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Today β€” 7 November 2026NYT - Technology

Jeffrey Wigand, Who Blew the Whistle on Big Tobacco, Takes a Lot of Calls

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By: David Streitfeld
7 November 2026 at 10:00
Jeffrey Wigand, who took on Big Tobacco, counsels insiders who think they have a story about wrongdoing. There are quite a few of them.

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Jeffrey Wigand at home in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Yesterday β€” 6 November 2026NYT - Technology

House G.O.P. Leaders Ask Nvidia’s Huang to Speak in Closed-Door Briefing

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By: Tripp Mickle
6 November 2026 at 01:10
The New York Times reported last week that Mr. Huang had a close relationship with an executive that U.S. officials determined was funneling information to Chinese intelligence.

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A request for Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, to speak represented a shift for Republican congressional leaders, who have largely taken a hands-off approach to the tech industry.
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OpenAI and Anthropic Set Up β€˜War Rooms’ to Fight Disinfo About Midterm Elections

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By: Steven Lee Myers
3 November 2026 at 18:25
OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech companies have vowed to protect Tuesday’s elections from efforts to undermine democracy.

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OpenAI employees work inside the company’s Election Operations Center in San Francisco.

How A.I. Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Microtarget Voters

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By: Tiffany Hsu
2 November 2026 at 14:55
Hyper-personalized messages, delivered with A.I.-enabled precision, herald a new frontier for voter outreach (and potential disinformation).

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Microtargeting technology can help campaigns build more sophisticated models about constituent preferences that can be used to test various messaging in real time.

Polymarket and Kalshi Face a Major Accuracy Test: The Midterms

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By: Stuart A. Thompson
30 October 2026 at 15:10
Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.

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Prediction platforms like Polymarket are hoping the U.S. midterm elections will be their moment to shine.

Intel’s Shares Plunge 20% as A.I. Hinders Some Parts of Its Business

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By: Don Clark
29 October 2026 at 21:17
The chipmaker, whose largest investor is the U.S. government, reported that the A.I. boom’s domino effect had hurt sales to personal computer makers.

Β© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

A silicon wafer at Intel’s campus in Ocotillo, Ariz. The company reported revenue of $16.5 billion in its third quarter.

Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Emily Davies
26 October 2026 at 09:03
As political fights over artificial intelligence accelerate, there is now a super PAC aligned with the data center industry. Its first bet is on Ms. Graham, a Republican in an unexpectedly tight race.

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Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina has been friendlier toward the data center industry than her Democratic opponent, trying to walk a line between backing the centers’ development as a national security necessity while stressing the need for community involvement.

Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes

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By: Rebecca F. Elliott and Maddie McGarvey
23 October 2026 at 16:00
In Ohio, many voters say their frustration about the increase in electricity and fuel prices and the growth of data centers won’t influence whom they vote for.

In interviews, Ohio residents described data centers as threats to their communities. But many of them said the issue was not driving their choice for senator or governor.

Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push

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By: Theodore Schleifer
16 October 2026 at 20:58
The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.

Β© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

Meta’s annual conference last month in Menlo Park, Calif. The company received $22 million back from its American Technology Excellence Project and $3 million from a California advocacy group it funded.

Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy

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By: Kashmir Hill
14 October 2026 at 15:09
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.

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Meta has claimed to the Internal Revenue Service that the data centers it is building across the country to power its new generative A.I. efforts are β€œexperimental.”
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