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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: CNBC and Techstrong.ai
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
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.
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
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
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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
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 …
Bloomberg:
Taiwan curbs chip exports to South Africa over national security concerns, the first time it has used its chip industry as a weapon against a China ally  —  Taiwan has imposed restrictions on the export of chips to South Africa over national security concerns, taking the unusual step of using …
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.
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 …
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 …
Rina Diane Caballar / IEEE Spectrum:
Privacy startup Duality says it has developed a private LLM inference framework that uses fully homomorphic encryption to let LLMs answer encrypted prompts  —  Fully homomorphic encryption lets LLMs answer encrypted prompts  —  Your chatbot might be leaky.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
London-based media monitoring and risk management company Signal AI raised $165M led by Battery Ventures, which will hold a majority stake after the investment  —  Risk management and media monitoring company chaired by Archie Norman raises funds from Battery Ventures

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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: some WBD investors warm to David Ellison and his top team, after they were reassured that Paramount's Middle Eastern financing is secure

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS names Tony Dokoupil as the new anchor of CBS Evening News as part of a major overhaul under Bari Weiss; Dokoupil is currently an anchor on CBS' morning show

Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
The UK's Channel 4 names Priya Dogra as CEO, starting March 2026, replacing Alex Mahon, who stepped down after eight years; Dogra currently works for Sky

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.
Bloomberg:
Microsoft says it is experimenting with microfluidics, which involves sending fluid through channels in AI and server chips to improve cooling efficiency

Earlier Picks

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
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
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
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