KEY POINTS
- Almost $2.5 trillion was wiped off tech stocks, and the Nasdaq had its worst day since April 2025 amid fears of an AI slowdown.
- Samsung is building a large chip campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, to supply memory for generative AI models.
- Tau Robotics offers a humanoid cleaning service in San Francisco, but humans still pilot the machines remotely.
Tech stocks suffered a heavy sell-off driven by worries that the AI boom is slowing, according to MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter The Download, published on November 6, 2026. The newsletter, citing CNN, said almost $2.5 trillion was wiped off tech shares and that the Nasdaq had its worst day since April 2025.
