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Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive of Microsoft AI, in a 2024 portrait

Microsoft's Scaling Bet Costs It a 14-Year Researcher

John Langford helped found Microsoft's AI Frontiers lab in 2023, and he quit two months after Microsoft folded it into its scaling-focused unit.

Nov 15

An Amazon Echo smart speaker's ring glows blue while Alexa listens for a command

Amazon Says Tens of Millions Now Talk to Alexa+

Nov 15

The Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, photographed in 2026

Nvidia's Venture Arm Fights Its Suno Subpoena

Nov 15

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Nov 13Ondrej Vlcek to CohereSenior Vice President, Cohere Cyber
Nov 12Harvey Jones to NvidiaChair of the Board
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A self-checkout kiosk at a Giant Food store, where a machine completes part of a purchase that a cashier once handled

OpenAI Trusts Its Agents With Your Wallet

Nov 15

Jensen Huang speaks during a fireside chat at Stanford University, where he later defended Nvidia's chip-financing guarantees

Money & Finance

Nvidia Cut a $250 Billion OpenAI Guarantee in Half

Nov 15

A Tap and Go contactless reader for Beijing's subway, which accepts Mastercard, Visa and American Express, the same three networks behind ChatGPT Wallet

Money & Finance

Wallets Open, Warranties Shrink, Writers Wait

Nov 15

NASA's Mission Operations Control Room during Apollo 9, rows of controllers at consoles under one flight director

Claude Code Learns to Manage Its Own Workers

Nov 15

Elon Musk, whose one-line reply backing Jensen Huang's return drew more favorites than the whole petition

Musk's Reply Tops the Petition's Own Signatures

Nov 14

The Starbase sign in Boca Chica, Texas, with SpaceX's Starship rockets behind it

Money & Finance

SpaceX Bets $74 Billion on 90-Day Leases

Nov 14

The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, present day

Tupacabra Fools Viewers With a Venice AI Trailer

Nov 14

The William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse in Seattle, where the Ninth Circuit heard Amazon's appeal against Perplexity

Amazon Loses Its Hacking Claim, Keeps Its Contract

Nov 14

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Sunday, Nov 15, 2026
Talent
Microsoft's Scaling Bet Costs It a 14-Year Researcher
Nov 15
Products
Amazon Says Tens of Millions Now Talk to Alexa+
Nov 15
Arts & Media
Nvidia's Venture Arm Fights Its Suno Subpoena
Nov 15
Technology
OpenAI Trusts Its Agents With Your Wallet
Nov 15
Money & Finance
Nvidia Cut a $250 Billion OpenAI Guarantee in Half
Nov 15
Money & Finance
Wallets Open, Warranties Shrink, Writers Wait
Nov 15
Technology
Claude Code Learns to Manage Its Own Workers
Nov 15
Saturday, Nov 14, 2026
Talent
Musk's Reply Tops the Petition's Own Signatures
Nov 14
Money & Finance
SpaceX Bets $74 Billion on 90-Day Leases
Nov 14
Arts & Media
Tupacabra Fools Viewers With a Venice AI Trailer
Nov 14
Rules & Risk
Amazon Loses Its Hacking Claim, Keeps Its Contract
Nov 14
Talent
Nvidia Woos Arm's Chief as Staff Want Huang Back
Nov 14
Products
Gemini Hydrogen Charges More, Finishes Faster
Nov 14
Arts & Media
OpenAI Loses Its Jurisdiction Fight With Canadian Publishers
Nov 14
Rules & Risk
Huang's Exit Revives Three Stalled Chip Bills
Nov 14
Rules & Risk
Congress Counts, Capital Climbs, China Closes
Nov 14
Rules & Risk
FAA Clears Its New AI Tool After Ground Stop
Nov 14
Friday, Nov 13, 2026
Rules & Risk
FAA's New Flight AI Arrives, Then Flights Stop
Nov 13
Talent
Report Says Huang Belittled the Woman Who Replaced Him
Nov 13
Money & Finance
Anthropic, OpenAI Run Rates Top TCS, Infosys
Nov 13
Technology
OpenAI Pitches Security Agents After Its Own Breach
Nov 13
Products
Microsoft Hides One Copilot Limit, Shows the Other
Nov 13
Talent
Block Cuts 40 Percent of Staff, Credits AI
Nov 13
Arts & Media
Getty Wants AI Training Counted as Copying
Nov 13
Money & FinanceOpinion
Robinhood's AI Agents Outnumber Its Own Customers
Nov 13
Money & Finance
Kress Weighs Nvidia's $10 Billion Anthropic Pledge
Nov 13
Money & Finance
Outages Hit Microsoft and Claude Overnight
Nov 13
Money & Finance
Congress Calls, Kress Decides, Chips Rotate
Nov 13
Rules & Risk
Will DePue Catches China's Labs Using Banned Chips
Nov 13
Thursday, Nov 12, 2026
Technology
Top 20 AI Context Windows All Hold 1 Million Tokens
Nov 12
Talent
Huang Resigned Before His Third Affair Became News
Nov 12
Money & Finance
CoreWeave's Interest Bill Grows Faster Than Its Revenue
Nov 12
Rules & Risk
Jensen Huang Resigns; Nvidia Names an Interim CEO
Nov 12
Talent
OpenAI's Staff Outpace Customers Six to One on Codex
Nov 12
Arts & Media
19 of 50 IGF Jurors Reject AI Games
Nov 12
TalentOpinion
Performers Work Faster, and Pay Stays Flat
Nov 12
Technology
Fable 5.2 Keeps Beating Opus 5.5 Every Day
Nov 12
Talent
Chiefs Out, Chips Down, Courts Open
Nov 12
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2026
Technology
AI Agents Found a Maya Site Experts Had Already Mapped
Nov 11
Products
United Bars Personal AI Agents, Citing Banks and Retailers
Nov 11
Rules & Risk
Nvidia's Board Weighs Ousting Jensen Huang Over Affairs
Nov 11
Money & Finance
Anthropic's IPO Draws Far More Orders Than Shares
Nov 11
Rules & Risk
Beijing Stalls Nvidia's Approved China Chip Deal
Nov 11
Technology
America Runs Four Times Europe's Data Centers
Nov 11
Products
Anthropic Caps Claude Sheets at 100,000 Cells
Nov 11
Talent
Apple Risks Losing the Engineer Who Fixed Siri
Nov 11
Money & FinanceOpinion
Circle Mints Billions to Stand Still
Nov 11
Money & Finance
Anthropic's Suppliers Become Its Biggest Buyers
Nov 11
Arts & Media
Big Walk Loses Players Over Ten Lines of Code
Nov 11
Money & Finance
Big Checks and Bigger Promises
Nov 11
Money & Finance
Anthropic's Revenue Passes OpenAI's as Qwen Ships Fast
Nov 11

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