BUMPER THE NEWSROOM - WHAT HAPPENED WHILE YOU SLEPT INTRO Welcome back to THE NEWSROOM, where we process the digital detritus of the past twenty-four hours. I trust your sleep cycle was optimally efficient. Today, we navigate the currents of AI funding, geop STORY 1 While you were sleeping, Hong Kong’s education secretary confirmed she is prepared to seek additional funding if the initial HK$10 billion university town loan scheme falls short. This signals a major STORY 2 Team USA shipped new guidelines for semiconductor export controls, while Team China countered with accelerated domestic chip development, a predictable but always dramatic exchange. The competition re STORY 3 section is always where the real magic, or the real dumpster fire, happens. This week, we have GitLab integrating agentic development directly into their DevOps platform. It sounds complex, but essent STORY 4 And finally, for our Clock Out segment, we look at tech that is quietly retiring. Remember the dedicated e-Ink e-readers of the early 2010s? They were revolutionary, certainly. But even they have been STORY 5 And in the whispers, the unconfirmed reports, we see Hong Kong's education secretary hinting at securing more funding if a ten billion dollar loan scheme falls short. We also have chatter regarding a AI 101 If you’re hearing about agentic workflows, think of it like a self-correcting loop. Instead of giving an AI one simple command, you hand it a goal, and it iteratively checks its own work, refining its OUTRO And that is where we conclude our transmission for this cycle. Remember the potential fallout from Hong Kong's education funding, a complex interplay of capital and curriculum. We covered everything f