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President Trump accuses Iran of using AI as a “disinformation weapon” to make fake images of wartime successes against the US, saying “AI can be very dangerous” — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Amsterdam-based Nebius says Meta plans to spend up to $27B over five years for access to AI infrastructure, starting with $12B of capacity in early 2027 — Meta Platforms Inc. will pay as much as $27 billion over the next five years for access to cutting-edge artificial intelligence infrastructure … | Theodore Schleifer / New York Times: |
How tech billionaires are turning on the Giving Pledge, promoted by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett; Peter Thiel says he privately told ~12 signers to undo it — Just a few months after Warren Buffett convened a series of high-end dinners across America to collect signatures for something called …
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google and Accel's joint AI startup accelerator Atoms picks five Indian startups from 4,000+ applications, saying ~70% of rejected applicants were AI “wrappers” — Many artificial intelligence startup ideas are still little more than superficial “wrappers” built on top of existing models.
More: Entrackr, The Economic Times, Press Trust of India, and Tech in Asia. Bluesky: @nakibjahan.com
| Horace Dediu / Asymco: |
As AI models commodify, Apple's plans to spend just $14B on 2026 capex, far below hyperscalers' combined $650B, or 90%+ of their cash flow, may be a genius move — The 3rd? most valuable company on Earth watched as its rivals lit $650 billion on fire and did nothing.
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| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: Hua Hong is readying a 7nm process at its Shanghai fab with Huawei's collaboration, which would make it China's second chipmaker at the node after SMIC — China's Hua Hong Group has developed advanced chip manufacturing technologies that can be used to produce artificial intelligence chips …
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| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
Reliz, which operates crypto lender BlockFills, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reporting $50M to $100M in estimated assets and $100M to $500M in liabilities — Quick Take — Chicago-based BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.| Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Q&A with Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on accidents, why autonomous vehicles won't lead to job losses, plans to license Waymo tech to other companies, and more — Waymo's co-chief executive, Tekedra Mawakana, knows she needs to earn the public's trust. It won't be easy.| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Adobe, and Match sign a voluntary pledge to share threat intelligence on scammers abusing their services — Eight major technology companies — including Google, Amazon and OpenAI — have signed a new pledge promising to share threat intelligence … | Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba may unveil a Qwen-based AI agent for enterprises as soon as this week, and plans to gradually integrate the agent into its services like Alipay — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to release an agentic AI service for companies, banking on national enthusiasm around artificial …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify announces Taste Profile editing in beta, the first time it lets users fine-tune the recommendation algorithm, starting with Premium users in New Zealand — At the SXSW conference on Friday, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced a new feature, launching in beta …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft cut plans to add some Copilot AI features to Windows 11 and shipped some tools without the Copilot branding, to reduce AI bloat in the OS — Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved … | Reuters: |
JD.com launches online marketplace Joybuy in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as it expands globally to challenge Amazon — Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com (9618.HK) on Monday launched its Joybuy online marketplace in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands …
More: Bloomberg, Benzinga, The Times, Blockonomi, Mirror, The Independent, Dow Jones Newswires, JoyBuy, CNBC, The Standard, The Grocer, Tech in Asia, and heise online
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Privacy Display works well, meaningful camera upgrades, and sleeker than S25 Ultra, but still huge, expensive, and lacks Qi2 — “Someone might be watching everything I'm doing on my screen,” I tell myself in public. Even when I'm doing nothing of consequence … | Helen Vogelsong-Donahue / Wired: |
The gaming industry is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage — From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties.
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