The Evening Update: Jensen Huang Exits Nvidia as Colette Kress Takes Interim CEO Role

This edition of The Evening Update, dated November 12, 2026, leads with Nvidia's leadership change, then covers a free local AWS emulator, a large satellite financing, planned gas power for AI data centers, Samsung and Google smart glasses, a Windows 11 update and Gemini on Apple CarPlay. The Nvidia change matters most because it puts the company's AI deals under closer scrutiny.

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Gemini on Apple CarPlay goes worldwide

Gemini on Apple CarPlay began rolling out worldwide on November 11, 2026, letting iPhone owners hold hands-free Gemini Live conversations on their car display in every language Gemini Live supports. Drivers can interrupt a reply, switch topics or pause the conversation while driving. Through the assistant, users can have Gmail threads condensed and Google Calendar schedules reviewed. Setup conditions apply, and before this rollout most iPhone drivers used Gemini only through Google Maps navigation. Read our full report on the CarPlay rollout.

Nvidia AI deals face scrutiny after Huang exit

Nvidia has named CFO Colette Kress interim chief executive after co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as president, CEO and board member with immediate effect. Kress keeps her finance role while leading the company on an interim basis. The change draws attention to Nvidia's AI deals, because the chipmaker sells hardware to companies it also backs, finances and guarantees, and roughly $530 billion in commitments face scrutiny. Huang's exit followed weeks of coverage of two extramarital relationships, one involving a person accused of spying for China, and he apologized without giving details. The board has begun a search for a permanent CEO that will consider internal and external candidates. Our report on the Nvidia AI deals covers the details.

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Free local AWS emulator built by coding agents

AWS has released AWS Emulator, a free program that runs AWS API endpoints on a developer's machine so the AWS CLI, SDKs and coding agents can test without metered cloud charges, as the AWS News Blog announced on November 11, 2026. Developers redirect their tools by setting variables such as AWS_ENDPOINT_URL, so application code stays unchanged. The emulator listens on a local HTTPS endpoint at 127.0.0.1:9297 and refuses requests signed with keys other than its own. AWS says autonomous agents wrote the whole program and that its staff neither authored nor checked the code. Fidelity to AWS varies by service, and the published material does not establish how closely it matches the real APIs.

CesiumAstro closes $730 million Series D for Synchronicity

CesiumAstro has closed a $730 million Series D round at a valuation above $4.5 billion, led by Janus Henderson, to build a 737-satellite Synchronicity constellation, according to a Business Wire release. The round combines $630 million in equity with $100 million in debt from the Export-Import Bank of the United States and JPMorgan. Eight launches are already secured, and the company's 2026 capital announcements now exceed $1.2 billion. The raise follows the start of on-orbit operations for Element-1, the company's first satellite, in October. Synchronicity moves CesiumAstro from supplying space hardware toward running its own integrated space network, with multi-beam links across Ku-, Ka- and V-band.

Planned on-site gas plants for AI data centers reach 181GW

Developers plan 181GW of on-site gas-fired generation for AI data centers across the US, the UK and mainland Europe, according to a BloombergNEF report covered in this Guardian report. Developers say the units would run only until grid connections arrive, after delays that left new facilities waiting for power. The US accounts for 90% of the planned on-site stations, and the plants would emit carbon dioxide equivalent on a scale comparable to millions of fossil fuel cars each year. BloombergNEF also projects AI data center electricity demand could nearly quadruple by 2035 to 2,354 terawatt-hours, or 7% of global demand. The key question is whether these plants stay a temporary bridge or become a long-term fixture, which would lock the power mix into fossil fuels. The sources do not quantify local noise or water use for these plants.

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Samsung and Google open pre-orders for Intelligent Eyewear

Samsung and Google have opened pre-orders for Intelligent Eyewear, a line of 30 smart glasses designs made with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker that run Google's Gemini assistant, according to Samsung's announcement. The glasses ship December 10 in the US and South Korea. Warby Parker models start at $395 in the US, while Korea offers only Gentle Monster models, from 650,000 won. At about 41 grams, the frames run on Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip and last up to nine hours per charge, or 72 hours with the case. A 12-megapixel camera records 3K video at 30 frames per second, and Google Translate handles real-time spoken translation in more than 70 languages.

Microsoft ships KB5132061 with customizable right-click menu

Microsoft has released KB5132061, a mandatory November 2026 security update for Windows 11 that reached PCs on November 10, 2026 and adds a customizable right-click menu and Cloud Rebuild recovery. The update lifts 26H2 to build 26300.9974, 25H2 to build 26200.9974, and 24H2 Enterprise and Education to build 26100.9974. Users can hide entries such as Send to and Create shortcut or add Print, which trims a menu that previously placed around 20 entries below the icon row when right-clicking an image. Cloud Rebuild reinstalls Windows with a fresh image and drivers from Windows Update, removing the need for a USB recovery drive. Several features roll out in stages, so some machines will show only the new build number at first. Hands-on coverage of the update provides further detail.

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