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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
UK data center developer Nscale raised a $2B Series C led by Aker and 8090 Industries at a $14.6B valuation and adds Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board  —  Nscale, a UK developer for artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $2 billion in funding and added a trio …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Thoughts on the MacBook Neo, as Apple expands its superpremium tier via “Ultra” products; sources say Apple plans to 3D-print aluminum for the Watch and iPhone  —  Apple has taken the wraps off its $599 MacBook Neo, entering new territory in a way that could shake up the computer market.
Bloomberg:
OpenClaw mania hits China: AI labs launch tools to help users deploy OpenClaw, a Shenzhen district drafts a policy encouraging free OpenClaw services, and more  —  Chinese software shares surged Monday after local government agencies joined tech leaders such as Tencent Holdings Ltd …
Miles Kruppa / The Information:
The US-led war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend $300B+ on AI investments, putting at risk a potential source of funding for tech companies  —  The war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend more than $300 billion on data centers, chips and other AI investments …
Harvard Business Review:
A study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause “AI brain fry”, a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity  —  On New Year's Day, programmer Steve Yegge launched Gas Town, an open-source platform that lets users orchestrate swarms …
Aaron Levie / @levie:
Advice to developers: make software that agents want, with API-first design, as AI agents, instead of humans, will become the primary users of future software  —  Building for trillions of agents — Over the past few months, something big has started to happen with agents.
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Nasdaq partners with Kraken to develop a framework for 24/7 tokenized stock trading, targeting a 2027 launch, focusing on corporate governance like proxy voting  —  Nasdaq sought approval in September to let investors trade tokenized versions of its listed stocks and other exchange-traded products
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber expands its Women Drivers matching feature nationwide to major US markets including New York City, Philadelphia, and DC, amid mounting assault cases  —  Uber Technologies Inc. said that a feature designed to match female riders and drivers will be available nationwide …
More: Quartz
Ingrid Lunden / Resilience Media:
London-based Isembard, which helps hardware makers in defence, aerospace, and robotics make components, raised a $50M Series A to build “AI-powered factories”  —  Isembard, a London startup that's built a platform to help hardware makers in defence, aerospace and robotics manufacture components …
More: Tech.eu and UKTN
Financial Times:
South Korean giant Coupang is lobbying the US to represent its interests as it faces 10+ data leak probes; Coupang Korea CEO Harold Rogers attended Trump's SOTU  —  Coupang leans on its US domicile to lobby Washington against probes from Seoul  —  Coupang, the online retailer, once called itself a “proud Korean company”.

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Salon:
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A.J. Katz / The Wrap:
LIV Golf is shutting down after five years and over $5B in Saudi backing, ending its efforts to build a TV audience on Fox and, before that, The CW

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Elizabeth Gibney / Nature:
A study finds LLMs from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI can facilitate academic fraud, specifically helping non-researchers submit fabricated papers to arXiv
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Lawsuit documents: two DOGE employees used ChatGPT to identify National Endowment for the Humanities grants, worth $100M+, to be cut for being related to DEI
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