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AI is fueling a 520% holiday e-commerce boom, hospitals are swapping billions of pounds of plastic for biodegradables, Bezos is still selling space condos, and Microsoft is buying both solar panels and Japan’s tech scene. Meanwhile, Half the web is now bots, developers are embedding apps in ChatGPT, Instagram is handing out badges instead of cash.
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Seven bullets of updates
🛍️ Holiday e-commerce is set to grow 520% as more shoppers turn to AI tools for a smarter, faster checkout this season.
🧪 Hospitals throw out 29B pounds of plastic yearly, but new biodegradable alternatives are ready for Disrupt.
🚀 Jeff Bezos says millions will inhabit space as Blue Origin celebrates 30+ successful missions.
☀️ Microsoft to buy 100MW of solar from four new projects as it invests $2.9B in Japan’s tech infrastructure expansion.
🤖 The next generation of AI tools is reshaping how we use the internet, with 50% of web traffic now generated by bots.
💻 Developers can now embed interactive apps directly inside ChatGPT conversations, with over 3 million early signups reported.
🔔 Top Instagram creators can now earn a “ring” badge—Meta taps awards, not cash, as creator payout programs shrink.
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Risks of AI-generated code and security in software development
Developers are “vibe coding” with LLMs—moving as fast as they once copy‑pasted from open source—but the blast radius grows. these AI‑coded shortcuts can smuggle unsafe patterns, license gray zones, and unvetted deps.
It mirrors the open‑source supply chain: convenience now, audits later. Expect more supply‑chain attacks, murky provenance, and auditors probing how model‑suggested code is reviewed. Treat the model like a junior dev: mandatory PRs, SAST/DAST, pin deps, SBOMs, secrets scanning, explicit policies.
Winners: IDE/CI that make security default; losers: teams chasing the vibe coding boom without guardrails. Procurement will flag AI‑generated code, and incidents will snowball into silent security debt that slows deals, dents valuations, and drags SOC 2 timelines.
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Al workers might save your retirement
Pensions were built like a pyramid—and we’re running out of people to stack on the bottom. In this video, we break down the math behind Social Security, rising retirement ages, and the collapsing pension systems in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Why isn’t the system working anymore? What happens when retirees outnumber workers? And is there any hope for our generation to retire?
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AMD and OpenAI multi-billion dollar AI chip supply deal
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AMD just signed a multi-year deal with OpenAI to supply about 6 gigawatts of compute power. The deal is worth “tens of billions” and gives AMD a big win against Nvidia.
For AMD, this locks in a major customer and real volume for its AI chips. The challenge now shifts to packaging (CoWoS) and memory (HBM) supply—delivery speed matters as much as raw chip power. For OpenAI, the benefits are clear: more suppliers, better pricing power, and guaranteed capacity in the middle of the AI spending race.
For the rest of the market, it could mean lower GPU prices and less reliance on Nvidia’s CUDA if AMD’s software stack keeps improving. If AMD delivers the full 6GW on time, the race will be judged on cost per token and how fast models can be trained.