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AMD Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap

TL;DR: AMD crossed a $1 trillion market capitalization for the first time, riding a five-day rally fueled by AI chip demand. The stock is up more than 180 percent so far in 2026, cementing the chipmaker as the second pillar of the AI accelerator market. Read more →

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OpenAI Model Solves 100+ Math Problems

TL;DR: OpenAI said an internal model trained since August 28 has resolved more than 100 long-standing open problems spanning most areas of mathematics. The claim, circulating widely on X, marks another step in the race to apply frontier reasoning systems to original scientific research. Read more →

Google Antitrust Remedies Finally Unsealed

TL;DR: The court unsealed its behavioral remedies in the Google ad tech monopoly case, closing a trial that found the company illegally monopolized advertising technology. Publishers call the remedies too little and too late, but say they will take what they can get. Read more →

Cheap Grok 4.7 Launched

TL;DR: xAI released Grok 4.7, its most capable model yet, priced aggressively below rivals. On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index it scores 46 points, well behind Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 at 53, and the gap widens on agentic coding tasks. Read more →

Nscale Files for $35B NY IPO

TL;DR: London-based AI cloud provider Nscale is taking its roughly $1 billion loss to Wall Street, reportedly seeking a valuation of up to $35 billion in a New York IPO. The filing tests investor appetite for rent-a-GPU neoclouds burning cash to build capacity. Read more →

SoftBank Borrows $11B More for OpenAI

TL;DR: SoftBank plans to borrow more than $11 billion from investors through risky bonds to fund another payment for its stake in OpenAI. The move deepens the Japanese group's leveraged bet on the AI lab and on data center buildouts worldwide. Read more →

Paramount Settles Suit, WBD Merger Advances

TL;DR: Paramount reached a settlement with California and eleven other states that sued to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal removes a major legal roadblock and clears the path for one of the largest media mergers ever. Read more →

AWS Open-Sources Strands Harness Agents

TL;DR: Amazon Web Services launched Strands Harness, an open-source AI agent that developers can deploy in any environment. The tool aims to solve the problem of scaling agents from local prototypes to cloud production without rewriting orchestration layers. Read more →

Starship to Fly First Orbital Payload

TL;DR: SpaceX's Starship is set to fly again within a week, and for the first time it will go orbital carrying an operational payload. The mission would mark a milestone in turning the vehicle from test article into working launch infrastructure. Read more →

Nvidia Certifies Tesla Megapacks for AI

TL;DR: Nvidia announced that Tesla's Megapacks have been qualified for use in its DSX AI factory ecosystem. The new DSX Ready program identifies power and cooling gear that meets spec for the data centers Nvidia is helping partners build. Read more →

Rainmaker Raises $100M for Cloud Seeding

TL;DR: Weather modification startup Rainmaker raised $100 million in Series B funding from investors including NOA VC, Upfront Ventures, DCVC and Lowercarbon Capital. The company uses cloud seeding to generate rain and snow, betting it can help fight drought at scale. Read more →

Iambic Signs AbbVie AI Drug Deal

TL;DR: AI drug discovery company Iambic Therapeutics released the next generation of its Enchant model and signed an R&D partnership with pharma giant AbbVie. The San Diego-based startup is among the leaders applying machine learning to design novel molecules. Read more →

FDA Weighs Grail Cancer Screening Test

TL;DR: Ahead of Wednesday's advisory committee meeting, the FDA stopped short of recommending approval or rejection of Grail's Galleri cancer test. Its briefing materials instead laid out detailed performance data and asked the panel to weigh the test's benefit-risk profile, its “early detection” label and possible risk mitigations. Some analysts interpreted the absence of major safety or efficacy objections as relatively favorable. Read more →

Google Unveils Googlebook AI Laptops

TL;DR: Google announced Googlebook, a new family of lightweight laptops in the Chromebook lineage that pair on-device AI with the ability to run Android apps and ChromeOS. The lineup pushes Google's assistant and Gemini features deeper into personal computing hardware. Read more →

AI Safety Rules May Favor Giants

TL;DR: Some investors and analysts argue that big AI labs, especially Anthropic, are turning the current safety scare to their advantage by inviting regulation only the largest players can easily comply with. If true, compliance costs become a moat against smaller rivals. Read more →

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