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WD,Meta,Zapata redefine AI storage,power,quantum portability

WD,Meta,Zapata redefine AI storage,power,quantum portability

TL;DR * Western Digital Announces High-Bandwidth HDDs Targeting AI Data Center Storage * Meta Begins Construction of 350MW Hyperscale Data Center in Ohio Amid Environmental Concerns * Zapata Quantum Secures Global Rights to QIR Technology for Quantum Interoperability 🚀 WD dual-actuator HDDs hit 60 TB, slash power 20%, roadmap 100 TB HAMR WD

AI’s Energy Crisis Solved? UCLA’s Super-Conductive Material, Oklo’s Nuclear Power for Meta, and Intel’s 180 TOPS Chip Redefine HPC

AI’s Energy Crisis Solved? UCLA’s Super-Conductive Material, Oklo’s Nuclear Power for Meta, and Intel’s 180 TOPS Chip Redefine HPC

TL;DR * UCLA Researchers Discover Theta-Phase Tantalum Nitride with 1,100 W/mK Thermal Conductivity, Surpassing Copper and Silver * Politecnico di Milano Develops CMOS-Based Analog Accelerator Using Resistive Memory, Achieving 5,000x Lower Energy Than Digital Systems * Oklo Secures $1.2 GW Nuclear Power Deal with Meta for Ohio Reactor,

OpenAI’s $8 Plan & Ads Generate $5B/Year—But Can It Fund $1.4T AI Infrastructure? Anthropic, Meta, and Confer AI Redefine the Race.

OpenAI’s $8 Plan & Ads Generate $5B/Year—But Can It Fund $1.4T AI Infrastructure? Anthropic, Meta, and Confer AI Redefine the Race.

TL;DR * OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT free tier with $8/month 'Go' plan to monetize 800M users while committing $1.4T to AI infrastructure * Anthropic deprecates 'ultrathink' and unlocks 64K output models with MAX_THINKING_TOKENS=63,999 to enhance Claude Code's

NVIDIA Denies RTX 5070 Ti EOL Amid DRAM Crisis, Meta Shuts Horizon Workrooms as Enterprises Flock to Windows 11 Remote Desktop

NVIDIA Denies RTX 5070 Ti EOL Amid DRAM Crisis, Meta Shuts Horizon Workrooms as Enterprises Flock to Windows 11 Remote Desktop

DRAM shortages force NVIDIA to deprioritize RTX 5070 Ti production—yet it’s NOT discontinued. Meanwhile, Meta axed Horizon Workrooms as enterprises migrate to Windows 11 Remote Desktop for lower cost, better security & multi-monitor support. The future of compute isn’t just faster chips—it’s smarter allocation. #NVIDIA

Meta Shuts VR Studios; Unity Lays Off 280+ Staff; DHS Struggles with Fragmented Cyber Hiring Amid Pay Gaps

Meta Shuts VR Studios; Unity Lays Off 280+ Staff; DHS Struggles with Fragmented Cyber Hiring Amid Pay Gaps

TL;DR * Meta shuts down three VR game studios—Armature, Twisted Pixel, Sanzaru—as part of $70B+ Reality Labs losses and strategic pivot toward AI wearables and phone features * Unity lays off Larry Hryb (ex-Microsoft Major Nelson) and over 280 employees after backlash over runtime fees, signaling industry-wide developer trust

Instagram Data Breach Exposes 17.5M Users, Grok AI Blocked in Malaysia and Indonesia, WEX API Keys Sold on Dark Web

Instagram Data Breach Exposes 17.5M Users, Grok AI Blocked in Malaysia and Indonesia, WEX API Keys Sold on Dark Web

TL;DR * Malwarebytes reports 17.5 million Instagram accounts compromised via 2024 API leak, exposing usernames, physical addresses, and phone numbers; users advised to enable 2FA * CVE-2026-01-11: Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability discovered in OpenCode AI coding assistant server (port 4096), enabled by default prior to v1.1.10 * Grok

Trump's DJT Token Launches Amid Crypto Regulatory Shift, While OpenAI Spends $6B on Equity and Ripple-Mastercard Pilot Reshapes Card Settlements

Trump's DJT Token Launches Amid Crypto Regulatory Shift, While OpenAI Spends $6B on Equity and Ripple-Mastercard Pilot Reshapes Card Settlements

TL;DR * Mubadala and PIF Deploy $68.9 Billion in 2025 Capital Investments, Leading Global Sovereign Wealth Fund Activity * Trump Media Launches DJT Token for Shareholders via Crypto.com, Offering Discounts on Truth Social and Prediction Markets * OpenAI Pays Average $1.5M in Stock Compensation Per Employee, Consuming ~50% of