Nvidia has pitched Apollo Global Management, Brightspeed's parent company, on converting roughly 130 existing telecom buildings into small data centers, according to The Information. Apollo asked for written plans, which Nvidia has since provided along with requests for site data and visits. The sites could reportedly deliver about 1 gigawatt of combined compute capacity, enough for over 2,200 Supermicro Vera Rubin NVL72 racks.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-06
At the 2026 Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit in Hong Kong, PIMCO CEO Emmanuel Roman said the AI market faces a downturn where 'things are going to break,' estimating the AI buildout could require $2 trillion in financing over five years against a $12 trillion total US bond market. Apollo Global Management president Jim Zelter echoed caution, saying uncertainty remains over how AI pricing and economics will evolve, even as he expects computing demand to keep rising.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-03
At the Seventh Manned Spaceflight Conference in Beijing, officials including chief lunar designer Wang Xiang outlined a staged sequence of missions using the Long March 10 rocket, Mengzhou crew capsule and Lanyue lander. The plan runs from an uncrewed Long March 10A/Mengzhou test in early 2027 through lunar-orbit docking tests in 2029, culminating in a crewed landing attempt before 2030.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-11-02
Actor John Turturro met with consultant Apollo Robbins, a professional pickpocket known as 'the gentleman thief,' to prepare for his role as an old-school thief in Noah Segan's new film 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.' Robbins coached Turturro on sleight-of-hand techniques and pickpocket terminology, and the two rehearsed steals together, with Turturro insisting on performing the grabs himself rather than using a hand double.
newyorker.com
· 2026-10-30
Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok published a note showing that inflation-adjusted revenue per worker and profit margins are rising only among the Magnificent 7 tech giants—Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and Meta. The remaining 493 S&P 500 companies show flat revenue per worker and flat margins, with no measurable productivity boost from generative AI, according to Slok's analysis.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-26
SpaceX disclosed a binding commitment for about $40 billion in financing to acquire AI chips and data center hardware, calling it the largest committed GPU financing deal to date. An Apollo-managed entity will purchase the equipment and lease it back to SpaceX for roughly five years, with the deal expected to close by year-end and leases beginning in early 2027 as equipment arrives.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-26
Apollo Global Management's chief economist Torsten Slok wrote in a weekend note that revenue per worker and profit margins are rising only for the 'Magnificent Seven' tech giants, while remaining flat across the rest of the S&P 500. He concluded there is still no evidence AI is boosting productivity growth or financial results for companies outside the tech industry.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-26
Apollo Global chief economist Torsten Slok reports that excluding the 'Magnificent Seven' tech giants, the S&P 493 shows flat profit margins and revenue per worker, with no measurable productivity gains from AI adoption. He says mainstream corporations are increasingly treating AI token spending as a cost burden rather than a growth driver, even as VC-backed firms keep increasing their AI spend.
slashdot.org
· 2026-10-25
Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok published a note arguing that AI has produced no measurable financial benefit for large companies outside the tech sector. Analyzing what he calls the 'S&P 493' — the S&P 500 excluding seven major tech firms — Slok found flat profit margins and revenue per worker, with no evidence of productivity gains from AI adoption.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-25
Apollo Global Management's chief economist Torsten Slok reported on October 24 that revenue per worker and profit margins are climbing for the Magnificent Seven tech stocks while staying flat across the other 493 S&P 500 companies. Slok said heavy AI investment has produced no measurable productivity gains outside the tech sector, with many firms now treating AI token spending as a cost rather than a growth driver.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-25
In an interview, Lindsay Powell, who records as Fielded, discussed her genre-blending career and new album Some Kind of Animal, which mixes organ-driven slow jams, a Nine Inch Nails cover, and industrial funk with a guest verse from Pink Siifu. She named her Universal Audio Apollo Twin interface as her most essential recording tool and said she keeps a pirated copy of the Japanese cyberpunk film 964 Pinocchio pinned in her browser for inspiration.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-24
Michael Newton, an avionics engineer in Calgary, leads the open-source Recreate Apollo project, which uses a Raspberry Pi running the Virtual AGC emulator to power a full-scale 3D-printed DSKY display and keyboard replica. The build runs actual Apollo 13 Command Module software, recreating the interface astronauts used for navigation, autopilot manoeuvres and Earth entry.
raspberrypi.com
· 2026-10-22
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