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  1. 💾 Seagate & Western Digital: Join Nasdaq-100 Effective Dec 22


    Seagate (STX) and Western Digital (WDC) replace legacy firms CDW and GlobalFoundries in the Nasdaq-100 reconstitution. Driven by the “AI storage supercycle,” both firms leverage P/E expansion from 30TB+ HAMR drive demand in hyperscale data centers. They join Alnylam and Monolithic Power, marking a decisive index pivot toward high-capacity AI infrastructure components.

  2. 🏷️ Phinge: Founder Tops Crunchbase AI Rankings



    Phinge founder Robert DeMaio topped Crunchbase’s global AI rankings, validating the “Netverse” beta at CES 2026 (Jan 6–9). The platform utilizes patented “magnetically attachable” hardware to bypass app stores, offering developers a disruptive 10% POS fee. This “app-less” architecture restores user data ownership, replacing software dependencies with verified, hardware-native protocols.

  3. 🏗️ Ferrovial: First IBEX 35 Firm in Nasdaq-100

    Ferrovial (FER) becomes the first IBEX 35 firm on the Nasdaq-100 (effective Dec 22), validating its €17.2bn U.S. pivot. Anchored by the JFK New Terminal One and Texas managed lanes, the listing grants access to deep capital markets. This strategic re-rating underscores a shift toward digitized, tech-enabled infrastructure management in North America.

  4. 🦷 ALL CONEC: Accelerates Digital Dental with AI

    ALL CONEC signed a strategic MOU with Australia’s MINIMAX to automate dental prosthetics via Oracle Cloud (OCI). Part of the “Dream Venture Star 11” program, the partnership standardizes “AI CAD-OCI” workflows. By integrating IoT printing data, the protocol drastically reduces design latency and ensures automated quality verification for global dental clinics.

  5. 📺 GOTF Abu Dhabi: Digital Platform Goes Live

    The “Games of the Future” launched its ADNOC-powered OTT hub (tv.gofuture.games) with tech partner Asport. Streaming opening Dota 2 matches from Pixoul Gaming, the platform integrates “phygital” biometrics with live ticketing. This hybrid broadcast standard merges esports data with physical athletic performance, creating a new immersive viewer category for the multimillion-dollar event.

  6. 🍄 Longkou: AI Cloud Platform Automates Rare Farming

    Fengyidian Village deployed an AI “smart shelter” system managing 130,000 Matsutake sticks with just 6 workers. Utilizing a “rooftop photovoltaic + indoor planting” model, the system generates dual revenue, boosting local income by 30,000 yuan. This innovation validates controlled-environment agriculture as a scalable solution for high-value crop precision and rural revitalization.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                TRENDING AI NEWS

    1. 🏦 BBVA & OpenAI: Massive Enterprise AI Rollout

    BBVA confirms it is the first European bank to deploy ChatGPT Enterprise to all 120,000 employees, expanding from a pilot that saved ~3 hours/week per user. This "AI-native" strategy leverages GPT-5 capabilities to automate complex software development and risk analysis, positioning BBVA significantly ahead of global peers in financial GenAI adoption and operational efficiency.

    2. 🤖 NVIDIA & Richtech: ADAM Robot Deployed at NHL Arena

    NVIDIA and Richtech Robotics deployed "ADAM," a dual-arm bartender, at T-Mobile Arena for the Vegas Golden Knights. Powered by Jetson AGX Orin and trained via Isaac Sim, ADAM pours two drinks simultaneously to slash intermission wait times, demonstrating scalable "edge AI" utility in high-volume hospitality sectors and real-world service environments.

    3. 🇹🇼 Taiwan: Launches "Nano 4" Sovereign AI Centre

    Taiwan inaugurated the "Nano 4" supercomputer in Tainan, equipped with 1,760 H200 GPUs and 144 Blackwell chips. Part of President Lai’s "Ten Major AI Projects," the facility secures digital sovereignty for climate and GenAI research, reducing reliance on foreign cloud providers for sensitive government model training and domestic semiconductor R&D.

    4. 📡 GeekStake: Launches AI Risk System for Institutions

    GeekStake released an AI-enhanced risk monitoring system on Dec 13, targeting institutional funds. The platform utilizes historical on-chain data to predict probability variances in validator slashing and node downtime. Designed for professional stakers, it mitigates operational risks in Proof-of-Stake networks by correlating real-time volatility signals with historical performance patterns.

    5. 📉 Anthropic: Confirmed as Broadcom's $10B "Mystery Client"

    Broadcom CEO Hock Tan confirmed Anthropic is the customer behind a $10 billion custom ASIC (XPU) order, with an additional $11 billion commitment for 2026. This pivot to proprietary silicon significantly reduces Anthropic's long-term reliance on NVIDIA GPUs, signaling a major strategic shift in the AI hardware supply chain and future model training infrastructure.

    6. 🔬 NSF: Launches Initiative for Independent AI Research

    The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $1 billion "Tech Labs" initiative to scale independent research organizations (FRO-style). Focusing on AI safety and interpretability, the program decentralizes research power from big tech silos, funding interdisciplinary academic teams to tackle technical bottlenecks that commercial labs overlook, fostering a diverse ecosystem for critical oversight.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      📗 Book Summary: The Signal and the Noise — Why So Many Predictions Fail, but Some Don’t

    Author: Nate Silver

    🧠 Main Idea:
    Nate Silver explains why humans are bad at predicting the future — and how we can get better. The book separates useful signals from misleading noise in data, showing how probabilistic thinking improves decisions in fields like politics, weather, economics, medicine, and sports.

    🔍 Key Concepts:

    • Signal vs. Noise:
      Most information is noise. The real skill is identifying what actually matters.

    • Probability, Not Certainty:
      Good forecasters think in probabilities, not absolutes. Saying “there’s a 70% chance” is more honest and accurate than making confident predictions.

    • Overconfidence Bias:
      Experts often sound confident — but confidence does not equal accuracy.

    • Bayesian Thinking:
      Update beliefs gradually as new evidence appears, instead of clinging to initial opinions.

    • Why Predictions Fail:
      Complex systems (economies, pandemics, elections) are unpredictable because small changes can create large effects.

    • Good Forecasters:
      They are humble, open to correction, data-driven, and comfortable saying “I don’t know.”

    🌱 Core Lessons:

    • Uncertainty is unavoidable — learning to live with it is intelligence.

    • Better decisions come from probability, humility, and constant updating.

    • Confidence without data is dangerous.

    • Understanding uncertainty improves judgment in life, work, and society.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    AI TOOLS

    • ⚖️ Gavel Exec – AI legal assistant that drafts, reviews, and redlines contracts directly inside Microsoft Word for faster legal workflows.

    • 🤖 Macaron – A personal AI agent that helps manage tasks, decisions, and daily workflows through natural, human-like interactions.

    • 🖼️ Forevi – Restore, enhance, and animate old photos using AI to bring faded memories back to life with realistic detail.

    • 📩 HappyPanda – Automates onboarding and user communication with adaptive AI-generated email and messaging sequences.

    • 📊 Size the Market – AI-powered pricing intelligence that tracks competitors and helps e-commerce teams optimize pricing strategies.

    • 🚀 Protaigé – An AI marketing agency that delivers complete, ready-to-launch branded campaigns by coordinating AI agents for strategy, copy, and design.

    • 🤝 Kaily – An AI teammate that automates customer support, sales, onboarding, and bookings across chat, email, voice, and messaging platforms.

    • 🪞 Reflection – A private AI journaling and coaching app that provides guided prompts, emotional insights, and personal growth support.

    • 📈 The AI 500 – A public benchmark that tracks which brands AI models like ChatGPT and Claude recommend across 500 industries.

    • 📊 Korl – AI-powered presentation agents that turn B2B customer data into personalized, customer-ready decks for QBRs, roadmap reviews, and renewals—saving prep time and boosting retention.

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