Steve Kovach

Steve Kovach

@stevekovach.bsky.social

NYC

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Financial Times@financialtimes.com

Breaking news: Meta is planning to raise $95bn in a stock offering to fuel its massive AI infrastructure spending, backed by chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom, who will act as cornerstone investors. ft.trib.al/VS3Nhnq

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The stock market continues with the kick saves to stay on trend, today's low in the S&P 500 right on the line from the late-July low. The rotation toward defensive/rate-sensitive areas is, for now, supporting the index as markets get more stringent in rationaing capital to the marginal AI spender.

Ted Lasso fans have something to look forward to

Pop Base@popbase.tv

🚨 A ‘GLEE’ revival has been officially ordered at Disney+ and Hulu. No cast members are currently announced to return.

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The Verge@theverge.com

The iPhone Duo is one of Apple’s messiest first-generation products in a long time, and right now it will delight gadget nerds and early adopters and likely frustrate everyone else. Read our review from @reckless.bsky.social and @allisonjo1.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/1015028...

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if Zohran Mamdani used the word "Shylock" the ADL would have called in a nuclear strike on New York City by now

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

The ADL finally chimes in… with one very short post: "The term 'Shylock' is rooted in a longstanding antisemitic stereotype. Regardless of intent, its use can reinforce harmful tropes about Jews and normalize language that has long been used to target the Jewish community."

Vibe shift. Kaplan was elevated to this role after Trump was reelected in 2024. Same time Zuckerberg went full manosphere Now power's about to flip in Washington, so Zuckerberg puts on a new skin, again

Techmeme@techmeme.com

Mark Zuckerberg says Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief global affairs officer and his top DC adviser for 15+ years, is set to leave in 2027; Kaplan had close Trump ties (Mike Allen/Axios) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Wow. Hope he's OK

Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social

More details: What was originally believed to be a superficial blood clot was then revealed Saturday afternoon to be several blood clots in Jalen Hurts' lungs. At that point, it all changed. It is serious. It is scary. And Jalen Hurts should make a full recovery.

I was still at CNBC at the time and interviewed Microsoft Prez Brad Smith about it. He said Microsoft would "write the check" and Nscale would spend it on data centers Nope!