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Intel's Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger has abruptly retired, stepping down from both his position and the company's board after less than four years at the helm.

Intel Chief Executive Gelsinger Steps Down

Canada: Court Orders Release of LifeLabs Data Breach Report

The race is on to make AI agents do your online shopping for you

Pakistan: Imran Khan Supporters Detained After Defying Lockdown

In an all-hands meeting, Intel's new leaders emphasized outgoing CEO Pat Gelsinger's 'personal decision'

Business Insider4 hrs

Games

Toy and game manufacturer Mattel announced it will launch a more "inclusive" and "collaborative" version of Scrabble, marking the biggest change in the 75-year history of the board game.

Mattel Announces New, More 'Inclusive' Scrabble

Meta Announces New AI Products at Conference

Sony brings back original PlayStation boot screen with PS5 anniversary update

Judge Rules Microsoft Able to Buy Activision Blizzard

'Pokémon GO' Using Some Player Data to Build AI Navigation System?

Software

Following a national security review of TikTok's parent firm ByteDance Ltd.'s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc., Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne ordered the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian operations on Wednesday.

Canada: TikTok Won't be Blocked but Canadian Operations to Close

Microsoft Says It's Developing 'Ever Present' AI Assistant

Zyx Technology, TMA Solutions join hands for global AI collaboration

Korea Herald3 days

Microsoft Quits OpenAI Board

Tessl raises $125M at $500M+ valuation to build AI that writes and maintains code

TechCrunchNov 12

Hardware

Chip-maker Nvidia on Tuesday passed Microsoft to become the world's most valuable public company, based on data from S&P Global — an ascent fueled by a boom in generative artificial intelligence (AI) and greater demand for the company's chips.

Nvidia Passes Microsoft as Most Valuable Public Company

Report: China Buying Nvidia Chips Despite US Export Ban

Chip war ramps up with new US semiconductor restrictions on China

Guardian25 mins

Democrats Seek a Classified Briefing on Whether House Chaos Helps China

US unleashes another crackdown on China’s chip industry

Al Jazeera3 hrs

Computer security

Former US Treasury Secretary under former Pres. Trump Steven Mnuchin announced that he's building a team of investors to try and buy the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, which is estimated to be worth upwards of $100B.

Steven Mnuchin Says He's Building a Team to Buy TikTok

US Court: Pegasus Spyware Maker Must Give Code to WhatsApp

Forcing people to change their passwords is officially a bad idea

New ScientistOct 22

White House Issues New Cyber Directives to Defend US Ports

Worldwide Tech Outage Started with Defective Crowdstrike Update to Microsoft Windows

Scientific AmericanNov 12