Five US tech giants' hidden debts soar to $1.65tn on opaque AI funding
Data center leases and GPU supply contracts raise liabilities at Meta, Oracle, Nikkei study shows
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/five-…
"Former Turkish PM & Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s proposal to establish a joint maritime security force—composed of Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey—to secure and temporarily administer the waterway offers this alternative precisely. By leveraging the unique reservoir of political trust these specific nations enjoy ... this formula provides a pragmatic, honor-saving way out of the current quagmire."
Can the Davutoglu "Middle Powers Plan" Reopen Hormuz?
https://www.juancole.com/2026/05/davutoglu-middle-powers.html
Spotify Labs launches Studio, a NotebookLM-like desktop app to generate private, AI-powered podcasts, in research preview across 20 markets (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/spotify-debuts-a-new-desktop-app-for-creat…
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$14 Regular & Classic Tees
$14 Kids Tees
$17 Extra Soft & Fitted Tees
Up to 35% off Everything Else (sale prices as marked)
Sale ends April 23rd at 5 PM CDT
Please go get merch.
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Spotify Labs launches Studio, a NotebookLM-like desktop app to generate private, AI-powered podcasts, in research preview across 20 markets (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/spotify-debuts-a-new-desktop-app-for-creat…
Study: off-balance sheet debt at Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle grew an est. ~8x since 2022 to ~$1.65T, eclipsing ~$1.35T in balance sheet debt (Kohei Yamada/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technolo…