White House mulling tariff exemptions for Big Tech — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, other AI hyperscalers to be spared worst of import duties with U.S.-Taiwan deal

The White House is considering a tariff carve-out for big AI tech companies, like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, allowing them to purchase imported AI chips from TSMC without getting slapped with an import tax.
…

,
Big Tech stocks take a $1 trillion tumble as projected AI spending continues to outweigh revenue — investors are antsy about long-term planning becoming never-ending spending

Big Tech stocks take a $1 trillion tumble as projected AI spending continues outweighing revenue

,
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, thinks it can still be saved — despite some parts being ‘optimized for nastiness’

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, thinks it can still be saved

,
Nvidia pumps another $2 billion into CoreWeave and announces standalone availability of Vera CPU — chipmaker increases stake in its customer to 9%

Nvidia is spending another $2 billion investing in CoreWeave, one of its AI customers, due to “confidence in their growth and confidence in CoreWeave’s management,” according to CEO Jensen Huang.
…

,
OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 — analyst paints grim picture after examining the company’s finances

OpenAI might be running out of cash as soon as mid-2027

,
Search pioneer AltaVista’s star shone bright with a clean and minimal UI 30 years ago — engine lost momentum after multiple ownership changes and the embrace of the web portal trend

Pioneering search engine AltaVista opened its service to the public 30 years ago.

,
New calculator helps evaluate the economics of datacenters in space — running the numbers on orbital computing reveals a brutal reality

Orbital data centers have been proposed as a way around the power, cooling, and regulatory requirements of building on Earth, but new analysis reveals that the costs of deploying such installations would be astronomical.
…

,