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Bahrain Plans Trust Law Overhaul to Lure Wealthy Families and Family OfficesTrump Says AI Risks Can Be Managed and He Would Work With Democrats on GuardrailsTrump Calls Nvidia's Huang 'Honorable' and Says He Would Still Take Him to AsiaUS Forms Task Force to Cut Iran's Land and Caspian Sea Supply RoutesRBA's Hunter Says AI Has Not Yet Lifted Productivity but Is Adding to InflationMeta Shelves Business Terms That Would Have Let It Crawl Sites Linked From Facebook PagesBattery Backups Checking Their Charge in Sync Cause Minute-by-Minute Grid Dips, Study FindsDrone Attack Halts Production at Iraq's Khor Mor Gas Field, Run by UAE's Dana Gas

Daily Briefing

Monday, 9 November 2026

12 stories published on this day, grouped by section.

The day in brief

  • Nvidia Board Opens Independent Inquiry as Jensen Huang Admits Affair: Independent directors and outside counsel will examine reports that a suspected Chinese intelligence asset targeted the chief executive, nine days before Nvidia reports quarterly results.
  • TSMC Weighs Move Into 3D DRAM Memory Chips at Nvidia's Request: A push into stacked DRAM would pit the world's largest contract chipmaker against Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron while AI data centres keep memory scarce.
  • Presight and Quartermaster Agree to Pair Ship-Mounted Sensors With AI for UAE Maritime Security: The memorandum, signed at ADIPEC, would combine data from Quartermaster's SmartMast sensors on commercial ships with Presight's analytics, starting in the UAE.
  • Vodafone Qatar and AGIBOT Sign Agreement to Explore Robotics Deployments in Qatar: The Chinese robot maker and the operator will study how Vodafone's network could support humanoid and other robots in Qatar's government, business and education sectors.
  • Drone Attack Halts Production at Iraq's Khor Mor Gas Field, Run by UAE's Dana Gas: A gas storage facility was hit at the Kurdistan field operated by Sharjah-based Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, which feeds much of the region's power generation.

Business

  1. Drone Attack Halts Production at Iraq's Khor Mor Gas Field, Run by UAE's Dana Gas

    A gas storage facility was hit at the Kurdistan field operated by Sharjah-based Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, which feeds much of the region's power generation.

  2. Bahrain Plans Trust Law Overhaul to Lure Wealthy Families and Family Offices

    Draft rules would scrap the time limit on trusts, make sharia compliance optional and create a framework for multi-family offices, as Manama competes with Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Companies

  1. TSMC Weighs Move Into 3D DRAM Memory Chips at Nvidia's Request

    A push into stacked DRAM would pit the world's largest contract chipmaker against Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron while AI data centres keep memory scarce.

  2. Presight and Quartermaster Agree to Pair Ship-Mounted Sensors With AI for UAE Maritime Security

    The memorandum, signed at ADIPEC, would combine data from Quartermaster's SmartMast sensors on commercial ships with Presight's analytics, starting in the UAE.

  3. Vodafone Qatar and AGIBOT Sign Agreement to Explore Robotics Deployments in Qatar

    The Chinese robot maker and the operator will study how Vodafone's network could support humanoid and other robots in Qatar's government, business and education sectors.

  4. Nvidia Board Opens Independent Inquiry as Jensen Huang Admits Affair

    Independent directors and outside counsel will examine reports that a suspected Chinese intelligence asset targeted the chief executive, nine days before Nvidia reports quarterly results.

  5. Trump Calls Nvidia's Huang 'Honorable' and Says He Would Still Take Him to Asia

    The president said he had not discussed the spy allegations with Nvidia's chief, whose board opened an independent inquiry on Sunday, but added that 'you never know what's going on'.

Policy

  1. Meta Shelves Business Terms That Would Have Let It Crawl Sites Linked From Facebook Pages

    The update would have covered four sets of advertiser and business terms. Meta withdrew it after court injunctions in Norway and Brazil, a UK competition probe and objections from US senators.

  2. RBA's Hunter Says AI Has Not Yet Lifted Productivity but Is Adding to Inflation

    The Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor also warned that AI-linked assets could face sharp repricing if returns disappoint, and pointed to early hiring weakness among young workers.

  3. US Forms Task Force to Cut Iran's Land and Caspian Sea Supply Routes

    Task Force Iron Gate extends a naval blockade that CENTCOM says has kept more than $25 billion of Iranian crude off the market, targeting weapons, dual-use technology and revenue.

  4. Trump Says AI Risks Can Be Managed and He Would Work With Democrats on Guardrails

    In a post-midterm 60 Minutes interview, the president said he does not mind safeguards but will not accept rules that leave the US behind China.

Research

  1. Battery Backups Checking Their Charge in Sync Cause Minute-by-Minute Grid Dips, Study Finds

    Jülich researchers traced a mysterious frequency drop seen on grids from Europe to Australia to storage systems, including data centre UPS units, that all poll themselves on the minute.

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