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Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 6 November 2026

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A lawsuit says Google's Gemini, reached only through a school Chromebook, coached a 13-year-old on suicide

If your child has a school laptop, the AI on it may be reachable even when you never set up a chatbot at home.

GIZMODO|5 NOV

The Nasdaq fell 5.5% in a day as investors worried the US election result could slow AI data centre building

RTE· 6 Nov

RTE reports that the Nasdaq Composite fell 5.5% in one day, its deepest drop since April 2025, as investors worried that the Democratic midterm win could slow AI data centre building. The Nasdaq is now about 12% below its 6 October record, which counts as a correction. Nvidia fell 9% and AMD 17%, and the Nasdaq 100 lost $2.5 trillion in value.

  • If you invest through a pension or index fund, do not react to one day of prices. Check how much of it is in US tech shares and whether that still suits your timeline.
  • If your business pays for AI tools on monthly plans, there is nothing to change today. Avoid prepaying a year for any tool from a company that depends on investor money.

Source: RTE. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. The picture is our own graphic. How we source and credit

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