The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Nvidia is investigating its own boss
Jensen Huang has admitted to intimacy with a suspected Chinese spy. (NYT $)
+ Shares in Nvidia were down 5% in pre-market trading. (CNBC)
+ Huang’s children are also employed by Nvidia. (WSJ $)
2 Democrats are planning a blitz of investigations into Big Tech
Reportedly starting with Apple, Meta, and Musk’s companies. (WP $)
+ They’re hoping to harness the data center backlash to rein in the AI sector. (Vox $)
+ Here’s why the midterms sparked an AI stock selloff. (BBC)
3 The UN annual climate meeting starts today
It’s the first to be held after confirmation the planet will exceed 1.5 °C warming. (Nature)
+ How to study a swiftly melting climate disaster. (MIT Technology Review)
4 Connecting fridges to the internet looks like a bad move now
We still don’t know who is behind recent hacks, or even if they’re connected. (The Atlantic $)
+ Experts say they should be a “wake up call” for the industry. (NPR)
+ Are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic? (The Guardian)
+ AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse. (MIT Technology Review)
5 Tesla is axing the Cybertruck
RIP, we hardly knew ye. (Wired $)
+ The Cybertruck was on our “worst tech flops of 2025” list. (MIT Technology Review)
6 Iran might attack subsea cables if the US escalates again
That’s the message it’s sending via several loitering tankers. (FT $)
7 Chinese AI labs are struggling to poach Silicon Valley workers
Startups like MiniMax and Moonshot have an uphill battle as they try to fill new US offices. (Rest of World)
+ China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself. (MIT Technology Review)
8 Online piracy is back 🏴☠️
But this time, archivist zeal is at least as big a draw as accessing content for free. (The Verge)
+ Inside the race to save our online lives from a digital dark age. (MIT Technology Review)
9 How do you land on a moon with almost no gravity?
It’s a huge challenge to land on Martian moon Phobos—here’s how Japan’s going to attempt it. (IEEE Spectrum)
10 Meet Philadelphia’s delivery robot saboteur
Carolyn Marvin is going to court for blocking them, and it’s turning her into a local hero. (The Guardian)
Quote of the day
“Leading NVIDIA is the privilege of my life. My responsibility is to serve you and be worthy of your trust. I have fallen short of that responsibility.”
—Jensen Huang apologizes to Nvidia employees for his affair with a suspected Chinese spy in a mass email sent yesterday, the Washington Post reports.
