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Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation after reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy operation. The probe follows Huang’s admission of an affair with Alice Huang, a former Megaspeed executive, and claims that Alice was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to spy on Nvidia. Huang apologized for his personal misconduct and pledged cooperation. The board stated no evidence of national‑security or corporate secrets being compromised and affirmed confidence in Huang’s leadership. [...]

The Phasmophobia community raised over $230,000 (≈£173,000) for the American Heart Association during the Ghost Hunts for Hearts charity drive, more than doubling the $100,000 collected last year. Kinetic Games announced the final total on 6 November after the event ran from 26 October to 2 November, with more than 500 streamers participating—the largest creator fundraiser ever for Heart Liive. The studio set an initial $200,000 target; once surpassed, an animated AHA Advocate ID Card and badge were unlocked as Twitch [...]

SpaceX plans to launch Starship Flight 15 on November 13, 2026, aiming to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage on the same mission. If successful, it would be the first time all components of an orbital rocket return intact, a milestone Musk says is essential for multiplanetary life. The flight will deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites, orbit for 22 hours, then execute a de‑orbit burn, belly‑flop reentry, flip, and final landing burn for a tower catch. [...]

Windows Latest discovered a native WinUI 3 version of the Registry Editor in Microsoft’s open‑source Microsoft.UI.Reactor repository, compiled it, and ran it on a Windows 11 PC. The sample app reads the actual Windows Registry and retains the classic two‑pane layout while applying modern WinUI controls, fluid animations, and a Mica backdrop. Built with Reactor—a C# framework that brings the Model‑View‑Update pattern to WinUI—the editor replaces XAML with React‑style hooks such as UseState and UseEffect, yet performs real read/write [...]

New footage from the set of “Miami Vice ‘85” shows Austin Butler as Sonny Crockett and Michael B. Jordan as Ricardo Tubbs driving a white Ferrari Testarossa, a departure from the original series’ black 1972 Daytona Spyder. The change follows a legal dispute in which Ferrari sued the replica builder for trademark infringement, ultimately settling and donating authentic Testarossas to the production. The film, directed by Joseph Konsinski, will shift to Miami after hurricane season and premiere [...]

Ubisoft’s next main‑line Assassin’s Creed title, codenamed Hexe, has been pushed back internally by roughly a year, with insiders suggesting a 2028 release window. The witch‑themed open‑world game, announced alongside Assassin’s Creed Shadows over four years ago, has suffered leadership turnover: original creative director Clint Hocking departed earlier this year, and game director Benoît Richer left shortly after, leaving Jean Guesdon, previously behind Black Flag and Origins, at the helm. Meanwhile, the publisher is reportedly developing two additional entries—Assassin’s Creed Mars, [...]

Fortescue Metals Group is installing 89‑metre wind turbine blades—the longest in the world—at the Nullagine Wind Farm in Western Australia’s Pilbara region as part of its “real zero by 2030” decarbonisation plan. The blades will arrive by ship at Port Headland, where the company has upgraded infrastructure to minimise traffic disruption and will provide regular community updates. The turbines will feed a green grid that also includes 1.5 GW of solar, 900 MW of wind and 5 GWh of battery [...]

Starlog, the iconic science‑fiction magazine that ceased publication in 2009, is returning as an annual print edition on Nov. 13, 2026. The relaunch, timed for the title’s 50th anniversary, will be Issue #375 and is available for pre‑order through the Starlog website. Founded in 1976 under editor Terry O’Quinn, the magazine built a reputation for in‑depth interviews, behind‑the‑scenes photography, TV guides, movie retrospectives, book reviews, convention news and VFX features, covering franchises such as Star Wars, Star Trek and Alien. Fang & Boehm’s [...]