Daily briefing
November 13, 2026
11 stories · about 11 minutes
Apple Sports adds UFC with live stats for every fight on the card
Apple's free Sports app now covers UFC, starting with UFC 334 this Saturday. You get fight-by-fight numbers, a strike map and lock screen updates.
- Apple Sports now covers UFC, starting with the UFC 334 card on Saturday, November 14.
- Every bout gets live stats: total strikes, significant strikes, takedowns, knockdowns, submission attempts and control time.
- An animated strike map shows where hits land, and Live Activities put the fight on your lock screen and Apple Watch.
- The app is free, iPhone only, and now comes preinstalled when you set up a new iPhone from scratch.
Why it matters: Apple added UFC to its free Sports app on Thursday, starting with UFC 334 on Saturday. Every bout on the card gets live stats such as strikes, takedowns, knockdowns and control time, plus an animated strike map. Live Activities carry the fight to the iPhone lock screen and Apple Watch. The app shows data only, so watching still requires Paramount+, and it remains iPhone only.
Read the full story →LangChain raises $300 million at a $3 billion valuation for AI agents
The AI agent software company more than doubled its value in a year, and says 7,000 organizations now use its LangSmith platform.
- LangChain raised $300 million at a $3 billion valuation, led by its existing investor CapitalG.
- The value is more than double the $1.25 billion it was worth when it raised $125 million in October 2025.
- LangChain says more than 7,000 organizations use LangSmith, including NVIDIA, Toyota and Salesforce.
- A new set of LangSmith features is due at a release event on Friday, November 20.
Why it matters: LangChain raised $300 million at a $3 billion valuation, led by its existing investor CapitalG. The valuation is more than double the $1.25 billion it was worth a year ago. The company says more than 7,000 organizations use its LangSmith platform to run, improve and govern AI agents. It will show new LangSmith features at a release event on November 20.
Read the full story →SignDrop, a new Windows zero-day, gives attackers full System rights
A researcher with a long feud against Microsoft published SignDrop, an unpatched Windows flaw that turns a normal account into the most powerful one on the PC.
- A researcher using the name Nightmare Eclipse published SignDrop, a Windows zero-day that gives a local user System rights.
- The flaw sits in the Common Log File System and comes from a protection Microsoft added in October 2025.
- It was shown working on Windows 11 26H2 and Windows Server 2025 Experimental builds, and there is no patch yet.
- Researcher Will Dormann reproduced it but found it works only on some 26H2 systems, so the real number at risk is unclear.
Why it matters: A researcher using the name Nightmare Eclipse published SignDrop, an unpatched Windows flaw that lets a local user gain System rights, the highest level in Windows. It abuses a protection Microsoft added to the Common Log File System in October 2025. It was shown on Windows 11 26H2, though Will Dormann found it works on only some of them. Microsoft has not commented, and no patch exists yet.
Read the full story →Microsoft's AI Frontiers research group is over, says co-founder John Langford
John Langford says the roughly 50-person group ended after it was folded into Microsoft AI in September, and that its founding leaders all left.
- John Langford wrote on November 6, 2026 that "AI Frontiers is over" and that he has left Microsoft.
- The group had about 50 people and was moved into Microsoft AI in early September.
- Langford says Microsoft AI's core philosophy is scaling, "and aggressively not research".
- He says every other founding leader of the group seems to have reached the same conclusion, and there will be no internships next year.
Why it matters: Microsoft researcher John Langford wrote on November 6 that AI Frontiers, a roughly 50-person group he helped found in 2023, is over after a September reorganization into Microsoft AI. He says that team's scaling-first philosophy clashed with research, and that he and the other founding leaders left. The post carries no Microsoft statement. What Microsoft does with the group's work is not yet known.
Read the full story →BYD apologizes after wrong wheels ship on its Great Tang SUV
BYD says some Great Tang SUVs left the factory with their front and rear rims swapped. It will replace the rims for free and restart the warranty.
- BYD apologized on November 11, 2026 after some Great Tang (Datang) SUVs were delivered with the front and rear rims swapped.
- Only the single-motor 950 km rear-wheel-drive trim is affected, and BYD blames a coding error at a wheel supplier in Hubei.
- BYD says there is no safety risk, but owners reported odd handling, quick tyre wear and even blowouts.
- Affected cars get free rims, a loaner car or travel costs, and a restarted warranty. BYD has not said how many cars are involved.
Why it matters: BYD apologized after some Great Tang electric SUVs left the factory with their front and rear wheel rims swapped. The company blames a coding error at a Hubei supplier and says driving is safe, though owners reported odd handling and tyre problems. BYD will replace the rims for free, offer loaner cars or travel costs, and restart the warranty from November 11. It has not said how many cars are affected.
Read the full story →Microsoft 365 outage cuts off Outlook, Teams and Copilot for hours
Outlook, Teams, Copilot and SharePoint stopped working for many people on Thursday. Microsoft says servers kept failing health checks, and recovery was still partial late at night.
- Microsoft 365 problems began shortly before 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 12, 2026, and hit Outlook, Teams, Copilot, SharePoint Online and more.
- Downdetector logged more than 130,000 problem reports at the peak, and Microsoft gave no time for full recovery.
- Microsoft says servers kept failing automated health checks and became unavailable, which overloaded the servers still running.
- Some servers returned to service but could become unresponsive again once traffic reached them, so the outage ran into Friday.
Why it matters: Microsoft 365 went down shortly before 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, cutting people off from Outlook email, Teams, Copilot and SharePoint, with more than 130,000 problem reports on Downdetector. Microsoft says servers kept failing automated health checks and overloading the rest. Some servers came back but went unresponsive again under traffic, and the outage ran into Friday. Microsoft has paused deployments and is building an automated restart process.
Read the full story →Humble Bundle's new site drops two-factor login for accounts
Humble Bundle's redesigned storefront no longer lets you add two-factor login, and sign-in skips the code. Some users say it is back for them.
- Humble Bundle relaunched its storefront with a new look in November 2026, and the settings page no longer lets you add or update two-factor verification.
- Users who set up two-factor login on the old site report signing in with only an email and a password. Some say the feature has since come back for them.
- Reports also say a logged-in user can change the password without typing the old one.
- Humble Bundle had not publicly explained the change when this story was written, and its help pages still recommend two-factor login.
Why it matters: Humble Bundle's redesigned storefront no longer lets users add or update two-factor verification, and people who had it on the old site say login no longer asks for a code. A logged-in user can also change the password without typing the old one. Humble Bundle has not publicly explained the change, and some users say the feature has since returned for them. Until it is confirmed, security experts suggest a unique password and no saved cards.
Read the full story →A Caltech robot built part of a structure in orbit, on its own
A small robot named ASTRA has assembled a new section of a truss in orbit with no astronauts. It is the first time a structure was built that way, DARPA says.
- DARPA and Caltech say ASTRA is the first automated assembly of a structure in space, with no astronauts involved.
- The robot launched on March 30, 2026, with two truss sections already built, and then assembled a third section on its own.
- It will not finish the full 11-section antenna before the mission ends in December, but the team says the method is proven.
- Engineers could talk to the robot only about 15 minutes at a time, seven or eight times a day.
Why it matters: DARPA and Caltech say a robot named ASTRA has made the first automated assembly of a structure in space, building a third truss section in orbit without astronauts. The robot flew with two sections already built and will not finish its planned 11-section antenna before the mission ends in December. Still, the test shows a path to antennas and telescopes far bigger than any rocket can carry. DARPA's next test, a composite-making experiment, flies to the space station later this year.
Read the full story →SpaceX wants a 6-gigawatt AI data center in the Arizona desert
SpaceX has confirmed it is behind a 747-acre, nine-building supercomputer campus in Cochise County. It promises dry cooling and no new well, and a vote is set for December 9.
- SpaceX confirmed at a November 4 community meeting that it owns the proposed Cochise Supercomputer Campus, filed through its affiliate Tombstone Resources LLC.
- The 747-acre site near the Willcox Playa would have nine buildings and need up to 6 gigawatts of power, built in four stages of about 1.5 gigawatts.
- SpaceX says the campus would be dry-cooled, drill no new well in the Willcox groundwater basin and pay $3.6 billion for new power lines.
- The county Planning and Zoning Commission holds a public hearing on December 9, and construction could start in March 2027 if zoning is approved.
Why it matters: SpaceX confirmed it is the owner behind a 747-acre AI data center campus in Cochise County, Arizona, filed through its affiliate Tombstone Resources. The nine-building site would draw up to 6 gigawatts, with dry cooling and no new well. The plan would be by far the biggest in the state, about 24 times the local power co-op's summer peak. The county holds a public hearing on December 9.
Read the full story →Whoop launches Humans, a social network built on your heartbeat
Whoop Humans lets members follow friends and family and share sleep, recovery and workout data from their band. It is free for every membership tier.
- Whoop launched Humans on November 12, a social network inside the Whoop app where members follow friends and family and share health data.
- It is free for members at every tier. Whoop memberships, which include the band, range from $199 to $359 a year.
- Members choose which data to share, who follows them and can turn on a "stealth mode" to hide for a few days.
- Whoop says it does not sell member data, and health alerts and medical information are never shared.
Why it matters: Whoop launched Humans, a social network inside its app where members follow friends and family and share sleep, recovery and workout data. Every account is tied to a real wearer, which Whoop pitches as "verified human." It is free at every membership tier, and members control what is shared. Whoop says its members are about to reach nearly 4 million by the end of the year.
Read the full story →GXO plans up to 1,000 Apptronik Apollo humanoids, if trials pass
GXO signed a letter of intent with Apptronik to expand warehouse trials of the Apollo humanoid in 2027. Up to 1,000 robots could follow over four years.
- GXO and Apptronik signed a letter of intent, not a purchase order, to expand trials of the Apollo humanoid robot in GXO warehouses from 2027.
- If the robots meet agreed performance and safety targets, the companies intend to deploy up to 1,000 Apollo robots worldwide over four years.
- The first deployment is planned for North America in late 2027, under a robots-as-a-service model where GXO pays for the work, not the machines.
- GXO's CEO said in August the company had not yet earned a return on humanoids and was about two years away from that.
Why it matters: GXO, the world's largest pure-play contract logistics company, signed a letter of intent with Apptronik to expand Apollo humanoid trials in 2027. If the robots hit agreed performance and safety targets, the companies intend to deploy up to 1,000 of them worldwide over four years. The plan is conditional, with no price or sites named. The first rollout is planned for North America in late 2027.
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