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New U.S. rules banning Chinese software in internet-connected vehicles starting March 17 add urgency to industry efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese components (Stephen Wilmot/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 7, 2026

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Oracle is selling $25 billion in bonds to help fund its AI development, in what is expected to be the largest high-quality U.S. offering since Meta’s $30 billion bond sale last year (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 2, 2026

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Gallup: 12% of employed U.S. adults reported using AI daily in their work in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 10% in the third quarter and 8% in the second; 49% say they never use AI in their role (Andy Kemp/Gallup)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 26, 2026

Andy Kemp / Gallup: Gallup: 12% of employed U.S. adults reported using AI daily in their work in the fourth…

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Intel’s stock, which was at a high level for months after the U.S. government took a 10% stake, crashed 17% on Jan. 23 after the company reported ongoing operational problems (Wall Street Journal).

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 24, 2026

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The U.S. DOJ has opened a criminal investigation and sent grand jury subpoenas in recent weeks into allegations that Deel recruited a spy from rival Rippling (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 23, 2026

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TikTok says ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app’s U.S. operations to a group of non-Chinese investors, including Oracle, MGX and Silver Lake (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 23, 2026

New York Times: TikTok claims ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app’s U.S. operations to a group of non-Chinese…

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GM to shift production of China-made Buick SUV to U.S. plant

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 22, 2026

Employees work on Buick Envision SUVs at the Dong Yue Assembly Plant of General Motors, officially known as SAIC-GM Dong…

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The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough skilled workers in the U.S., like electricians, to keep up (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 18, 2026

Caroline Haskins / Wired: The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough…

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Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 12, 2026

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as…

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Analysis: The AI investment boom is about 1% of U.S. GDP, about half the share of GDP during the 1990s dot-com boom and comparable to the U.S. shale boom of the mid-2010s (Toby Nangle/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 11, 2026

Toby Nangle / Financial Times: Analysis: The AI investment boom represents about 1% of U.S. GDP, about half the share…

Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper join RFA board of directors – Radio Free Asia

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex – Radio Free Asia

Solomon Islands political crisis won’t ‘fundamentally change’ relations with Beijing – Radio Free Asia

ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Ford Motor (F) First Quarter 2026 Results

David Ellison Paramount Warner Bros 30 Movie Releases

ABC faces new backlash from Trump

Yum Brands (YUM) Q1 2026 Results

Resorts World Casino Opens in New York

Trump confuses Iran and Ukraine, clear sign of brutal mental decline

Governors have a plan to protect Trump’s midterm elections

AOC Masterfully Surprises Trump’s EPA Administrator in Life-and-Death Lie to Congress

Bernie Sanders Slams Trump for Failing to Protect Children from Violence, Discrimination in Schools

Tired Hakeem Jeffries Calls Karoline Leavitt a Disgrace and a Cold Liar

Google says the Gemini app can now generate files; Supported formats include PDF, Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, plain text and Markdown (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Sources: Apple plans a new Siri camera mode in iOS 27 by moving visual intelligence, currently tied to the camera control button, into the camera app (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Crypto payments company MoonPay is acquiring Israeli crypto security startup Sodot, sources say, in a $100 million all-stock deal, to launch an institutions-focused unit (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on why AWS will be a better OpenAI partner than Microsoft, chip bubble fears, Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus, and more (Alex Heath/Sources)

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New U.S. rules banning Chinese software in internet-connected vehicles starting March 17 add urgency to industry efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese components (Stephen Wilmot/Wall Street Journal)

Oracle is selling $25 billion in bonds to help fund its AI development, in what is expected to be the largest high-quality U.S. offering since Meta’s $30 billion bond sale last year (Bloomberg)

Gallup: 12% of employed U.S. adults reported using AI daily in their work in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 10% in the third quarter and 8% in the second; 49% say they never use AI in their role (Andy Kemp/Gallup)

Intel’s stock, which was at a high level for months after the U.S. government took a 10% stake, crashed 17% on Jan. 23 after the company reported ongoing operational problems (Wall Street Journal).

The U.S. DOJ has opened a criminal investigation and sent grand jury subpoenas in recent weeks into allegations that Deel recruited a spy from rival Rippling (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

TikTok says ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app’s U.S. operations to a group of non-Chinese investors, including Oracle, MGX and Silver Lake (New York Times)

GM to shift production of China-made Buick SUV to U.S. plant

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough skilled workers in the U.S., like electricians, to keep up (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

Naver, South Korea’s largest buyer of Nvidia chips, pitches its AI cloud services as an alternative to countries reluctant to use U.S. or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

Analysis: The AI investment boom is about 1% of U.S. GDP, about half the share of GDP during the 1990s dot-com boom and comparable to the U.S. shale boom of the mid-2010s (Toby Nangle/Financial Times)