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A look at Huawei-backed Yuanjie, a maker of photonic chips used in optical interconnects for AI data centers, whose shares have surged 780% in the past year (Yue Wang/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 22, 2026

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Elon Musk announces Terafab, an Austin-based project led by Tesla and SpaceX to make robotics, AI and space data center chips for Tesla, xAI and SpaceX (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 22, 2026

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How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to location videos (Shubham Agarwal/The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 22, 2026

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Indian AI data center operator Yotta aims to raise $500 million to $600 million at a valuation of around $4 billion, then file initial paperwork for an IPO within weeks (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 20, 2026

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Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living knowledge base, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living…

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Samsung and AMD sign preliminary agreement for Samsung to supply its next-generation HBM4 for AMD’s MI455X accelerators, used in data centers, and DDR5 for AMD’s Helios (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Samsung and AMD sign preliminary agreement for Samsung to supply its next-generation HBM4 for AMD’s MI455X…

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Pentagon discusses plans to establish secure environments for AI companies to train military-specific versions of their models on classified data (James O’Donnell/MIT Technology Review)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

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Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

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Palantir software demonstrations and DOD recordings show how the military can use AI chatbots, including the types of queries and data used to generate responses (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 14, 2026

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75% say they have heard a lot or a little about data centers; 39% say they are bad for the environment and 38% say they are bad for home energy costs (Pew Research Center)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 13, 2026

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Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

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Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

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Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Some shareholders question whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have proposed Bret Taylor as successor (Wall Street Journal)

About 40% of U.S. data centers planned for 2026 face delays, with major sites from Microsoft, OpenAI and others likely more than three months behind schedule (Financial Times)

Browsing: data

A look at Huawei-backed Yuanjie, a maker of photonic chips used in optical interconnects for AI data centers, whose shares have surged 780% in the past year (Yue Wang/Forbes)

Elon Musk announces Terafab, an Austin-based project led by Tesla and SpaceX to make robotics, AI and space data center chips for Tesla, xAI and SpaceX (Bloomberg)

How gig apps like Kled AI, Silencio, Neon Mobile and Luel AI pay users for data that AI companies can use to train models, from phone calls to location videos (Shubham Agarwal/The Guardian)

Indian AI data center operator Yotta aims to raise $500 million to $600 million at a valuation of around $4 billion, then file initial paperwork for an IPO within weeks (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living knowledge base, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Samsung and AMD sign preliminary agreement for Samsung to supply its next-generation HBM4 for AMD’s MI455X accelerators, used in data centers, and DDR5 for AMD’s Helios (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Pentagon discusses plans to establish secure environments for AI companies to train military-specific versions of their models on classified data (James O’Donnell/MIT Technology Review)

Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

Palantir software demonstrations and DOD recordings show how the military can use AI chatbots, including the types of queries and data used to generate responses (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

75% say they have heard a lot or a little about data centers; 39% say they are bad for the environment and 38% say they are bad for home energy costs (Pew Research Center)