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US companies sold $1.7T of investment-grade bonds in 2025, nearing the $1.8T 2020 record, driven by AI infrastructure borrowing; Goldman says AI makes up ~30% — Investment-grade borrowers have issued $1.7tn of bonds this year, closing in on 2020s Covid debt rush
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Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians stay active on X; the UK government says it stopped paid ads on X in 2024, down from £9M in 2021 — Despite concerns, politicians continue to use Elon Musk's platform in search of a ‘civilised debate’ with constituents
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HK shares of Chinese short-video app Kuaishou fell as much as 6% to ~$8, lowest since November 21, after the company was hit by a cyberattack on December 22 — Shares of Kuaishou (1024.HK) dropped by as much as 6% on Tuesday to HK$62.70 ($8.06), their lowest since November 21 …
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Sources reveal inconsistencies in Megaspeed's chip inventory, as the US probes the Singapore AI startup over alleged Chinese ownership and Nvidia chip smuggling — Singapore-based Megaspeed has imported tens of thousands more chips than Nvidia saw when checking its data centers.
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The Pentagon partners with xAI to embed the company's frontier AI systems, based on the Grok family of models, directly into GenAI.mil as soon as early 2026 — Grok will be deployed across systems serving 3 million military and civilian personnel by early 2026
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The US FCC bans imports, marketing, and sales of new foreign-made drones and components, including from China's DJI and Autel, citing national security concerns — American customers hoarding products in anticipation of restrictions against popular Chinese manufacturer DJI and a smaller competitor, Autel Robotics
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Sources: ByteDance has made preliminary plans to spend ¥160B, or ~$23B, in AI capex in 2026, up from ¥150B in 2025, and has budgeted ~$12.07B for AI processors — TikTok's Chinese owner set to increase capital expenditure next year in effort to further build AI infrastructure
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Kargo, which uses cameras and sensors to inspect pallets in a warehouse and provide accurate inventory data, raised a $42M Series B led by Avenir — Kargo, a San Francisco-based warehouse inventory tech startup, closed a $42 million Series B led by Avenir, the company announced Monday.
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OpenAI details efforts to secure its ChatGPT Atlas browser against prompt injection attacks, including building an “LLM-based automated attacker” — Even as OpenAI works to harden its Atlas AI browser against cyberattacks, the company admits that prompt injections …
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Coinbase agrees to acquire prediction markets startup The Clearing Company for an undisclosed sum; the startup was founded in 2025 and raised a $15M seed — Partner offers — Quick Take — Coinbase has agreed to acquire The Clearing Company, a prediction markets startup …
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