Stephen Morris / Financial Times:
Epoch AI: Google controls ~25% of global AI compute, with ~3.8M TPUs and 1.3M GPUs; Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says demand and revenue justify the spend  —  Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud's CEO, says its AI chips and models can help the data centre business gain ground

Sasha Rogelberg / Fortune:
Survey of 1,050 Australian teens: ~60% said they retained access to social media accounts after ban; two-thirds say platforms took no action to remove accounts  —  If teenagers have a will, they will find a way. … Evelyn, a 14-year-old in New South Wales, told The Washington Post in December 2025 …

Eli Rosenberg / The Information:
33% of S&P 500 companies provided security perks for execs in 2025: Jensen Huang's security cost rose from $690K in 2023 to $3.5M in 2025, Zuckerberg spent $22M  —  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang cuts a distinctive image, habitually clad in one of his many leather jackets.

Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg:
A profile of Strider, an intelligence firm that leverages agentic AI and public records to help the US Air Force, NATO, and others identify foreign state actors  —  Trump's economic crackdown on China's US interests is creating opportunities for a Utah-based intelligence firm

Wall Street Journal:
Trump hosted a gala luncheon for leading $TRUMP holders, where he spoke about his pro-crypto policies, but avoided the memecoin's declining value  —  The president's address touched on everything from the war in Iran to his policies supporting the crypto industry