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Big Moves

Musk: Future Starship Flights Will Carry Over 50 Tb/s of Starlink Bandwidth ↗

Elon Musk said on X on November 14 that future Starship flights will each carry over 50 Tb/s of Starlink bandwidth to orbit. Official Starlink figures put today’s Flight 15 load of 26 V3 satellites at up to 26 terabits of capacity, or about 26 Tbps at 1 Tbps per satellite. Musk’s target is roughly double that, or more than 50 V3-class satellites in one flight.

Holy Shit Tech

Google's AI agents wrote 1.8 million lines of Lean to machine-check the Weil conjectures ↗

Google Research said on Nov. 13 that its /teamwork-LEAP multi-agent system autonomously produced a 1.8-million-line Lean formalization of the Weil conjectures over about 28,800 subagent calls, formalized the Birkhoff conjecture for the first time, fixed a gap in a recent proof and helped prove the Courtade-Kumar conjecture.

Internet Chaos

GTA 6 boxed-code scare meets two unsuccessful tests ↗

A social-media warning about sealed GTA 6 download codes prompted GamesRadar to test US and UK PS5 copies. Neither code was readable, focusing attention on packaging differences rather than proving widespread theft.

Internet Chaos

FPA apologizes after AI clothing swaps put creators in its ads ↗

FPA acknowledged using creator images for AI clothing swaps without permission. Its apology highlights the gap between generating a convincing product photo and securing the right to use the person in it.

Holy Shit Tech

COMAC’s 10-ton electric airliner CE-25A completes first piloted flight ↗

On Nov. 14 in Binzhou, Shandong, COMAC’s CE-25A completed its first piloted intelligent flight. COMAC said the test lasted 57 minutes and 46 seconds, including 16 minutes and 38 seconds in the air over 60.4 kilometers. The 19-seat, 10-ton electric aircraft is being developed to transport-category rules, and China’s aviation regulator has accepted its type-certificate application.

Big Moves

Nvidia board continues Huang probe as Congress demands December testimony ↗

After Jensen Huang resigned on Nov. 12, NBC News reported that Nvidia’s independent directors plan to keep investigating him. House committees asked him to appear for a closed-door interview on Dec. 1, and the Senate Banking Committee asked him to testify on Dec. 3, with subpoena threats if he does not. The board told CNBC it has not yet selected a search firm or formally engaged candidates.