Musk Beams Terafab Pitch Into ASML HQ as SpaceX IPO Clock Ticks
Elon Musk will speak virtually to ASML employees about his Terafab chip plan as SpaceX nears a blockbuster IPO. The closed-door talk puts ASML at the center of chip‑supply questions.
ChatGPT Gets Your Card: Visa Unleashes Bot Shoppers On San Francisco
Visa has embedded its payments network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents buy for users while banks and merchants raise fraud and fee questions. The shift moves agentic shopping from experiments toward network rails.
Motor City Power Play: GM Pushes Sodium Batteries To Feed AI Data Hogs
GM is partnering with Peak Energy to co‑develop sodium‑ion batteries for grid storage — a move aimed at easing electricity demand from AI data centers and kick‑starting domestic production. Trial samples are expected in 2028.
Brussels Smacks Meta, Orders WhatsApp To Reopen To Rival Bots
Brussels ordered Meta to reopen WhatsApp to rival AI assistants under interim measures while it probes whether the company locked competitors out. The move raises big compliance and business questions for developers.
Chicago Deal Giant Thoma Bravo Snatches Irish Software Firm Kneat In $466 Million Take-Private
Chicago buyout firm Thoma Bravo agreed to take Limerick‑based Kneat private in an all‑cash deal valuing the life‑sciences validation software maker at about C$650M.
Meta’s Rogue AI Hands 20,000 Instagram Accounts To Hackers
Meta says a flaw in its AI account‑recovery tool let attackers reset passwords and hijack 20,225 Instagram accounts; high‑profile handles were briefly taken. The company has disabled the tool and is securing impacted users.












