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Market Rumor - Trump Administration Drafting Ban on Chinese Data Center Devices
The Trump administration is drafting a ban on U.S. imports of new models of Chinese data center components, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as it seeks to protect the infrastructure that undergirds the AI boom.
Breaking News - Is Sandisk And SK Hynix making a new era with its HBF structure? (August 4, 2026)
Sandisk and SK hynix Inc. tannounced the release of the HBF (High Bandwidth Flash) technical specification through the Open Compute Project (OCP), advancing the workstream to drive HBF standardization for the AI inference era, just six months after the consortium began work in February 2027.
‘I Will Find You’ Becomes Netflix’s No. 10 Most-Popular English-Language TV Series of All Time
Harlan Coben’s “I Will Find You” has become Netflix‘s No. 10 most-popular English-language TV series of all time, having reached a cumulative 101.9 million views in the six weeks since its release. Previously, the No. 10 spot belonged to the limited series “His & Hers,
LISTEN: How Travis Scott is Ascending to Culture Moguldom Through Music, Movies, Retail, Business and More
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Angelique Jackson details her time spent with multihyphenate superstar Travis Scott, who comes off a record-setting music tour with a high-profile role in the movie of the moment, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.
Market Rumor - Will Tesla sells China business?July 31, 2026
Tesla weighs sale of China business to pave way for potential SpaceX merger, WSJ reports (July 31, 2026).
Fauci on 'solid legal ground' in face of prosecution threat, lawyer says, July 30, 2026
A lawyer for Anthony Fauci insists his client is on "solid legal ground" after Fauci was threatened with prosecution for refusing to answer questions during a combative congressional hearing. Will Fauci be summoned again in 2026, after pleading the Fifth? YesResult50.00%NoResult50.00%6 PollsEndedTBD Fauci, the
Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Should Belong To Everyone. Didn’t His Rivals Just Ask The Government To Slow It Down? July 30, 2026
On July 28, Mark Zuckerberg published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing that superintelligence should be distributed as widely as possible and that concentrating it in a handful of institutions is the greatest risk AI poses to humanity. Will Zuckerberg's public call-out on public-
Breaking News - OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 prices as cost sensitivity grows; will others follow?
OpenAI on Thursday announced it is slashing the price of two of its latest artificial intelligence models, GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-5.6 Luna, roughly three weeks after their public release, according to the company and a CNBC report (July 30, 2026).
Market Rumor Follow Up - Citadel buys Situational Awareness equity holdings after steep AI losses
Ken Griffin’s Citadel has swooped in to buy a large portion of hedge fund Situational Awareness’ $16bn public equity holdings after Leopold Aschenbrenner’s investment firm endured steep losses in the AI sell-off, according to The Financial Times.
Breaking News - SK Group Chairman purchased $3.4MM in SK hynix shares, signaling confidence after the chipmaker's steep stock decline (July 30, 2026)
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won purchased 4.8 billion won ($3.4 million) in SK hynix shares, signaling confidence after the chipmaker's steep stock decline, multiple news reports on July 30, 2026.
Market Rumor - Amazon overhauls its AI strategy, winding down most flagship models, Business Insiders - July 28, 2026
Business Insider reports that Amazon is overhauling its AI strategy by winding down much of its flagship Nova lineup and concentrating engineers and computing resources on a smaller number of frontier-model efforts (July 28, 2026).
Breaking News - Nvidia behind $50bn lease on Texas data center that will use its chips, media reports
Nvidia is reported to be behind another Ai infrastructure move, leasing $50 billion Texas data center that will uses Nvidia's chips.
