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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 16, 2026?
The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Google Acquired Motorola Mobility for $12 Billion in 2012, Steve Jobs Unveiled the Apple iMac in 1998, SpaceX’s Demo-2 Mission Was Planned and Subsequently Delayed in 2020, and we present you with these top quality stories. From China National AI Grid Targets 80% Domestic Tech Amid Compute Chokepoints to How I Built a Pipeline to Restore Old BW Photos to 4K Color Using Open-Source AI, let’s dive right in.
China National AI Grid Targets 80% Domestic Tech Amid Compute Chokepoints
By @ttassos [ 5 Min read ] From Chinas 2T yuan data-center grid to Nvidias export-control workaround: who controls AIs industrialization layer is now the defining geopolitical contest. Read More.
Suffering From Marketing Paralysis? Everyone Is Right Now, Here’s The Way Out
By @galestrategies [ 11 Min read ] 70% of marketers chase short-term wins while AI reshapes everything. Heres the cohort playbook that breaks the doom loop, before leadership does it for you. Read More.
Meet the Writer: Hacker Noons Contributor Rumiza Shakeel Shaikh, AI Product Manager
By @writerspotlight [ 6 Min read ] From 0 to 1 AI products to planning expedition cruises to Antarctica, discover the work and life of writer and AI Product Manager Rumiza Shakeel Shaikh. Read More.
How I Built a Pipeline to Restore Old BW Photos to 4K Color Using Open-Source AI
By @fix2015 [ 5 Min read ] Turn old BW photos into 4K color with open-source AI. I tested 8 tools across 6 GPUs — only one produced stunning results in 42 seconds. Read More.
What Production AI Looks Like Inside a Large E-Commerce Business
By @oleksandrtryvailo [ 11 Min read ] A practical case study on using AI to automate e-commerce operations at scale, from catalogue image checks to safety documents and product visuals. Read More.
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