Nvidia’s 32-Article Thursday and the FAA Ground Stop
Nvidia drew 32 articles Thursday against a one-a-day baseline as its CEO resigned. Anthropic’s 825-million-share offering drew excess orders, while an FAA network failure grounded US departures.
Super Micro’s $60B Orders Meet Export Scrutiny
Super Micro reported more than $60 billion in fourth-quarter orders and lifted its gross-margin outlook to 15%–17% as U.S. officials investigated diversion and weighed remote-access restrictions.
TTAM’s $305 Million 23andMe Deal Faces a Consent Fight
TTAM’s $305 million agreement supplanted Regeneron’s $256 million bid while 27 states and the District of Columbia challenged a DNA-data transfer without direct customer consent. A breach exposed how far responsibility can extend beyond the accounts initially accessed.
Anthropic’s 50.1% Voting Share Pays Nothing
Anthropic’s proposed IPO gives seven co-founders 50.1% of the vote through a share with no economic rights; August reporting put CEO Dario Amodei’s stake at roughly 2%. California voters rejected a tax proposal that reportedly treated founder control as ownership.
Jensen Huang Left Nvidia. Who Gets the Next Rack?
Huang reportedly held 3.56% of Nvidia and managed more than 60 direct reports. His departure tests who can settle disputes over contracts, product roadmaps and Washington policy.
40,000 CVEs, NIST Limits Detailed Analysis
The CVE Program logged more than 40,000 entries in 2024 while NIST’s analysis backlog surpassed 25,000 by July 2025. In April 2026, NIST narrowed detailed analysis to critical software, federal systems and exploited flaws.
Sean Duffy blames Friday's FAA outage on copper-to-fiber wiring work at a remote facility, saying contractor L3Harris may have installed a “faulty router”
Work at a single remote location caused instability that led authorities to order nationwide groundstop; airlines continue to cancel flights as they rush to reset
A petition to reinstate Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO tops 100K signatures, including Elon Musk, Tim Sweeney, and Garry Tan; organizers say 5K+ Nvidia staff signed
Some people aren't ready to let former CEO Jensen Huang go. — A petition to reinstate Huang as Nvidia's CEO has some 97,000 signatures …
Scott Bessent urges Nvidia to hire an outside CEO and wants answers within 10 days on whether it pushed “seemingly illicit” chip sales to China to boost revenue
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Nvidia Corp. needs a “dramatic shakeup” in leadership after the ouster of chief executive Jensen Huang.
Italy's data protection agency fines Meta €805M for allegedly accessing Android users' photos and videos without their consent or informing them
Italy's data protection agency said on Saturday it had fined Meta Platforms (META.O) €805 million ($887 million) …
Sources: Apple plans to unveil smart glasses at WWDC and ship them by the end of 2027, focusing heavily on integration of third-party iPhone apps with Siri AI
Also: A look at the race to bring Face ID to the iPhone Duo. … Apple's just-announced Siri AI integrations are the centerpiece …
Microsoft says all Microsoft 365 products are operational, ending an outage that disrupted governments, traders, hospitals, and businesses around the world
Microsoft Corp. said access has been fully restored to its flagship software, ending an outage that paralyzed government offices, traders and businesses around the world.
Tesla's Cybercab Autonomy Subscription agreement states the vehicles will only work inside Tesla-enabled geofences, which the company can change at any time
Tesla has posted the agreement that comes with its $29,990 Cybercab, and it's even worse than the order page suggested.
Jensen Huang's resignation is a setback for US open models, as his funding gave open-source developers time to find their footing and will very likely dry up
A decapitation. It's time to rebuild. … Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.
USD-pegged stablecoins are taking a growing share of Latin America's crypto activity, serving as a store of value and an efficient cross-border payment system
Stablecoins are proving useful not only as a store of value but as a payment system — including for users who don't know anything about the blockchain.
The Nvidia scandal presents a political challenge for the White House by tying together data centers, China, and corruption, all key voter issues in midterms
The scandal connects to voter concerns over AI, data centers, China and corruption. — Sex. Money. Power. Espionage.
Databento, which offers market data APIs and says it has contracts with five of the six largest frontier AI labs, raised a $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation
Databento, a platform supplying market data to the modern financial industry, has secured $100m in a Series C round that values the business at $1.1bn.
Nidus, which is developing AI-powered tech for manufacturing robots used by US defense industrial companies, raised $30M across a pre-seed and a seed
The startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and Costanoa says it's reached “seven figures” in bookings with defense industrial customers in just 4 months.
The FAA lifts its over four-hour nationwide ground stop for US airports caused by “communication issues affecting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers”
officials say ‘ no indication...that this was a nefarious attack,’ but they can't rule out a cyberattack yetPaul Squire /Business Insider:FAA SMART AI system vendor and Microsoft both say ground stop ...
Nebuly, whose tech helps enterprises measure the business value of AI agents by analyzing their impact on productivity and revenue, raised a $21M Series A
Nebuly develops a platform that helps enterprises measure the business value of AI agents by analysing their impact on productivity …
Inside the first AI Music Awards in Los Angeles, featuring AI announcers, lip-syncing, and human stand-ins, as the ceremony was mired in technical issues
I knew things were a little off when the first thing I heard on my walk to the AI Music Awards was “the winner...” followed by the sweet voice of Kelly Clarkson.See also Mediagazer
TSMC plans to set up a new $500M fund to invest in chip startups, suppliers, and other upstream partners, saying “we also want to support the future's Nvidia”
TOKYO — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to use a new $500 million venture fund to support promising chip startups …
Source: Applied Digital has asked tenants like Oracle and Meta for billions in guarantees since at least last year to secure power before finalizing leases
Tech giants chasing the infinite promise of AI are finding themselves increasingly on the hook for something far earthier — the electrical grid.
WhiteMatter, which builds “guardian” AI agents to oversee file access, software use, decision making, and actions of existing AI agents, raised a $20M Series A
Trump Media faces a Nov. 30 deadline to repay up to $1B in convertible bonds sold last May to fund a “bitcoin treasury,” as its shares are down 60+% this year
How Marco Rubio helped topple Jensen Huang; source: Rubio used a CIA report about Alice Huang to write his own, recasting CIA reporting in more assertive terms
Rubio's intervention helped topple one of Washington's most influential corporate voices on China, giving momentum to officials pushing for tougher restrictions.
Operand, which offers AI-powered due diligence tools for PE firms, raised $31M across a seed and a Series A led by Khosla Ventures at a $220M valuation
The Swiss city of Lugano is trying to reinvent itself as a crypto hub and boost its economy by launching its own token LVGA, partnering with Tether, and more
Charta Health, which offers AI-powered tools to automate medical chart review, billing, and coding workflows, raised a $55M Series B led by Insight Partners
JD.com completes its takeover of German electronics retailer Ceconomy, after acquiring a ~60% stake for ~$1.5B, following the EU's approval of the deal
Letter: Altimeter's Brad Gerstner and Atreides's Gavin Baker urge Nvidia's board to consider “the potential return of Jensen Huang”; they own $2.13B in Nvidia
Two major Nvidia shareholders are calling on the board of directors to weigh all options for the company's future leadership …
Luminal, which provides an inference cloud and develops inference compiler software to test running AI models on different chips, raised a $25M Series A
Unlike other larger-than-life tech founders, Jensen Huang lacked super-voting shares in Nvidia, making it easier for him to lose control of the company
This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. — Many tech CEOs including Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell and Evan Spiegel have majority voting power.
Investigation: Howard Lutnick pushed to narrow chip curbs affecting a client of his former firm Cantor Fitzgerald whose Malaysia data center may serve Tencent
The commerce secretary has been writing new rules that would affect Southeast Asian data centers, some of which are clients of his former firm.
How Jensen Huang built a multibillion-dollar business to let Chinese companies access Nvidia AI chips in SE Asian data centers, exploiting a gap in US sanctions
Massive data centers in Southeast Asia exploited a gap in U.S. sanctions, providing crucial computing power for Chinese companies and a cover for alleged chip smuggling
Analysis: Sam Bankman-Fried's $500M Anthropic investment in 2021 would be worth ~$37B if Anthropic lists at ~$1.5T; he relinquished his stake in 2024 for ~$1.3B
Nvidia insiders say Jensen Huang was prone to wild office tantrums, which a source says some employees were surprised hadn't leaked before his public downfall
Ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was prone to wild temper tantrums at the office, according to company insiders …
23andMe's Anne Wojcicki, formerly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, says Jensen Huang's affair shows what happens when CEOs think they are “untouchable”
As the Nvidia drama unfolds, the tech community adds yet another geek-turned-billionaire to its list of flawed visionaries.
A post-Jensen Nvidia must reshuffle its leadership, reset its DC ties, and recognize that even the US' most valuable company cannot dictate US foreign policy
The chip company has only itself to blame for a long list of adversaries — Jensen Huang's exit from Nvidia, the company he co-founded …