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Wired:
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announce five new data center locations in the US, boosting Stargate's planned capacity to nearly 7 GW  —  The new sites will boost Stargate's planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—about equal to the output of seven large nuclear reactors.
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Oracle will pay for and oversee the construction of three of the new Stargate data centers, and OpenAI will then purchase computing power from Oracle  —  Working with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and the cloud company Oracle, the A.I. start-up will spend $400 billion over the next five years.
More: Techstrong.ai and CNBC
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
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
The Trump administration proposes an H-1B visa process giving more weight to applications from employers who pay higher wages if visa demand exceeds the 85K cap  —  - Proposal favors higher-paid H-1B applicants if demand exceeds supply  — Trump administration cites need to protect wages of U.S. workers
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Alibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard “safety moderation” models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T+ parameters  —  Qwen3-VL: Sharper Vision, Deeper Thought, Broader Action (via) I've been looking forward to this.
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high after CEO Eddie Wu announced plans to increase AI spending beyond the $53B target over three years
Bloomberg:
Sources: Tether is in talks to raise $15B to $20B in exchange for a ~3% stake through a private placement in a deal that could value the company at ~$500B  —  Tether Holdings SA, issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, is in talks with investors to raise as much as $20 billion …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, YouTube says it will reinstate creators it banned for COVID and election misinfo, and blames Biden officials for the bans  —  YouTube's parent company, Alphabet, on Tuesday said it would reinstate creators previously banned for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and false election content.
Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News:
iPhone 17 Pro teardown: the anodized aluminum scratches badly around the camera plateau edge, the screwed-in battery is a nice repairability upgrade, and more  —  iPhone 17 Pro Teardown  —  The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets …
Washington Post:
How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism  —  The Biden administration argued a forced sale of the app would protect it from political influence.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple postpones the release of Apple TV+ show The Savant this Friday; its trailer faced backlash for allegedly misrepresenting right-wing ideologies  —  Apple has quietly cancelled the release of The Savant, which was set to hit Apple TV+ this Friday, September 26.
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Bain: by 2030, AI companies will need $2T in combined annual revenue to fund compute power to meet projected demand, but are likely to fall short by $800B  —  Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI have been quick to unveil plans for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers …
Xavier René-Corail / The GitHub Blog:
GitHub outlines plans to secure npm following multiple supply-chain attacks, including deprecating legacy classic tokens and migrating users to FIDO-based 2FA  —  Addressing a surge in package registry attacks, GitHub is strengthening npm's security with stricter authentication, granular tokens …
Catharine Tunney / CBC News:
A joint investigation by Canadian privacy authorities finds TikTok collected sensitive personal data from hundreds of thousands of Canadian children under 13  —  Social media platform removing 500,000 Canadian kids from its platform each year  —  The immensely popular social media app TikTok …
Artie Beaty / ZDNET:
Google rolls out an AI-powered conversational photo editing tool, previously exclusive to the Pixel 10 series, to all Google Photos users on Android in the US  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Google has revealed an AI-powered editing tool for Google Photos.  — You describe your desired edits with voice or text.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta starts rolling out built-in message translation in WhatsApp, with support for 19+ languages on iOS and six on Android  —  Translation is rolling out to iPhone and Android users, and will expand to support additional languages in the future.
Michael Nuñez / Venturebeat:
Snowflake, Salesforce, and others announce the Open Semantic Interchange, a vendor-neutral standard for how business data is defined and shared across platforms  —  Snowflake, Salesforce, dbt Labs and more than a dozen other technology companies announced Tuesday they will create …
The Economic Times:
Tracxn: funding for Indian digital lending startups fell to $462M between January and August 2025 from $1.1B a year earlier, after RBI tightened lending norms  —  Funding into digital lending startups slumped to $462 million between January and August 2025 from $1.1 billion a year earlier …
Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times:
BofA Securities: Blinkit holds over 50% share of India's quick commerce market, as rivals Zepto and Instamart prioritize profitability over aggressive expansion  —  Blinkit has solidified its dominance in India's quick commerce sector, now commanding over 50% market share, according to BofA Securities.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Appfigures: dedicated mobile apps for vibe coding have yet to gain traction; the largest such app, Instance: AI App Builder, has just 16,000 downloads  —  While many vibe-coding startups have become unicorns, with valuations in the billions, one area where AI-assisted coding has not yet taken off is on mobile devices.
Forums: Slashdot
Alex Gabriel Simon / Bloomberg:
Sources: Flipkart is investing $30M in its fintech unit Supermoney, after a $20M 2024 spin-off round; Supermoney disbursed $700M+ in loans via lending partners  —  Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing.  Sign up here.
The Economic Times:
Indian digital payments giant PhonePe confidentially files for an IPO in India, seeking to raise $1.5B, sources say at a valuation of $15B  —  PhonePe, supported by Walmart, has confidentially filed its DRHP with SEBI.  The digital payments platform reduced its net loss by 13.4% to Rs 1,727.4 crore …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Huxe, an app built by three former NotebookLM developers that offers users personalized daily briefs and topic exploration with AI podcast hosts, raised $4.6M  —  Google's AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM took off to a spectacular reception at launch, capturing people's imaginations …

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From Mediagazer

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU is reviewing Paramount's WBD takeover under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, probing involvement of Middle Eastern funds; a decision is due by July 14

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Fubo and NBCUniversal reach a deal ending a months-long blackout, with NBCU's Spanish-language networks available Wednesday, English-language networks later

Reuters:
Sources: Nick Bilton hired TV production consultant Kelly Funke, to help manage his 60 Minutes transition, and a 24-year-old operations manager, Nick De Lucca

More News

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Micron reports Q4 revenue up 46% YoY to $11.32B, vs. $11.22B est., net income up 261% to $3.2B, data center revenue down 22%, and Q1 revenue forecast above est.

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Microsoft says it is experimenting with microfluidics, which involves sending fluid through channels in AI and server chips to improve cooling efficiency
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google adds a new You tab to Google Play, featuring player account information, personalized content recommendations, rewards, and more
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
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
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