Techmeme
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Report: SK Hynix gained ~$15B from selling down its Kioxia stake earlier this year, and plans to return ~$12B to shareholders via a special dividend (Bloomberg)
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High-frequency trading firms such as Jane Street are investing in AI and chip startups and neoclouds, and building data centers to gain an edge in the AI era (Bloomberg)
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Sources detail how Ramp investors Joe Lonsdale and Keith Rabois pushed US lawmakers to probe rival Airwallex's China ties after Airwallex scrapped a Ramp deal (Michael Roddan/The Information)
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iPhone Duo teardown: 5/10 repairability, a foldable record, but some screens crack along the fold, possibly because a hinge support bar fails to drop far enough (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News)
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Moderators of r/opensource ban submissions of projects using, made by, or intended for AI, exclude non-English speakers over AI translation concerns, and more (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
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Elon Musk says SpaceX closed $40B in GPU debt, debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center firms, and 200+ neoclouds face "death and consolidation" (Elon Musk/@elonmusk)
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Data center tenants now demand $5M+ a day in late-delivery fees, up from $1M this spring, spawning new "delay-in-delivery" coverage from brokers like Marsh (Ann Davis Vaughan/The Information)
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The iTunes Store is re-emerging as a venue for big pop stars, including Taylor Swift, to hawk collectibles to superfans and bolster their chart positions (Tom Matsuda/Financial Times)
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Sources: Apple tweaked macOS for its OLED touch MacBook Pro, due Wednesday, with a dynamic interface that adapts to whether touch or the trackpad was last used (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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Lawmakers and Hill staffers in both parties say AI leaders are becoming a political liability as they swing between claims of prosperity and existential dangers (Maria Curi/Axios)
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How a Blackstone-led $2.3B private credit loan to CoreWeave in 2023 became a blueprint for chip-backed debt, which is on track to become a $1T market (Bloomberg)
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Baba, which develops AI tools to help Medicare and Medicaid patients connect to care teams and handle advocacy tasks, raised a $40M Series A led by FirstMark (Cailey Gleeson/Fierce Healthcare)
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CapitalOS, which helps vertical software platforms offer spend management, cards, and bill payment tools to SMB customers, raised a $21.9M Series A led by LGVP (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
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Instagram launches an Apple TV app for watching Reels, longer videos, and live shows; the app previously launched on Fire TV, Google TV, and Samsung smart TVs (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
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Kimi K3.1 Pro's debut draws scrutiny over allegations that influencers were asked to promote the model without disclosing a commercial relationship to Moonshot (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)