Daniel Boffey / The Guardian:
Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare and raises doubts over the Gulf as a global AI hub  —  Iran's targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare

Nancy Scola / Politico:
Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir  —  NEW YORK CITY — Alex Bores had known for a while that a political operation called Leading the Future, funded …

Sharon Goldman / Fortune:
Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robotics, resigns over concerns about domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons after OpenAI's DOD contract  —  Caitlin Kalinowski, who had been leading hardware and robotic engineering teams at OpenAI since November 2024, announced she has left the company.

Financial Times:
Sources: Palmer Luckey's ModRetro, which wants to sell updated versions of 1990s consoles like the Nintendo 64, is in talks to raise funding at a $1B valuation  —  From AI weapons to Game Boys, defence tech billionaire is in talks to raise funds for new gaming venture ModRetro

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:
China's commerce ministry warns of global chip shortages due to “new conflicts” between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and its Chinese subsidiary  —  China's commerce ministry on Saturday raised the possibility of another global semiconductor supply chain crisis due to “new conflicts” …