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Alphabet raises $80 billion in stock, including a $10 billion investment deal with Berkshire Hathaway, to help it raise money for its AI spending plans (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: The AI myth moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI Microsoft…

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China issues new investment rules, expanding regulators’ powers to review foreign transactions involving Chinese investors, technology and data, starting July 1 (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 1, 2026

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: China issues new investment rules, expanding regulators’ powers to review foreign transactions involving Chinese investors, technology…

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AI adoption follows the J-curve of general-purpose technologies, such as the electrification of America’s first factories, requiring years of investment before notable ROI gains (exponential view)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 31, 2026

Exponential view: AI adoption follows the J-curve of general-purpose technologies, such as the electrification of America’s first factories, requiring years…

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Record spending of $6.2 billion on data centers in the first quarter, up about 100% quarter-on-quarter, boosted investment growth in Australia, supporting an economy strained by high energy costs and tariffs (James Mayger/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: AI services, so hot right now A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du,…

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EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 24, 2026

Emma Dunkley / Financial Times: EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: around 49% of consumers used AI in…

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Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026: AI Capacity Accelerates, Not Stagnating, U.S.-China Gap Closed, U.S. Leads in Data Centers and Investment, and More (Stanford HAI)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

Stanford HAI: Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026: AI Capacity Accelerates Instead of Stagnating, U.S.-China Gap Closed, U.S. Leads in…

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Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The dilemma of the Anthropic myth, violence against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta The Big Technology…

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OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, stronger safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 6, 2026

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a…

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Documents: Intel plans to invest $15 million in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel’s stake to 9%, following a $35 million investment in February (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 2, 2026

Reuters: Documents: Intel plans to invest $15 million in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel’s stake…

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Meta plans to increase its investment in a data center in El Paso, Texas, to more than $10 billion, a significant increase from the initial commitment of $1.5 billion (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 26, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: Bubble Discussion A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon,…

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Intel Appoints Former SK Hynix CEO Seok-Hee Lee as Executive Vice President of Intel Foundry; Naga Chandrasekaran to lead technology development and front-end manufacturing (Juby Babu/Reuters)

Sources: Meta is under contract to purchase approximately 1.6 GW of compute capacity from Crusoe across two data centers in Texas and Missouri (Bloomberg)

Rockstar Games announces that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will go live on June 25; TTWO jumps 5%+ (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)

Seattle-based Gradial, which makes AI agents that automate enterprise marketing workflows, raised a $65 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of $675 million (Kerry Flynn/Axios)

Former Gojek CEO and Indonesian Education Minister Nadiem Makarim is accused of receiving approximately $46 million in rewards linked to a contract to purchase Chromebooks for schools (Bloomberg)

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Alphabet raises $80 billion in stock, including a $10 billion investment deal with Berkshire Hathaway, to help it raise money for its AI spending plans (Bloomberg)

China issues new investment rules, expanding regulators’ powers to review foreign transactions involving Chinese investors, technology and data, starting July 1 (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

AI adoption follows the J-curve of general-purpose technologies, such as the electrification of America’s first factories, requiring years of investment before notable ROI gains (exponential view)

Record spending of $6.2 billion on data centers in the first quarter, up about 100% quarter-on-quarter, boosted investment growth in Australia, supporting an economy strained by high energy costs and tariffs (James Mayger/Bloomberg)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026: AI Capacity Accelerates, Not Stagnating, U.S.-China Gap Closed, U.S. Leads in Data Centers and Investment, and More (Stanford HAI)

Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, stronger safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Documents: Intel plans to invest $15 million in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel’s stake to 9%, following a $35 million investment in February (Reuters)

Meta plans to increase its investment in a data center in El Paso, Texas, to more than $10 billion, a significant increase from the initial commitment of $1.5 billion (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)