Cooling Orbital Data Centers
November 9th, 2026Via: Farzad:
Jensen Huang Admits Affair As Nvidia Board Launches Chinese Spy Probe
November 9th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge:
Jensen Huang has admitted to an affair, telling Nvidia staff in a memo that he was unfaithful to his wife, two days after the Financial Times reported that U.S. intelligence believes he had a romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang. At the same time, Nvidia’s board is launching an independent investigation into whether its CEO was the target of a foreign intelligence effort.
U.S. FAA Says It Will Phase Out Floppy Disks From Air Traffic Control by 2028
November 6th, 2026Via: Reuters:
The US Federal Aviation Administration ?said ?on Thursday it will replace by ?the end of 2028 the outdated floppy disks used for weather and other critical information ?at more than 400 air traffic control facilities across the country.
The Enterprise Information Display System will replace four systems dating back ?to the 1980s and will put important ?operational information in one place so controllers can quickly see air traffic updates.
Floppy disks largely stopped being used ?more than 25 ?years ago and have not been produced in large numbers since 2011. Congress ?last year approved $12.5 billion to fix the aging US air traffic control system and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants another $30 billion for additional upgrades as the FAA deals with numerous technology issues.
And Now… “Israeli Intelligence Tells U.S. That Iran Could Use Chemical Weapons”
November 4th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge:
In something that sounds straight out of the Babylong Bee, the Israeli government has shared intelligence with the United States asserting that Iran is readying chemical weapons to use against adversaries.
Midterms: Democrats Take Control of Senate and House
November 4th, 2026Tonight’s outcome isn’t about placing faith in Democrats or socialist principles; it’s about holding Republicans accountable for betraying their promises.
All Republicans had to do was:
1. put Americans First
2. not start another war
3. prosecute sex traffickers— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 4, 2026
Via: USA Today:
Democrats won back control of Congress decisively as voters in a stunning wave flipped dozens of seats from red to blue in a rebuke to President Donald Trump over what pollsters found was widespread anger over the cost of living and the Iran war.
In the Senate, Democrats flipped at least seven seats to gain a 54-seat majority in traditionally Republican states such as Texas, Kansas and South Carolina.
Adam Hamilton broke the longest Democratic drought in the country by becoming the first Democrat to win Kansas since 1932. James Talarico became the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate seat since 1988. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire became the first openly gay senator. In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed beat his GOP opponent, becoming the nation’s first Muslim U.S. senator.
U.S. Gulf Allies Prepare for Heavy U.S. Bombardment of Iran and Iranian Retaliation
November 3rd, 2026Via: Antiwar:
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the US’s Gulf Arab allies are preparing for heavy US strikes against Iran that they expect to provoke major Iranian retaliation against their infrastructure.
The report said that the Gulf states believe that the US attacks could come as early as this week. President Trump has made clear that he’s considering restarting the bombing campaign after Tuesday’s midterm elections.
The Journal report said that governments in the region, including the UAE and Qatar, have been running security drills at airports and other facilities to prepare for the potential major escalation.
Trump Claims $4 Billion Annual Aid to Israel Will End This Year
November 3rd, 2026Tell us another one, Don.
Via: ZeroHedge:
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will end its nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel by the end of the year, saying he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the cutoff months ago. Trump argued Israel no longer needs the assistance and that the annual payment had become an easy political target for critics on the left.
“Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal,” Trump said. “We give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we’re stopping – and they’re fine with it.”
Arguing that the longtime U.S. ally has outgrown the need for direct taxpayer subsidies, Trump added: “They’ve become a very successful country. They don’t need it. And we won’t be paying anymore.”
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While the proposed cutoff would halt direct financial grants, it would not restrict Israel’s access to the American defense industry. “They can buy whatever they want,” Trump said, while noting that Washington would still step in with emergency aid if Israel genuinely needed it.
U.S. Attacks Targets in Iran
November 2nd, 2026Via: Al Jazeera:
Several explosions have been heard on Iran’s Qeshm Island, as media outlets in the United States reported that the US military carried out what officials called “defensive strikes” in the Strait of Hormuz.
The blasts came in rapid succession late on Monday, according to Iran’s state-owned IRNA news agency. Witnesses told the agency they saw two planes flying over the island, located off Iran’s southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz.
The semi-official Fars news agency said explosions were also heard in the port city of Bandar Lengeh, coming from the direction of the sea.
The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that the US military carried out the strikes.
Sam Altman: “It’s Quite Terrible” That People Have DRAM In Their Own Computers for Local Inference
November 2nd, 2026Eventually, Sam Altman schadenfreude will be the best schadenfreude.
Sam Altman says its bad that everyone’s personal computers are using the world’s limited supply of memory chips.
"It’s quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAMs sitting in their own computer, and being used 5% of the time. Like, you want maximum utilization."
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) October 30, 2026
@elonmusk https://t.co/FDp2aeL4Jt
— german gamer (@GermanGame3422) November 1, 2026
Via: PC Magazine:
It’s not exactly a surprise, but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn’t a fan of people running AI models locally because it can pull precious memory supplies away from data centers.
“You want maximum utilization in the cloud if you’re trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment. And somehow, many people’s intuition is the opposite of that,” Altman said in a new interview on the Cheeky Pint podcast.
In contrast, OpenAI partners, including Nvidia and Microsoft, have been touting the benefits of running AI models on new PC hardware with high memory capacity. Local AI offers better privacy, but it also means consumers and enterprises can ditch cloud-based AI without paying, making the business model a direct threat to OpenAI and other top providers.
“A lot of people want local inference. And somehow, they assume that the problem is solved now because we are going to have open-source models,” Altman said. “We’re going to be able to run them on our computers. And so we’re not going to need all the stuff in the data center. But from a global allocation perspective, actually, it’s quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer. And be used 5% of the time.”
“Asking My AI Teacher How to Spell Seventeen”
November 1st, 2026Asking my AI teacher how to spell seventeen https://t.co/CL306DMdaI
— Husk (@huskirl) November 1, 2026
