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Monday, 9 November 2026

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The Takeaway

US President Donald Trump stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot have very similar views, suggesting they would support his initiatives. Meanwhile, Florida Republican Representative Randy Fine announced that he will not endorse Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 Republican presidential primary, citing Vance's betrayal of Trump and scapegoating of Israel and American Jews.

In other news, Iraqi Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudair claimed that Iraq is producing over 5 million barrels of oil per day, complicating the country's efforts to increase its OPEC production quota.

In the tech sector, the AI chip industry is shifting its focus from high-bandwidth memory to advanced packaging, driven by the increasing power and complexity of AI accelerators. On the finance front, oil prices fell due to hopes of a US-Iran breakthrough, with Brent crude nearing $97 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate approaching a similar level.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia is also working to launch a framework for its low-altitude economy by the end of the year, aiming to provide a common direction for government agencies and industry players.

Written by urgent.news from the day's reporting.

AI

AI

ChatGPT for Project Managers: 12 Practical Prompts You Can Use Today

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot are useful to project managers for one main reason: a lot of project work is turning messy information into clear structure. Notes into minutes, goals into plans, risks into a register, progress into a status report. AI is good at first drafts of exactly that. Below are twelve prompts you can adapt. Replace the parts in square…

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are beneficial for project managers as they excel at converting disorganized information into structured formats. By using AI, project managers can generate initial drafts of essential components such as goals, plans, risk registers, and status reports. To make the most of these tools, project managers should adhere to certain guidelines:

1. Never share confidential data or personal information without proper approval.

2. Treat AI-generated output as a draft and verify facts, dates, and numbers.

3. Remember that AI provides suggestions, and the final decision lies with the project manager.

Here are twelve practical prompts that project managers can utilize today:

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Tech

Tech

Beyond Binary: A Layered Clinical Decision Support Architecture

Beyond Binary: A Layered Clinical Decision Support Architecture Abstract Diagnostic errors and missed findings remain a leading source of preventable harm in hospitals, yet most AI clinical decision support tools deliver binary outputs without quantifying uncertainty, without adapting to how a patient changes over time, and without helping clinicians navigate combinatorial treatment choices. This…

Title: Beyond Binary: A Layered Clinical Decision Support Architecture

Introduction: The Problem

Between 5% and 15% of clinical consultations involve diagnostic errors, which can lead to severe consequences such as missed cancer diagnoses, untreated sepsis, and delayed spinal infections. Current AI clinical decision support tools primarily provide binary outputs, lacking the ability to quantify uncertainty, adapt to patient changes over time, or assist clinicians in navigating complex treatment combinations.

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Freeze the Clock Before You Refactor: Characterization Tests for Impure Code

Legacy code is rarely untestable. It is usually just unseeded. A characterization test that reads the wall clock will flake on day two. So freeze the inputs first, then pin the outputs.

  • Characterization tests focus on freezing impure code behavior
  • Inventory impurity via text search, not profiling
  • Frozen behavior verified before code changes

SteamVR improves streaming image quality — and what about scientific VR?

SteamVR improves streaming image quality — and what about scientific VR? Valve has released a beta update of SteamVR which improves the image quality transmitted to all autonomous headsets compatible…

  • SteamVR beta update improves image quality for autonomous VR headsets like Meta Quest.
  • Three key factors: resolution per eye, latency, stability, color and depth fidelity.

Beyond Binary: A Layered Architecture of Clinical Decision Support

Beyond Binary: A Layered Architecture for Clinical Decision Support Summary Diagnostic errors and missed findings are among the leading causes of preventable harm in hospitals, yet most AI-powered…

  • Diagnosis errors and missed findings cause most preventable hospital damages
  • Current AI-based CDSS tools provide binary outputs without uncertainty quantification
  • Proposed three-layer CDSS architecture addresses these problems

Business

Business

Here's what smart people are saying about Nvidia's investigation of CEO Jensen Huang

As Nvidia grapples with a national security scandal, some business and tech leaders have begun to weigh in. Here's what they're saying.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted in a memo to employees on Sunday that he had been unfaithful to his wife, according to the company. The board of directors has launched an investigation into whether Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort, the company stated. Huang previously told Nvidia staff he had been unfaithful to his wife, according to a report from The New York Times.

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Trump backs Nvidia's Huang amid affair, spy investigation

President Trump defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Sunday night, even as the company's board launched an investigation into his affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Why it matters: The blowback to Huang's relationship is only getting more intense by the hour, with multiple members of Congress calling for probes and investors saying the…

Finance & Markets

Finance & Markets

Iraq’s 5 Million Bpd Oil Claim Complicates Its OPEC Quota Push

Iraq's campaign for a larger OPEC production allocation has taken a complicated turn after Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudair said the country is already producing more than 5 million barrels per day, more than half a million barrels above its current OPEC+ requirement. Khudair’s statement raises a basic question over Iraq’s current production as OPEC prepares to set production levels for 2027.…

Iraqi Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudair has claimed that Iraq is currently producing over 5 million barrels of oil per day, which is over half a million barrels more than its current OPEC production quota. This statement has added complexity to Iraq's efforts to increase its OPEC production allocation. In early October, Iraq joined six other OPEC countries in agreeing to maintain their current production levels for December, putting Iraq's production at 4.431 million barrels per day.

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Could Buying Palantir Stock Today Set You Up for Life?

The company's strong leadership in AI software has propelled the stock to life-changing returns since late 2020.

  • Palantir stock surged over 1,500% since IPO in 2020
  • Current market cap of $412 billion limits near-term 1,500% growth
  • Diversified investments recommended over single stock exposure

World

World

PNB unfazed by MSCI's Indonesia concerns

KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) has ruled out a blanket withdrawal from Indonesian investments following MSCI’s proposal to reclassify the country’s equity market, saying the index provider’s concerns do not, by themselves, justify an exit.

KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) has dismissed the need for a complete pullout from Indonesian investments following MSCI's suggestion to reclassify the nation's equity market. The index provider's apprehensions alone are insufficient to warrant an exit, PNB stated. PNB disclosed that it does not hold direct shares in Indonesian equities, with its direct exposure to the country confined to modest fixed-income investments, comprising a negligible fraction of its total assets under management.

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Wage hike may push plantation costs up 9pct

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s plantation sector faces mounting cost pressures from higher minimum wages, with the likes of SD Guthrie Bhd estimating a potential nine per cent increase in its overall costs.

Strategies for supply chain risks in energy transition

Having painfully experienced the vulnerability of fossil fuel dependence through the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East, the world is accelerating the transition to clean energy. Paradoxically, however, in an effort to escape the risks of fossil fuel supply chains, countries are now facing a new risk: dependence on specific…

Oil prices extend losses on hopes of US-Iran breakthrough

GLOBAL crude oil prices extended their losses on Monday amid hopes of progress in negotiations between the United States and Iran, easing concerns over prolonged disruption to supplies through the…

  • Brent crude nears $97 per barrel as hopes rise for US-Iran deal
  • WTI edges to $90 amid 13% drop last week
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns Iran's demands are unacceptable

Florida proved again it isn't like the rest of America, yet change brewed

A blue tsunami washed over America Tuesday. Yet Florida Republicans found just enough sandbags to safeguard their power in a state that now looks more like a political island than a peninsula.

  • Florida's Republicans maintained power despite national blue wave
  • Republicans had 37% more registered voters than Democrats
  • Florida voters preferred status quo over change

Science

Science

Beyond elite conflicts: How state surveillance swept up lives

A massive wiretapping scandal targeting over 6,000 people, ranging from politicians to activists, reveals that Indonesia’s surveillance apparatus isn't just guarding the state. It's systematically dismantling democracy from the shadows.

A sweeping wiretapping scandal, targeting over six thousand individuals from various walks of life, has emerged in Indonesia, raising serious concerns about the erosion of democracy. Former National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo and his inner circle are at the center of the alleged illegal wiretapping, but the true scope of the surveillance apparatus extends far beyond.

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Culture

Culture

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Use betPARX promo code YAHOOBONUS during registration to qualify for a 200% deposit boost.

betPARX is offering a 200% deposit boost for new customers who use promo code YAHOOBONUS when signing up and meet the promotional requirements. This promotional offer is valid for Sunday's NFL primetime matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. The game kicks off at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

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