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Top Astrophysicist Leaves U.S. After Trump Policies Affect Her Work 
Nov 9, 2026

Top Astrophysicist Leaves U.S. After Trump Policies Affect Her Work 

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was one of the top astrophysicists in the country until President Trump’s policies affected every part of her work.


PCs are getting less RAM for the first time: Why are 32GB and 64GB systems losing ground? Reason here
Nov 9, 2026

PCs are getting less RAM for the first time: Why are 32GB and 64GB systems losing ground? Reason here

AI-driven memory shortage pushes DRAM prices higher; CPU-Z survey shows growing preference for lower-capacity RAM as 16GB systems gain ground


Nov 9, 2026

Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny

Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market.


Nov 9, 2026

Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution

At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna.


A.I. Fueled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Elite Status, but Scandal Followed
Nov 9, 2026

A.I. Fueled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Elite Status, but Scandal Followed

As chips became essential components for A.I., executives like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang saw their personal wealth and profiles soar in a way the industry has not experienced before.


Hackers Exploit Qubole's Trusted AWS Access to Breach Customer Accounts and Steal Data
Nov 9, 2026

Hackers Exploit Qubole's Trusted AWS Access to Breach Customer Accounts and Steal Data

An attacker broke into AWS accounts belonging to multiple Qubole customers between October 14 and October 26 and stole stored secrets and data, cloud security company Wiz said today. The attacker used credentials for an AWS account that Qubole's platform uses to reach those customers. How the attacker got those credentials has not been disclosed. Qubole, a data lake platform owned by Idera,


Hackers Compromise Ethersphere's bee-js and Swarm Desktop to Deliver Wallet-Stealing Malware
Nov 9, 2026

Hackers Compromise Ethersphere's bee-js and Swarm Desktop to Deliver Wallet-Stealing Malware

Attackers used the Ethersphere project's own release automation to publish malicious versions of two of its tools for the Swarm decentralized storage network: bee-js 13.3.0 and Swarm Desktop 0.56.2. Both releases download and run code built to steal the wallet key that Swarm Desktop keeps for its node, along with the stored password that unlocks it. The code is also built to install a backdoor


Do you have what it takes? Nasa is hiring new astronauts to live and work on the MOON - with a $165,000 salary
Nov 9, 2026

Do you have what it takes? Nasa is hiring new astronauts to live and work on the MOON - with a $165,000 salary

Growing up, many children dream of becoming an astronaut one day. Now, that dream is about to become a reality for a select few - because NASA is hiring.


Who is Neela Nataraj? IIT Bombay professor earns prestigious global recognition for mathematics research
Nov 9, 2026

Who is Neela Nataraj? IIT Bombay professor earns prestigious global recognition for mathematics research

For Nataraj, the recognition is particularly significant because it places her research contributions within an international network of scientists working across disciplines to advance scientific knowledge and research capacity.


Nov 9, 2026

Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis

Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service.


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