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Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, which is a key US-Asia cable-linking hub and is becoming crowded (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)

Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times : Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, w...

1 January 2026

Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, which is a key US-Asia cable-linking hub and is becoming crowded (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)

Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times:
Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, which is a key US-Asia cable-linking hub and is becoming crowded  —  - 6 min Click here to listen to this article  — Vernon, an industrial town with just a little more than 200 residents …

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Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 28% in 2025, its best percentage performance since 2017, driven by tech, AI, and semiconductor stocks (Wall Street Journal)

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Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 28% in 2025, its best percentage performance since 2017, driven by tech, AI, and semiconductor stocks  —  The city's benchmark Hang Seng Index finished the year up 28%  —  Hong Kong stocks ended 2025 with a second consecutive annual gain …

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Sources: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could IPO in 2026; those three deals alone would exceed the total proceeds from roughly 200 US IPOs in 2025 (George Hammond/Financial Times)

George Hammond / Financial Times:
Sources: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could IPO in 2026; those three deals alone would exceed the total proceeds from roughly 200 US IPOs in 2025  —  Three biggest US private tech groups plan listings as early as this year, raising hopes of windfall for banks, lawyers and investors

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Analysts and manufacturers expect smartphone, PC, and consumer electronics prices to rise by as much as 20% in 2026, as AI demand drives up memory chip costs (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

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Analysts and manufacturers expect smartphone, PC, and consumer electronics prices to rise by as much as 20% in 2026, as AI demand drives up memory chip costs  —  Manufacturers and analysts warn AI data centre build-out is crowding out market for semiconductors

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Report: China-based Moonshot AI, maker of Kimi models, raised a $500M Series C at a $4.3B valuation led by IDG Capital, with Alibaba and Tencent participating (Iris Deng/South China Morning Post)

Iris Deng / South China Morning Post:
Report: China-based Moonshot AI, maker of Kimi models, raised a $500M Series C at a $4.3B valuation led by IDG Capital, with Alibaba and Tencent participating  —  The Kimi AI model developer is now valued at US$4.3 billion, with cash reserves worth US$1.4 billion

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Some 2025 takeaways in LLMs: reasoning as a signature feature, coding agents were useful, subscriptions hit $200/month, and Chinese open-weight models impressed (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Some 2025 takeaways in LLMs: reasoning as a signature feature, coding agents were useful, subscriptions hit $200/month, and Chinese open-weight models impressed  —  This is the third in my annual series reviewing everything that happened in the LLM space over the past 12 months.

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IDC: Apple partner Luxshare halted Vision Pro production at the start of 2025; Sensor Tower says Apple cut digital ad spend for the headset by 95% in 2025 (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
IDC: Apple partner Luxshare halted Vision Pro production at the start of 2025; Sensor Tower says Apple cut digital ad spend for the headset by 95% in 2025  —  High prices, limited apps and comfort issues expose difficulty of turning futuristic hardware into a mass-market product

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How AI labs are deploying on-site gas generators for power as the US electric grid struggles to keep pace with the growing demands of AI infrastructure (SemiAnalysis)

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How AI labs are deploying on-site gas generators for power as the US electric grid struggles to keep pace with the growing demands of AI infrastructure  —  Bring Your Own Generation, Sayonara Electric Grid, Turbines vs. Recips. vs. Fuel Cells, Why Not Build More CCGTs?, Onsite Power TCO

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Elon Musk says Neuralink plans to start "high-volume production" of brain-computer interface devices and move to a fully automated surgical procedure in 2026 (Reuters)

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Elon Musk says Neuralink plans to start “high-volume production” of brain-computer interface devices and move to a fully automated surgical procedure in 2026  —  Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink will start “high-volume production” of brain-computer interface devices …

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Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

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Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality  —  Adam Mosseri says creators should prioritize “unflattering” images to prove they are real.  —  It's no secret that AI-generated …

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