How a Chinese entrepreneur amassed 10M+ IPv4 addresses, mostly from Africa, to lease them outside Africa, leaving African ISPs struggling to expand capacity
Alexandra Wexler / Wall Street Journal : Bluesky: @bottleofstars and @lifewinning.com Bluesky: @bottleofstars : “entrepreneur” Ingrid Burrington / @lifewinning.com : www.wsj.com/b...
Sources: many new Chinese AI data centers sit unused due to weak demand and DeepSeek-driven shifts; local reports: up to 80% of new computing resources are idle
A year or so ago, Xiao Li was seeing floods of Nvidia chip deals on WeChat. A real estate contractor turned data center project manager …
Sources: TSMC's execs took to calling Sam Altman a “podcasting bro” after he said it would take $7T and many years to build 36 chip plants to fulfill his vision
OpenAI CEO made absurd requests for 36 fabs for $7 trillion Zo Ahmed / TechSpot : OpenAI's Sam Altman dismissed as “podcasting bro” by TSMC over $7 trillion proposal Kevin Okemwa /...
Source: Apple is no longer in talks to participate in an OpenAI funding round that is expected to raise as much as $6.5B
Company behind ChatGPT is aiming to raise around $6.5 billion in funding set to close next week — Apple is no longer in talks to participate in an OpenAI funding round expected …
Sources: TSMC's execs took to calling Sam Altman a “podcasting bro” after he said it would take $7T and many years to build 36 chip plants to fulfill his vision
Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, is talking to the United Arab Emirates, Asian chipmakers and U.S. officials …
Docs: OpenAI had $300M in monthly revenue in August, up 1,700% since early 2023, 350M MAUs in June, and expects ~$3.7B in annual sales but $5B in losses in 2024
As the company looks for more outside investors, documents reviewed by The New York Times show consumer fascination with ChatGPT and a serious need for more cash.