The week of November 9, 2026

The big picture

YouTube is going back on the Billboard charts in 2027

YouTube said it will share its streaming data with Billboard again starting in 2027, ending an 11-month standoff. The deal follows Billboard's cut in the number of free streams needed for one album unit, from 2,500 to 1,500, while paid streams stay at 1,000. YouTube first counted toward the charts in 2013. The new formula applies to the Billboard 200 chart dated January 16, 2027.

Artificial Intelligence

• Apple starts selling $50 packs for extra Apple Intelligence use

  Apple's first paid add-on for its AI features is a one-time $49.99 pack in Logic Pro. It gives Creator Studio subscribers more room once they hit their monthly limit.

• Google's new AI chips keep your data locked, even while they work on it

  Google added two chips to its eighth-generation TPU family: TPU 8tx, which keeps data encrypted while AI runs on it, and TPU 8i Max, built for huge context windows.

• Instagram's AI age detection goes global, putting millions more teens in Teen Accounts

  Meta is expanding the AI that spots teens who gave an adult birthday to Instagram users worldwide, moving them into Teen Account protections automatically.

• Three charged over $129M AI scheme that faked CEOs and lawyers

  US prosecutors say three men used AI to copy the voices and faces of CEOs and top lawyers, then talked accounting staff into wiring about $129 million.

Technology

• YouTube is going back on the Billboard charts in 2027

  YouTube will share its streaming data with Billboard again from January 2027, after Billboard made free, ad-supported streams count for more.

• Windows 11 tests a way to switch off the Sticky Keys popup for good

  Microsoft is adding a checkbox to the Sticky Keys and Filter Keys popups so you can stop them from coming back. It is in test builds now, about 31 years after the dialog first appeared.

• Coinbase gets its federal trust bank charter, but no savings accounts

  Coinbase now has full approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to run as a national trust bank. It can hold and move assets, but it cannot take deposits or make loans.

• NVIDIA lets Korean AI chips plug into its systems with Rebellions and SK Telecom

  Rebellions will connect its Rebel R200 chips to NVIDIA's platform, and SK Telecom plans to run the racks in its Korean data center.

• Huawei launches a desktop PC it says is built entirely from Chinese parts

  Huawei's Qingyun HM650 runs its own Kirin X90 chip and HarmonyOS, and Huawei says every part is made in China. The claim comes with open questions.

Robotics

• US regulators question whether Waymo's school bus fix worked

  The US traffic safety agency opened a new review after most reported school bus violations happened after Waymo's November 2025 software fix.

• NVIDIA unveils GR00T 2 and Isaac Lab 3.0 to teach robots delicate work

  At the Conference on Robot Learning, NVIDIA introduced an open robot model, a faster simulator and new benchmarks. The goal is robots that can handle gears, cables and small parts.

• Tesla launches its robotaxi service in San Antonio, its eighth city

  Tesla's Robotaxi is live in San Antonio with a 274 square mile launch map. The big question is how much of that map riders can actually book.

• Embodied AI unveils AIR, a wheeled robot built to work beside people without a cage

  The Swiss startup's two-armed robot keeps its heavy parts in the torso, learns each job from a remote operator, and aims for CE marking in 2027.

• Four of six AGIBOT robots pass a 24-hour convenience store shift

  AGIBOT put six G2 humanoid robots to work in a real Shanghai convenience store for a full day. They finished 1,730 tasks, and two of them failed the final review.

• A Georgia Tech student says his dorm-built jet hit 491 mph

  Tomas Salvo says his $13,000 Reaper jet aircraft beat the 465 mph radio-controlled record. Nobody has verified it yet.