🐘 THE CODE BEHIND 70% OF WEBSITES RUNS ON A TINY TEAM

The PHP Foundation, which coordinated this week's emergency fixes for two critical PHP flaws, has just one full-time staff member and 14 contractors.

Banks, governments and millions of websites depend on software kept alive by a team smaller than most startups.

🚗 TESLA WILL NOW SPEND OVER $25 BILLION THIS YEAR

Tesla raised its 2026 spending plan to more than $25 billion, up from over $20 billion, as it pushes harder into AI, robotaxis and robots.

The company says the extra spending means negative free cash flow for the rest of the year.

🧬 THE UK IS SPENDING £100 MILLION ON AN AI BIOSECURITY LAB

The UK plans to build a national AI Biosecurity Lab, backed by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind.

Its job is to use AI to defend against biological threats as the technology becomes more powerful.

🔍 GOOGLE COULD USE YOUR GMAIL AND PHOTOS TO TARGET ADS

Google's updated privacy policy says data shared through its Personal Intelligence feature from connected apps like Gmail and Photos could be used for ads.

It depends on which apps you have connected, so check your Google AI settings if you want to keep your inbox and photos private.

☁️ AMAZON'S CLOUD IS ALREADY SOLD OUT FOR 2027

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AWS capacity for 2027 is "largely sold out," and a good chunk of 2028 is already taken.

The AI boom is eating up computing power faster than even the biggest companies can build it.

💰 A $100 MILLION AI DEAL JUST SWITCHED SIDES

Coding platform Replit has reportedly moved most of its AI spending from Anthropic to OpenAI after Anthropic ended a discount.

The deal is said to be worth over $100 million a year, with OpenAI offering a discount of more than 30%.

⚠️ AI IS FINDING SECURITY HOLES FASTER THAN THEY CAN BE FIXED

OpenAI says its cyber team now finds about 100 vulnerabilities every day, and its tools helped uncover this week's PHP flaws. Cloudflare's CEO warns of a couple of years of weekly major disruptions.

Turn on automatic updates for your phone, laptop and apps, because hackers are using AI too.

🏫 THE SCHOOL THAT SAYS AI TEACHES KIDS TWICE AS FAST

Alpha School claims its AI-powered lessons teach students twice as fast, and its students do score highly on tests.

But a New York Times investigation found about half of its K-8 students missed the school's own math goal, and some parents say it doesn't match the hype.

🚀 SPACEX NOW MAKES MORE MONEY FROM AI THAN ROCKETS

SpaceX made $14.58 billion in revenue last quarter, up 161%, and its AI business alone brought in $7.56 billion, more than Starlink.

Elon Musk says $1 trillion in yearly revenue by 2028 is "no longer impossible," and both SpaceX and Tesla have set up committees to look at merging.

🛰️ STARLINK SPEEDS ARE BACK FOR UKRAINE AFTER 10 DAYS

SpaceX had limited Starlink speeds since October 14, which hurt Ukraine's drone forces. Service was restored on Saturday, with Ukraine's defense ministry reporting full speeds again.

Musk says he imposed the limit himself and accused Ukraine's military of breaking Starlink's terms, while US officials say President Trump asked him to restore it.

📡 VERIZON SIGNS A $2 BILLION AI DEAL WITH AMAZON

Verizon will supply high-capacity fiber to connect Amazon Web Services data centers running AI workloads, in a deal worth over $2 billion.

The company also raised its yearly forecast, showing how AI is now boosting even phone and internet companies.

🤖 OPENAI LAUNCHES A CHEAPER NEW AI MODEL

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, a mid-tier model priced at about half the cost of its bigger GPT-6.1 Sol.

Cheaper and faster models mean more apps can afford to build with AI, which matters more for most businesses than raw power.

💸 SPACEX BORROWS $40 BILLION TO BUY NVIDIA CHIPS

SpaceX secured about $40 billion in debt financing to buy Nvidia AI chips, with deliveries expected in the first half of 2027.

Musk also warned that many of the 200+ smaller AI cloud companies could fail, sending stocks like CoreWeave and Nebius lower.

📈 ANTHROPIC IS GOING PUBLIC

Anthropic, the company behind Claude, filed publicly with the SEC on Monday to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker ANT.

It is set to be one of the biggest AI IPOs ever, and US stocks rose on the news.

💰 META WANTS TO RAISE $95 BILLION FOR AI

Meta plans to sell $95 billion in new shares to pay for its AI buildout, $35 billion through public offerings and $60 billion over time.

It also raised its spending plan, and the stock dropped as investors worried about how much AI is costing.

📲 UPDATE YOUR IPHONE: SIRI JUST GOT A MEMORY

Apple released iOS 27.2, and Siri can now remember context and use your Messages photos, Calendar, voicemails and Safari history to help you.

Siri AI also now works in French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese, but not yet in the EU or mainland China.

😂 CHATGPT SENT PEOPLE TO A JOURNALIST FOR TECH SUPPORT

When users asked ChatGPT for help with everyday problems like banned Instagram accounts, it told them to email a 404 Media reporter.

It often even wrote the email for them, flooding the journalist's inbox with support requests he could not fix.

📊 BIG TECH'S BIGGEST WEEK IS HERE

Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon all report their earnings this week, with investors watching how much they spend on AI and how much it earns back.

The results could decide whether the AI stock rally keeps going or cools down.