Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
xAI aims to build a natural gas power plant in Southaven, MS, to run its data centers; a key meeting with regulators is set on an election day ~200 miles away  —  With Elon Musk's xAI planning to build a massive, natural-gas burning power plant in Southaven, Mississippi …

Maria Curi / Axios:
Sources: the White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools  —  The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI from its operations, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

Reuters:
Sources: PE firm EQT is exploring a sale of Linux distribution vendor SUSE in a deal that could value it at up to $6B; SUSE was valued at ~$2.96B in 2023  —  Private equity firm EQT AB (EQTAB.ST) is exploring a sale of open-source software company SUSE in a deal that could value it up to $6 billion …

Wired:
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools for it  —  Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country under new security commitments, reversing a 2024 order to wind down TikTok's Canadian subsidiary  —  Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country, a complete reversal after the government had previously ordered …