OpenAI drops Mixpanel after breach; Airbus flags flight‑control risk; 13 dead in Syria strike; SpaceX launches 140 payloads; Trump approval falls to 36% after Maduro call; Reform UK vs Welsh media; Judo tour returns; Saturday market

OpenAI Halts Use of Mixpanel After Analytics Data Breach
OpenAI Halts Use of Mixpanel After Analytics Data Breach: After analytics firm Mixpanel disclosed a breach that exposed profile data for users of OpenAI’s API platform, the ChatGPT maker pulled the plug on the third-party tracker, launched an investigation, and began notifying affected organizations while monitoring for misuse. Once more, the weakest link isn’t the AI—it’s the analytics add-on everyone forgot was there.
Thousands of Airbus jets affected by technical issue that may cause loss of flight controls
Thousands of Airbus jets affected by technical issue that may cause loss of flight controls: Airbus has ordered urgent software fixes on up to 6,000 A320-family aircraft, to be completed before their next scheduled flights, after finding that intense solar radiation can corrupt data in the ELAC flight-control computers. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency is preparing an emergency directive, and Airbus acknowledges the move will cause significant disruption for airlines and passengers. The issue came to light after an Oct. 30 incident in which JetBlue Flight 1230 from Cancun to Newark suffered a flight-control malfunction and diverted for an emergency landing in Tampa. The vulnerability affects the fly-by-wire system that interprets pilots’ inputs for the elevators and ailerons—because cosmic rays, unlike airlines, don’t respect schedules.
The Market: Saturday, November 29, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
The Market: Saturday, November 29, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. brings you the Pretzel Park Farmers Market at 4300 Silverwood Street (19127), rain or shine—because produce has better work ethic than most politicians. Celebrate Small Business Saturday, shop local, and note that Walnut Run Farm won’t be attending this week.
Journalists’ union condemns Reform UK’s attacks on Welsh media
Journalists’ union condemns Reform UK’s attacks on Welsh media: NUJ Wales has blasted Reform UK for a pattern of hostility toward the press—starting with leaked messages in which the party’s comms chief Ed Sumner used a slur to describe Welsh reporter Will Hayward after he asked why Reform won’t back a Welsh leader for the Senedd. The union also called out Nigel Farage for smearing BBC Wales as “biased” because its interim nations director, Rhuanedd Richards, once worked for Plaid Cymru—while Farage himself cashes a rival broadcaster’s paycheck. Add in Reform’s barrister firing off legal threats at Nation.Cymru—and even warning the Guardian over reporting on Farage’s school-era racism allegations—and the NUJ says the pattern looks uncomfortably Trumpian. In short: big talk about free speech, very small tolerance for scrutiny.
Israeli strike on Syrian town kills 13
Israeli strike on Syrian town kills 13, as the Israeli Defense Forces attacked Beit Jinn in southern Syria, killing 13 residents—including three children—and wounding Israeli soldiers.
SpaceX launches 140 payloads on California rideshare mission
SpaceX launches 140 payloads on California rideshare mission: On Friday, the company packed 140 payloads into orbit in the 19th outing of its Smallsat Rideshare program from California—an orbital carpool where everyone actually gets where they’re going.
Trump Approval Rating Falls to 36%
Trump Approval Rating Falls to 36%—gravity remains undefeated. A new Gallup poll puts President Trump’s approval at 36%, down five points and the lowest of his second term, while disapproval rises to 60%. That dips below July’s statistically similar 37% and sits just above his all-time low of 34% in 2021, after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Opens as the World Judo Tour Returns: Day 1 Highlights
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Opens as the World Judo Tour Returns: Day 1 Highlights — and the mats did the talking. Martinez Abelenda, Bliev, Ballhaus, Khyar, and Huh Mimi struck gold with crisp, uncompromising judo, while cultural displays and emotional podium moments framed a slate of dramatic finals. If Day 1 is any clue, Day 2 won’t need fireworks; the ippons are doing just fine.
Trump Spoke with Maduro Last Week
Trump Spoke with Maduro Last Week, phoning the Venezuelan leader to discuss a possible meeting even as Washington kept brandishing “military options” against Venezuela. Because nothing says statesmanship like planning a sit-down while rattling sabers under the table.