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Industry Jun 29, 2026

China's Tech Self-Sufficiency Drive Accelerates Despite US Export Restrictions

China's tech sector is defying US export restrictions, building the world's fastest supercomputer without GPUs and raising $3.1B in onshore IPOs. A shadow economy for AI access is thriving, while new open models match US capabilities.

Domains Jun 29, 2026

Self-Hosted DNS Tools Proliferate as .ai Domain Namespace Nears Exhaustion

A new self-hosted DNS server in Gleam and a guide for running personal DoH services arrive as the pool of available three-letter .ai domains drops below 1 percent for the first time.

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#AI #DNS #domain names #self-hosted #homelab #DomainGang #Armadillo #DoH

Security Jun 29, 2026

Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Must Start With Credentials, Experts Warn

Security researchers argue that post-quantum cryptography migration should begin with credentials, especially long-lived machine identities, as attackers can store encrypted traffic now and decrypt it when quantum computers arrive.

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#post-quantum cryptography #NIST #harvest now decrypt later #credentials #quantum threat timeline #NSA CNSA 2.0

Industry Jun 29, 2026

BT and Verizon Form 50:50 Joint Venture for International Business, $4B Revenue

BT and Verizon announced a 50:50 joint venture combining their international businesses, with combined annual revenue of about $4 billion. Verizon will pay $625 million to BT.

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#cloud #security #Verizon #BT #joint venture #telecommunications #enterprise networking

Industry Jun 29, 2026

Baidu's Kunlunxin Targets $50B Hong Kong IPO, Asks Investors to Buy Chips

Baidu's chip unit Kunlunxin is planning a Hong Kong IPO at a $50 billion valuation, with an unusual condition requiring investors to buy chips worth 3-7x their investment, according to reports.

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#IPO #AI chips #semiconductors #Baidu #Kunlunxin #Hong Kong

News Jun 29, 2026

Instagram brings algorithm controls out of settings and into the feed with new gestures

Instagram head Adam Mosseri previewed new gesture-based controls for the Your Algorithm feature, pulling topic tuning out of buried settings and into the feed and Reels. The prototypes include pull-down menus and per-Reel feedback buttons.

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#Meta #social media #Reels #Instagram #Adam Mosseri #Your Algorithm #algorithm customization

Datacenters Jun 29, 2026

Rising Anger Over Data Centers Shapes 2026 US Midterms as Industry Pours in Funding

Public anger over data center expansion is emerging as a key issue in the 2026 US midterms. The AI industry, whose infrastructure demands drive the buildout, is spending heavily to influence elections.

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#AI infrastructure #data centers #Bloomberg #US midterms 2026 #public backlash #campaign finance

Industry Jun 29, 2026

Wayfinder Router Shapes Up as Deterministic Gate Between Local and Cloud LLMs

Wayfinder Router is an open-source CLI that routes LLM queries to local or hosted models based on deterministic rules, offering developers granular control over latency, cost, and data privacy.

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#open source #Wayfinder Router #LLM routing #local AI #Ollama #CLI tool

Industry Jun 29, 2026

Monolithic 3D AI Chip with 330 GB On-Die DRAM Challenges HBM Dominance

PhantaField unveils a monolithic 3D AI ASIC with 330 GB on-die DRAM, claiming up to 53x faster inference than HBM-bound GPUs. Meanwhile, Tesla's modular data center kit hits trademark and competition snags.

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#AI accelerators #monolithic 3D #memory wall #data center infrastructure #speculative decoding #Tesla Megapod #Japan IPO

News Jun 29, 2026

Australia doubles penalty for social media age ban violations to 99 million AUD

Australia has doubled the maximum fine for social media companies violating its under-16 ban, raising the penalty to 99 million AUD. The move grants enforcers broader powers ahead of the law's implementation.

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#social media ban #age verification #Australia #regulation #penalty

Industry Jun 29, 2026

Microsoft's 33-year-old Copilot chief Jacob Andreou now oversees 11,000 staff in AI reset

Jacob Andreou, promoted by Satya Nadella in March, now leads 11,000 people. He merged Copilot teams, built Tasks in two months, and targets a super app by summer's end. Only 4.5% of 450 million 365 customers pay.

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#AI #Microsoft #Copilot #super app #Jacob Andreou #leadership

Industry Jun 29, 2026

LineShine, China’s New CPU-Only Exascale Supercomputer, Takes TOP500 Crown at ISC 2026

At ISC 2026 in Hamburg, China’s LineShine supercomputer claimed the TOP500’s top spot with 2.198 exaflops sustained FP64 performance. The system uses custom Armv9 CPUs and draws 42.22 megawatts, marking China’s first TOP500 appearance in nine years.

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#China #Top500 #LineShine #LX2 #supercomputer #ISC 2026 #exascale

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