Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream | Bryan Armen Graham Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutally

"At heart, though, he remains a YouTuber, unafraid of looking stupid on camera in pursuit of views and clout."
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

Saudi’s Oil Wealth Is Moving to AI. Now MBS Needs Trump’s Blessing Tareq Amin has a sales pitch that’s opened virtually every door in Silicon Valley: If you’re looking for AI computing power, come to Saudi Arabia.

“You often plan in 10, 20 years. You have the privilege, in a way, of a longer-term government.”

in which the cfo of openai says the quiet part out loud www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The UAE Is Winning the Race to Sequence an Entire Country’s DNA With almost all of its citizens’ genes already sequenced in a national database, it’s the test case for an ambitious—and, to some, concerning—approach to public health.

new magazine feature. important subject. cool photos. please read. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

"an AI-lationships platform"

How a London newspaper botched a New York political story Welcome to New York.

"a London newspaper" is one of the coldest burns ever www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

that tall french guy is FUN TO WATCH

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

it's me, a more load-bearing person

Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force

New: San Franciscans were aghast by Marc Benioff’s hard tight turn. His company, Salesforce, is seeking new contracts with ICE to help it triple its ranks under the Trump administration.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

D'Angelo, The Vanguard - Really Love (Live on SNL) YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

rest youtu.be/CEph_2Qx-7Q?...

Tech’s woke CEO takes the stage Salesforce founder Marc Benioff wants to break up Facebook, has pushed for higher taxes on his industry and says capitalism ‘as we know it’ is over. And Washington is listening.

two thousand nineteen. what a time! www.politico.com/news/2019/11...

...and scene

close?

and since my guy has said that anyone *not* using gen AI is going to be _destroyed_

why not

so: this feels a wee too good to be true, no?

JPMorgan’s Dimon Says AI Cost Savings Now Matching Money Spent Jamie Dimon said JPMorgan Chase & Co. spends $2 billion a year on developing artificial intelligence technology, and saves about the same amount annually from the investment.

of all the metaphors for AI enthusiasm, you'd think you want to steer clear of 'icebergs'? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

fair counter!

besides the point, but Advanced Micro Devices is the most normcore company name

we have not separately confirmed, so no idea if this is true - or why buying AOL (??) makes sense for a company that has historically scooped up middling, but not dying, subscription-based apps

Exclusive: Yahoo nears deal to sell AOL to Italy's Bending Spoons for $1.4 billion, sources say Bending Spoons has emerged as one of Europe's most prominent technology firms, with a strategy of purchasing struggling tech companies and revamping them.

BENDING SPOONS, BABY www.reuters.com/world/yahoo-...

data center, server farm, computer warehouse. hell even data centre.

not a factory.

~progressively~

Nvidia got a ton of splashy noise from its £2b commitment.

1/4th of that is going to Nscale (a company buying a ton of Nvidia chips); 1/4th *maybe* going to Wayve; and the rest all the companies "building on the Nvidia stack"

Nvidia to Invest £2 Billion in UK Firms Including Wayve, Revolut Nvidia Corp. plans to invest £2 billion ($2.7 billion) to support the UK’s artificial intelligence industry in partnership with several venture capital firms.

"The company later updated its statement to say Nvidia had signed a letter of intent to explore the $500 million investment into its next funding round." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

a woman in a red dress holds a microphone and says you get one and you get one we all get one ALT: a woman in a red dress holds a microphone and says you get one and you get one we all get one

Jensen in London

spree feech

upgraded my pixel phone & now every time I get directions in maps - say, within a London borough - then reopen the app, it zooms out to the entire African and Eurasian continent.

thinking about this & how Google's press release this week called maps and "AI service" lol

#nice

old enough to remember this Sergey appearance www.forbes.com/sites/mattdr...

[runs over the sports desk, slams coffee cup down, clears throat]

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