Wednesday, 4 November 2026
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Wednesday, 4 November · the key facts, one line each
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    Judge lets NAACP's lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines proceed, rejecting the 'mobile source' defence

    A federal judge on 30 October 2026 denied xAI's motion to dismiss an NAACP lawsuit alleging that xAI ran gas turbines without air permits at a Southaven, Mississippi plant powering its Colossus 2 data centre.

    Policy & Regulation
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    Nvidia in talks to guarantee billions in debt for Nscale's West Virginia site built for Anthropic

    Nvidia is in talks to guarantee billions of dollars of debt for the 460 MW West Virginia data centre building that Nscale is constructing for Anthropic, The Information reported on 29 October 2026.

    Chips & Compute
  3. 3
    SBI confirms customer data found on the dark web; 3,897 records held personal details

    State Bank of India told stock exchanges on 21 October 2026 that it had an incident involving loss of certain data, after CERT-In and the Defence Cyber Agency alerted it on 16 October.

    AI in India · Based on an unconfirmed report
  4. 4
    Alphabet has its biggest one-day fall since 2004 as AI spending pushes free cash flow below zero

    Alphabet shares fell 12.6% on 29 October 2026, its biggest one-day fall since its 2004 listing, after third-quarter capital spending of $51.4 billion left free cash flow at minus $9.1 billion.

    Business & Funding
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    Apple’s new CEO John Ternus says Apple won’t ship “AI for AI’s sake”

    Apple chief executive John Ternus told Wired in an interview published on 30 October 2026 that Apple doesn't want to "ship AI for AI's sake".

    Business & Funding · Based on an unconfirmed report

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