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| Caroline Haskins / Wired: |
The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up — The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.| Axios: |
David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China — But the accusations are flying fast. — “The AI Overwatch Act (H.R. 6875) may sound like a good idea, but when you examine it closely … | Rob Copeland / New York Times: |
A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn — Had you glanced too quickly at the crowd packed into Michael Saylor's Tuscan-style Miami compound, you might have assumed it was just another rich dude's party.| Maria Sherman / Associated Press: |
Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams — The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
TrendForce: data centers will use 70%+ of the high-end memory chips all manufacturers will produce in 2026, with little new manufacturing capacity until 2027 — AI companies' need for a type of once-affordable microchip threatens to drive up prices of all electronics—and limit data-center ambitions
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| Financial Times: |
OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: OpenAI expects to make “low billions” from ads in 2026 — $500bn start-up seeks ways to fund expansion and fend off competition from rivals Google and Anthropic
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| Valentine Baldassari / Bloomberg: |
Micron signs a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8B to expand DRAM memory chip production, expected to close in Q2 2026 — Micron Technology Inc. has signed a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site in Taiwan from Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp … | Sage D. Young / Sherwood News: |
Beaconcha.in: a record ~36M ethereum tokens, or 30% of ethereum's total supply, worth ~$119B, are now staked, as institutional investors grow their share — The new record comes as institutional players grow their share in the staking scene. Ether.fi, a restaking protocol known …
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| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a hardware wallet social engineering scam; XMR jumped as the attacker began converting the funds to Monero — Partner offers — Quick Take — XMR hit an all-time high of $797.73 on Jan. 14, coinciding with a series …
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| Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times: |
Sources: following investor backlash, Monzo to give outgoing CEO TS Anil an expanded role after he steps down in February; he is likely to retain a board seat — UK digital bank due to give current chief executive broader than expected remit when he steps down next month
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| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Elon Musk seeks $79B-$134B damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging OpenAI defrauded him by abandoning nonprofit roots and partnering with Microsoft — Elon Musk wants OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft to pay him damages in the range of $79 billion to $134 billion over his claims … | Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: |
Adobe's stock has slumped more than 45% since the end of 2023, reflecting analyst concerns over the threat of AI-driven disruption to SaaS companies — Concern that Adobe Inc. will struggle in the artificial-intelligence era has driven Wall Street analysts' view on the maker of software …
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Appfigures: Sora 2 had ~6M iOS downloads as of December 2025; the Android version, available since early November 2025, had ~3.1M, as growth begins to slow — The app racked up 1 million downloads in its first five days, despite being iOS-only and requiring an invite.| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU's cybersecurity proposal, to be presented on Jan. 20, is expected to phase out vendors such as Huawei from the bloc's critical infrastructure — Proposed Cybersecurity Act would phase out groups such as Huawei and ZTE from telecom networks and solar energy systemsSponsor Posts
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