FRIDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2026United States

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  1. Donald Trump really wants Tim Cook to run NvidiaJensen Huang resigned this morning as Nvidia's CEO following reports of affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. Right now, the company is being led by its CFO on an interim basis. But President Donald Trump is already throwing around one person he thinks should take over the chipmaking g
  2. Xbox announces Wolfenstein 3A screenshot from Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. It's been nearly a decade since Bethesda's MachineGames released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in 2017, and now Xbox is ready to announce a sequel from the studio. Wolfenstein 3 was officially announced today, just days after Bethesda also confi
  3. Whoop launched a social network where every user has a ‘verified heartbeat’Starting Thursday, Whoop members can share their data from its wearables on the app's new Whoop Humans social network. Users can make their metrics, activities, and achievements visible to other Whoop wearers, post Story-like "Moments" with photos and captions, and add comments and reactions on othe
  4. Humble Bundle redesign removes two-factor verification from settingsThe Humble Bundle storefront for buying games and other software recently got a new look, but on the settings page, it no longer offers a way to add or update two-factor verification methods, as reported by Kotaku. PC Gamer also points out that there are Humble Bundle support pages discussing two-fa
  5. Microsoft Outlook is still downSince just before 1PM ET on Thursday, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft quickly acknowledged the issue from its Microsoft 365 Status account, saying that "We've determined a portion of infrastructure is
  6. Xbox owners are getting more customizations for backgrounds and the Guide menuMicrosoft is starting to test new customization options for Xbox consoles today. Xbox Insiders will be able to start testing new rotating backgrounds, new library options for digital games, and the ability to move the Xbox Guide menu to the right-hand side. "Xbox Insiders can now save favorite dynam
  7. Google’s new Gemini model is better at understanding complicated questionsGoogle says its new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model can give more helpful answers to complex questions, including "questions with multiple parts, hard-to-understand typos, or highly specific requests." The new model can break down your questions and address each part in its responses. It's available startin
  8. ‘It’s a mistake’: reactions from tech leaders on Jensen Huang’s resignationNvidia announced this morning that Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO following reports of two affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with a direct report. The situation surrounding Huang has unfolded quickly, with The New York Times only reporting on Friday that Huang and the susp
  9. The Oura Ring 4 is almost as good as the newer model, but $150 cheaperThe previous-generation Oura Ring 4 is on sale for as low as $249 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, $100 off the retail price, and the first big discount on the device since July. The price varies a bit by size and color, with most silver and black models in stock at the lowest price between sizes 8
  10. Here are the 25 original Xbox games you can now play on PCThe first 25 original Xbox on PC games. | Image: Microsoft For the 25th anniversary of Xbox, Microsoft is beginning to make good on its paid "next-gen game preservation" promise. Starting today, you can play 25 different original Xbox games on your Windows PC, as long as you have (or are willing to
  11. Nvidia is reportedly preparing to fire Jensen HuangNvidia's board is preparing to dismiss CEO Jensen Huang following a report from the New York Times about a second alleged extramarital affair, just days after he admitted to a separate affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy, The Wall Street Journal reports. The second alleged affair was wit
  12. Hands on with Home Assistant’s new ‘smart home multi-tool’The Aux-2 can be many things. Even a hat for your amp! | Photo: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Nabu Casa - the commercial side of the Open Home Foundation, which runs Home Assistant - just launched the Home Assistant Connect Aux-2, a multi-function box designed to help you bring more non-smart devices i
  13. United won’t let your AI agent book your flightUnited says it won't let personal AI assistants book tickets on the airline, citing both privacy and regulatory concerns. The company says it hasn't yet seen many people try to use AI agents to book their flights, The Wall Street Journal reports, in line with observations from other businesses like
  14. Loot boxes, influencers, and addictive features face an EU crackdownGaming, social media, and e-commerce platforms are facing a fresh wave of sweeping European Union rules that aim to make "your online experience fairer." The newly proposed Digital Fairness Act (DFA) published by the EU Commission on Wednesday is designed to tackle practices that exploit consumers i
  15. Toyota’s Scion is back, starting with an American-made, 25-mph kei truckToyota is dusting off the Scion badge for a radically different mission. Rather than targeting youth-market hatchbacks, "Scion by Toyota" is being positioned as an experimental mobility incubator - and its first vehicle is an authentic Japanese-style kei truck built in Indiana. Kei vehicles, which a
  16. Google’s Tabletop AI experiment lets you build custom collaboration appsTabletop isn’t anything to do with D&D or boardgames, but it does make it easier to coordinate with freinds, | Image: Google Google has cooked up a new experimental AI tool called Tabletop that generates customized collaborative hubs to help you coordinate with family, and friends. The Tabletop plat
  17. The best early Black Friday deals you can already shopThe countdown to Black Friday is on, and the first discounts are starting to appear. Although the shopping holiday isn’t officially until November 27th, retailers are already dropping early deals on some of our favorite tech. Of course, with prices rising across the board, a good discount doesn’t ne
  18. Sharge’s eye-catching MacBook charger is over 25 percent offLooking for a MacBook and device charger that’s as stylish as it is capable? Both Amazon and Sharge are selling the Pixel 140W GaN charger for $69.88 and $69.90, respectively, a $24 discount on its usual price. If you’re not in need of that much wattage but like the style, Sharge is also selling the
  19. Ocarina of Time is even better if you use a smartphone appHey there, buddy. I never liked hunting for Golden Skulltulas in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The game has 100 of them tucked all over Hyrule, and even over my many hours with the N64 classic growing up, I can't remember ever actually finding all of them, or even wanting to. Jumping into th
  20. Google’s AlphaGenome 2 zooms in on the cellular roots of diseaseA graphic representing Google’s AlphaGenome Atlas. | Image: Google Researchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled a new AI model designed to unravel how changes in our DNA affect different cells, giving scientists a more detailed view of a notoriously difficult problem that could hold important clues
  21. Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is out for the Xbox Ally X and works in handheld modeThe Xbox Ally X. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft is now rolling out Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR), an upscaling technology that competes with Nvidia's DLSS, for the Xbox Ally X, Xbox Ally X20, and select Windows Copilot Plus PCs, the company announced today. Auto SR is
  22. The VR Disney Plus app on Meta Quest now has 3D moviesDisney is bringing more than 60 3D movies to the Disney Plus app on Meta Quest. The movies will be available to Disney Plus subscribers as part of an updated Disney Plus app that's rolling out today. The 3D movies you can check out include The Avengers and Black Panther, Meta says. But the updated Q
  23. Oura is acquiring medical AI chatbot startup Counsel HealthOura announced its quarterly earnings today and said it agreed to acquire Counsel Health for $625 million, after adding the company's AI chatbot to its app earlier this year. Counsel Health calls itself an "AI-native primary care company," using the app to deliver AI-generated responses and insights
  24. Sony cancels live-service shooter FairgamesSony has canceled Fairgames, a heist game announced in 2023, according to Bloomberg. Fairgames had once been part of Sony's big planned push for PlayStation live service games, but the company ended up canceling some planned live service titles, including in the God of War and The Last of Us franchi
  25. The PlayStation Plus PC app is shutting down next monthSony is retiring the PlayStation Plus app for PC on December 10th. Sony says it will notify users directly about the shutdown. The app allowed PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers to stream certain games on PC, but according to Sony, not many people are using that perk: With a very small number of e
  26. Starlink Mini 2 adds a swappable batterySpaceX announced a new version of its all-in-one satellite internet terminal that integrates a dish, Wi-Fi router, and now a battery into a single device about the size of a laptop. According to some users on X who shared screenshots of invitations to order Starlink Mini 2, the dish is priced at $99
  27. The US is winning the AI race. Jensen Huang could have blown itAs espionage targets go, Jensen Huang is perhaps one of the least surprising on Earth. The Nvidia CEO runs one of the world's most valuable companies, controls the in-demand technology fueling the AI boom, and is cozy with presidents, CEOs, and all manner of important people. He also wears a cool le
  28. Google’s Pixel Tag tracker is now availableAfter years of third-party Android trackers from companies like Samsung, Motorola, and Pebblebee, Google's Pixel Tag is now available for purchase. First announced in August, the Pixel Tag is designed to work with Google's tracking network and app that was renamed the Find Hub last year. The Pixel T
  29. Google is making Pixel HiLight slightly more usefulGoogle is adding a new feature to its underwhelming HiLight light on the back of Pixel 11 Pro phones: As part of the November 2026 Pixel Drop, the light can light up when you get Google Messages texts from your favorite contacts. Sure, it's a small addition to the disappointing ways you could use Hi
  30. One of our favorite multi-filament 3D printers is $100 offThe Bambu P2S Combo. | Image: Bambu If you’re tired of filament jams and clogged nozzles, perhaps it’s time for a new 3D printer. Through December 1st, the Bambu Lab P2S Combo, currently one of the best models that’s easy to use, is discounted. It’s $649 at Best Buy, as well as directly from Bambu L
  31. David Ellison says AI could be the ‘biggest creative unlock in modern history’During Paramount Skydance's latest earnings call, CEO David Ellison said "it's hard to imagine" AI won't have a bigger impact on the film industry than CGI. In response to a question about the company's outlook for AI, Ellison said: "I think when you zoom out and look at production, AI really has th
  32. What could China get from Jensen Huang?It's difficult to overstate Nvidia's power in today's AI landscape. The company's chips are the bedrock upon which advanced AI technology in the US is being built, and demand has consistently outpaced supply for years. Nvidia has also been an influential investor in a wide range of up-and-coming AI
  33. Here’s what Trump said he knew about Jensen HuangJensen Huang and President Trump. | Getty Images President Trump held a White House press briefing earlier today and responded to several questions about his knowledge of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Huang said this weekend that he had been "​​unfaithful" to his wife
  34. Everything we know so far about the Nvidia spy scandal targeting CEO Jensen HuangThe leather-jacketed CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has acknowledged an affair with Megaspeed exec Alice Huang, spurring an investigation by his company and intense discussions worldwide. Recent reporting noted that since last year, US intelligence reports had identified Alice Huang (no relation) as n
  35. MSI’s refurbished QD-OLED gaming monitor is on sale for under $300One of the best upgrades you can make to your PC gaming setup is an OLED monitor. Fortunately, MSI’s factory-reconditioned Mag 272QP X24 is on sale at Woot through November 18th with a 180-day manufacturer warranty for $290.99, which is more than $100 cheaper than the full MSRP of $399.99. MAG 272QP
  36. The global pledge to use AI for climate good is a cruel jokeMurat Kurum (left), Turkey’s minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change; and Chris Bowen, Australia's minister for Climate Change and Energy, raise their hands together at the COP31 UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, on November 9th, 2026. | Photo: AFP via Getty Images At
  37. Apple’s $50 Intelligence Usage Packs extend access to some AI featuresAfter publishing a support article in early September outlining usage limits for some Apple Intelligence features, the company has updated Logic Pro with an option to "Buy More Usage" for a one-time purchase price of $49.99, as spotted by 9to5Mac. It has a built-in AI assistant to do things like "st
  38. Anthropic launches new Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 modelsAnthropic is announcing two new models today: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which it says are designed to take on "daunting" technical challenges. The company claims the new models show improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision, and can generate outputs faster than the 5.1 versions of
  39. You can grab three months of Game Pass Ultimate for under $20 per monthThe price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has fluctuated between $20 and $30 per month over the last year, but you can get three months of the top plan for around $19 per month. At Newegg, using the coupon code BNWF2656 at checkout knocks $11 off the usual cost of a three-month subscription. That brings
  40. Instagram’s Effect Builder makes new filters from AI promptsAfter expanding its Edits app to macOS last week, Instagram's next move is launching this Effect Builder that generates custom filters for your Stories posts with AI. Available now for US residents who are over 18, it has a prompt box for describing your filter idea to the chatbot, with an option to

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