This week’s biggest stories, ranked by how widely they’re being reported.
Elon Musk announced he plans to sign an ongoing petition calling for Jensen Huang's reinstatement as Nvidia chief executive following internal employee pushback and a steep weekly drop in the company's shares.
Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang has stepped down as CEO, president, and board member effective immediately, with CFO Colette Kress appointed interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.
Bitcoin fell to a 12-week low on November 13, 2026, breaking below $70,000 and triggering over $1.6 billion in crypto market liquidations amid rising bond yields, dollar strength, and tech sector jitters.
Federal investigators are examining whether a software update triggered a telecommunications outage that grounded flights across the United States, as officials dismissed links to a Microsoft outage and found no signs of an attack.
A global Microsoft 365 outage that started Thursday knocked Outlook, Teams, and Copilot offline for nearly 24 hours across at least 74 countries. Microsoft apologized for the disruption, attributing it to overloaded connection servers during a network upgrade rather than a cyberattack.
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Wallet, a payment feature built with major card networks that allows its dots artificial intelligence agents to shop and complete online checkouts on behalf of users.
Federal prosecutors secured court approval to seize or restrain over $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance, while authorities dismantled infrastructure used in a North Korean video-call social engineering campaign called FaceStealer that took more than $400 million.
The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded its SMART artificial intelligence tool nationwide to help air traffic controllers manage congestion, days before a nationwide ground stop.
The Federal Reserve identified artificial intelligence and stretched asset valuations as key vulnerabilities in its semi-annual financial stability report, with an accompanying central bank survey ranking AI as the top threat to the financial system.
SpaceX launched its 15th Starship test flight aiming to recover both rocket stages, but operators called off the launch tower catch of the Super Heavy booster, which exploded in a fireball after descending into the water.
Donald Trump called on Apple executive chairman Tim Cook to take over as Nvidia chief executive following reports of Jensen Huang's resignation, drawing reactions across the tech and crypto industries.
Nvidia's board has convened to weigh replacing long-serving CEO Jensen Huang following revelations of two extramarital affairs, triggering sharp declines in company shares and U.S. stock futures.
Meta is testing an internal prediction-market app called Takes that lets employees wager virtual points rather than real money on questions and real-world events.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei described securing computing power as the AI lab's deepest business dilemma while dismissing concerns about market volatility ahead of the company's planned initial public offering.
Bitcoin retreated toward $68,000 on November 13, 2026, putting the cryptocurrency on track for a sixth consecutive weekly loss as market sentiment reached a four-month low.
Nvidia's board of directors told CNBC that it has not formally engaged with any candidates to succeed former chief executive Jensen Huang, calling succession speculation premature as it works to select an executive search firm.
Bitcoin plunged to its lowest level since August as risk-off sentiment rattled digital assets, wiping out over $550 billion from total crypto market capitalization since October and triggering more than $1.6 billion in derivative liquidations.
Tokyo-listed real estate company Asian Star will distribute ¥8 million worth of BNB to investors holding at least 100 shares, pairing the reward program with plans to tokenize property on BNB Chain.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's department for failing to add Megaspeed to the export control list, while also questioning Nvidia's diligence in preventing chip sales to shell companies.
The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated a civil forfeiture action to recover approximately $65,000 in USDC tied to a cryptocurrency investment scam that stripped an Ohio resident of nearly $200,000.
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, posted $60 million in third-quarter adjusted EBITDA, rebounding from the prior quarter but tumbling roughly two-thirds from a year earlier.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation plans to link its tokenization platform to Solana in late 2027, enabling participant firms to mint and manage tokenized versions of eligible DTC-custodied securities on the network.
Institutional investors based in mainland China and Hong Kong have reportedly been excluded from placing orders in Anthropic's initial public offering, partly due to U.S. arms export rules.
An internal discussion urging Nvidia's board to consider staff sentiment has drawn over 1,600 comments, with the vast majority calling for former CEO Jensen Huang to be reinstated following his sudden resignation.
SpaceX's AI division has laid off about 60 employees from its Grok Imagine video and image generation group, leaving a skeleton crew to keep the tool operational while leadership refocuses resources on AI coding tools and autonomous agents.
The Bank of England, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Bank of Thailand have released results from a joint trial that connected traditional payment infrastructure with distributed ledger technology to settle foreign exchange trades simultaneously.
Jupiter has rolled out its Vaults product in beta on Solana, letting third-party managers including Bitwise, Re7 Labs, K3 Capital, and Hivemind Capital operate yield strategies for depositors.
Jane Street significantly expanded its spot Bitcoin ETF exposure to roughly $1.9 billion in the third quarter of 2026, boosting its Fidelity Bitcoin ETF stake nearly eightfold while trimming its BlackRock IBIT shares.
Nvidia's board has approached Arm chief executive Rene Haas as a candidate to succeed Jensen Huang, according to the Financial Times. While Haas has emerged as a leading contender, no formal offer has been made.
