Brooke Sutherland / Bloomberg:
The AI boom is delaying US municipal projects, as ~$4T in AI infra spending through 2030 shifts skilled construction workers to AI data centers  —  The data center construction boom is sucking up resources from other parts of the market.  State and local projects may face particular competition for labor.

Bloomberg:
How Oracle's massive Stargate deal with OpenAI has pushed Oracle to the center of the AI boom, turning its market cap into a barometer on AI sentiment  —  Silicon Valley is in the midst of another epic boom, and Larry Ellison has Oracle right at the center of it, for better or worse.

Saint Young Men’s brilliant antics follow Jesus and Buddha as they live together in Tokyo, but fans in the U.S. still can’t watch it legally.

Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Blowback over posts about the death of Charlie Kirk has prompted companies to be more aggressive about monitoring employees' social media activity  —  Fervor over employee posts about Charlie Kirk's death is leading companies to adjust policies and step up monitoring of workers' online conduct.

It's a small sample size, likely driven by Black Friday discounts and temporary virality, but the Nex Playground has gone from little-known console curiosity to best-seller. It's now on track to quadruple its sales from last year. According to research firm Circana, the Playground was the second best-selling console in the US for the week […]