Daily Tech News 12 November 2026

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Softbank has totally not defaulted on an order for 13 gigawatts of gas turbine generators as Elon Musk claimed. (Tom's Hardware)

Did it cancel the order? Yes.

Did it lose $3.7 billion in the process? Also yes.
Elon Musk meanwhile wants to build a $24 billion data center in Starbase, Texas, with 10 gigawatts of gas turbine power plants. (Tom's Hardware)

The article does note that he's likely to face resistance from the incoming Khmer Bleu state administration.

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Meanwhile in Georgia the citizens of Effingham County have filed a RICO suit against their own country commissioners and OpenAI. (Tom's Hardware)

Georgia's RICO laws apparently allow anyone to sue anyone for anything.
There's a critical vulnerability in Apache, which runs something like... Oh. Only 21% of public-facing websites these days. (Apache)

So about six trillion.

There's more, but it's now commonly behind proxies or services like Cloudflare that mitigate attacks of various kinds.

In this case the bug is restricted to HTTP/2, so if you remove the entries for h2 and h2c from your configuration file so that it falls back to HTTP/1 you're safe and you shouldn't notice any difference. It will be a little slower, but if you're not Google you won't care.
There's a new AWS emulator out from... Oh. There's a new AWS emulator out from AWS. (GitHub)

We heard you liked AWS so we put AWS in your AWS so you can AWS while you AWS.
Cloud platform N-able - of which I have never heard until this moment - currently isn't. (Bleeping Computer)

Someone found and published 30 "zero-day" vulnerabilities all at once so they locked and bolted the door. And the windows, floor, ceiling, air ducts, and everything else, while they scrambled to fix them.

Apparently all fixed now.

Just in time for Apache to rain on their picnic.

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:00 AM (odBC9)

2 A good one from the ONT:

Home by the Sea
Genesis 1983

https://tinyurl.com/525he6hs
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 11, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO)

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:00 AM (odBC9)

3 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at November 12, 2026 04:01 AM (O7YUW)

4 Khmer Bleu...snort. I'm so stealing that.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - General Lame Duck Retreat is my president at November 12, 2026 04:06 AM (3E3/c)

5 G'day everyone
I lost my phone since I last commented

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Good morning, All.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 12, 2026 04:13 AM (PKL0q)

7 Ooph. Early one. Up and at em.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 12, 2026 04:16 AM (G90di)

8 Jensen Huang is now strongly suspected of having an affair with the Nvidia VP of Healthcare, Kimberley Powell.

Kimberly Powell is Nvidia’s vice president for healthcare, a 48-year-old engineer who has worked at the company since 2008 and reports directly to CEO Jensen Huang. On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that she and Huang had had an extramarital affair, citing five people who had worked at the company. A few hours later, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia’s board was preparing to remove Huang following two extramarital affairs, one of them with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Powell has not spoken publicly.

https://tinyurl.com/mue872an
(Nacionale.com)

I don't think Jensen is going to make it much longer as CEO.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 12, 2026 04:18 AM (6ydKt)

9 Put it down in basement

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 04:19 AM (Ia/+0)

10 ...Because it's one thing to have an affair with a Chinese spy who used you to buy inventory, it's an entirely different thing to have an affair with an executive at your company who reports directly to you.

I'm sure there's something in the Employee Handbook about that sort of thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 12, 2026 04:20 AM (6ydKt)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 12, 2026 04:21 AM (7Vi0c)

12 5 G'day everyone
I lost my phone since I last commented
Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 04:08 AM (Ia/+0)

yikes

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:23 AM (odBC9)

13 CNBC

Huang and Powell were reportedly captured on camera being affectionate with one another at a hotel in San Jose, California in March, according to the Times.

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:26 AM (odBC9)

14 13 CNBC

Huang and Powell were reportedly captured on camera being affectionate with one another at a hotel in San Jose, California in March, according to the Times.

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:26 AM (odBC9)

I don't think even Trump can pull Jensen's feet out of the fire on this one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 12, 2026 04:28 AM (6ydKt)

15 Good Morning all.

One of my friends did a whole series of memes on Khmer Bleu, quite funny. I will have to dig them up from my meme archive.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 12, 2026 04:30 AM (Q/FnY)

16 Jensen is a fool.

That’s some really expensive ***** he dipped little Jensen in.

He’s essentially ended any career in tech going forward.

Hope it was worth it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 12, 2026 04:31 AM (XV/Pl)

17 CNBC on the Huang stuff:

https://tinyurl.com/3afr932j

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

18 CNBC

Rumors of an affair between Huang and Powell have circulated for years, in part because Powell lacks a background in health or science, according to a former employee who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

19 Um, CNBC let this typo go to print?

The AI infrastructure trade was hit particularly hard last week after the midterm elections, as Democrats won sweeping majorities in both houses of Congress, and dozens of ballot measures past that could make building data centers more difficult.

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

20 ... and surely this is trash:

Huang has become synonymous with the AI industry, and he is often referred to by his first name ,“Jensen,” by customers and rivals.

CNBC

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

21 hahahahaha

CNBC

Elon Musk says it would be an ‘honor’ to hire Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

(different article)

https://tinyurl.com/2mt2kxh7

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

22 20 ... and surely this is trash:

Huang has become synonymous with the AI industry, and he is often referred to by his first name ,“Jensen,” by customers and rivals.

CNBC
Posted by: m

And probably not true. Modern news is about shaping the story, not actually reporting what's going on.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 12, 2026 04:38 AM (7Vi0c)

23 Nobody is hiring Jensen after he gets sh*tcanned by the board.

It’s one thing to have an affair with a Chinese Spy, it’s quite the other to dip your nib in the office ink.

He’ll be gone before the end of the month.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 12, 2026 04:38 AM (XV/Pl)

24 22 20 ... and surely this is trash:

Huang has become synonymous with the AI industry, and he is often referred to by his first name ,“Jensen,” by customers and rivals.

CNBC
Posted by: m

And probably not true. Modern news is about shaping the story, not actually reporting what's going on.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 12, 2026 04:38 AM (7Vi0c)

They're paid by the word, it would seem.

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:39 AM (odBC9)

25 back to this CNBC article; subheads at the top of the article

https://tinyurl.com/3afr932j

Trash:

The New York Times reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with an employee named Kimberly Powell.

- maybe state her position at Nvidia?

The report comes days after Huang admitted to an affair with a woman who is believed by U.S. intelligence of being a Chinese spy.

- "who is believed of being"

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

26 CNBC = Consumer News and Business Channel

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

27 He’s essentially ended any career in tech going forward.

Hope it was worth it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 12, 2026 04:31 AM (XV/Pl)

Steve Jobs got himself a second bite at Apple.
And he built it back better than it ever was and set the company on the path to being the the most valuable tech company in the world not long after his death.

Jensen may have to follow a similar path if he's fired.
Start a new company, he's surely got the capital, like Jobs did with Pixar and wait, maybe forever, for Nvidia to ask him back.

It's a longshot but he's still got a couple of decades left in life to bore himself to death otherwise.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 12, 2026 04:52 AM (6ydKt)

28 "who is believed of being"
Posted by: m

It's double-secret passive voice.

Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 04:55 AM (VHUov)

29
Born:
Jen-Hsun Huang
February 17, 1963 (age 63)
Taipei, Taiwan

Wikipedia

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:57 AM (odBC9)

30 @27

>>Jensen may have to follow a similar path if he's fired.

Jobs was brilliant a**hole, Jensen is not in that category, plus he's demonstrated he has low character and poor decision making skills when it comes to poon.

I'm not sure what he could start at this point as he will have trouble attracting capital and talent.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 12, 2026 04:58 AM (XV/Pl)

31 28 "who is believed of being"
Posted by: m

It's double-secret passive voice.
Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 04:55 AM (VHUov)

I'll bet it started off as "who is accused of being" and an "editor" changed "accused" to "believed."

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

32 https://www.americanthinker.com/it was a coup
On electronic vote fraud
https://tinyurl.com/rxwur5cx

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 05:00 AM (Ia/+0)

33 AI data centers are going to be built but only within the context of the GND.
The MAC conference plays football on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Nice because TV currently sux.

Posted by: Accomack at November 12, 2026 05:02 AM (FqNtp)

34 The first book I got after 2020 was on electronic vote fraud.
I would guess its way more sophisticated now.

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 05:02 AM (Ia/+0)

35 Wikipedia
Jensen Huang

Awards

IEEE Founders Medal (2020)
VinFuture Prize (2024)
Edison Award (2024)
Primetime Engineering Award (2024)
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)
IEEE Medal of Honor (2026)
National Medal of Science (2026)

Posted by: m at November 12, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)

36 Wikipedia
Jensen Huang

Awards

IEEE Founders Medal (2020)
VinFuture Prize (2024)
Edison Award (2024)
Primetime Engineering Award (2024)
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2025)
IEEE Medal of Honor (2026)
National Medal of Science (2026)
Posted by: m

One more...

Most Expensive 3 Minutes Ever (2026)

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - General Lame Duck Retreat is my president at November 12, 2026 05:05 AM (3E3/c)

37 IEEE

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, pronounced eye-triple-ee) is an American 501(c)(3) charitable professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and related disciplines.

Wikipedia

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

38 @5/Skip: "I lost my phone since I last commented."

Android has a locator service:
https://tinyurl.com/4cwj9uyj
(goes to google.com)

Apple also has a locator service:
https://tinyurl.com/47usks32
(goes to icloud.com)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines. at November 12, 2026 05:06 AM (O7YUW)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 12, 2026 05:06 AM (Hbeqj)

40 pronounced eye-triple-ee

I knew that, but I are an enjunear.

Posted by: mikeski at November 12, 2026 05:09 AM (VHUov)

41 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at November 12, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

42 36 35
Wikipedia
Jensen Huang
Awards
...
Most Expensive 3 Minutes Ever (2026)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - General Lame Duck Retreat is my president at November 12, 2026 05:05 AM (3E3/c)

perhaps related:

Wikipedia
Jensen Huang

He does not wear a watch, because as he likes to say, "now is the most important time."

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

43 I'm not sure what he could start at this point as he will have trouble attracting capital and talent.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 12, 2026 04:58 AM (XV/Pl)

Having less charm than Job is certainly not a plus.

If I had to guess on what Jensen might do, I'd say some startup AI or Agentic AI company.

I doubt he'd get back into chip design, far too much work and he doesn't want to compete against his own stock portfolio.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 12, 2026 05:10 AM (6ydKt)

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