Technology

• How the AI data center bubble story is playing out inside one booming energy stock - Can Bloom Energy's high-flying stock, fueled by generating onsite power for AI data centers, steer clear of bubble risks?
• The AI question every job candidate on interview should be prepared to answer - AI may not be responsible for most layoffs to date, but workers will increasingly need to defend their jobs in terms that directly relate to the technology.
• Behind Anthropic's stunning growth is a sibling team that may hold the key to generative AI - Daniela Amodei has helped build Anthropic into a serious AI player by betting on safety and enterprise adoption.
• AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices - Three primary memory vendors — Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they're benefitting from this shortage.
• Amazon plans first big-box retail store in Chicago suburb - Amazon has submitted plans for a large-format store near Chicago that would be larger than a Walmart Supercenter.
• OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout - OpenAI and SoftBank agreed to invest $1 billion into a SoftBank-backed energy provider as the companies prepare for a massive buildout of AI data centers.
• Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster - Meta said it secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are all working on nuclear power technologies.
• Intel stock rises after Trump touts 'very successful' CEO, applauds government's investment - In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he just met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and applauded the company for launching a processor in the U.S.
• Meta faces China probe over acquisition of AI agent startup Manus - China to probe Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus to assess its compliance with export control laws.
• The boldest bitcoin predictions for 2026 are in — from $75,000 to $225,000 - Industry executives and investors forecast a wide range of prices for bitcoin in 2026, dropping as low as $75,000 and rising as high as $225,000.