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# Power, Chips, and Cheques, Breaches, Escapes, and Geopolitics, The Lighter Side
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-10-07-am/
- Published: 2026-10-07T10:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:16:00.000Z
- Description: Capital is moving toward AI and the power to run it, while trade, cyber and basing disputes intensify. The security beat has a rough Wednesday: breaches, escapes and critical patches.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-am, #scan

Capital is moving toward AI and the power to run it, while trade, cyber and basing disputes intensify. The security beat has a rough Wednesday: breaches, escapes and critical patches.

> **$12B+** — What DeepSeek is reportedly close to raising, with Tencent and CATL as the biggest contributors, ahead of an early-2027 IPO. *(Bloomberg)*

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#### [DeepSeek is close to raising $12B+ in a round that could reach \~$14.9B](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-06/deepseek-to-raise-at-least-12-billion-in-tencent-backed-funding?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

Tencent and CATL are the anchor cheques ahead of an early-2027 IPO for China's AI champion. *(Bloomberg)*

#### [Google reportedly nears $1bn-plus nuclear power deal with Constellation](https://thenextweb.com/news/google-constellation-nuclear-power-deal?ref=adjacent.media)

Hyperscalers unable to build reactors fast enough are buying existing ones. *(The Next Web)*

#### [Why we're backing America's existing nuclear plants](https://blog.google/company-news/why-were-backing-americas-existing-nuclear-plants/?ref=adjacent.media)

Google's account of the Constellation deal, pitched as uprates and restarts that add capacity without waiting on new builds. *(The Official Google Blog)*

#### [Lucid Motors' EV output falls to lowest level in almost 2 years](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/lucid-motors-ev-output-falls-to-lowest-level-in-almost-two-years/?ref=adjacent.media)

Lucid says the slowdown is deliberate, despite weak mass-market demand. *(TechCrunch)*

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#### [Accenture contractor removed from FBI after unpatched system led to breach](https://thenextweb.com/news/fbi-removes-accenture-contractor-data-breach?ref=adjacent.media)

Thousands of bureau staff had personal data exposed because a patch was skipped. *(The Next Web)*

#### [South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/world/asia/south-korea-banks-hacked-ai.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

The president says signs point to AI models in recent attacks on several banks' customer data, a live test of the "AI-enabled attacker" thesis. *(NYT)*

#### [Security researcher claims they found KVM guest-host escape flaw](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/06/security-researcher-claims-they-found-kvm-guest-host-escape-flaw/5301267?ref=adjacent.media)

A full VM escape in the hypervisor that powers hyperscale clouds is a claim cloud security teams will watch closely. *(The Register)*

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#### [JAY-Z's MarcyPen reportedly closes in on LVMH's 50% stake in Rihanna's Fenty Beauty](https://hypebeast.com/2026/10/jay-z-marcypen-capital-partners-close-acquire-50-percent-stake-rihanna-fenty-beauty-reports-rumors?ref=adjacent.media)

Jay-Z's investment firm is buying out LVMH's half of Rihanna's beauty company. *(Hypebeast)*

#### [Aston Martin Delays First EV Launch to 2033](https://hypebeast.com/2026/10/aston-martin-delays-first-ev-launch-to-2033?ref=adjacent.media)

The first electric Aston Martin now arrives in a three-year window starting in 2033\. *(Hypebeast)*

#### [Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27](https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/10/command-line-tool-quickly-removes-apple-intelligence-from-macos-27/?ref=adjacent.media)

One click recovers 12GB, and users are asking for their disk space back. *(Ars Technica)*