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Alibaba launches new data center powered by 10,000 of its custom chips

Alibaba announced a new data center in southern China, in a partnership with China Telecom powered by its own Zhenwu chips. The new data center will contain 10,000 of the homegrown chips, and may scale up to 100,000 over time. The data center will be used for both inference and training.

China is racing to build out its own sovereign AI capabilities, and is making significant progress.

While Chinese companies and labs have released many competitive AI models, such as Alibaba’s Qwen, Z.ai’s new GLM-5.1, and the disruptive DeepSeek R1, China is still behind the US when it comes to AI chips, and it has struggled to get hold of the latest Nvidia GPUs due to US export controls.

Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 of its own chips as China ramps up AI push

Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 of its own chips as China ramps up AI push

China is racing to build out its own sovereign AI capabilities, and is making significant progress.

While Chinese companies and labs have released many competitive AI models, such as Alibaba’s Qwen, Z.ai’s new GLM-5.1, and the disruptive DeepSeek R1, China is still behind the US when it comes to AI chips, and it has struggled to get hold of the latest Nvidia GPUs due to US export controls.

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Anthropic’s revenue run rate just topped $30 billion — that’s ahead of OpenAI, depending on how you count

The Claude maker’s revenue run rate has tripled in three months, as Dario Amodei’s firm takes the software world by storm.

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The unusual announcement of the model highlights its alarming new cybersecurity capabilities.

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Bloomberg: Apple’s foldable iPhone is on track for September after all

Scratch that... Actually, Apple’s foldable iPhone may be on track to debut later this year after all.

Hours after a report from Nikkei Asia said Apple was encountering engineering problems with the novel design that could lead to a delayed launch, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that sources within Apple say the premium foldable iPhone is still on track to launch in September, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Max.

Shares of Apple had plunged more than 5% on word of a possible delay, but pared losses on Gurman’s story.

According to the report, the foldable iPhone will cost more than $2,000 and will be a key part of the company’s plan to revamp the iPhone lineup.

Apple’s Foldable iPhone Remains on Track for September Debut

Apple’s Foldable iPhone Remains on Track for September Debut

Shares of Apple had plunged more than 5% on word of a possible delay, but pared losses on Gurman’s story.

According to the report, the foldable iPhone will cost more than $2,000 and will be a key part of the company’s plan to revamp the iPhone lineup.

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Bezos poaches xAI cofounder from OpenAI for his Project Prometheus startup

The competition among AI startups for poaching top talent has a new contender.

The Financial Times reports that xAI cofounder Kyle Kosic has been poached from OpenAI by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for his new AI industrial manufacturing startup, Project Prometheus.

Kosic was one of the original 11 cofounders of xAI and worked on the Colossus data center. Kosic left xAI in 2024 to return to OpenAI. Elon Musk is the last xAI cofounder still working for the company.

According to the report, Kosic will work on AI infrastructure in his new role at Project Prometheus, which has reportedly hired hundreds of staff in San Francisco, London, and Zurich.

Jeff Bezos’s new lab hires xAI co-founder from OpenAI

Jeff Bezos’s new lab hires xAI co-founder from OpenAI

Kosic was one of the original 11 cofounders of xAI and worked on the Colossus data center. Kosic left xAI in 2024 to return to OpenAI. Elon Musk is the last xAI cofounder still working for the company.

According to the report, Kosic will work on AI infrastructure in his new role at Project Prometheus, which has reportedly hired hundreds of staff in San Francisco, London, and Zurich.

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Report: Apple’s foldable iPhone may be delayed by engineering troubles

One of Apple’s key product launches for 2026 might be facing delays.

The company’s planned foldable iPhone has run into engineering problems during testing, and mass production could be delayed as a result, according to a report from Nikkei Asia.

The complexity of the novel design is reportedly taking longer than expected to perfect, and could push back the product’s launch by months.

Per the report, Apple planned to initially produce 7 million to 8 million of the foldable iPhones, which it intends to position as a premium entry in the new iPhone lineup.

This would be the second Apple foldable product that has faced delays due to engineering problems, as Bloomberg reported that a $3,000 foldable iPad would be delayed until 2029 or later.

Apple shares were down sharply in early trading.

Foldable iPhone hits engineering snags, shipment delays possible: sources

Foldable iPhone hits engineering snags, shipment delays possible: sources

The complexity of the novel design is reportedly taking longer than expected to perfect, and could push back the product’s launch by months.

Per the report, Apple planned to initially produce 7 million to 8 million of the foldable iPhones, which it intends to position as a premium entry in the new iPhone lineup.

This would be the second Apple foldable product that has faced delays due to engineering problems, as Bloomberg reported that a $3,000 foldable iPad would be delayed until 2029 or later.

Apple shares were down sharply in early trading.

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