Nvidia accused of trying to cut a deal with Anna’s Archive for high‑speed access to the massive pirated book haul — allegedly chased stolen data to fuel its LLMs

Nvidia has been accused of offering to pay for ‘high-speed access’ to Anna’s Archive, a notorious ‘shadow library’ portal, bursting with copyright-infringing materials.
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Taiwan VP declares that U.S. deal won’t erode island’s chip industry — says Section 232 tariffs won’t apply, ‘the U.S. will grant Taiwan the most favorable treatment: zero tariffs within the quota’

Taiwan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said that the island hopes to become a partner to the U.S. in AI, hoping that the two parties can work together “to build a high-tech supply chain for the democratic camp.”
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U.S company Noveon Magnetics raises $215 million to expand homegrown rare earth magnet supply — $630 million spent in 2025 on American reshoring efforts to divest from Chinese reliance

Texas-based rare-earth magnet company, Noveon Magnetics, has raised $215 million from investors to expand its U.S. operations in an effort to improve American access to magnets, a rare-earth mineral crucial to producing HD…

Elon Musk restarts Dojo3 ‘space’ supercomputer project as AI5 chip design gets in ‘good shape’ — will be first Tesla-built supercomputer to feature all-in-house hardware, with no help from Nvidia

Elon Musk confirms the restart of the Dojo3 supercomputer project. Success in AI5 chip design has enabled Tesla to start porting resources over to Musk’s next-gen supercomputer aimed at “space AI”.
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Japanese city deploys anti-bear drones as ‘human casualties at an all-time high’ — non-lethal spray can be delivered with 10cm accuracy radius, 1km range

A Japanese city is rolling out an anti-bear drone system in response to ‘record levels of bear casualties and sightings.’ Over 12 people were killed by bears in Japan last year.
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New York Stock Exchange building venue for 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF exchange — will leverage blockchain to work around the clock in a bid to modernize trading

New York Stock Exchange bullish on 24/7 tokenized stock exchange

Intel’s Ohio One project shows healthy progress as new job listings pop up — construction seems to be well underway as contractor actively hiring for ambitious chip factory

Bechtel, the contractor behind Intel’s ambitious Ohio One chip factory, has posted new job listings on its website with an overview mentioning Phase 1 of the project. These recruits will be responsible for accelerating con…

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Robotics and world models are AI’s next frontier, and China is already ahead of the West — research shows almost 13,000 robots deployed in 2025 alone

With the AI race showing no signs of stopping, the next great frontier is conquering the complex requirements that advanced robotics demands, and China is positioned to dominate.
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Elon Musk reveals roadmap with nine-month cadence for new AI processor releases, beating Nvidia and AMD’s yearly cadence — Musk plans to have the highest-volume chips in the world

Elon Musk wants Tesla to iterate new AI accelerators faster than AMD and Nvidia. This can be done, but with caveats.
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U.S. govt says Musk’s gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators

The U.S. EPA now requires permits to operate gas turbine generators, even temporary ones, closing loopholes in some local ordinances that waived this requirement for deployments that lasted for less than 364 days.
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