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FAA ground stop shuts down flights nationwide

Takeoffs from airports throughout the US largely stopped on Friday after the FAA issued a national ground stop "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety," while planes in the air will be allowed to land. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy tweeted: The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Wallet, allowing its 'dots' AI agents to make purchases for users

OpenAI's ChatGPT Wallet partners with American Express, Mastercard and Visa, and those cardholders keep their existing credit card rewards.

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Why Anthropic’s Dario Amodei Has Angered OpenAI and Other A.I. Peers

Dario Amodei, the company’s chief executive, publicly frets about the dangers of artificial intelligence and has made enemies of his peers along the way.

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Howard Lutnick Took Softer Line on Nvidia as Calls for Tougher Controls Grew

Critics say Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, and his department have shielded Nvidia as concerns have grown over A.I. chip sales to firms like Megaspeed.

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Inside the 42-Year Journey to Bring ‘Neuromancer’ to the Screen

William Gibson released his seminal novel Neuromancer in 1984.

Wired ·
Cloudflare announces open-source Kitesurf browser engine for AI agents 4 sources covering Cloudflare announces open-source Kitesurf browser engine for AI agents

Cloudflare says developers can run the Apache 2.0 engine locally or deploy it to their own Workers accounts.

RuntimeWire ·
Microsoft outage: company ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’ – as it happened 2 sources covering Microsoft outage: company ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’ – as it happened

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‘Bring Back THE Boss’: Nvidia Employees Petition for Jensen Huang’s Return 4 sources covering ‘Bring Back THE Boss’: Nvidia Employees Petition for Jensen Huang’s Return

An internal post urging the board to consider employee sentiment about Nvidia’s former CEO has drawn more than 1,600 comments, the majority in full support of reinstalling him.

Wired ·
Amazon’s new Kindle Colorsoft is a premium e-reader with a premium price

The latest model is lighter and thinner than its predecessor and features an edge-to-edge display.

TechCrunch ·
llama.cpp v1.0.0 : A stronger foundation for the local AI ecosystem 2 sources covering llama.cpp v1.0.0 : A stronger foundation for the local AI ecosystem

ggml-org announced llama.cpp v1.0.0 on November 13, 2026, giving the C/C++ local AI inference project a formal compatibility contract for downstream developers.

Hugging Face ·
Jensen Huang’s departure blasts big hole in AI startup funding, VCs and founders say

Nvidia poured tens of billions into AI startups under Huang.

TechCrunch ·
Nvidia hasn’t selected search firm for permanent Huang replacement, board tells CNBC 2 sources covering Nvidia hasn’t selected search firm for permanent Huang replacement, board tells CNBC

Speculation has swirled around who Nvidia's board will select to permanently succeed CEO Jensen Huang.

CNBC ·
Morgan Stanley’s Shalett ‘Incredibly’ Bullish Despite AI Turmoil

Nvidia Corp.’s leadership turmoil and the Democrats’ midterm election victories have added to concerns about the artificial intelligence boom, but those won’t derail the main driver of the bull market: capital spending on AI infrastructure, says Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Lisa Shalett.

Bloomberg ·
Musk joins calls for Jensen Huang to be reinstated as CEO of Nvidia

The world’s richest person has repeatedly signaled his support for the chip executive.

Washington Post ·
Match Group Keeping AI Out of Dating

Match Group is embracing artificial intelligence across its business, but CEO Spencer Rascoff says AI agents won't be allowed to date for users on Tinder, Hinge and its other apps.

Bloomberg ·
FBI Said to Probe Whether Software Update Caused Mass FAA Outage

The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t believe the communication issue affecting air traffic control was due to a cyberattack or criminality, said a person familiar with the matter.

Bloomberg ·
Behind Jensen Huang’s spy scandal, a shadow war for Trump’s ear on China

Rubio’s intervention helped topple one of Washington’s most influential corporate voices on China, giving momentum to officials pushing for tougher restrictions.

Washington Post ·
Nvidia Crisis Spurs Scrutiny of Agency That Oversees Chip Curbs

The Trump administration official who runs US export control programs was looking for marquee names for his agency’s upcoming annual conference and threw an unusual option into the mix: Nvidia Corp.

Bloomberg ·