What’s behind the massive AI data center headlines?

[ad_1] Silicon Valley flooded the news this week with headlines about wild AI infrastructure investments. Nvidia said it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI. Then OpenAI said it would build out five more Stargate AI data centers with Oracle and Softbank, adding gigawatts of new capacity online in …

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Discover how developer tools are shifting fast at Disrupt 2025

[ad_1] The idea of hiring your “first critical engineer” is getting a serious reality check at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Join Lauri Moore, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and David Cramer, co-founder and chief product officer at Sentry, and Zach Lloyd, founder and CEO …

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Breaking: Kwankwaso Breaks Silence on Defection Rumour

[ad_1] Former Kano governor and NNPP national leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has denied submitting a letter of intent to join the APC Kwankwaso, in a statement on his social media page, while reacting to his imminent defection from the NNPP, dismissed the report The former Kano governor’s statement has started generating …

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Kenyan jeans factory to fire workers as US deal expires

[ad_1] The United Aryan textile factory in Nairobi employs thousands of workers by selling jeans to the US. Photo: SIMON MAINA / AFPSource: AFP A Kenyan factory making jeans for US stores will start firing hundreds of workers this week as American lawmakers failed to renew Africa’s duty-free access in …

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Meta launches ‘Vibes,’ a short-form video feed of AI slop

[ad_1] In a move no one asked for, Meta is introducing “Vibes,” a new feed in the Meta AI app and on meta.ai for sharing and creating short-form, AI-generated videos. Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is essentially AI slop. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …

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Thousands of Indian bank transfer records found online

[ad_1] A data spill from an unsecured cloud server has exposed hundreds of thousands of sensitive bank transfer documents in India, revealing account numbers, transaction figures, and individuals’ contact details. Researchers at cybersecurity firm UpGuard discovered in late August a publicly accessible Amazon-hosted storage server containing 273,000 PDF documents relating …

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In India’s Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale

[ad_1] Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys. Photo: Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFPSource: AFP Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. “I was born here, my father …

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Trump signs executive order to facilitate TikTok deal

[ad_1] President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that essentially approves the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American investor group in order to keep the social media app operational in the country. Vice President JD Vance said that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 …

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