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Fed Proposes Risk-Based AML Rule For Banks With 60-Day Comment Window

The Federal Reserve Board said its proposed risk-based AML/CFT requirements would apply to supervised banks, with comments due 60 days after Federal Register publication and no final implementation date yet.

#Federal Reserve Board #AML/CFT #FinCEN

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Texas Approves $13.8 Billion 765 kV Grid Plan For AI Data Centre Loads

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Texas Approves $13.8 Billion 765 kV Grid Plan For AI Data Centre Loads

AI data centre customers, final routes or ratepayer cost terms remain outside the public record.

#Texas grid #765 kV transmission #ERCOT

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OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-Live For ChatGPT Voice Without API Timing

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OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-Live For ChatGPT Voice Without API Timing

OpenAI said GPT-Live will let ChatGPT Voice listen and speak at the same time, with GPT-5.5 handling harder search and reasoning in the background. The company cited more than 150 million weekly Voice and Dictation users while API timing, video support dates and independent benchmark validation remain outside the public record.

#OpenAI #GPT Live #ChatGPT Voice

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PitchBook Says AI Took $355.9 Billion Of US Venture Deals In First Half

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PitchBook Says AI Took $355.9 Billion Of US Venture Deals In First Half

The PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor put US venture deal value at $412.7 billion in the first half of 2026 and said AI companies took $355.9 billion of that total. The report also warned that returns could narrow if AI growth or returns disappoint.

#AI venture funding #Anthropic #SpaceX

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Imec Says AI Inference Pushes Optical I/O Closer To Chips

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Imec Says AI Inference Pushes Optical I/O Closer To Chips

Imec researchers told EE Times that AI inference is shifting the interconnect problem from rack-scale optics towards 2.5D and 3D optical I/O near processors. The group discussed a 250 Tb/s bandwidth projection while the public record still lacks commercial product timing, customer deployments or cooling test results.

#imec #optical I/O #co packaged optics

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UAE AI Infrastructure Draws 29 Percent Of Greenfield FDI Capital Spending

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UAE AI Infrastructure Draws 29 Percent Of Greenfield FDI Capital Spending

UAE Investment Minister Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi said communications projects including data centres and AI infrastructure accounted for 29 percent of greenfield FDI capital expenditure in 2025. The ministry report also put inward FDI at $48.3 billion, while named cloud operators, project-level financing and delivery dates were not disclosed.

#UAE FDI #AI infrastructure #data centres

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Samsung Starts PM1763 PCIe 6.0 SSD Production For AI Servers

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Samsung Starts PM1763 PCIe 6.0 SSD Production For AI Servers

Samsung has started mass production of the PM1763, a PCIe 6.0 enterprise SSD for AI and HPC servers with 28,400 MB/s sequential reads in a 16TB configuration, according to ServeTheHome. Customers, pricing, shipment volumes and server qualification dates remain outside the report.

#Samsung PM1763 #PCIe 6.0 enterprise SSD #AI servers

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Kaspersky Flags AI And Password Risks For Malaysian Firms

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Kaspersky Flags AI And Password Risks For Malaysian Firms

Kaspersky cited Malaysian AI use, weak passwords and hybrid work as workplace cybersecurity risks after recording higher 2025 spyware and backdoor detections. Named victim companies, incident costs and confirmed breaches tied to AI-themed lures remain outside the public record.

#cybersecurity #Malaysia cybersecurity #Kaspersky

July 9, 2026Read More →

AscendEX Shuts Down With User Payouts Unclear

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AscendEX Shuts Down With User Payouts Unclear

AscendEX said it ceased operations on July 1 after MiCA authorisation, liquidity and operational pressures, with account access limited to offboarding. The exchange said it could not give assurances on withdrawal timing or amounts, while ZachXBT had flagged nearly empty hot wallets.

#AscendEX #crypto exchange shutdown #MiCA

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SpaceXAI Prices Grok 4.5 Below Frontier AI Rivals

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SpaceXAI Prices Grok 4.5 Below Frontier AI Rivals

SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5 with company pricing of $2 per 1 million input tokens and $6 per 1 million output tokens, below several named frontier AI rivals. The public record still lacks independent benchmark validation, customer adoption data or enterprise deployment terms.

#SpaceXAI #Grok 4.5 #frontier AI models

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Meta Faces Backlash Over AI Images From Public Instagram Photos

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Meta Faces Backlash Over AI Images From Public Instagram Photos

Meta is facing criticism after BBC reported that Muse Image can generate AI pictures using public Instagram profile photos for US users. Meta said public-account holders can opt out, while campaigners warned that the setting is separate from normal account privacy controls.

#Meta Muse Image #Instagram profile photos #AI image generation

July 9, 2026Read More →

Telstra Outage Stops 300 Triple Zero Calls In Australia

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Telstra Outage Stops 300 Triple Zero Calls In Australia

A Telstra outage in Australia disrupted mobile voice and data services and stopped 300 triple zero emergency calls, according to Light Reading. Telstra said just under 90% of calls and data services had been restored after 12 hours, while the public record still lacks total affected users, the full systems involved or any new redundancy plan.

#Telstra outage #Triple Zero #Australia telecom

July 9, 2026Read More →