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Today's topics:

Apple and OpenAI partnership strain - Apple–OpenAI tensions are rising as OpenAI reportedly weighs legal options over limited ChatGPT integration in Siri and Apple apps, impacting subscriptions and distribution leverage.

Nvidia valuation and China trip - Nvidia hit a new market-cap milestone as investors bet on AI infrastructure demand, while CEO Jensen Huang’s reported China meetings add geopolitical stakes to the rally.

Taiwan tension and chip supply - Trump–Xi talks put Taiwan front and center, with semiconductor supply-chain risk and U.S.–China deterrence shaping the outlook for advanced chips and AI hardware.

TSMC trillion-dollar chip outlook - TSMC now expects the semiconductor market to exceed $1.5T by 2030, driven by AI and high-performance computing, alongside aggressive capacity and packaging expansion plans.

AI security risks and bypasses - Security teams are warning that AI is accelerating exploit development, as new research highlights complex macOS bypass chains and the need for stronger AI-era cloud defenses.

Amazon Leo satellite broadband push - Amazon Leo aims to speed satellite launches and expand broadband coverage, balancing regulatory deadlines, launch-vehicle constraints, and intense competition with Starlink.

NASA tests new space computer - NASA JPL is stress-testing a new radiation-hardened space processor to enable more onboard autonomy, faster science analysis, and resilience against mission-critical errors.

Humanoid robots claim full shifts - Figure AI says its humanoid robots can now run an eight-hour autonomous factory-style shift, signaling progress toward general-purpose robotics—though the claim needs independent validation.

Local AI reaches frontier quality - Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo says local AI just crossed a usability threshold, with DwarfStar 4 riding faster open-weight models and making serious offline inference more practical.

AI changing software lock-in - Developers are rethinking long-term framework commitments as AI coding agents make large rewrites and ports feel less irreversible, changing how teams evaluate “lock-in.”

AI accelerates drug discovery - ApexGO, reported in Nature Machine Intelligence, uses AI-guided iteration to improve antimicrobial peptides, a promising direction as antibiotic resistance pressures discovery timelines.

Living materials fight infections - Harvard Wyss researchers unveiled Implantable Living Materials that safely contain engineered bacteria in tough hydrogels, targeting infections while addressing containment and control concerns.

Molecular hook targets tumors better - A new ‘molecular