Daily Tech News 9 November 2026

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I didn't post this yesterday because it wasn't confirmed, but now it is: Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, the most valuable company in the world, had an affair with a Chinese spy. (Tom's Hardware)

Named Alice Huang.

The writers of this season of the simulation are just getting lazy.

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You can get a half-way decent CPU, a half-way decent motherboard, and half the memory you need for $249 from Microcenter right now. (WCCFTech)

An AMD 5600X3D, a Gigabyte B550M motherboard, and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. Not bad for the price in these benighted days, though it still needs a graphics card.
Diamond Foundry is finding founding diamonds. (Tom's Hardware)

200mm (8 inch) single-crystal diamond wafers for making chips.
Connecting cars to the internet is just as good an idea as it was with supermarket freezers. (Shubs)

As in, not in any way whatsoever.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: This song's just six words long.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 09, 2026 04:00 AM (QNSrI)

2 G'Day everyone
Its Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2026 04:06 AM (Ia/+0)

3 whoa

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 09, 2026 04:06 AM (evhCq)

4
Is there a single known case of a Chinese spy failing to seduce her mark?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 09, 2026 04:18 AM (XJ22o)

5 It's six words, but not six words long, as it repeats. Like a circle. How long is a circle?

But, it does end, eventually. It may trace the same circular path, but along an orthogonal time axis, making it less of a circle and more like a helical coil.

Or a spring.

..... boing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 09, 2026 04:19 AM (aKiSo)

6 Is there a single known case of a Chinese spy failing to seduce her mark?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 09, 2026 04:18 AM (XJ22o)
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As far as I know, none of them succeeded with me.

It was a cinch!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 09, 2026 04:21 AM (QNSrI)

7 w00t late

Posted by: m at November 09, 2026 04:21 AM (odBC9)

8 Buncha no-nooders!

Posted by: m at November 09, 2026 04:22 AM (odBC9)

9 I guess we wouldn't know, because "some chinese bint hit on me and I told her to take a hike" has never been considered The News.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 09, 2026 04:22 AM (aKiSo)

10 Its a shame no Chinese spy Fatale ever tempted me, just to test my resolve

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2026 04:24 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Not sure whether that connected car article is more infuriating or terrifying. Love how we've been left/made completely vulnerable so mfrs can screw us for heated seats. On the bright side, it does not diminish my hatred for Javascript. My next car might need to be a Model T, black.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 09, 2026 04:25 AM (evhCq)

12 asmongold has done a little thing on the Nvidia honey-potting
14:45

https://tinyurl.com/3am563rk

Posted by: m at November 09, 2026 04:26 AM (odBC9)

13 340 Sen. DAVE MCCORMICK (R-PA) just JOINED the effort to block John Thune's reelection ... now Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, John Kennedy and McCormick are joined to toss Thune.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 04:34 AM (hPgrk)

14 it should be noted that the sample shown by the company remains unpolished, meaning it still needs to go through some processes to make it suitable for chipmakers.

So it's a "diamond in the rough," as it were.

Posted by: Socratease at November 09, 2026 04:43 AM (PIMUD)

15 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 09, 2026 04:44 AM (sAmhv)

16 Long commute but has WiFi
See you when there

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2026 04:52 AM (Ia/+0)

17
I'm going to have to check out Venus again this morning. It's rising a little less than two hours before sunrise, and an hour before, it will be high enough to see well, and she's bright as all get out. A beautiful sight to see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 09, 2026 04:57 AM (w6EFb)

18 Do they still sell those refrigerators that connect to the internet and you can surf the internet while standing in the kitchen. Who would want that, who knows. The Japaneses like to connect everything to the web for some reason, cars, kitty litter trays, dishwasher..you name it.

Posted by: Colin at November 09, 2026 05:00 AM (CiQE7)

19
It's not honey pot it's honey TRAP.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 09, 2026 05:08 AM (XJ22o)

20 G'morning, all!

43.7 degrees out.

Brrrrrr.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 09, 2026 05:10 AM (iMotb)

21 "What is it that I do here? Qwa.... Qual..... Qwaarr...... Qwan..... Qwab.... Qwarbitty..... Qwabitty ....... Qwabitty Ashuance...... yea that......no, that's not it, but I'm getting close!"

- Creed Bratton, NVIDIA V.P. of QA

Posted by: Creed Bratton at November 09, 2026 05:10 AM (hyQrc)

22 "The Japaneses like to connect everything to the web for some reason, cars, kitty litter trays, dishwasher..you name it."

Do NOT go to the adult toy section of Amazon and search for adult toys with wifi or blue tooth.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 09, 2026 05:11 AM (iMotb)

23 19 It's not honey pot it's honey TRAP.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 09, 2026 05:08 AM (XJ22o)

It IS! Mea culpa.

• honeypot: an enticing source of pleasure or reward: massive increases in government purchases became a honeypot for the unscrupulous.

• honeytrap: a stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.

Posted by: m at November 09, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 09, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

25 Guys, is there some hot chick who is obviously into you? She's a spy. Don't date her.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 09, 2026 05:12 AM (RjOoY)

26 Jenson Huang had a affair with a Chinese spy named Alice Huang. Uh, no relation I assume?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 09, 2026 05:13 AM (sAmhv)

27 Jensen Huang affair with Chinese spy Alice Huang:

"The board says it has no reason to believe sensitive corporate information or U.S. national security was compromised"

Uh huh, sure guys. We all know how these admissions go as time progresses:

1) Nothing was stolen
2) A little bit of info might have been stolen but nothing crucial.
3) Things are worse than we thought. She had access to some sensitive information. We're still auditing.
4) Everything. She (and China) got everything.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 09, 2026 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

28 The temerity of Thune throwing his hat in the ring after presidong over a wipeout of his party, to be minority leader, is a joke.

But sadly, the GOP is a joke.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 09, 2026 05:19 AM (XV/Pl)

29 Jensen Huang affair with Chinese spy Alice Huang:

Maybe he planted false information?

Posted by: m at November 09, 2026 05:22 AM (odBC9)

30 @29

>> Maybe he planted false information?

The only thing he planted was his d***.

Homeboy better of had an iron clad pre-nup with his wife because he’s about to get a lot poorer when her lawyers are done with him.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 09, 2026 05:28 AM (XV/Pl)

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