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Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Dell, Lenovo, and other PC makers are working with Nvidia on laptops using the Arm-based Nvidia-MediaTek system-on-a-chip, which could come in H1 2026  —  AI leader and its partners hope to make PCs lighter and thinner while keeping long battery life

David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In recent interviews, Sam Altman said AI's adoption faces more resistance than he expected, while Jensen Huang warned the “doomer narrative” may be winning  —  Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public's underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence.

Niamh Rowe / The Guardian:
US farmers are increasingly rejecting multimillion-dollar offers from data center developers; some estimate ~40K acres are needed globally for new AI projects  —  Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Tencent closed its TiMi Montréal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants scale back funding for Western game studios  —  The game industry's contraction is unrelenting.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Tencent has shut down its TiMi Montreal studio without …