Alibaba says it is developing a 5T–10T-parameter model alongside a broad push into models, chips, and data centers.
Reuters : Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu says the company plans to train a 5T- to 10T-parameter AI model, as it lays out a sweeping push across AI models, chips, and data centers — Alibaba Group (9988.HK) said on Tuesday it was developing an AI model up to four times larger than the company's flagship model …
Tencent launched Hy Image 3.5 Preview, claiming internal results comparable to ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro.
Bloomberg : Tencent launches Hy Image 3.5 Preview, saying that during internal testing the AI image model achieved results on par with ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro — Tencent Holdings Ltd. launched its latest and best image-generation model on the same day as rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicked off …
Apple asks to inspect forensic images and seek OpenAI hardware-R&D documents in its litigation with OpenAI.
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac : Apple v. OpenAI: Apple asks the court to let its own experts review forensic images used in the case, and seeks documents tied to parts of OpenAI's hardware R&D — Apple has asked the court overseeing its lawsuit against OpenAI and other defendants to let its own experts review forensic images used …
FT reports UK AISI staff stress leave and burnout amid tight model-release schedules and AI-related fears.
Financial Times : Sources: multiple staff at the UK's AISI have been signed off work with stress, as tight model release schedules and AI fears lead to low morale and burnout — Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI
Linear details how AI-assisted coding overwhelmed CI capacity and the engineering changes it made to keep builds moving.
Tim Dettmers explains practical paths to run frontier-class AI workloads on personal hardware.
Cloudflare made Python Workers generally available, expanding its edge runtime beyond JavaScript and TypeScript.
Universities are dropping AI detectors over false positives, while some instructors abandon writing assignments entirely.
Will Oremus / The Atlantic : Some universities have barred using AI detectors due to student-instructor distrust over false positives; some educators have just cancelled writing assignments — Professors are tearing their hair out over AI detectors. — Timothy Paustian has tried everything to stop his students from writing essays with AI.
Finnish neocloud Verda raised $189M at a $1B+ valuation and plans multibillion-dollar funding for AI infrastructure.
Paula Doenecke / Bloomberg : Finnish neocloud startup Verda raised $189M led by Emergence at a $1B+ valuation and aims to raise up to $1.5B in equity and debt in 2026 and up to $10B in 2027 — Cloud startup Verda has raised $189 million in fresh financing, underscoring continued investor appetite for the infrastructure powering the artificial intelligence boom.
Optical-transceiver maker Ligent debuted in Hong Kong at a roughly $4.6B valuation after raising about $727M.
Sangmi Cha / Bloomberg : Chinese optical transceiver maker Ligent jumps 19% in its Hong Kong debut, giving it a ~$4.6B market cap, after raising ~$727M, the latest Hong Kong AI IPO — Computing networks maker Ligent Technologies Inc.'s shares rose in their debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday …
Nanoimprint-lithography startup Morphotonics raised €40M and plans to target data-center optical components.
TechCrunch : Dutch nanoimprint lithography startup Morphotonics raised €40M from 3M Ventures, EIC Fund, and others, and plans to expand into data center optical components — The Netherlands' ASML is possibly the biggest name in lithography, using its machines to etch patterns onto silicon wafers inside …
The New York Times examines growing Wall Street skepticism toward the data-center construction boom.
An accessible technical exploration asks whether gzip compression can function as a language model.
Roboharm evaluates whether frontier robot policies reliably refuse unsafe instructions.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403M for its processing of location data.
Seattle banned rental junk fees, a consequential consumer-protection move for housing platforms and landlords.
Reuters reports a fiber cut halted flights at busy US East Coast airports, exposing infrastructure fragility.
LWN previews Git 2.56 and the road to Git 3.0, including upcoming compatibility and workflow changes.
SafeDep investigates why mathmain ships with an encrypted loader, unpacking a software supply-chain concern.
Raspberry Pi's forum discusses the company blocking RAM-chip replacement, with implications for repairability.
A study reports that users aged 9–18 are moving from Google search to AI tools, with poorly understood effects.
OpenAI announces its Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence.
A macOS 27 workaround explains how to avoid downloading Apple AI models and reclaim substantial local storage.
A low-level investigation finds AMD's random-number generator apparently cannot generate zero.
A technical demo presents instant 3D reconstruction by dividing imagery by estimated depth.
A browser-based restoration boots an Apple Copland D11E4 build, preserving a rare piece of OS history.
Lossless-memory is an open-source personal AI memory system designed never to summarize stored context.
Ars Technica reviews the new Mac mini, assessing Apple's desktop hardware and performance tradeoffs.
A restored PDP-11/83 now serves its own webpage using 211BSD Unix.
IEEE Spectrum covers HERMES radio, which enables voice and data links across vast distances.
Brock E.W. Turner / Axios : French pharma SaaS startup Biolevate raised a €30M Series A co-led by RAISE France and Orange Ventures, taking its total funding to €36M — Biolevate, a French pharma-focused SaaS startup, raised €30 million in Series A funding, CEO Joël Belafa tells Axios Pro exclusively.
David Phelan / Forbes : Apple unveils Apple Music Hall, a 600-person live music venue built in its London headquarters at Battersea Power Station with two recording and mixing studios — This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. … Apple has just announced a new live music venue, built into its London headquarters at Battersea Power Station.
Financial Times : Sources: Polymarket is lobbying regulators in London, Brussels, and across the EU to be governed by financial services laws rather than local gambling rules — US prediction markets platform is seeking to be regulated as a financial services firm rather than under a patchwork of gambling legislation
Chris Metinko / Axios : Belgium-based AI recruitment startup Spott raised a $21M Series A led by Balderton, with Base10, YC, and Fortino participating, taking its total funding to $24M — Spott, a recruitment management platform, raised a $21 million Series A led by Balderton Capital, CEO Lander Degreve tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Juliet Macur / New York Times : Amazon, Walmart and other companies are using drones for fast deliveries in Richardson, Texas, but residents complain about noise and clumsy package drops — In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: 'We can't live like this.'
Bloomberg : Alibaba's T-Head unveils the Zhenwu V900 AI accelerator, which it says triples its predecessor's performance and can scale to clusters of up to 500K units — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is rolling out what it calls China's most powerful AI chip, an accelerator to compete with Nvidia Corp …
Aaron Holmes / The Information : Source: Xbox plans to lay off hundreds of employees this week in its second major staff cut in 2026, as it also plans to consolidate several of its game studios — Xbox is planning to lay off hundreds of employees this week in its second major staff reduction this year, according to someone briefed on the plans.