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New York Halts New AI Data Centers in First State Ban

Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing new permits for hyperscale data centers of 50MW or more for up to a year. It is the first statewide data center moratorium in the US, driven by power costs and water use.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

Nvidia Ships 'Very Few' H200 AI Chips to China So Far

A senior Commerce official said Nvidia has shipped only a 'trivial' number of H200 chips to China and Hong Kong since Washington approved the sales. About 10 Chinese firms, including Tencent and ByteDance, hold purchase licenses.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

DeepSeek in Talks for $1.5B Raise at $71B, Then IPO

DeepSeek is reportedly raising about $1.5 billion at a $71 billion valuation, up from $50 billion just a month ago. The Chinese lab is lining up an IPO that could come as early as year-end, ahead of a planned 2027 debut.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

Reflection Inks $1B Nebius Compute Deal for Open Models

US open-model lab Reflection AI signed a $1 billion compute deal with European infrastructure firm Nebius for access to Nvidia's newest chips. It follows a roughly $6.3 billion SpaceX compute arrangement weeks earlier.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

Nadella Warns AI Labs Will Eat Their Customers' Data

In a new essay, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella argues enterprises pay for AI twice: once in tokens, again in the proprietary knowledge they hand model makers. He warns a few frontier models could absorb and commoditize whole industries.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

Chinese Open Models Top Hugging Face at 41% of Downloads

TechCrunch argues the AI race has moved from the closed frontier to open weights, where China now leads. Chinese open models hit 41% of Hugging Face downloads this spring, and the top six models on OpenRouter are all Chinese and open.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

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GPT-5.6 Has 72 Configs: Which One Should You Default To?

Sebastian Raschka maps GPT-5.6's three models against six reasoning-effort levels, producing 72 possible configurations, and works through which default makes sense. A practical guide to spending inference compute without guessing.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

New Protocol Aims to Make AI Scientist Agents Auditable

A July arXiv paper proposes a hypothesis evolution protocol for LLM agents doing autonomous science, so their reasoning can be traced and audited. It targets the trust gap as agents move from suggesting experiments to running them.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

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Tailscale Flaws Let Attackers Pin CPU Cores and Bypass ACLs

Tailscale just exposed a critical flaw that allows attackers to pin a CPU core indefinitely by sending a single malformed HTTP request. The server doesn't enforce timeouts for these requests, causing an infinite loop and consuming one CPU core. This affects all nodes running Tailscale Serve or Funnel on versions prior to 1.98.9. Upgrading to the latest version is crucial as it fixes this issue along with several other security vulnerabilities, including ACL bypasses in SSH and Unix socket forwarding.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

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Wired Android Auto Setup Reduces Latency and Battery Drain

Google just made it clear that using a wired connection for Android Auto is the way to go. Wired setups not only cut down on annoying latency but also save your phone’s battery from unnecessary drain, especially during commutes. If you're driving an older vehicle or have an outdated smartphone, sticking with wires ensures better communication and reliability. Plus, audio streaming quality improves significantly, making wired Android Auto a must for music enthusiasts. The key takeaway: wired connections reduce overheating issues and provide passive trickle charging that extends your phone's battery life.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

OpenAI Researcher Launches Startup for AI Drug Discovery

An ex-OpenAI researcher is leaving the lab to start a new venture dedicated to using AI in drug discovery, with talks of raising around $200M at a $2B valuation. This move signals growing investor interest in applying advanced AI techniques to accelerate scientific breakthroughs and streamline pharmaceutical development processes. The startup aims to leverage its team's expertise in machine learning and molecular science to identify new applications for FDA-approved drugs or predict interactions that could lead to novel treatments, potentially slashing time-to-market compared to traditional drug discovery methods.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

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Data Centers May Avoid Peak Load Costs

Big tech companies have promised to pay their fair share of costs related to generating and transmitting electricity for large data centers. However, the current cost allocation system might allow these firms to fine-tune their consumption patterns to avoid contributing to peak loads, potentially shifting costs onto other ratepayers. This could lead to significant price increases across various customer categories. The process is complex, with regulators determining how much each customer category should pay based on usage and infrastructure needs.

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read

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