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Today: Can Tesla make its own chips? · Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished.
Top 10 — News
- Can Tesla make its own chips? A look at Tesla's push toward custom chips and the value-destruction risks of vertical integration.
- Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished Reports suggest Nvidia's headline-grabbing proposed OpenAI investment plan has fizzled.
- Walmart becomes first retailer to hit $1tn market value Walmart hits a $1T market value milestone, reflecting its scale and continued reinvention.
- Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics TechCrunch reports DHS using administrative subpoenas to seek data about anonymous accounts tracking ICE operations.
- Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling The U.S. DOJ and states appeal the Google Search monopoly decision, keeping antitrust pressure on Google.
- Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown A post-mortem breaks down a supply-chain compromise affecting Notepad++ distribution and how it was detected.
- AliSQL: Alibaba’s open-source MySQL with vector and DuckDB engines Alibaba open-sources AliSQL, a MySQL variant that adds vector and DuckDB engines for hybrid workloads.
- US stocks drop on fears AI will hit software and analytics groups U.S. stocks drop as investors worry new AI tools could pressure software and analytics business models.
- Xcode 26.3 adds support for Claude, Codex, and other agentic tools via MCP Apple updates Xcode to integrate multiple coding agents via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Google court filings suggest ChromeOS has an expiration date
Court filings suggest Google may wind down ChromeOS after existing support commitments expire.
AI tools & model updates
- ComfyUI v0.12.1 ComfyUI ships v0.12.1; see the release notes for workflow changes and fixes.
- Xcode 26.3 unlocks agentic coding (official announcement) Apple announces Xcode 26.3 capabilities for agentic coding; see the official post for details.
- Accelerating long-context model training in JAX and XLA NVIDIA outlines techniques to speed up long-context training using JAX/XLA.
- Introducing Holo2 (UI localization model) Hugging Face introduces Holo2, a model aimed at UI localization tasks.
Full list — News (10)
A look at Tesla's push toward custom chips and the value-destruction risks of vertical integration.
U.S. stocks drop as investors worry new AI tools could pressure software and analytics business models.
Reports suggest Nvidia's headline-grabbing proposed OpenAI investment plan has fizzled.
Walmart hits a $1T market value milestone, reflecting its scale and continued reinvention.
Apple updates Xcode to integrate multiple coding agents via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
TechCrunch reports DHS using administrative subpoenas to seek data about anonymous accounts tracking ICE operations.
Court filings suggest Google may wind down ChromeOS after existing support commitments expire.
The U.S. DOJ and states appeal the Google Search monopoly decision, keeping antitrust pressure on Google.
A post-mortem breaks down a supply-chain compromise affecting Notepad++ distribution and how it was detected.
Alibaba open-sources AliSQL, a MySQL variant that adds vector and DuckDB engines for hybrid workloads.
Full list — AI tools & model updates (4)
ComfyUI ships v0.12.1; see the release notes for workflow changes and fixes.
Apple announces Xcode 26.3 capabilities for agentic coding; see the official post for details.
NVIDIA outlines techniques to speed up long-context training using JAX/XLA.
Hugging Face introduces Holo2, a model aimed at UI localization tasks.