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The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

January 17, 2026

Caroline Haskins / Wired:
The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up  —  The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.



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A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn (Rob Copeland/New York Times)

January 17, 2026

Rob Copeland / New York Times:
A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn  —  Had you glanced too quickly at the crowd packed into Michael Saylor's Tuscan-style Miami compound, you might have assumed it was just another rich dude's party.



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Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)

January 17, 2026

Maria Sherman / Associated Press:
Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams  —  The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025.  It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record.



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TikTok has launched a standalone micro drama app, PineDrama, in the US and Brazil, offering vertical serialized shows for free without ads or paywalls for now (Business Insider)

January 16, 2026

Business Insider:
TikTok has launched a standalone micro drama app, PineDrama, in the US and Brazil, offering vertical serialized shows for free without ads or paywalls for now  —  - TikTok has rolled out a new micro drama app in the US and Brazil called PineDrama.  — The app's feed looks a lot like TikTok's …



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OpenAI will match ads to conversation topics using some personalization data, but claims it will not sell user data or expose user conversations to advertisers (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

January 16, 2026

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI will match ads to conversation topics using some personalization data, but claims it will not sell user data or expose user conversations to advertisers  —  OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT's responses, and that it won't sell user data to advertisers.



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Mytra, which is building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, raised a $120M Series C led by Avenir Growth (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

January 15, 2026

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune:
Mytra, which is building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, raised a $120M Series C led by Avenir Growth  —  Senior Finance Reporter And Author Of Term Sheet  —  Mytra's Chris Walti (L) and Ahmad Baitalmal (R).MYTRA  —  Chris Walti once led engineering for Tesla's humanoid Optimus.



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The US says Taiwanese companies will invest $250B+ in chip production in the US as part of a trade deal, with Taiwanese government guaranteeing $250B in credit (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

January 15, 2026

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
The US says Taiwanese companies will invest $250B+ in chip production in the US as part of a trade deal, with Taiwanese government guaranteeing $250B in credit  —  The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement to build chips and chip factories on American soil, the Department of Commerce announced on Thursday.



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