is read-only and no longer accepts new posts
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Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
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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
Tom Warren / The Verge:
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Kyle Kucharski / ZDNET:
Amazon's Ring unveils the $249 Ring Drone Cam and the $999 Ring Rover Cam, both using its AI Pilot to navigate interior spaces, under new subbrand Ring Robotics
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