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Meta signs deals with nuclear power providers Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo to buy power and support new reactor projects, securing up to 6.6GW of power by 2035 — Facebook parent will back nuclear projects with Oklo, Bill Gates-backed TerraPower and Vistra
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
a16z raises $15B+ across five new funds, including $6.75B for its fifth growth fund, the largest sum, and $3B for unspecified “other venture strategies” — Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, whose past investments included Airbnb and Coinbase, on Friday announced …
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| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
a16z captured 18%+ of all venture capital allocated in the US in 2025 and now manages $90B in assets, vs. Sequoia Capital's $56B and General Catalyst's $43B — Andreessen Horowitz has raised $15 billion for five new growth and venture funds in one of the largest-ever raises for a venture capital fund.| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
X is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok command for free users, but they can still create sexual deepfakes via X's “Edit image” or Grok's app — X's sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
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| Helena Horton / The Guardian: |
Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery — X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with US officials — Italy fined Cloudflare 14.2 million euros for refusing to block access to pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service …
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI and SoftBank say they will each invest $500M in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company's growth as a data center developer and operator — OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. have jointly invested $1 billion in SB Energy, an infrastructure company that's working with the tech firms … | Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic adds safeguards to prevent third-party apps, like OpenCode, from spoofing Claude Code to access Claude models for more favorable pricing and limits — Anthropic has confirmed the implementation of strict new technical safeguards preventing third-party applications from spoofing …
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| Wojciech Kość / Politico: |
Poland's President Karol Nawrocki vetoes legislation meant to enforce the EU's DSA in Poland, arguing it would grant excessive powers to government officials — Nawrocki called EU social media law “Orwellian,” echoing Washington's main line of attack. — WARSAW — Poland's nationalist … | Bloomberg: |
Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's stock has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60M users — Few major companies have tried to pull off a pivot to AI as swiftly as Kuaishou Technology. — Long known as a laggard … | Ann Gehan / The Information: |
Amazon files planning documents in Illinois to construct a 225,000 square foot big-box store, a return to a “Target-like” retail concept it previously shelved — Amazon has started laying the groundwork to open a big-box retail store in the Chicago suburbs, according to planning documents.
More: Bloomberg, Orland Park, IL Patch, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, CNBC, Business Insider, Engadget, and Retail Dive
| Wired: |
Documents: OpenAI is asking contractors to upload their work from current or previous jobs to evaluate its models, leaving it to them to scrub confidential info — To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC approves SpaceX's request to deploy an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 15,000 satellites worldwide — The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX's request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US Commerce Department drops a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones to address national security concerns; FCC barred imports in December 2025 — The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it has withdrawn a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones to address national security concerns …
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