Simon P. Couch:
A programmer estimates his typical day of coding with Claude Code is equivalent to running the dishwasher an extra time, much more energy than a “median query”  —  Most of the discourse about the environmental impact of LLM use focuses on a ‘median query.’ What about a Claude Code session?

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times:
Galaxy Digital plans to launch a hedge fund in Q1 2026 investing up to 30% in crypto tokens and the rest in financial stocks; sources say it has raised $100M  —  Billionaire's firm plans portfolio to profit from rising and falling prices, following sharp sell-off in digital assets sector

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Bengaluru-based Amagi, an ad tools provider for broadcast and streaming TV, fell below its listing price in its India market debut after raising $196M in an IPO  —  Amagi Media Labs, a Bengaluru-headquartered company that sells cloud software used to run and monetize TV and streaming channels …

Financial Times:
Thoma Bravo co-founder Orlando Bravo says the slump in software company valuations over threat of AI-driven disruption is creating a “huge buying opportunity”  —  Firm's co-founder Orlando Bravo tells FT that sector sell-off is creating a ‘huge buying opportunity’

Nami Matsuura / Nikkei Asia:
Payments using facial recognition are growing in South Korea as the tech improves; South Korean fintech app Toss has scaled its “Facepay” service to 1M+ users  —  SEOUL — Payments using facial recognition are becoming more widespread in cashless South Korea, as artificial intelligence and 3D photography increase accuracy.