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Monday, November 9, 2026

Monday edition

Companies

NVIDIA's board investigates reported foreign effort targeting Jensen Huang

Confirmed

Added 6:46 a.m. ET, Nov. 9

NVIDIA's board is opening an independent investigation after recent reporting that its founder and chief executive, Jensen Huang, has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort. The board announced it on Sunday, November 8, 2026, and that same day Huang wrote to employees, "I was unfaithful to my wife."¹ ²

Full story and sources · 3 primary sources

Courts

Supreme Court hears case on suing federal officers for money

Confirmed

Added 6:46 a.m. ET, Nov. 9

The Supreme Court is set to hear today, Monday, November 9, 2026. The case asks when a person can sue a federal officer for money over a constitutional violation.¹

Sources · 2 listed

Earth

Antarctic ozone hole ranks seventh largest in 48 years, NASA says

Confirmed

Added 6:46 a.m. ET, Nov. 9

A map centered on the South Pole shows ozone concentrations on September 18, 2026. Areas at and below 220 Dobson units, the threshold that defines the ozone hole, appear in yellow, orange, and red over Antarctica. — NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using data from NASA Ozone Watch. September 18, 2026. Source. Public domain. A work of the U.S. government, NASA Earth Observatory.

The 2026 Antarctic ozone hole ranked seventh largest by area in 48 years of monitoring, NASA said, though it was not as deep as other large holes on record. The word hole is not literal, because no place is empty of ozone.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Models

Thinking Machines introduces Inkling 2 Small and plans downloads next week

Partially confirmed

Added 6:46 a.m. ET, Nov. 9

Thinking Machines Lab introduced a new model called Inkling 2 Small on Thursday, November 5, 2026.¹ The lab says it intends to make the full model available for download next week, after outside safety testing and red-teaming.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Safety

Explosion at Turkish steel plant kills 3 as rescuers search for 10

Partially confirmed

Added 7:41 a.m. ET, Nov. 9

An explosion at a steel plant in Aliaga, in western Turkey's Izmir province, killed three people on Monday, Nov. 9, the Izmir governor's office said. Rescuers are searching for 10 people trapped under the debris.¹

Sources · 1 listed

Safety

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant gets outside power back after about 15 hours on diesel

Confirmed

Updated 7:41 a.m. ET, Nov. 9

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has outside power again, after running for about 15 hours on emergency diesel generators when its last working outside line dropped.¹ ³

Sources · 5 listed

Safety

Attack in Congo's Ebola zone sends patients fleeing, health agency warns

Confirmed

Updated 7:41 a.m. ET, Nov. 9

Patients with confirmed or suspected Ebola fled a hospital in Congo's North Kivu province after an armed attack on the village of Cantine-Aloya on Thursday, Nov. 5.² Africa's public health agency said such interruptions create additional risks for communities.¹

Sources · 5 listed

Desk note

NVIDIA led. The board said on November 8 that it is opening an independent investigation after reporting that Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort, and Huang apologized to employees. The statements name no country. No November Form 8-K was on the SEC list. The Supreme Court is set to hear today. NASA said the 2026 Antarctic ozone hole ranked seventh largest by area. Thinking Machines posted Inkling 2 Small on November 5, a catch-up. Markets cover Friday, November 6 only. Sunday covered the week. Crime was empty. No fight result. Safety stays with that desk. The bureau CPI and jobs schedule pages, and the Employment Situation HTML, returned 403. The public data API still shows October payrolls at 159,293 thousand and unemployment at 4.1 percent. Series cards were not rewritten. Skipped: the FTC settlement with Progress Residential and Pretium, because the press-release URL and the November index returned 404. Party control, because no official seat math was opened. Mississippi's Senate race, because no November 3 file was opened. Congress's return and a December 11 funding date, because congress.gov returned 403. COP31, because no treaty-site primary was opened. Russell Brand, because no court primary was opened. A 60 Minutes interview. Europe and Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, Israel, New Zealand, Paraguay, and Kenya, with no official page opened. An OpenAI proof claim, with no OpenAI page. Wet-lab and Hacktron items, still feed-only. Palantir, a Nebraska Medicaid feature, and a NASCAR title. Egypt trains, Kraków, Riyadh, a Ukrainian aid center, a Northeast storm, and a New Zealand whale stranding, left for the Safety desk. Local police stories. No odds.