Palantir CEO Alex Karp claims AI companies are stealing customers’ data while charging them for unproductive tokens — says ‘livid’ businesses ‘are paying for tokens that create no value’

Palantir CEO Alex Karp boldly states in an interview that claims AI companies are stealing customer’s data while charging them for unproductive services.

Nvidia offers to take a cut of AI cloud revenue on top of hardware sales in new optional financing vehicle — trades tokens for revenue cut

Nvidia has announced a new business model under which it’ll be able to double-dip for revenue on the same silicon.

U.S. PC shipments drop 7%, market isn’t expected to bounce back until 2029 — price hikes and component shortages take hold as PC market declines, Omdia report suggests

New data suggests PC shipments are already down in 2026 and are likely to get worse in the latter half of the year, but that could be setting the stage for a resurgence in the years to come.

Meta reportedly plans to rent out its AI compute, sending AI stocks tumbling — ‘Meta Compute’ would put company in direct competition with AWS
Meta reportedly plans to rent out its AI compute, sending AI stocks tumbling — ‘Meta Compute’ would put company in direct competition with AWS

Meta is reportedly weighing two service models: selling developers access to AI models hosted on its own infrastructure, or selling raw computing capacity.

Startup activates nuclear microreactor live on stage to power an Nvidia RTX Spark desktop PC — firm working with Nvidia to build a 30MW closed loop AI factory that doesn’t use local water
Startup activates nuclear microreactor live on stage to power an Nvidia RTX Spark desktop PC — firm working with Nvidia to build a 30MW closed loop AI factory that doesn’t use local water

Valar Atomics claims to be the first startup to produce nuclear power, and it demonstrated that ability on stage by using its Ward 250 microreactor to power an RTX Spark unit. It also announced a partnership with Nvidia to build a 30MW closed loop AI data center that does not use water from surrounding communities.

Singapore cops seize $42 million mansion, freeze $772k bank account of suspected Nvidia AI GPU smugglers — individuals alleged to have illegally exported data center servers to China charged with fraud, money laundering

Four individuals suspected of smuggling Nvidia AI GPUs into China by using Singapore as a transshipment point are facing multiple charges. Singaporean authorities say they are not obliged to enforce foreign export controls but expects businesses in its borders to abide by them.

Apple’s Hide My Email service reportedly reveals users’ actual email addresses with little effort — Cupertino has seemingly known about the problem for a year but has yet to fix it
Apple’s Hide My Email service reportedly reveals users’ actual email addresses with little effort — Cupertino has seemingly known about the problem for a year but has yet to fix it

Apple’s Hide My Email service still reveals users’ actual email addresses with little effort — even though it’s been a year since the company was notified about problem.

Intel expands production of photomasks in California: EUV and High-NA EUV in the focal point
Intel expands production of photomasks in California: EUV and High-NA EUV in the focal point

Intel begins expansion of its Bowers Campus in Santa Clara to produce more photomasks in-house, which is set to be crucial as process technologies get more sophisticated.

Google testing controversial webcam-based reCAPTCHA that asks for a hand scan to prove you’re human — testers beat it with a stock photo

Google is testing a reCAPTCHA check that switches on a user’s camera and asks them to wave or hold up an open palm.