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Sources: Google is developing a specialized server chip, informally dubbed "Frozen v2", that integrates Gemini AI model blueprints in the silicon, set for 2028 (The Information)

Sources: Google is developing a specialized server...

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How "synthetic insider" attacks raise the stakes for corporate cyber defense; a Verizon analysis of 22K incidents finds 12% were carried out by internal actors (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

How "synthetic insider" attacks raise the stakes f...

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Sources: parts of the Trump administration are reigniting efforts to implement de facto bans on foreign open-source models, as Chinese AI models gain momentum (Maria Curi/Axios)

Sources: parts of the Trump administration are rei...

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Chinese open models like Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max shift the industry's focus back to marginal costs and cost of goods sold, as inference costs scale with revenue (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Chinese open models like Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max s...

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An interview with Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin, who calls AI "a growth opportunity", as she prepares the online travel company to face potential disruption from AI (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

An interview with Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin, who ca...

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How PayPal CEO Enrique Lores, appointed earlier in 2026 to revive the payments pioneer, may handle Stripe and Advent's takeover offer, based on his HP tenure (Wall Street Journal)

How PayPal CEO Enrique Lores, appointed earlier in...

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The EU fines Alibaba's online marketplace AliExpress €550M for failing to do enough to prevent the sale of illegal products, the largest DSA fine to date (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)

The EU fines Alibaba's online marketplace AliExpre...

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Sources: Chinese startup Moonshot AI is seeking formal approval from investors to start a Hong Kong IPO process, which could happen in as soon as six months (Juro Osawa/The Information)

Sources: Chinese startup Moonshot AI is seeking fo...

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A look at Israel's influence campaign in the US that's included millions of AI-driven texts and a $45M+ contract with ex-Trump campaign strategist Brad Parscale (Wall Street Journal)

A look at Israel's influence campaign in the US th...

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Trial lawyers, with big liability litigation earnings, are among the most active lobbyists against autonomous vehicles, even as data shows clear safety benefits (Alex Tabarrok/Marginal Revolution)

Trial lawyers, with big liability litigation earni...

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How smart home devices have given abusive partners a new tool to remotely manipulate, intimidate, and disturb their victims, in a form of tech-assisted abuse (Financial Times)

How smart home devices have given abusive partners...

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Cambridge-based CuspAI raised a $450M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA, and launched a coalition for AI materials discovery for chip and other industries (Bloomberg)

Cambridge-based CuspAI raised a $450M Series B led...

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Retail traders are shifting from Big Tech to stocks boosted by AI like SK Hynix and Marvell; five of the Magnificent Seven stocks trail the market this year (Hannah Erin Lang/Wall Street Journal)

Retail traders are shifting from Big Tech to stock...

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LSEG: Morgan Stanley collected $2.3B in debt and equity capital market fees in H1 2026, up from $1.4B in H1 2025, driven by AI infrastructure financing deals (Financial Times)

LSEG: Morgan Stanley collected $2.3B in debt and e...

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Blackstone agrees to invest an undisclosed sum in South Korea-based Futronic, which makes actuators used in industrial robots, sources say at a ~$675M valuation (Manuel Baigorri/Bloomberg)

Blackstone agrees to invest an undisclosed sum in ...

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Sources detail Kalshi's and Polymarket's efforts to undermine each other, including lobbying regulators, trying to derail deals, and waging influence campaigns (New York Times)

Sources detail Kalshi's and Polymarket's efforts t...

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Filing: Zhongji Innolight, China's leading optical transceiver maker, aims for an $8B Hong Kong IPO, the city's largest since Alibaba's $12.9B debut in 2019 (Dave Sebastian/Bloomberg)

Filing: Zhongji Innolight, China's leading optical...

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Draft: the Trump admin plans to use the UN General Assembly to push a global "freedom of expression" declaration that EU lawmakers call an attack on tech rules (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)

Draft: the Trump admin plans to use the UN General...

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