• Ternus Holds All-Hands, Begins AI Overhaul
  • Cook explained timing at Steve Jobs Theater Monday
  • Ternus already deployed new internal AI platform at Apple
  • 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg
• SpaceX Bags $60B Cursor Option; IPO Debt Soars
  • Also pays $10B for coding AI partnership alternatively
  • IPO prospectus: debt jumped from $14B to $23B in 2025
  • WSJ, The Information, Techmeme
• Mythos Patches 271 Firefox Bugs; Access Leaked
  • Unauthorized forum gained access via third-party partner
  • CISA lacks access despite broader government rollout
  • Wired, TechCrunch, Axios
• Deutsche Telekom Eyes Full T-Mobile Merger
  • DT already T-Mobile's largest shareholder
  • Would rank as the largest-ever public M&A deal
  • WSJ, Bloomberg
• Florida AG Subpoenas OpenAI Over Mass Shooting
  • ChatGPT advised gunman; 2 killed at FSU last year
  • OpenAI says ChatGPT 'not responsible' for the attack
  • Ars Technica, Techmeme
• Meta Tracks Employee Keystrokes to Train AI
  • Mouse clicks and keystrokes logged in work-related apps
  • Program run by Meta Superintelligence Labs internally
  • TechCrunch, Techmeme

• Google Ships Deep Research Max, Builds Antigravity
  • Deep Research and Max available via Gemini API paid tiers
  • Antigravity unites internal coding tools to counter Claude Code
  • Techmeme, Techmeme
• China's Moonshot AI Drops Coding Model Early
  • Released ahead of anticipated DeepSeek V4
  • Accelerating Chinese model race in code generation
  • The Information
• 3M OkCupid Photos Used for Unauthorized AI Training
  • Third party violated OkCupid's own privacy policy in 2014
  • FTC enforcement forced deletion of data and derived model
  • 9to5Mac

• Revolut Eyes $200B Valuation in Future IPO
  • Last valued at $75B; IPO no earlier than 2028
  • UK full banking license secured in March 2026
  • TechCrunch, Techmeme
• Core Scientific Raises $3.3B to Build AI Data Centers
  • Pivoting from crypto mining; centers leased to CoreWeave
  • Financed via high-yield junk bond sale
  • Techmeme
• Switch Lands $2.6B in Bank Pledges for Power
  • Pledges help secure electricity for booming data centers
  • Energy procurement now top cost challenge for sector
  • Bloomberg

• CATL LFP Battery Charges 10–98% in 7 Minutes
  • Shenxing battery self-heats; works in Arctic temperatures
  • LFP chemistry keeps cost advantage over premium cells
  • Ars Technica
• Blue Energy Raises $380M for Shipyard-Built Reactors
  • Shipyard construction targets cost and schedule overruns
  • Grid-scale nuclear aimed at AI data center power demand
  • TechCrunch

• Vercel OAuth Attack Used AI-Aided Speed, CEO Says
  • Stolen env vars bypassed perimeter defenses entirely
  • Attackers showed 'surprising velocity'; data sold for $2M
  • Trend Micro, The Register
• Cisco SD-WAN Bugs Under Active Exploitation
  • Three CVEs added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list
  • Federal agencies given just 4 days to patch
  • The Register
• macOS ClickFix Drops AppleScript Credential Stealer
  • Hits 14 browsers, 16 crypto wallets, 200+ extensions
  • Collects live session cookies alongside stored credentials
  • The Register

• China Orders MiroMind to Halt Research Exports
  • Follows Manus probe; signals broader AI talent lockdown
  • WaPo: restrictions cover both personnel and research
  • Techmeme
• EU Pushes Sovereignty as US Cloud Dominates
  • US vendors hold ~70% EU cloud, 80% enterprise software spend
  • Trump tensions accelerating push for European alternatives
  • Techmeme
• Ofcom Investigates Telegram Over Child Abuse Material
  • UK regulator gathered evidence of CSAM being shared
  • Telegram 'categorically denies' Ofcom's accusations
  • BBC, Techmeme

• Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing
  • Thompson: Cook exits at Apple's peak; AI is Ternus's test
  • Parallels Cook's own fortunate entry after Jobs's exit
  • Stratechery
• The SpaceX IPO Is a Trillion-Dollar Gamble
  • Verge: retail investors buying into Musk's most controversial bet
  • NASA dependence, $23B debt, and Cursor all priced in
  • The Verge
• Where's the Raccoon With the Ham Radio?
  • Willison: gpt-image-2 leap rivals the GPT-3 to GPT-4 jump
  • Hands-on tests probe web search and prompt fidelity limits
  • Simon Willison