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Poland says it plans to proceed with a digital services tax of up to 3% on large digital platforms, despite threats of retaliation like tariffs from the US (Agnieszka Barteczko/Bloomberg)

Poland says it plans to proceed with a digital ser...

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Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien says T1 Phone pre-orders will begin shipping to customers this week, and the device is assembled in the US, after months of delays (Michelle Del Rey/USA Today)

Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien says T1 Phone pre-ord...

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Ofcom fines an unnamed suicide forum £950K, the largest OSA fine so far, for hosting illegal content accessible in the UK; the forum is linked to 130+ deaths (Sam Tabahriti/Reuters)

Ofcom fines an unnamed suicide forum £950K, the la...

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Analysis: a16z is the largest known donor in the current US midterm election cycle, spending $115M+ so far on pro-crypto, pro-AI, and Republican Super PACs (New York Times)

Analysis: a16z is the largest known donor in the c...

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Analysts: China's AI hardware suppliers face capacity constraints and component shortages, including optical and electronic chips, that may limit 2026 growth (Bloomberg)

Analysts: China's AI hardware suppliers face capac...

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Google says Chromebooks will get support through their "existing date commitment", and "many" models are "eligible to transition" to the Googlebook experience (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Google says Chromebooks will get support through t...

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How eBay CEO Jamie Iannone transformed the company, refocusing on power buyers in categories with especially high resale demand like trading cards and sneakers (Kim Bhasin/New York Times)

How eBay CEO Jamie Iannone transformed the company...

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Alibaba reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$35.8B, below ~$36.3B est., and net income up ~100% to ~$3.7B, in part due to investments, as it seeks to monetize AI (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)

Alibaba reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$35.8B, b...

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The Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Project Intercept, a partnership with Google, TikTok, and Meta, sent 70M+ warning messages to users seeking CSAM in two years (Shiona McCallum/BBC)

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Project Intercept,...

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Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$28.9B, below ~$29.4B est., and net income of ~$8.5B, meeting est., amid a costly AI pivot; its stock is down 23% YTD (Bloomberg)

Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$28.9B, b...

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SoftBank reports Q4 net income up 3x to ~$11.6B, above ~$1.5B est., driven by a $25B gain in its OpenAI stake; by October, its OpenAI investment will hit $64.6B (David Keohane/Financial Times)

SoftBank reports Q4 net income up 3x to ~$11.6B, a...

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Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue "recursive self-improvement" (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raise...

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Anduril raised $5B led by Thrive Capital and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and may IPO in 2027 (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)

Anduril raised $5B led by Thrive Capital and a16z ...

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Q&A with Amazon head of devices and services Panos Panay on Alexa+, the company's focus on devices for the home, the Leo satellite broadband business, and more (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

Q&A with Amazon head of devices and services Panos...

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How the Strait of Hormuz blockade is disrupting global chip supply chains, affecting supplies of helium, bromine, sulfur, and thinners essential to chipmaking (Bloomberg)

How the Strait of Hormuz blockade is disrupting gl...

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China's move to block Meta's Manus acquisition challenges the "Singapore washing" model, as major Chinese tech companies build significant Singapore presences (Owen Walker/Financial Times)

China's move to block Meta's Manus acquisition cha...

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The Facebook House in Los Altos, Mark Zuckerberg's former residence, has become a hub for Chinese AI talent, who are a key part of Silicon Valley's AI boom (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)

The Facebook House in Los Altos, Mark Zuckerberg's...

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Analysts say AI fervor in the US and Asia has spread to Europe, boosting stocks like STMicro and Nokia as investors seek the AI boom's pick-and-shovel stocks (Financial Times)

Analysts say AI fervor in the US and Asia has spre...

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