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Thursday, June 18, 2026

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China wants to spend nearly $300 billion on a national data center grid — all powered by domestically made silicon and looking to outperform the US
General · Global / Other

China wants to spend nearly $300 billion on a national data center grid — all powered by domestically made silicon and looking to outperform the US

China wants to spend nearly $300 billion on a national data center grid — all powered by domestically made silicon and looking to outperform the US

TechRadar·AI score →
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AMD, Google, and Nvidia could get some of their chips made by Samsung
General · CA

AMD, Google, and Nvidia could get some of their chips made by Samsung

AMD, Google, and Nvidia could get some of their chips made by Samsung

SamMobile·AI score →
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Ajinomoto's chip film faces supply test as AI demand climbs
General · Global / Other

Ajinomoto's chip film faces supply test as AI demand climbs

Ajinomoto's chip film faces supply test as AI demand climbs

Digitimes·AI score →
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OQC, JPMorganChase, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Partner to Launch Quantum-AI Research Platform in London
General · CA

OQC, JPMorganChase, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Partner to Launch Quantum-AI Research Platform in London

OQC, JPMorganChase, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Partner to Launch Quantum-AI Research Platform in London

Yahoo Entertainment·AI score →
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Ta Tun Electric Wire and Cable opens Arizona office to target US chip and AI demand
General · Global / Other

Ta Tun Electric Wire and Cable opens Arizona office to target US chip and AI demand

Ta Tun Electric Wire and Cable opens Arizona office to target US chip and AI demand

Digitimes·AI score →
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Huawei raises end-consumer product prices from July
General · CA

Huawei raises end-consumer product prices from July

Huawei raises end-consumer product prices from July

Digitimes·AI score →
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Chinese EV Makers Shift to Proprietary Chips, Reducing Reliance on Nvidia
General · CA

Chinese EV Makers Shift to Proprietary Chips, Reducing Reliance on Nvidia

Chinese EV Makers Shift to Proprietary Chips, Reducing Reliance on Nvidia

Naturalnews.com·AI score →
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Visteon Names Gary Hicok to Board of Directors
General · CA

Visteon Names Gary Hicok to Board of Directors

Visteon Names Gary Hicok to Board of Directors

PRNewswire·AI score →
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China’s DeepSeek reportedly raises $7.4B in funding at $50B+ valuation
General · CA

China’s DeepSeek reportedly raises $7.4B in funding at $50B+ valuation

China’s DeepSeek reportedly raises $7.4B in funding at $50B+ valuation

SiliconANGLE News·AI score →
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AI researcher Gary Marcus sees problems ahead for tech stocks with ties to OpenAI
General · Global / Other

AI researcher Gary Marcus sees problems ahead for tech stocks with ties to OpenAI

AI researcher Gary Marcus sees problems ahead for tech stocks with ties to OpenAI

Business Insider·AI score →
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Inside Cursor's journey to a $60 billion deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
General · Global / Other

Inside Cursor's journey to a $60 billion deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Inside Cursor's journey to a $60 billion deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX

The Times of India·AI score →
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Towards autonomous medical artificial intelligence agents
General · CA

Towards autonomous medical artificial intelligence agents

Towards autonomous medical artificial intelligence agents

Nature.com·AI score →
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Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are attending the same CEO lunch today
General · Global / Other

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are attending the same CEO lunch today

Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are attending the same CEO lunch today

Business Insider·AI score →
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Malicious JetBrains Plugins Steal AI API Keys as Chrome Extensions Capture Chatbot Chats
General · CA

Malicious JetBrains Plugins Steal AI API Keys as Chrome Extensions Capture Chatbot Chats

Malicious JetBrains Plugins Steal AI API Keys as Chrome Extensions Capture Chatbot Chats

Internet·AI score →
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Can you trust artificial intelligence to help manage your money?
General · CA

Can you trust artificial intelligence to help manage your money?

Can you trust artificial intelligence to help manage your money?

The Week Magazine·AI score →
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Your raise used to go offshore. Then it went to a buyback. Now it’s going to a data center
General · Global / Other

Your raise used to go offshore. Then it went to a buyback. Now it’s going to a data center

Your raise used to go offshore. Then it went to a buyback. Now it’s going to a data center

Fortune·AI score →
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Silicon Valley’s Elite Financial Advisers Say This Era of Wealth Is Different
General · CA

Silicon Valley’s Elite Financial Advisers Say This Era of Wealth Is Different

Silicon Valley’s Elite Financial Advisers Say This Era of Wealth Is Different

Wired·AI score →
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Samsung The Frame Pro 2026 Review: Pricey But Worth It
General · Global / Other

Samsung The Frame Pro 2026 Review: Pricey But Worth It

Samsung The Frame Pro 2026 Review: Pricey But Worth It

Wired·AI score →
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General · Northeast

Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits

Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits

The Verge·AI score →
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General · Global / Other

Who decides when AI is too dangerous?

Who decides when AI is too dangerous?

The Verge·AI score →
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Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
General · CA

Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”

Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”

Ars Technica·AI score →
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Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users
General · Global / Other

Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users

Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users

Ars Technica·AI score →
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Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs
General · CA

Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

Ars Technica·AI score →Also: tomshardware.com
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Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks
General · CA

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks

Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks

IEEE Spectrum·AI score →
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General · Global / Other

Show HN: 10x better performance from the Coding Harnesses with LLM-wiki

Show HN: 10x better performance from the Coding Harnesses with LLM-wiki

llm-wiki.net·AI score →
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General · Global / Other

GLM-5.2 is probably the most powerful text-only open weights LLM

GLM-5.2 is probably the most powerful text-only open weights LLM

simonwillison.net·AI score →
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General · CA

Uber and Lyft Use Artificial Intelligence to Price Rides

Uber and Lyft Use Artificial Intelligence to Price Rides

consumerreports.org·AI score →
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General · CA

Apple boss Tim Cook says prices to rise due to memory chip costs

Apple boss Tim Cook says prices to rise due to memory chip costs

bbc.com·AI score →
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General · Global / Other

The hacker sent by Anthropic to calm the government's nerves about AI safety

The hacker sent by Anthropic to calm the government's nerves about AI safety

wsj.com·AI score →
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General · CA

Liquid cooling technology for semiconductor chips is 10 times more efficient than previous record

Liquid cooling technology for semiconductor chips is 10 times more efficient than previous record - Tech Xplore

Tech Xplore·AI score →
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General · CA

Apple to Buy Computer Chips From Intel, Trump Says

Apple to Buy Computer Chips From Intel, Trump Says - The New York Times

The New York Times·AI score →Also: The Hill
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General · CA

Parallel enzymatic DNA synthesis using a semiconductor chip

Parallel enzymatic DNA synthesis using a semiconductor chip - Nature

Nature·AI score →
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General · CA

New atom-thin material solves major semiconductor wiring problem

New atom-thin material solves major semiconductor wiring problem - Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering·AI score →
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General · CA

Oregon chip stocks are roaring back. Will the jobs ever return?

Oregon chip stocks are roaring back. Will the jobs ever return? - OregonLive.com

OregonLive·AI score →
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General · CA

A delegation from Purdue University visited the Ministry of Economic Affairs, planning to collaborate with GQ to create a third-generation semiconductor and AI innovation ecosystem between Taiwan and the United States

A delegation from Purdue University visited the Ministry of Economic Affairs, planning to collaborate with GQ to create a third-generation semiconductor and AI innovation ecosystem between Taiwan and the United States - Purdue Research Foundation

Purdue Research Foundation·AI score →
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General · CA

EigenQ and Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. Announce Definitive Business Combination Agreement to Create a Publicly Traded Quantum Technology Company

EigenQ and Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. Announce Definitive Business Combination Agreement to Create a Publicly Traded Quantum Technology Company - PR Newswire

PR Newswire·AI score →
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General · CA

DeepL expands into Silicon Valley, adds Mixhalo team and technology to accelerate Voice AI at scale

DeepL expands into Silicon Valley, adds Mixhalo team and technology to accelerate Voice AI at scale - Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance·AI score →
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General · CA

Tech Workers Are Fighting Against Silicon Valley’s AI Push

Tech Workers Are Fighting Against Silicon Valley’s AI Push - Tech Policy Press

Tech Policy Press·AI score →Also: Open Markets Institute, Moomoo
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General · CA

Silicon Valley Spent Millions on California's Primaries with Mixed Results

Silicon Valley Spent Millions on California's Primaries with Mixed Results - KQED

KQED·AI score →
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General · CA

Governor Shapiro Announces $30 Million Investment from Nokia to Expand Its Semiconductor Production Operations in Pennsylvania and Create More Than 250 New Jobs - PA Department of Community & Economic Development (.gov)

Governor Shapiro Announces $30 Million Investment from Nokia to Expand Its Semiconductor Production Operations in Pennsylvania and Create More Than 250 New Jobs - PA Department of Community & Economic Development (.gov)

Google News·AI score →Also: Industrial Equipment News
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General · CA

UT Austin Selected To Help Lead National Expansion of Semiconductor Workforce

UT Austin Selected To Help Lead National Expansion of Semiconductor Workforce - The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin·AI score →
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General · CA

Nokia to invest $30M in Lehigh Valley semiconductor expansion, creating 250 jobs

Nokia to invest $30M in Lehigh Valley semiconductor expansion, creating 250 jobs - LehighValleyLive.com

LehighValleyLive·AI score →
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General · CA

Nvidia's Huang pledges AI will boost manufacturing jobs. A test will come in Texas

Nvidia's Huang pledges AI will boost manufacturing jobs. A test will come in Texas - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal·AI score →
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General · CA

‘This is frustrating for all of us’: Need for workers prompts semiconductor job training initiative

‘This is frustrating for all of us’: Need for workers prompts semiconductor job training initiative - KXAN Austin

KXAN Austin·AI score →