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China MIIT AI infrastructure blueprint targeting 9800 exaflops by 2030

China Maps $532 Billion AI Infrastructure Plan to Build Around US Chip Restrictions

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a $532 billion, five-year blueprint on Sunday to quadruple national AI computing capacity to 9,800 exaflops by 2030, explicitly prioritizing domestic chips — arriving

September 8, 2026

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announces 3,300 layoffs targeting middle management

Uber Cuts 3,300 Jobs After Record Quarter, Singling Out Middle Management

Uber announced 3,300 layoffs despite record $14.2 billion quarterly revenue, targeting middle management and eliminating all remote positions. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi blamed organizational complexity, but the company's AI push and $10 billion autonomous vehicle bet tell a more complicated story.

September 5, 2026

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ChatGPT Health interface connecting OpenAI to Epic electronic health records for clinicians

OpenAI Plugs ChatGPT Into 325 Million Patient Records and Says Read-Only Is Enough

OpenAI connected ChatGPT Health to Epic's electronic health records, giving clinicians read-only access to 325 million

AMD Instinct MI430X GPU hardware powering the LUMI-AI supercomputer contracted by EuroHPC Joint Undertaking in Finland

Europe Commits €387.8 Million to AMD-Powered LUMI-AI Supercomputer in Finland

EuroHPC signed a €387.8M contract for LUMI-AI, a supercomputer running AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs in Finland

Driver's license scan representing the IDScan data breach that exposed 153 million records to the dark web

IDScan Data Breach Puts 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Up for Sale on the Dark Web

The FBI is investigating IDScan after 153 million driver's license scans appeared for sale on the dark web, with Pete Hegseth's license used as a promotional sample on a Russian cybercrime forum.

September 4, 2026

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OpenAI Astra model launch with Greg Brockman declaring AGI milestone

OpenAI Launches Astra as Its President Declares ‘I Think We’re There’ on AGI

OpenAI launched Astra on Thursday, its most capable model, to cybersecurity researchers and all subscribers within the week. President Greg Brockman declared the company has reached artificial general intelligence. The model uses

September 3, 2026

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Nvidia PAIR Personal AI Router distributing AI inference across home network devices at IFA 2026

Nvidia’s PAIR Tool Turns Idle Home Computers Into a Personal AI Network

Nvidia released PAIR, a free open-source Personal AI Router, at IFA 2026 in Berlin. The tool discovers idle PCs on your home network and routes AI inference among them, cutting a five-agent

September 3, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Google Escapes Breakup in Ad-Tech Monopoly Case, Must Open Exchange to Rivals

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid to force Google to sell its advertising exchange, despite a monopoly finding that has stood since April 2025. Google keeps AdX, keeps the exchange

September 3, 2026

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Nvidia and Hugging Face partnership announcement graphic for $12.93 billion acquisition

Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion and Promises to Keep It Open

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the hub for 3 million AI models and 18 million developers, for $12.93 billion. CEO Jensen Huang pledges the platform stays open for all hardware

September 3, 2026

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Google Motion Assist bubble overlay feature shown on Android phone in a moving vehicle

Android Gets Gemini Vision Aid, Motion Assist, and Voice Memory in September Update

Google's September Android update delivers Guided Vision, a Gemini-powered camera tool that reads text aloud for blind and low-vision users, alongside Motion Assist for motion sickness in vehicles, Remembered Items for voice-based

September 3, 2026

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The Reasoning Technique Inside OpenAI’s Astra That Alarms AI Safety Experts

OpenAI's Astra uses 'recurrent depth,' a reasoning method that loops internally and generates fewer legible chain-of-thought traces — a design choice that AI safety researchers say fundamentally undermines the monitoring tools the

September 2, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Apple Surprise and Shine event invitation card for September 9 2026 iPhone launch

Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ Event Is John Ternus’s First Big Test

Apple's John Ternus opened his CEO tenure with a staff memo calling next week's iPhone launch 'phenomenal.' On September 9, he faces his first product stage with a foldable iPhone expected to

September 2, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

PlayStation Store interface showing purchase button at center of Sony digital ownership class action lawsuit

Sony Argues Reasonable Consumers Know They Don’t Own Their Digital Games

Sony has asked a California court to dismiss a class action alleging its PlayStation Store misleads buyers, arguing that 'reasonable consumers' already knew a digital purchase grants a license, not ownership. Plaintiffs

September 2, 2026

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Google AdX advertising exchange antitrust ruling — federal court rejects DOJ breakup demand

US Judge Rejects Google Ad Tech Breakup, Orders Behavioral Remedies

A federal judge in Virginia rejected the DOJ's push to force Google to sell its AdX advertising exchange, ordering behavioral changes instead. Both sides claimed victory — but publishers have no reason

September 2, 2026

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China Maps $532 Billion AI Infrastructure Plan to Build Around US Chip Restrictions

Uber Cuts 3,300 Jobs After Record Quarter, Singling Out Middle Management

OpenAI Plugs ChatGPT Into 325 Million Patient Records and Says Read-Only Is Enough

Europe Commits €387.8 Million to AMD-Powered LUMI-AI Supercomputer in Finland

IDScan Data Breach Puts 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Up for Sale on the Dark Web

OpenAI Launches Astra as Its President Declares ‘I Think We’re There’ on AGI

Nvidia’s PAIR Tool Turns Idle Home Computers Into a Personal AI Network

Google Escapes Breakup in Ad-Tech Monopoly Case, Must Open Exchange to Rivals

Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion and Promises to Keep It Open

Android Gets Gemini Vision Aid, Motion Assist, and Voice Memory in September Update

The Reasoning Technique Inside OpenAI’s Astra That Alarms AI Safety Experts

Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ Event Is John Ternus’s First Big Test

Sony Argues Reasonable Consumers Know They Don’t Own Their Digital Games

US Judge Rejects Google Ad Tech Breakup, Orders Behavioral Remedies

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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