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Today’s highlights
- Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot — 2026-08-04
- The state already hosts more than 500 data centers.
- The Saudi-led $55 billion takeover of EA has closed — 2026-08-04
- Electronic Arts is once again a privately held company, but it’s saddled with $20 billion in new debt.
- Telegram CEO says ‘takedown extortionist’ was responsible for the app being briefly delisted by Apple — 2026-08-04
- Pavel Durov claims there’s “a potential systemic risk” for platforms with user-generated content.
- Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon’s injunction on its AI shopping bot — 2026-08-04
- Amazon’s public fight with Perplexity over online shopping started in November 2025.
- We just got our first real look at how small X’s ad business is — 2026-08-04
- Advertisers seem to be spending a whole lot less than they used to on the platform.
- SpaceX’s first public earnings statement shows the financials of an AI company in 2026 — 2026-08-04
- That’s a lot of capital expenditure.
- Xbox’s free 25th anniversary gifts include a dynamic theme and avatars — 2026-08-04
- Xbox’s free 25th anniversary gifts include a dynamic theme and avatars.
- DOJ extracts $3.2 million from OpenAI over hiring discrimination allegations — 2026-08-04
- DOJ extracts $3.2 million from OpenAI over hiring discrimination allegations.