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Kierra Frazier / CBS News:
Sources: the FAA outage occurred after an update to the private communications network that connects the ATC system caused the system to reboot and crash  —  A rare nationwide ground stop on all departing U.S. flights that lasted several hours Friday has been lifted, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Alex Fitzpatrick / Axios:
The FAA lifts its over four-hour nationwide ground stop for US airports caused by “communication issues affecting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers”  —  The FAA lifted its nationwide ground stop Friday night after hours of chaos and thousands of delays and cancellations.
Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
Source: the FBI is probing whether the FAA outage was caused by a software update, and doesn't believe it was due to a cyberattack or criminality  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn't believe the communication issue affecting air traffic control was due to a cyberattack or criminality, said a person familiar with the matter.
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Sources: Nvidia's board has approached Arm CEO Rene Haas in its search for a potential successor to Jensen Huang; Haas worked at Nvidia more than a decade ago  —  Head of SoftBank-owned UK semiconductor group sounded out after Jensen Huang resigned over affairs
Reuters:
Sources and messages: Jensen Huang misled several Nvidia leaders, including general counsel Tim Teter, about the nature of his relationship with Alice Huang  —  Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang misled several of the company's leaders, including general counsel Tim Teter and chief marketing …
Washington Post:
How Marco Rubio helped topple Jensen Huang; source: Rubio used a CIA report about Alice Huang to write his own, recasting CIA reporting in more assertive terms  —  Rubio's intervention helped topple one of Washington's most influential corporate voices on China, giving momentum to officials pushing for tougher restrictions.
Semafor:
How Nvidia used a “scorched earth, adversarial attitude” targeting proponents of export controls in DC, invoking Trump's name to get license approvals expedited
Stephen Witt / New York Times:
Jensen Huang's biographer says Nvidia had a culture of omertà and deference toward Huang, who was quite arrogant, that enabled him to “be his worst self”
Bloomberg:
Microsoft says all Microsoft 365 products are operational, ending an outage that disrupted governments, traders, hospitals, and businesses around the world  —  Microsoft Corp. said access has been fully restored to its flagship software, ending an outage that paralyzed government offices, traders and businesses around the world.
@microsoft:
Microsoft apologizes for the outage, calling it a “technical issue” from a “network capacity upgrade”, and says it was “not related to cyber or AI/agents”  —  We are deeply sorry for the disruption this incident has caused our customers and partners. We know the trust they place in our services and take that responsibility extremely seriously. We are seeing broad recovery and stability across our services. This was a technical issue not related to cyber...
Kara Carlson / Bloomberg:
Tesla says “select customers” can now place orders for its Cybercab “for personal use”, for $30K plus a required $299/month Autonomy Subscription to operate  —  Tesla Inc. invited select customers to place orders for the Cybercab in a step toward trying to make its driverless car available to consumers.
George Hammond / Financial Times:
Analysis: Sam Bankman-Fried's $500M Anthropic investment in 2021 would be worth ~$37B if Anthropic lists at ~$1.5T; he relinquished his stake in 2024 for ~$1.3B  —  Jailed cryptocurrency mogul loses out on windfall from early investment in the AI lab  —  Sam Bankman-Fried will miss …
Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast:
AI's impact on math is a preview of what AI will do to AI research, with AI matching top human researchers potentially just a couple of years away  —  Many thanks to Max Farrens, Gabe Fried, and Thomas Larsen for pairing with me through significant parts of writing and researching this essay.
Financial Times:
How the Swiss city of Lugano is trying to reinvent itself as a crypto hub to boost its economy by launching its own token LVGA, partnering with Tether, and more  —  Lugano bets digital assets and a joint venture with the stablecoin giant can boost its economy, but some warn of dangers
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
US officials say Trump is not expected to raise allegations of a Chinese intelligence operation involving Jensen Huang during his upcoming meeting with Xi  —  President Donald Trump is not expected to raise allegations of a Chinese intelligence operation involving former Nvidia CEO J ensen Huang during …

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