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AI Agenda

Meet Giga, a AI Data Center Developer That Has Barely Raised Capital

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 19, 2026 7:00am PDT
Startups developing data centers to power AI are among the most capital-hungry businesses around right now. Many are raising billions of dollars in equity and debt to build complicated facilities.There are few like Houston-based Giga Energy, however. Founded in 2019 by two Texas A&M juniors studying finance and industrial distribution, Giga... Startups developing data centers to power AI are among the most capital-hungry businesses around...
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The Briefing

Apple’s App Store Rules Are Stuck In Past

By Aaron Tilley · Mar 18, 2026 5:00pm PDT
It may be time for Apple to update the rules for its App Store. As we reported in this story today, app developers making apps that allow vibe coding—AI tools that let people without coding experience create apps easily—have run into delays getting their apps approved. Slowing down that process isn’t a good look for Apple, which has faced plenty... It may be time for Apple to update the rules for its App Store. As we reported in this story...
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Inside Meta, a Rogue AI Agent Triggers Security Alert

By Jyoti Mann · Mar 18, 2026 2:31pm PDT
A rogue AI agent recently triggered a major security alert at Meta Platforms, by taking action without approval that led to the exposure of sensitive company and user data to Meta employees who didn’t have authorization to access the data. A Meta spokesperson confirmed the incident, while adding that “no user data was mishandled” as a result of... A rogue AI agent recently triggered a major security alert at Meta Platforms, by taking action...