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data center contracts reached $61 billion globally in 2025; debt issuance nearly doubled year-over-year to $182 billion, with Meta raising $62 billion in debt since 2022, about 50% of that in 2025 (April Roach/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 20, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI’s potential, Google’s fast model and co-pilot encounter turbulence The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings the cumulative theft total to $6.75 billion; hacks of individual wallets reached 158,000 (Chainalysis)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 18, 2025

On-Chain Analysis: North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings…

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TikTok Shop reached more than $10 billion in U.S. sales from 600,000 creators between January and October, up from $5 billion year-over-year; global sales are comparable to eBay (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 26, 2025

Featured Podcasts [trading places]: Emily Zheng from Pitchbook 📊 | VC secondaries reach $95 billion 🔥 | $32 billion ramp…

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Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup Sierra has reached $100 million in ARR, after launching in February 2024, up from around $20 million this time last year (Alex Heath/Sources)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 21, 2025

Alex Heath / Sources: Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup, Sierra, has reached $100 million in ARR, after launching…

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AI music platform Suno raised $250 million led by Menlo Ventures at a valuation of $2.45 billion, up from about $500 million in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200 million (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 19, 2025

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Ari Emanuel – The anti-AI bet The leading destination for learning about business and…

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Microsoft says the US has allowed it to ship the latest Nvidia chips to the UAE for the first time; President Trump reached a deal with UAE President MBZ in May (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 3, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: Rebuilding the Front for the AI Age | CEO Dan O’Connell Grit explores what it takes to…

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Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros in 2023 and 97 million euros in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with European officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 29, 2025

European Business Observatory: Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros…

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Netflix ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Toy Deals Reached With Hasbro, Mattel

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 21, 2025

Still from Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters.”NetflixNetflix is in partnership with both Hasbro And Mattel to bring “KPop Demon Hunters” toys…

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Google claims to have reached the milestone of 1.3 quadrillion monthly tokens processed in its services this summer, compared to 980 T of monthly tokens announced in July (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 10, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Inside Google’s AI Turnaround: The Rise of AI Mode, the Strategy Behind AI Previews, and Their…

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Mark Zuckerberg says that Instagram has reached 3B monthly users and tests a new navigation bar on a home screen priority, private messaging and coils (Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 24, 2025

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:: Mark Zuckerberg says that Instagram has reached 3B monthly users and tests a new navigation bar…

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Airlines discover the grass isn’t always greener with new engines

Texas Butcherworm Cases Don’t Endanger Food Supply, Brooke Rollins Says

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly launch obesity pills, prepare for Medicare coverage

United CEO rejects airline mergers after US rejection

‘Backrooms’ Producer Peter Chernin Thinks Hollywood Needs to Change

Mike Johnson ceded his power as Speaker of the House to Trump

Hakeem Jeffries goes on Fox News and calls them out for ignoring GOP bigots

Trump Melts Down and Leaves to Meet the Press When Asked for Evidence of Election Rigging

Trump holds sit-down event in Wisconsin as apparent decline deepens

Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC massively backfired

Meta invests $115 million in workforce academy, free 5-week program to train Americans to build data centers, offering job guarantees on Meta construction sites (Wall Street Journal)

Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode improvements aimed at agent coding workflows (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has more than $20 billion in assets under management, after launching less than two years ago (Peter Rudegeair/Wall Street Journal)

Google recently placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than 3 million TPUs in 2028; Nvidia tests Intel technology for new processor, conducts 18A trials (Qianer Liu/The Information)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said tech companies must introduce safety measures on children’s phones to stop them sharing nude images or face laws forcing them to do so (Reuters)

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data center contracts reached $61 billion globally in 2025; debt issuance nearly doubled year-over-year to $182 billion, with Meta raising $62 billion in debt since 2022, about 50% of that in 2025 (April Roach/CNBC)

North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings the cumulative theft total to $6.75 billion; hacks of individual wallets reached 158,000 (Chainalysis)

TikTok Shop reached more than $10 billion in U.S. sales from 600,000 creators between January and October, up from $5 billion year-over-year; global sales are comparable to eBay (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

Bret Taylor says his AI agent startup Sierra has reached $100 million in ARR, after launching in February 2024, up from around $20 million this time last year (Alex Heath/Sources)

AI music platform Suno raised $250 million led by Menlo Ventures at a valuation of $2.45 billion, up from about $500 million in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200 million (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)

Microsoft says the US has allowed it to ship the latest Nvidia chips to the UAE for the first time; President Trump reached a deal with UAE President MBZ in May (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros in 2023 and 97 million euros in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with European officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)

Netflix ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Toy Deals Reached With Hasbro, Mattel

Google claims to have reached the milestone of 1.3 quadrillion monthly tokens processed in its services this summer, compared to 980 T of monthly tokens announced in July (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)

Mark Zuckerberg says that Instagram has reached 3B monthly users and tests a new navigation bar on a home screen priority, private messaging and coils (Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg)