Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets — claims company mentored incoming employees on bringing confidential information

Apple sued OpenAI, including its own former employees, over the theft of trade secrets as both companies build up AI hardware businesses.

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Elon Musk receives FTC greenlight to buy Mesh Optical as interconnects emerge as AI’s tightest bottleneck — the move will expand Musk’s growing stack of critical AI infrastructure

FTC clearance to acquire Mesh Optical hands Musk the missing layer between Terafab’s chips and Gigasat’s satellites, amid tightening interconnect AI bottleneck

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Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions

A Reddit user named u/Slawrfp shared on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit that Chinese courts have allowed heirs to inherit games and other digital assets after the original user has since passed on. While Chinese inheritance law hasn’t explicitly covered digital properties, multiple rulings have already set precedent.

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Meta pauses mandatory AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes after internal data leak exposed sensitive staff information company-wide — employees express frustration over poor handling of data

Meta has paused an internal AI training program after employee conversations, keystrokes, transcripts, and performance-related data were reportedly exposed across the company.

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U.S. gov’t asks court to dismiss NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI over use of unpermitted gas turbines — DOJ says Grok model running at Colossus 2 ‘supports mission-critical operations’

The US government is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit from the NAACP, arguing that the Colossus 2 data center is crucial for national security. The data center runs the Grok Gov AI model, and the government claims a shutdown…

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Project Jupiter AI data center build raises concerns about water usage in rural New Mexico desert — Oracle calls water usage ‘negligible’ for 11 million gallon one-time fill

Oracle’s Project Jupiter is targeting a New Mexico desert already struggling with water consumption, but the company assures residents that the data center’s water usage is “negligible.”
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It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.

With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.

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SpaceX unveils 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory, a new manufacturing facility for space-based data centers — aims for 1 GW/year of space AI compute by late 2027 from its satellites

SpaceX’s new Gigasat factory will mass-produce AI satellites for orbital data centers. Musk says the company is targeting 1 GW of space AI compute by 2027 and 100 GW per year by 2030.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX secures 100% property tax exemption for planned $55 billion Terafab semiconductor factory in Texas — county approves 35-year deal worth hundreds of millions despite resident backlash

SpaceX has secured a 35-year, 100% property tax abatement for its proposed $55 billion TeraFAB semiconductor facility in Texas. Elon Musk argues the exemption is essential to compete with global chipmakers, while residents…

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Microsoft CEO says new AI data centers use as little water annually as a restaurant — closed-loop cooling system aims to slash consumption from millions of gallons as AI infrastructure faces mounting environmental scrutiny

Microsoft CEO claims the company’s new AI data centers use only as much water as a single restaurant annually, thanks to a closed-loop cooling system designed to dramatically reduce consumption.
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