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Day: <span>January 15, 2026</span>
Day: January 15, 2026

Apple Surrenders AI Core to Google; US Extorts $250B Chip Ransom; OpenAI’s Talent Raid

Today’s tech briefing covers Apple’s strategic pivot to Google’s Gemini, the massive US-Taiwan semiconductor deal driven by tariff threats, OpenAI’s aggressive hiring from Thinking Machines, and NVIDIA’s new open-source efficiency tool.

The Talent Magnetism of Silicon Valley: OpenAI’s “Boomerang” Effect and Meta’s Infrastructural Mania

🤖 AI & Frontier Tech Thinking Machines Lab Bleeds Talent Back to OpenAI 🏷️ Keywords: #OpenAI #TalentWar #SiliconValley #ThinkingMachines Core Summary: The AI talent war has intensified as Thinking Machines …

OpenAI’s Talent Gravity & Meta’s Energy Hunger; xAI Under Regulatory Siege; The Rise of Autonomous Economic Agents

Today’s tech insights cover the return of talent to OpenAI, Meta’s massive energy infrastructure overhaul, global regulatory crackdowns on xAI’s Grok, and TSMC’s record profits driven by AI demand.