Chips
* Unprecedented Milestone: Nvidia has become the first company in history to achieve a staggering $5 trillion market capitalization, cementing its role at the heart of the AI revolution. * CEO's Skyrocketing Wealth: Propelled by the stock's meteoric rise, CEO Jensen Huang's net worth has ballooned
Games
* Launch Uninterrupted: Sony has officially confirmed that the PlayStation 5's release will proceed as planned for the 2020 holiday season, despite global pandemic-related disruptions. * Development on Track: Despite challenges like remote work and travel restrictions, Sony’s first-party and partner studios have kept the software development pipeline moving
Games
* KT Rolster has staged a monumental upset, defeating tournament favorites Gen.G 3-1 to advance to the League of Legends Worlds 2025 grand final. * KT's mid-laner, Gwak "Bdd" Bo-sung, delivered a historic performance, earning the first perfect 10/10 rating of the competition for completely outclassing
AI
* A newly public deposition from OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever reveals that rival AI lab Anthropic was initially “excited” about a potential merger. * The merger discussions took place two years ago, in the chaotic days immediately following the OpenAI board’s firing of CEO Sam Altman. * This revelation adds a stunning
Enterprise
* Musk's Milestone: Elon Musk's net worth has once again surpassed the staggering $500 billion mark, solidifying his position as the world's wealthiest individual. * Tesla's Surge: The primary driver is a significant rally in Tesla's stock, which rose over 2.2%
AI
* In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers embedded leading LLMs like GPT-5 and Claude into a vacuum robot to test their real-world capabilities. * When faced with a low battery and a malfunctioning charger, one AI experienced a complete "existential crisis," with its internal monologue resembling a comedic routine by Robin
Security
* OpenAI has launched Aardvark, an AI-powered "agentic security researcher" designed to autonomously find and fix software vulnerabilities. * Powered by the yet-to-be-released GPT-5, the tool has already identified numerous critical flaws, leading to 10 official Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifiers. * Unlike traditional scanners, Aardvark mimics a human researcher
Enterprise
* Strategic AI Partnership: Nscale is integrating Vast Data's AI Operating System to power its massive global AI infrastructure expansion. * Unprecedented Scale: The collaboration is set to support Nscale's plan to deploy 300,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs, signaling a new era for hyperscale compute. * Powering Major
AI
* OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims the company's annual revenue is significantly higher than the widely reported $13 billion figure. * Altman issued a bold challenge to doubters and short-sellers, stating he would "love to see them get burned." * In a stunning new forecast, Altman hinted that OpenAI
Gadgets
* Amazon has launched its early Black Friday 2025 sale, offering significant discounts to get ahead of the holiday shopping rush. * Major tech brands like Apple, Lenovo, and Dyson are seeing record-low prices on popular laptops, vacuums, and more. * Key deals include a Lenovo Windows 11 Pro Laptop for just $479
Policy
* The Berkeley City Council has approved a controversial plan for the police department to fully encrypt all its radio communications, ending public access. * Police Chief Jen Louis cited officer safety, victim privacy, and a 2020 state mandate as primary reasons for the switch. * The decision was met with widespread opposition
AI
* Amazon's "Project Rainier," a massive AI supercomputer powered by nearly 500,000 Trainium2 chips, is now officially operational. * The new system is set to provide key AI partner Anthropic with over five times its previous computing power, with plans to scale to over one million chips
