Edition 56

Saturday, 14 November 2026

Lead story

Routine FAA equipment upgrade blamed for nationwide US flight ground stop

The disruption cancelled thousands of flights and has prompted a review of when remote equipment switchovers are scheduled.

14 Nov 2026 · 1 min read · 1 source

02

Policy

Italy fines Meta €805m over Facebook access to users' Android photos

The penalty turns on a single app-wide permission that gave Facebook broad access to gallery media without users being clearly told why.

14 Nov 2026 1 min read 1 source

03

Security

US disrupts North Korean FaceStealer campaign tied to $400 million in crypto thefts

Victims were sometimes targeted months or over a year after their first compromise, the FBI has warned.

14 Nov 2026 1 min read 1 source

04

Infrastructure

Open source DocumentDB 1.0 ships with MongoDB wire compatibility on PostgreSQL

For teams running MongoDB workloads, the release offers a permissively licensed alternative, though early performance results are mixed.

14 Nov 2026 1 min read 1 source

05

Infrastructure

Starship flight 15 reaches orbit, setting up a possible booster catch Saturday

With the upper stage in a nominal orbit, SpaceX now plans a possible first-stage catch on Saturday.

14 Nov 2026 1 min read 1 source

06

Infrastructure

Amazon Reportedly Plans a Database of Products Sold Across the Web

If the plan goes ahead, shoppers could research products on Amazon rather than on Reddit or Google, including goods Amazon does not sell.

14 Nov 2026 1 min read 1 source

07

Infrastructure Developing

FAA Ground Stop Halts US Departures After Communications Failure

Departures resumed after more than four hours, but delays are expected to last several days while the root cause remains unannounced.

14 Nov 2026 1 min read 2 sources