California's proposed 'billionaire tax' fails to pass

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View this email online in your browser  November 10, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 California's proposed 'billionaire tax' fails to pass: California voters rejected Proposition 40, the one-time 5% tax on billionaires, the AP reported Monday. Tech leaders outspent backers roughly 10 to 1 to defeat it, and the founders and economists TechCrunch interviewed before the vote were split on whether it would have driven out wealthy residents or just trimmed their fortunes. Read More Jensen Huang's alleged honeypot scandal has inspired some top-notch memes: The internet is having a field day with Nvidia's Jensen Huang's alleged honeypot scandal. Read More Ring, known for its doorbell cameras, launches a home security drone and an enterprise security robot: Amazon-owned Ring is pushing into robotics with the launch of a home security drone and a rolling robot designed to patrol and protect businesses. Read More A message from Intel A blueprint for making robotics a reality Our recent robotics readiness report highlighted a critical gap between organizations’ robotics ambitions and what they’re structured to deliver. This blueprint will help you close that gap and lay a foundation for a successful human-robot workforce. Get Blueprint Morning Must-Reads N-able takes its remote access service offline after researcher publishes dozens of zero-day bugs: The remote access giant also urged its self-hosted customers to take down their own servers amid a "critical security incident," fearing the possibility of cyberattacks. Read More Adobe brings AI agents and new creative tools to Photoshop, Premiere, and Firefly: Adobe is taking on Figma with a new prototype builder tool in Firefly. Read More Google broadens its AI hardware portfolio with two new specialized chips: Google's new tensor processing units (TPUs) broaden its chip portfolio to more use cases: confidential model training and more memory capacity. Read More Anthropic sets IPO price range of $70 to $78 per share to reach an implied valuation of $1.404 trillion: The company could end up being worth a hefty $1.404 trillion if its shares list at the top of the price range, on a fully diluted basis. Read More Meta's AI agent Muse lands on Apple Watch and Android Wear OS: Users can now interact with Meta’s AI assistant through voice calls, text messages, or dictation on their Apple Watch. Read More Last but Not Least Reddit is turning user conversations into AI-powered product reviews: Reddit's new AI-powered reviews summarize what users like and dislike about 10,000 products, helping shoppers research purchases ahead of the holidays. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy

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View this email online in your browser  November 09, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy: The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier. Read More Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns: Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users. Read More AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months: Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation. Read More A message from Microsoft and NVIDIA Discover the full-stack AI platforms advancing today’s AI Get a closer look at the technologies moving AI forward with NVIDIA at Microsoft Ignite 2026. Explore sessions on agentic AI built for production, accelerated infrastructure, cloud and AI platforms, physical AI and autonomous systems, and high-fidelity simulations. View the sessions and build your Microsoft Ignite agenda today. Browse sessions Afternoon Must-Reads France blames Iran for mass-hacks targeting freezers in grocery stores and blood banks: France's foreign minister blamed Iran for launching at least two waves of cyberattacks targeting industrial refrigerated and freezer units across France and wider Europe. Read More Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production: Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around eight months. Read More Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution: At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna. Read More Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny: Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market. Read More Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines: Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse. Read More Last but Not Least Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis: Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107