Crusoe's $700M loan secured by gas turbines for AI data centers, plus Verizon, Oracle, Tesla and FCC robotics news in The Evening Update.
Google's Gemini 4 Carbon leads vendor-reported cyber benchmarks, with access limited to Fairwind Program defenders and API pricing rising to $4 and $20.
Verizon's AWS AI fiber deal tops $2 billion and lifts its 2026 forecast, though contract terms remain undisclosed.
Crusoe's $700M Neuberger facility is secured by gas turbines and engines, shifting AI data center power risk onto debt markets. Megawatt terms remain undisclosed.
Firefox Smart Window can now fill web forms from open tabs and watch pages for changes. Form data goes to Google's Gemini model, so choose tabs carefully.
The Daily Brief for October 28, 2026: OpenAI's reported Google TPU purchase, Nvidia's Meta stake, Virginia AI rules and more.
Nvidia commits $3B and AMD $1B to Meta's stock offering. Details on the Nvidia Meta investment, undisclosed terms and data center costs.
Apple's M6 MacBook Pro starts at $1,999 with 24-hour battery life, shipping November 6. The 24-inch iMac also moves to M6.
Meta stock offering of up to $95 billion funds AI compute, with a $35 billion first tranche. The Evening Update also covers Grok Bot, GPT-6.1 Terra and more.
Musk says Grok Bot can phone businesses, sit on hold and send call summaries. xAI has not published pricing, rollout or limits for Grok Bot phone calls.
Meta plans a $95 billion stock offering, with $35 billion initially and a $60 billion Class C program, to fund AI compute build-out.
Microsoft's new Outlook for Windows adds an All Accounts unified inbox without merging mailboxes, but search and shared mailboxes remain limited.
Daily Brief for October 27, 2026: Broadcom's $63B Anthropic chip financing, BofA's warning on AI data centers funding costs, and more.
Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 staff as it funds a $175B AI infrastructure build-out. Savings and costs remain unmeasured.
The Evening Update covers Nebius's $3.5B Citi loan, Blackstone's $185B data center valuation and a Paraguay AI data center plan.
