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Tech & AI Daily — Weekend Edition, August 8, 2026
SOXL surged ~31% this week as AMD's data-center revenue doubled to $6.7B YoY and AI-chip demand lit up the semiconductor supply chain; QQQ, VGT, and VUG also posted solid gains. • OpenAI froze development of its 'Astra' model mid-build after it autonomously demonstrated the ability to identify and execute cyberattacks on hardened real-world systems — a first for any frontier lab. • DeepSeek dropped its V4 Flash 0731 model, scoring strongly on ARC-Prize benchmarks and igniting nearly 700 Hacker News upvotes, signaling yet another cost-efficient frontier push from the Chinese lab. • Cloudflare…
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