November 13, 2026

US government grounds all flights across the United States 'due to extraordinary circumstances': A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop "following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers." Read More

Export-banned Nvidia chips are behind China's most powerful AI models — uh oh, Jensen!: New research shows the most advanced AI models from China were trained on banned Nvidia chips. Read More

Microsoft's latest email outage turned into a full-blown global cloud crisis: Microsoft's day-long outage began with Outlook and Teams, and ended up taking much of the company's cloud services offline. Microsoft says it's gradually restoring service. Read More

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Jensen Huang didn't show confidence in his successor, report says: Huang described Kress as a "deer in the headlights" during a meeting in summer. Read More

The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline: Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia following an affair, which could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure. Read More

Uber confirms hackers stole thousands of drivers' license information in data breach: The ridesharing giant said drivers' license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident. Read More

ElevenLabs' new app combines meeting note-taking and dictation for teams: ElevenAI is a new meeting notetaker and dictation app aimed at teams and enterprises. Read More

This young startup wants to power floating data centers with the ocean’s heat, and investors are already on board: Drogue is harvesting heat from the ocean to power data centers on floating vessels. The first prototype should be bobbing around the ocean, crunching bits, in less than two years. Read More

AI agent startup LangChain hits $3B valuation: LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith. Read More

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November 13, 2026

Microsoft's Outlook email hit by new outage: Microsoft hasn't yet given a cause for the outage, which is affecting Outlook email users. Read More

Jensen Huang was having a third affair, Reuters reports: Reuters is withholding the name of the new employee linked to Huang, but says she is an employee of Nvidia. Read More

Microsoft's latest email outage turned into a full blown global cloud crisis: Microsoft's day-long outage began with Outlook and Teams, and ended up taking much of the company's cloud services offline. Microsoft says it's gradually restoring service. Read More

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Jensen Huang didn't show confidence in his successor, report says: Huang described Kress as a "deer in the headlights" during a meeting in summer. Read More

Uber confirms hackers stole thousands of drivers' license information in data breach: The ride-sharing giant said driver's license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident. Read More

ElevenLabs' new app combines meeting note-taking and dictation for teams: ElevenAI is a new meeting notetaker and dictation app aimed at teams and enterprises. Read More

Democrats launch Nvidia investigation, write scathing letter on Huang's 'scheme' with Trump: This Congressional investigation into Nvidia's China sales and its dealings with Trump is the second one, so far, since news of the alleged spy affair broke. Read More

Nectar launches an AI agent to automate creator discovery and outreach for brands: Nectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results. Read More

Israel's VCs see opportunity for challengers in Nvidia's turmoil: Given Nvidia’s stronghold on AI and its importance in Israel, many in the country's startup ecosystem are worried about the impact of his departure. Read More

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