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Sam Altman says currently “the idea of putting data centers in space is ridiculous” and that it is “not something that's going to matter at scale this decade” — Once allies at OpenAI, Sam Altman and Elon Musk are now sharply divided over the future of AI infrastructure.| AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo: |
Sam Altman says there is some “AI washing”, where companies blame AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, alongside “real displacement by AI” of some jobs — Hold up, let him cook. — Sam Altman is starting to get the sneaking suspicion that companies might … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook's increased mentions of Visual Intelligence hint it will be a major part of Apple's new wearables; sources: Apple considers a deep red iPhone 18 Pro — Apple CEO Tim Cook is signaling that Visual Intelligence will be the defining feature of the company's push into wearable AI devices.
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Trump calls on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or face “consequences,” after she said corporations that “take a knee” to Trump would be held accountable — Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” …
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| Josh Sisco / Bloomberg: |
Sources: DOJ's review of Netflix's WBD takeover examines whether Netflix wields anticompetitive leverage over creators in violation of Clayton and Sherman Acts — The Justice Department's investigation of Netflix Inc.'s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. includes scrutiny … | Garry Tan / Garry's List: |
Anthropic's data shows software engineering accounts for ~50% of its AI agent tool calls; the remaining verticals are greenfields most founders are overlooking — Anthropic's new data shows software engineering dominates agentic AI. For founders, that's not a warning. It's a treasure map.| Molly White / Citation Needed: |
Analysis: the crypto industry has spent $288M+ on the 2026 US midterms so far, over double the 2024 cycle; crypto PAC Fairshake is the US' fifth most-funded PAC — With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the crypto industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms …
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| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Open source projects like VLC and Blender are seeing a decline in the average quality of contributions, likely as AI coding tools lower barriers to entry — A world that runs on increasingly powerful AI coding tools is one where software creation is cheap — or so the thinking goes …
Bluesky: @johnspurlock.com
| Krishn Kaushik / Financial Times: |
India's AI Summit highlighted the limits of the country's AI ambitions, as the US and its tech companies largely dismissed India's push for global AI governance — The world's most populous country continues to struggle to find its place in an industry dominated by the US and China
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| Stephen Foley / Financial Times: |
Source Global: the US consulting market is set to grow 7% in 2026, the fastest pace in the post-COVID era, as companies seek advice on profiting from AI — Companies are seeking advice on how to provide energy to data centres and profit from artificial intelligence| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
English-language Wikipedia bans Archive.today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDoS attack and tampered with snapshots; 695K+ links to be removed — The English-language edition of Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today after the controversial archive site was used to direct …
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| David Nield / Wired: |
Google is ending Gmailify and POP access in Gmail; new users will lose access in Q1 2026, and existing users will keep both features until later in 2026 — If you have multiple email accounts, your Gmail setup may soon need some reorganizing. — Google giveth, and Google taketh away.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Amazon details how a Russian-speaking hacker used generative AI as part of a campaign that breached 600+ FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks — Amazon is warning that a Russian-speaking hacker used multiple generative AI services as part of a campaign that breached … | Turkish Minute: |
Turkey launches a review of how social media platforms handle children's data as it prepares new rules that include identity verification and age restrictions — Turkey's data protection watchdog has opened a review of how six major social media platforms process children's personal data …
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