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A look at why the AI data center building boom could spark a financial crisis akin to 2008, including the rising use of debt financing via private credit funds — This time let's think about a financial crisis before it happens. — The U.S. economic data for the last few months is looking decidedly meh.
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| Paul Kedrosky: |
As a percentage of US GDP, AI datacenter capex is already larger than peak telecom spending during the dot-com era and is approaching the railroad spending boom — AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics, boosting the economy, and beginning to approach the railroad boom
More: Wall Street Journal and Cautious Optimism
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple formed an Answers, Knowledge, and Information team to work on ChatGPT-like search experiences; iPhone 17 Pro may have been seen in live testing — Apple has a new “Answers” team developing a stripped-down rival to ChatGPT to help users access world knowledge.
More: TechCrunch, Livemint, Moneycontrol, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, Engadget, KnowTechie, PhoneArena, Neowin, Benzinga, iPhone in Canada, Digital Trends, Appuals, iThinkDifferent, Mashable, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Cult of Mac, and 9to5Mac
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| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
Young Americans are increasingly turning to BNPL loans from Affirm and others, as getting approved for credit cards becomes harder in today's economic climate — Young Americans are turning to easy, high-interest loan products; research shows some are spending more| Renee Dudley / ProPublica: |
Microsoft relied on China-based engineers to maintain SharePoint “OnPrem”, which was recently exploited by Chinese hackers to breach US government systems — Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software … | Jessica Roy / The Information: |
A look at newsletter platform Beehiiv, which has hit $30M in ARR and fees starting at $43/month for 1,000 subscribers, unlike Substack, which takes a 10% cut — Last August, when CNN's Oliver Darcy decided he wanted to leave the network and launch Status, an email newsletter focused on the media industry …
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| Haley Zimmerman / Wall Street Journal: |
An interview with Strava CEO Michael Martin on Athlete Intelligence, the premium AI “coach” introduced in 2024 that has alienated experienced users, and more — Over 150 million people use the fitness app. Michael Martin is hoping its new ‘Athlete Intelligence’ will convince more of them to pay for it.
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| Bloomberg: |
Asian financial hubs are updating stablecoin regulations and companies like Ant Group plan to become issuers, driven by US' embrace of dollar-pegged stablecoins — Asian markets are hurriedly updating their stablecoin rules as President Donald Trump's embrace of US dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies instills …
More: Motley Fool and Bitcoinist.com
| Clément Delangue / VentureBeat: |
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says open-source AI is vital for US innovation and the US risks losing the AI race to China if it falls behind in open source — When President Trump released the U.S. AI Action Plan last week, many were surprised to see “encourage open-source and open-weight AI …
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| Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: |
SAP plans to acquire HR software company SmartRecruiters, with the deal expected to close in Q4; SmartRecruiters was valued at $1.5B in a 2021 funding round — SAP SE, Europe's most valuable company, will buy San Francisco-based human resources software specialist SmartRecruiters.| Kieran Smith / Financial Times: |
Darktrace says it plans to invest $200M in the US in 2026, up 11% YoY, as part of a push to surpass $1B in revenue and grow its US sales to 50% of its revenue — UK-based cyber security group steps up investment plans following takeover by US private equity firm Thoma Bravo| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
The US Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to serve as National Cyber Director, making him the first Senate-approved cybersecurity official of Trump's second term — The Senate confirmed Sean Cairncross to serve as national cyber director in a 59-35 vote on Saturday night …
More: The White House, McCrary Institute, Cybersecurity Dive, CyberScoop, and The Hill
| Emily Baker-White / Forbes: |
A profile of Rumble founder Chris Pavlovski, who declined an offer to become CEO of Truth Social and opted to provide services to the platform through Rumble — Before he helped run Truth Social, Chris Pavlovski owned porn domains. Now, he's allied with a political movement that wants to ban pornography.| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Arkham Intelligence claims to have uncovered a previously undisclosed heist of 127,426 BTC, now worth ~$14.5B, from Chinese mining pool LuBian in December 2020 — - Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence claims to have uncovered a heist of 127,426 BTC, now worth nearly $14.5 billion, from a Chinese mining pool in 2020.Sponsor Posts
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