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Big Tech Doubles AI Spending to $350 Billion Amid Model Race

Major tech firms ramp up AI investments, spending $350B amid model development and market competition, signaling a new era of AI rivalry.

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Big Tech has doubled its AI spending to $350 billion, fueling the race for advanced models and shaping market dynamics. This marks an aggressive push into AI dominance.

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Korea's SK Hynix to Make US Debut; Japan Urges Pensions to Invest More at Home | The Pulse 7/10/2026
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026

Excerpt from Bloomberg: "The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's…

Sovereign AI May Mean State-Backed Models and Political Tensions
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Washington wants in on the artificial intelligence gold rush.

Big Tech Doubles Debt Load to $350 Billion in AI Spending Spree
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: The largest builders of artificial intelligence data centers have doubled their debt load in the last five years, turning to borrowing to finance an unprecedented spending spree they claim is needed to transform the economy.

Indonesia Police-Military Tensions in Focus After Jakarta Raids
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Indonesian officials sought to play down signs of a rift between security agencies after police raids in Jakarta brought several alleged graft cases into public view and drew a senior prosecutor into a widening controversy.

Milky Mist Said to Launch $213 Million India IPO This Month
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd. is gearing up to launch its 20.35 billion rupees ($213 million) initial public offering as early as July, according to people familiar with the matter, paving the way for what is expected to be India’s largest dairy-sector IPO.

Belle Burden’s Strangers Is Sparking a Financial Revolution
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Belle Burden’s hit memoir about how she nearly lost control of her fortune during her divorce is pushing women across the US to take a harder look at their financial lives. Bloomberg's Abha Bhattarai has more. (Source: Bloomberg)

Traders Hedge for FX Volatility Return as Fed Uncertainty Builds
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Currency traders are starting to buy protection against bigger exchange-rate swings after months of calm, as banks warn that shifting Federal Reserve expectations and elevated geopolitical tensions could be about to jolt markets.

South Africa’s Absa Faces Deeper Slide as Analysts Turn Cautious
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: A selloff in Absa Group Ltd. shares may have further to run as the South African lender’s disappointing earnings guidance causes once-bullish analysts to turn cautious on the stock.

Turkey Seeks to Offload Russian Weapon to Secure F-35 Access
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Turkey is seeking Russia’s consent to transfer air defense systems it bought from Moscow to a third country, an effort aimed at clearing the way for the purchase of US-made F-35 fighter jets.

EU Escalates Meta Probe Over Addictive Design That Hooks Children
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: The European Union accused Meta Platforms Inc. of using addictive design and disregarding the risks it poses to children, as the bloc ramps up an investigation into the US social media company.

Peru Tests the Limits of Trump’s Anti-China Stance
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: President-elect Keiko Fujimori seems unwilling to ditch her father’s legacy of ties to Beijing.

Spain's Cuerpo: 'Window Of Opportunity' For Joint EU Debt
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said he sees a chance to revisit the idea of joint borrowing within the European Union, despite initial skepticism to a proposal he made on the subject this week from member states such as Germany and the Netherlands. Cuerpo made the…

Indonesia’s Prabowo Hosts Ex-Thai PM Thaksin for Danantara Talks
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta in his first high-profile overseas appearance since his release from jail, confirming his continuing role as an adviser to sovereign wealth fund Danantara.

Debt Fragmentation Is Costing EU 'Dearly,' Spain's Cuerpo Says
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo discusses the idea of joint borrowing within the European Union, saying there is a "new window of opportunity" despite initial skepticism to a proposal he made on the subject this week. “Fragmentation is costing us dearly," Cuerpo tells…

German Lawmakers Approve Health Bill Raising Drugmaker Rebates
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: German lawmakers approved a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s statutory health-insurance system that forces drug-price reductions on pharmaceutical companies as part of a wider drive to cut billions of euros in costs.

Europe's Space Race | Bloomberg Tech: Europe 7/10/2026
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: In this episode of Bloomberg Tech: Europe, Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie launches into Europe's efforts to develop its burgeoning space economy. SpaceX has shown the might of American space technology - and financial muscle - with its record-breaking IPO. Bloomberg Tech: Europe…

How Once-Struggling SK Hynix Became a Trillion-Dollar Company
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: SK Hynix Inc. is hardly a household name. But the maker of memory chips, which two decades ago was struggling to survive, is now South Korea’s second-most valuable listed company, just behind Samsung Electronics Co.

Web Scraper Sets $1 Million ‘Bug Bounty’ As Industry Scrutinized
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Bright Data Ltd., an Israel-based startup that sells web scraping tools and datasets, is set to announce a $1 million “bug bounty” to root out bad actors as law enforcement steps up scrutiny of its industry.

Trump vs. Burry: The warning AI bulls are ignoring
Source: TheStreetJuly 10, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Short sellers usually do not receive much sympathy when stocks are climbing. And when the surge is linked to artificial intelligence, record highs, and a White House keen to take credit for investor gains, they make even easier targets. Which is what made U.S. President Donald…

Bayer Sells $3.4 Billion Contraceptives Stake to Apollo
Source: BloombergJuly 10, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Bayer AG sold a minority stake in its contraceptives business to Apollo Global Management Inc. for €3 billion ($3.4 billion) and will use the funds raised to help cover its ballooning litigation costs tied to the herbicide Roundup.

Top wireless stock remains Wall Street favorite amid space risk
Source: TheStreetJuly 10, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Wall Street has spent the first half of 2026 worrying about SpaceX and its Starlink satellite service crashing the wireless party. Shares of T-Mobile are down 10% in 2026 in light of investor concerns about competition from SpaceX (SPCX) and peers.   Yet one of Wall…

REI has a $3,199 electric bike for 50% off that offers a '5-star experience'
Source: TheStreetJuly 10, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: "This is my first e-bike, and it’s fantastic."

Gold Heads for Weekly Loss as Traders Consider Iran, Rates Path
Source: BloombergJuly 9, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Gold headed for a weekly loss as investors assessed the fallout from renewed fighting in the Middle East and the prospects for interest-rate hikes to combat inflation.

Burnham Closes In on No. 10 After Most Labour MPs Pledge Support
Source: BloombergJuly 9, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Andy Burnham will replace Keir Starmer as Britain’s next prime minister, after securing the support of enough Labour MPs to prevent a rival challenger.

wonderwhy-er/DesktopCommanderMCP
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: This is MCP server for Claude that gives it terminal control, file system search and diff file editing capabilities

oven-sh/bun
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one

abseil/abseil-cpp
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Abseil Common Libraries (C++)

addyosmani/agent-skills
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.

jbeder/yaml-cpp
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: A YAML parser and emitter in C++

mattpocock/skills
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.

obra/superpowers
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

microsoft/TypeScript
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

catchorg/Catch2
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: A modern, C++-native, test framework for unit-tests, TDD and BDD - using C++14, C++17 and later (C++11 support is in v2.x branch, and C++03 on the Catch1.x branch)

chriskohlhoff/asio
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Asio C++ Library

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Audience: AI developers and tech investors

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Nvidia
OpenAI
Meta
Alphabet
Microsoft
Amazon
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