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WSJ: Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang (shared)

Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang Move follows company investigation into an affair with a Chinese woman alleged to be a spy By Robbie...

Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him

Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him Mr. Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, is already facing scrutiny over an...

Getting Too Close to Trump Was a Mistake (updated, shared)

For Silicon Valley leaders, cozying up to the Trump administration has led to a series of spectacular failures. Over the past week, following MAGA’s significant losses in the midterms, I have been asked the same questions again and again: How could Silicon Valley have gotten it so wrong? Why did …

US national debt keeps rising after years of tax cuts – and this will make policymaking all the more difficult

Democrats, set to take over Congress with robust majorities, will face at least one expensive obstacle to their policy agenda: a national debt that …

Anthropic Launches New Workplace Software, Sending Microsoft Shares Tanking (shared)

Anthropic on Tuesday launched new workplace software applications that combine its Claude AI with tools to create and edit spreadsheets and …

Cybersecurity firms, overwhelmed by AI attacks, are turning away new clients (shared)

Executives at Mandiant, CrowdStrike and Kroll told NBC News that demand for emergency cybersecurity services is surging as hackers use AI to automate attacks. The recent flood of AI-aided cyberattacks has become so severe that some of America’s top cybersecurity companies are turning away new …

Anthropic Targets Valuation of Up to $1.4 Trillion for Blockbuster I.P.O. (shared)

The A.I. company’s pricing would make it one of the biggest ever public listings. It comes at a volatile moment in markets, with investors questioning the sustainability of the A.I. boom. Anthropic on Tuesday set a price range for its initial public offering, valuing the company at more than $1 …

Why Donald Trump keeps threatening Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain – and why it is so hard to destroy

Iran has become a test of Donald Trump’s credibility at home as well as his power abroad. The war and rising fuel prices contributed to the Republican …

Economic coercion once ousted Iran’s leader – but that was the 1950s; don’t expect a repeat today

“Very little gets into, or out of, Iran!” President Donald Trump claimed on Nov. 8, 2026, in a social media post that also lauded “history’s greatest …

PSW’s Weekly Webinar: $700 Month Portfolio Review & Earnings (11/4/2026)

$700 Month Portfolio Review & Earnings (11/4/2026) Timeline 0:00 — First Solar top trade alert: why we like FSLR 4:48 — Structuring the First Solar options trade 11:29...

After midterm defeat, Trump faces mostly bad options in Iran

President Trump has conceded that the Iran war cost Republicans dearly in the midterms. Now he must decide whether to cut his losses and reach a deal …

Short supplies of crucial equipment stymie changes to US electricity grid

Americans have a lot of plans for the country’s power grid. Some people want to expand renewable energy by building solar and wind farms. Others want …

When social media no longer needs people, what does the ‘social’ part mean?

The social media we know was once easy to define. Platforms such as Facebook or X were designed to mediate human relationships at scale: sharing …

Election Night Update: Democrats Score Major Midterm Victories as Stock Futures Tumble

Update: Nasdaq futures only down 91 and S&P only down 16 at this time, 11:32 PST. It was quite a bit worse earlier.  Election Night...

After-hours Earnings Recap: AMD, AMGN, ANET, ALAB and TOST

After-Hours Earnings: AMD, AMGN, ANET, ALAB and TOST November 3, 2026 | Results, guidance and early stock moves for AMD, Astera Labs, Arista Networks, Toast...

Things Are Going to Get Ugly

Donald Trump is about to redefine the lame-duck presidency. Donald Trump won’t be able to cope. If he loses control of one chamber of Congress, never mind both, the world will see a personality collapse and rage meltdown on the scale of the final sequence of the Lord of the Rings. The Donald Trump of …

U.S. strikes Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. official tells AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said Monday, on …

Trump vows to protect Musk, floats pre-emptive staff pardons

President Trump said Monday he'd move to protect Elon Musk if Democrats investigate the SpaceX and Tesla CEO after the midterm elections. He also …

America Can’t Afford an AI Recession

AI investments are driving the economy. That’s a dangerous tightrope. Over the past several days, as Donald Trump has flown across the country to rally Republican voters in contested midterm races, he has returned again and again to a version of the same point: “I had the greatest economy in the …

Oil prices down on hopes of Gulf talks progress

Oil prices fell on positive comments from Washington and Tehran over talks to end their war, though Gulf nations remained glum and analysts voiced …

Oligarchy is on the Ballot

Donald Trump has urged voters to pretend that he’s on the ballot in the midterm elections. Given his historic unpopularity, his opponents can only …

Israel has voted, but what comes next? Dissecting a messy ballot and coalition-building process

The Israeli election of Oct. 27, 2026, was among the most highly anticipated votes in the country’s history. It was consequential, if not yet …

PSW’s Weekly Webinar: Early Earnings & Fed Meeting (10/28/2026)

Early Earnings & Fed Meeting (10/28/2026) Timeline 0:00 — Intro 1:30 — S&P 500 and the Seagate trade 13:59 — Trading philosophy: Be the house 18:18 — Fundamentals first:...

How Elon Musk Turned on Ukraine (shared)

No reliable alternatives exist to Musk’s satellite network, and Ukraine cannot survive for long without it. On October 11, a confidential memo went out to military officers across Ukraine, urging them to brace for a catastrophe. Donald Trump had decided earlier that week to ease U.S. sanctions on …

When social media no longer needs people, what does the ‘social’ part mean?

The social media we know was once easy to define. Platforms such as Facebook or X were designed to mediate human relationships at scale: sharing …

Doctors Say a Rare Kind of Measles Is on the Rise (shared)

Babies are catching measles in utero for the first time in decades. Each October, after the last of the tobacco has been harvested and the apple jam canned, Amish communities begin celebrating the months-long “wedding season.” Twice a week, hundreds of celebrants pack into a home to watch a young …

Examining the bridge between neuroscience and AI

A citation analysis reveals that the connection between the two fields is real and gaining momentum. But it’s also narrow and tool-heavy; we need to …

Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space

The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.

A Lab-Leak Story You Haven’t Heard (shared)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes that RSV originated in a government science experiment. You’ve almost certainly had RSV. Most of us catch it before we turn 2. Usually it feels like a cold: runny nose, cough, maybe a fever. But RSV (short for “respiratory syncytial virus”) can take a dangerous turn. …

How bionic eyes are becoming a reality

If you’ve delved into the worlds of Star Trek, The Terminator or William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, you’ll know that enhanced, electronic …

Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working (shared)

Researchers are asking why patients, like former Senator Ben Sasse, inevitably develop resistance to the drug daraxonrasib. Last week, the former senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse announced that his Stage 4 pancreatic cancer had developed resistance to a cutting edge treatment. Cancer specialists were …

‘Consumers Will Pay the Price’: Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

"Oil companies will get a windfall from gutting the fuel economy standards, but the rest of us are going to be handing over more of our hard-earned …