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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
A look at the Nvidia-OpenAI deal, where Nvidia will invest in $10B tranches; sources say OpenAI informed Microsoft about the deal a day before it was signed  —  ABILENE, Texas - Sam Altman had a deadline.  OpenAI's CEO was headed to Texas to unveil his company's next big infrastructure push …
Sam Altman:
Sam Altman says OpenAI wants to create “a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week” and plans to reveal more details this year  —  Growth in the use of AI services has been astonishing; we expect it to be even more astonishing going forward.
Reuters:
Source: the Nvidia-OpenAI deal has two separate transactions: Nvidia invests in OpenAI for non-voting shares, then OpenAI can use the cash to buy Nvidia's chips  —  - Nvidia to supply OpenAI with data center chips  — Deal involves non-voting shares and chip purchases
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Jensen Huang says the 10 GW OpenAI project is equivalent to 4M-5M GPUs; the first phase is expected to come online in H2 2026 using Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform
New York Times:
Larry Ellison is turning into a media magnate, potentially controlling CBS, CNN, TikTok, and more, amid a regulatory environment favorable to Trump allies  —  When Larry Ellison entered his ninth decade in 2024, his high-profile lifestyle seemed to be receding.
Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
The US Secret Service says it has dismantled 300+ SIM card servers in the NYC area that could have disrupted communications ahead of the UN General Assembly  —  Federal agents dismantled a network of devices in the New York area that was used to threaten senior US government officials …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google adds a new You tab to Google Play, featuring player account information, personalized content recommendations, rewards, and more  —  Curated content, rewards, subscriptions, stats, and updates will live under a new ‘You’ tab. … Google Play is adding a new centralized user hub …
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Meta launches the American Technology Excellence Project, a super PAC to fight AI policy bills at the state level; it previously launched a California PAC  —  Meta launched a new super PAC on Tuesday to help fight off what it sees as onerous AI and tech policy bills across the country, per an announcement shared exclusively with Axios.
Anna Irrera / Bloomberg:
London-based Fnality, which lets banks transact in a digital cash asset backed with funds at the Bank of England, raised $136M led by BoA, Citigroup, and others  —  Fnality International Ltd., a UK-based blockchain-payments company, has raised $136 million in a funding round led …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go in Indonesia for ~$4.50 per month, expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan after debuting it in India in August  —  OpenAI is expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan beyond India.  The company launched its sub-$5 ChatGPT Go paid plan …
Reuters:
The EU's cybersecurity agency says a ransomware attack caused the recent disruptions that affected check-in systems at Heathrow and other European airports  —  - Collins Aerospace works to restore systems at key airports  — Berlin Marathon worsens delays; Brussels uses manual check-ins
Harvard Business Review:
Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce “workslop”, or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others  —  A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates …

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From Mediagazer

Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
Sources: the EU is set to approve Paramount's $111B WBD takeover provided the company accepts certain remedies, the details of which are still being worked out

Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Court docs: Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino spoke with President Trump in the weeks before the company settled with the DOJ in its monopoly lawsuit

Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sony Pictures Entertainment invests $100M in Cosm, a startup specializing in immersive, large-screen theaters, which has partnerships with NBCUniversal and WBD

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Lauren Almeida / The Guardian:
Amazon plans to close all 19 Fresh stores in the UK and convert five of them into Whole Foods Market shops, four years after launching the first in London
Carl Franzen / Venturebeat:
Alibaba releases Qwen3-Omni, a family of open-source AI models that can process text, audio, image, and video inputs and generate both text and speech outputs

Earlier Picks

Steven Levy / Wired:
Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
Over 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create “red lines” for AI development by the end of 2026
Sydney Bradley / Business Insider:
Meta rolls out an AI assistant for Facebook Dating in the US and Canada, to reduce “swipe fatigue” by letting users find matches via natural language prompts
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Perplexity debuts Email Assistant for Gmail and Outlook, which can manage inboxes, schedule meetings, and more, for subscribers of its $200/month Max plan
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
On the H-1B fee, Jensen Huang says he's “glad” to see “Trump making the moves he's making”; Sam Altman says “outlining financial incentives seems good to me”
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025
Ateev Bhandari / Reuters:
Bitcoin-treasury company Strive, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, will acquire Semler Scientific, a medical device company that has a bitcoin treasury, for $1.34B
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