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US military has adopted an aggressive push to embrace AI; the top US Army commander in South Korea says “Chat and I” have become “really close lately” — - Some military leaders are adopting AI for decision-making. — The military has adopted an aggressive push …
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| Jinjoo Lee / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at some US energy companies linked to AI infrastructure, such as Sam Altman-backed Oklo, whose stocks have soared despite having little to no revenue — Concept stocks with no revenue have soaring valuations — Forget about the froth in tech valuations. The real excess might be building up in energy stocks.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants of OpenAI, Perplexity, others — Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp changed its business API policy this week to ban general-purpose chatbots from its platform.| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Prisma Photonics, which develops AI-based tech for monitoring infrastructure using existing optical fiber networks, raised $30M, taking total funding to $80M — The Tel Aviv deep-tech firm turns ordinary fiber networks into global security and power-grid sentinels.
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
Shares of bitcoin mining companies pivoting to AI and HPC infrastructure have soared in 2025, with a fund tracking mining firms up 150% year-to-date — Shares of the large-scale computing outfits that make Bitcoin work are once again outperforming the original cryptocurrency …
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A profile of Credo, which makes active electrical cables to connect AI servers and whose stock price has more than doubled this year, after soaring 245% in 2024 — In July, Elon Musk posted photos from inside an xAI data center called Colossus 2, which the artificial intelligence startup aims … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese companies including Ant Group and JD.com pause plans to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong after instructions from regulators not to move ahead — Regulators raise concerns about the rise of privately controlled currencies — Chinese tech giants have paused plans …
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Nexperia says its China unit is operating as usual, a day after Nexperia China asserted that it had the right to operate independently of the Dutch parent — Nexperia said on Sunday that its employees in China still have access to company platforms and are receiving salaries as usual … | Bloomberg: |
How Robinhood is expanding beyond commission-free trading into retirement accounts, tokenized equities, and sports betting, with some 27M people using its app — After making its name on millennials and meme stocks, the popular brokerage app is riding its Trump bump into the S&P 500 and beyond.| Martina Di Licosa / Forbes: |
A profile of Anton Pavlovsky, CEO of Kyiv-based Headway Inc, which develops gamified educational apps and has 160M users across its five-product portfolio — Shelf-ish: “Books and reading are really important to me, but we realize not everyone is so into books,” says Headway founder Anton Pavlovsky …
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| Dan Jones / Fierce Network: |
Boston-based OneLayer, which offers zero-trust security and device management for private 5G and LTE networks, raised a $28M Series A led by Maor Investments — private 5G private LTE cybersecurity funding — OneLayer has scored $28 million in funding — SNS Telecom said that it already has 30 private network customers| Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: |
Paris-based Upciti, which offers city operations software and hardware to over 150 municipalities in 17 countries, raised a $20M Series A led by Notion Capital — UPCITI's platform helps cities run essential operations with greater efficiency and security, offering a clear, proven ROI that simplifies adoption for municipalities.
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LinkedIn: Jean-Baptiste POLJAK, Notion Capital, and Point Nine
| Andy Newman / New York Times: |
Two Wikipedia contributors disarmed a gunman who threatened to kill himself at WikiConference to protest a policy banning editors who identify as pedophiles — After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World's Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.
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| Emma Beavins / Fierce Healthcare: |
Counsel Health, which uses a medical AI chatbot and human physicians to provide virtual care, raised a $25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and GV — Artificial Intelligence Andreessen Horowitz Google Ventures Telehealth — AI-enabled virtual care company Counsel Health …
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