WORLD + MARKETS
- X is rolling out a redesigned web app country by country for signed-in users, with a single unified server, saying it improves load times over slow connections (Jay Peters/The Verge)
- After Mamdani, Los Angeles Is Next: Socialist Nithya Raman Projected To Oust Karen Bass
- Sources: at Jensen Huang's election event, tech executives expressed concern over anti-data center results; OpenAI discussed resetting its 2027 capacity plans (Wall Street Journal)
- What's coming from the DSA activists is a nostalgic reenactment of 1960s-era radicalism and that's what we're going to get in the next Congress.
- Nintendo reports Q2 net profit down 16% YoY to $468M, as rising Switch 2 component costs cut into its margins; Switch 2's H1 FY 2027 sales fell 37% YoY to 6.49M (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)
- An interview with two Nintendo producers on the new Ocarina of Time remake for the Switch 2, which has modernized gameplay mechanics like full camera control (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
- AA Podcast: Kordell Stewart on Pittsburgh Steelers, false rumors, Troy Aikman, Bill Cowher, and more
- Latest news bulletin | November 5th, 2026 – Midday
- Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from international soccer
- US Suspends South Africa, Rwanda From Key African Trade Program
- The Pope of Rome Meets ‘The Poet Laureate of Rock and Roll’
- Trump-Endorsed Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino Projected to WIN New York’s 21st Congressional District
- Sunil Mittal, founder of India's second-largest telco Airtel, says Airtel-backed OneWeb can build a satellite-internet network independent of the US and China (Aryan Gupta/Bloomberg)
- North Korea tells EU to 'mind its own business' after draft UN resolution on human rights
- Iran: Flames engulf banner depicting US and Israeli leaders
- Sony reports Q2 revenue of ~$21.7B, operating profit of $3.94B, both above est., and 2.6M PS5 sales, as GTA VI sparks a US sales jump, especially of the PS5 Pro (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)
- Drone strike sets Ozon warehouse ablaze in southern Russia
- Trump Administration Delays Awards Slated To Improve Rural America’s Health
- Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
- Midterm Voters Split on Abortion and Trans Healthcare Ballot Questions
- FIFA boss Gianni Infantino accused of ‘abuse of power’ over VIP Miami airport perks for wife, kids: experts
- Ukraine: Russian drone and missile attack sparks fire in Kyiv region
- Russia plans ticket surcharge to bankroll struggling aircraft industry
- Brace For A Decade Of Pain, Warns Britain's IFS
AI + TECH
- Shake-up coming to White House after election debacle: 'Somebody's gotta take the fall'
- OpenAI's AI Pipeline Demonstrates 948 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalations at a Cost of $1.21 Million, or $1,279 Each
- Trump 'unforced error' left GOP 'apoplectic' and scrambled their midterm strategy: report
- Angie Nixon could have won Florida. National Democrats failed her
- SpaceX's plan to build more data center compute than Google's entire lifetime capacity in just 1.5 years is possible, say analysts
- Android GhostMap Flaw Can Trap Devices in a Reboot Loop on Installation, With No Fix Scheduled
- Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says his P(doom) is "close to zero", arguing that future AI risks stem from closed frontier AI labs, not open-source systems (Will Knight/Wired)
- Norway's aid agency pwned and all users' data is stolen
- Ricursive releases Ripple-65B Preview, a general-purpose variant of its AI model for automating advanced chip design, under Apache 2.0, costing $0.60/1M output (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
- Thune Is Out of Excuses and Must Kill the Filibuster to Pass the SAVE America Act While He Still Can [VIDEO]
- Why Flying Over Washington, D.C. Is Truly Terrifying
- Five Comeback Strategies for Republicans After Voters Fired Them
- They Know What They Are Doing and the Useful Idiots Are Helping Them [VIDEO]
- Texas Republicans’ gerrymander backfires as Democrats gain ground in U.S. House delegation
- The Essex Files: Trump's Veto Power Strategy — Turning Midterm Headwinds Into Governing Leverage
- Anthropic loosens Claude's game cloning ban — AI will now offer to build original games in the requested genre
- The Time Is Now for Republicans to Rally Around Trump
- What Kind of Person Is Ilhan Omar?
- OpenAI pledges to change how it handles data center deals, including avoiding nondisclosure agreements and cutting power usage, after Democrats' midterm wins (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
- Texas Voters Rejected Flock Plate Readers, but the Mayor Wanted Them Covered Immediately
- Fighting Yesterday’s Election While the Voters Have Already Moved on Never Works [VIDEO]
- Let’s Win Our Country Back One Neighbor at a Time
- Got an iPhone Duo on Launch Day? Tomorrow Could Be Your Last Chance to Return It
- This jerk's insane stunt screams that the GOP has learned nothing
CULTURE + CHAOS
- Harvard Historian Jill LePore Corrects John Harwood on Some Things About Voting And The Democrats
- Meghan Markle’s Brother Named ‘Person Of Interest’ In Father’s Child Abuse Probe As Police Say ‘Signs’ Point To His Involvement
- EXCLUSIVE: Kate Gosselin Hit With Fresh 'Abuse' Allegations From Estranged Son Collin
- Democrats outline oversight and investigation plans after election victories
- Is AOC the biggest winner of the midterms?
- After gaining the majority, California Democrat Rep Robert Garcia announces Huntington Beach will be purged of MAGA
- Left wing influencer followed by Abdul El-Sayed calls for mass executions of Republicans. ''If Elon Musk is alive at Christmas, it has been a failure.''
- Two-thirds of the vendors at this year’s Taste of Chicago had health code violations.
- "How do we pay for this?" " "Do I lose my own private insurance?" "What if I don't want this option?"
- The First-in-Human use of our peptide SenoMune-0257 which reverses aging and fights cancer.
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- EXCLUSIVE: Julia Roberts 'Upset' by Michael Douglas' Memoir
- What Do We Assume About the Ancient World—Without Physical Evidence?
- Destiny’s Child Comeback? Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams Reportedly Cooking Up a 2027 Album
- How Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian's Friendship Evolved Over the Years Before the Biography Interview Snub: Everything to Know
- EXCLUSIVE: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Face Claims of Friendship Rift
- Meta’s President on Midterm Results: Building Data Centers Is ‘Going to Be Harder’
- Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s Australia Relocation Rumors Finally Get An Answer As Family Plans Come To Light
- OpenAI Touts Cyber Workflow Worth $1.2 Million in Tokens for a Single Run
- Savannah Chrisley’s Husband Faces ‘Meal Ticket’ Claim After Secret Wedding
- Nicki Minaj's Lawyers Want To Drop Her As Client Over Alleged Communication Issues
- Dread and Circuses: Jonathan Turley and Byron Donalds Agree Dems Will Clown Out on Impeachment
- Cheek of the Week: Which K-Pop Hottie Is Baring Her Booty?!
- Guess The Country Singer Flashing Her Peach