06 · Status
Trump's Secret Jet Blowback
Why it matters
White House journalists took safety concerns to the WHCA, and new president Jacqui Heinrich addressed them in an off-the-record note.
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07 · Vox
Iran-linked hackers hit US water systems
Why it matters
Iran-linked attacks hit water and wastewater systems in at least twelve states last month, causing shut-offs and boil-water notices.
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08 · Semafor
Iran dampens Hormuz deal hopes
Why it matters
Tehran doubled down on its Hormuz demands as oil hit $90 and the US fired on a Panama-flagged vessel trying to run the blockade.
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09 · Stratechery
Nvidia's Risky Business
Why it matters
Ben Thompson argues Nvidia's $500B third-party capital plan preserves its margins by finding pension and insurance money to bear the risk.
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10 · Semafor
Nvidia to help boost value of old chips
Why it matters
Liz Hoffman traces Big Tech's spending through Friedman's four quadrants, and Nvidia is backstopping up to 25% of residual value on some projects.
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11 · Semafor
US to sit out Intel's $15B offering
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on how the AI buildout is being financed.
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12 · SemiAnalysis
Gemini is Cooked, but GCP is Cooking
Why it matters
After Demis Hassabis stepped back as DeepMind CEO, SemiAnalysis said DeepMind is, for all intents and purposes, no longer a frontier lab.
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13 · Semafor
More OpenAI executives exit
Why it matters
Brad Lightcap is the latest senior OpenAI departure ahead of a planned IPO, following the heads of ethics, safety systems and mission alignment.
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14 · Semafor
Anthropic models tackle cryptanalysis
Why it matters
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview halved the effective strength of the post-quantum HAWK algorithm.
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15 · The Washington Post
Rural Texas data center opposition is scrambling conservative orthodoxy
Why it matters
Bipartisan opposition to data centers is building before the midterms, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Trump ally, is campaigning on restraint.
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16 · The Washington Post
New York becomes first state to impose data center moratorium
Why it matters
New York became the first state to impose a data center moratorium, as dozens of communities have tried their own.
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17 · Semafor
Progressives prepare AI regulation push
Why it matters
Congressional progressives are building an AI privacy and surveillance package designed to recruit civil libertarians on the right.
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18 · Puck
David Ellison Has Gamed Out a California Exit Plan
Why it matters
David Ellison intends to move Paramount Skydance out of California if Rob Bonta does not settle the WBD antitrust suit by October 1.
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19 · Semafor
Activist pressures Lionsgate to sell
Why it matters
Activist investor Anson Funds is pushing Lionsgate to reinvent itself for the AI era or sell.
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20 · Digiday
Perplexity blocks Time's ads served to AI agents, calling them 'deceptive'
Why it matters
Time served ads inside markdown versions of its pages aimed at AI agents, and Perplexity blocked them as deceptive.
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