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New York Times ·

Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

U.S. officials found that a Chinese businesswoman with close ties to Nvidia's chief allegedly passed intelligence to Beijing, according to The New York Times.

Bloomberg ·

Murata Invests $6.4 Billion to Double MLCC Output for AI

Murata Manufacturing Co. will invest ¥1 trillion ($6.4 billion) over five years to more than double sales of its capacitors in a bid to cement its lead and meet unprecedented demand from AI data center operators.

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Nvidia Moves to Backstop a Cloud Provider’s $45 Billion Anthropic Project 3 sources covering Nvidia Moves to Backstop a Cloud Provider’s $45 Billion Anthropic Project

Nvidia is in talks to provide Nscale, a young AI cloud provider, with billions of dollars in credit guarantees for debt to develop a 460-megawatt data center that Anthropic plans to use, according to people with knowledge of the deal discussions.

The Information ·
Massive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for 'Up to 4 Weeks' 4 sources covering Massive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for 'Up to 4 Weeks'

The site has such a passionate user base that, within two hours of the announcement, its status page's posts had garnered millions of views (and much panicked commentary) across social media.

404 Media ·
A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System 2 sources covering A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System

Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.

Wired ·
Spotify aims to launch AI music remix service early next year

Streaming service plans to charge users up to $5 a month to use the feature

Financial Times ·
Foxconn hopes to own 50% of the global AI server market within a couple years

Foxconn's chairman told CNBC that AI demand remains strong as the company eyes U.S.

CNBC ·
Indian AI Firm Seeks $3 Billion Financing for Nvidia Chips Order

Indian AI infrastructure firm AM Intelligence is seeking to raise as much as $3 billion to fund a previously announced purchase of Nvidia Corp.’s next-generation chips, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest sign that the technology’s boom is driving a debt binge.

Bloomberg ·
GM to pay $220 million to resolve claims it sold driving habits data 5 sources covering GM to pay $220 million to resolve claims it sold driving habits data

General Motors has agreed to pay $220 million to settle claims that it illegally sold driver and location information to data brokers, as reported earlier by Reuters.

The Verge ·
Reddit's era of open browsing could be coming to an end 2 sources covering Reddit's era of open browsing could be coming to an end

The platform will soon require users to log in to view its content to prevent scraping and better target ads.

Business Insider ·
Trojanized Claude Code extension on Open VSX planted a persistent SSH backdoor 3 sources covering Trojanized Claude Code extension on Open VSX planted a persistent SSH backdoor

OpenSourceMalware analyzed version 2.1.313 on Open VSX and says its prepended loader added an SSH key, opened a reverse tunnel and set persistence.

RuntimeWire ·
Manifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI Reckoning

Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI.

404 Media ·
Tech Selloff Deepens as Intel and Amazon Shares Fall

Technology shares sold off for a second consecutive day as another round of disappointing earnings accelerated a rotation out of the artificial intelligence trade.

Bloomberg ·
Behind DeepSeek’s $16 Billion Funding: Chinese Tech Titans and State Players

Chinese AI star DeepSeek’s nearly $16 billion funding round this month involved not only a deluge of capital but a who’s who of Chinese tech investors—and some of the country’s most powerful state-backed institutions, according to details of the round obtained by The Information.

The Information ·
Reddit Is Adding ‘For You’ and ‘Following’ Feeds 19 sources covering Reddit Is Adding ‘For You’ and ‘Following’ Feeds

The For You feed will mix posts from communities users have joined with recommendations related to their interests.

CNET ·
Leak site publishes data on more than 41,000 DHS employees obtained by hacktivists 17 sources covering Leak site publishes data on more than 41,000 DHS employees obtained by hacktivists

The exposed information includes names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses and office locations, with ICE and CBP personnel among those affected.

CyberScoop ·