Attacks On Data Centers, Qwen3.5 In All Sizes, DeepSeek's Huawei Play, Apple's Multimodal Tokenizer

Q: Iranian drones struck at least three AWS data centers in Bahrain and the UAE, disrupting banking, pa

Iranian drones struck at least three AWS data centers in Bahrain and the UAE, disrupting banking, payments, and ride-sharing in what may be the first wartime attack on cloud infrastructure.

Q: Andrew Ng argues that community relationships and stackable skills are the two most stable assets in

Andrew Ng argues that community relationships and stackable skills are the two most stable assets individuals can invest in amid AI-driven job uncertainty and geopolitical risk.

Q: Qwen3.5 is releasing in multiple sizes, DeepSeek is making a Huawei hardware play, and Apple is deve

Qwen3.5 is releasing in multiple sizes, DeepSeek is making a Huawei hardware play, and Apple is developing a multimodal tokenizer, per this issue's headline stories.

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Andrew Ng's The Batch newsletter addresses widespread job insecurity across all career levels amid rapid AI advancement and geopolitical instability, recommending community-building and skill investment as stable foundations. The newsletter also reports on Iranian drone strikes targeting at least three Amazon Web Services data centers in Bahrain and the UAE, disrupting critical online services and marking a potential first in wartime targeting of cloud infrastructure.

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✓Iranian drones struck at least three AWS data centers in Bahrain and the UAE, disrupting banking, payments, and ride-sharing in what may be the first wartime attack on cloud infrastructure.

✓Andrew Ng argues that community relationships and stackable skills are the two most stable assets individuals can invest in amid AI-driven job uncertainty and geopolitical risk.

✓Qwen3.5 is releasing in multiple sizes, DeepSeek is making a Huawei hardware play, and Apple is developing a multimodal tokenizer, per this issue's headline stories.

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