This week, the federal government's been busy. There are paint jobs, fresh indictments, commemorative items and more. If you've been paying attention — good job!
OpenAI is discontinuing its AI-powered Atlas browser, launched in October, and will integrate its agentic browsing features into the ChatGPT desktop app and a new Chrome extension. This move follows a directive to cut back on "side quests" and reflects a strategy to embed AI browsing capabilities into existing user workflows rather than creating a standalone browser.
France defeated Morocco 2-0 in a rematch of the 2022 World Cup semifinal. Kylian Mbappé scored France's first goal, and Ousmane Dembélé added a second, securing France's advancement to the semifinals.
Elon Musk reassured users that he would not cut off Anthropic's access to SpaceX servers, despite their rivalry. Anthropic is a major customer, paying $1.25 billion monthly for compute power.
Sequoia partner David Cahn projects AI infrastructure spending to hit $1.5 trillion by 2026, requiring $3 trillion in revenue to justify the investment. Despite strong ARR from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, a significant revenue gap remains, posing a risk to the economy if hyperscalers fail to meet cash flow goals.
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to travel to space at age 82, has died at 87. She passed away in Grapevine, Texas, after recent falls and an infection. Funk was among the first female pilots to undergo astronaut testing in the 1960s and finally reached space in 2021 on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket.
A Microsoft Defender patch for a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-50656) may cause Windows machines to write files large enough to consume all disk space. The researcher NightmareEclipse disclosed the issue, stating that new mitigations in mpengine.dll can lead to massive file caching.
