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Centralized control over the user experience not only leads to enshittification, but to "despotification"; decentralized protocols bring back democratic ideals (Mike Masnick/Liberalism.org)

Centralized control over the user experience not o...

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A study of Waymo robotaxi data for 13.8M trips from August 2023 to December 2025: the share of miles driven with a passenger onboard climbed from 36% to 56% (Jonathan M. Gitlin/Ars Technica)

A study of Waymo robotaxi data for 13.8M trips fro...

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How AI tools from Harvey, Legora, and Anthropic are challenging legal tech incumbents like Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis, which are upgrading their products (James Paton/Financial Times)

How AI tools from Harvey, Legora, and Anthropic ar...

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Sources: OnePay, a fintech app backed by Walmart and valued at $4B+, has 6M MAUs and $50B in annualized payments, double the figures from the previous year (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

Sources: OnePay, a fintech app backed by Walmart a...

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Taiwan and South Korea's stock market capitalizations overtake India's as global investors favor markets with companies positioned to benefit from the AI boom (Krishn Kaushik/Financial Times)

Taiwan and South Korea's stock market capitalizati...

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Current and former employees detail Amazon's e-commerce struggles in India, where local rivals have challenged the company more than anywhere outside of China (Bloomberg)

Current and former employees detail Amazon's e-com...

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World's highest-grossing law firm Kirkland & Ellis agrees to a multiyear deal with Palantir to develop an AI tool to help advise PE firms on raising capital (Financial Times)

World's highest-grossing law firm Kirkland & Ellis...

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US SEC filing: Vanguard marks down Ola Consumer's valuation to ~$70.3M; Ola, which faces intense competition from Uber and Rapido, was valued at $7.3B in 2021 (Kunal Manchanada/Entrackr)

US SEC filing: Vanguard marks down Ola Consumer's ...

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Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim that peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes of getting their posts scraped and used by AI chatbots (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim tha...

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Sources: Meta has repeatedly delayed plans to release the Muse Spark API due to bugs and infrastructure needs; Meta says it plans to release it this month (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Meta has repeatedly delayed plans to rele...

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Liftoff Mobile raised $437M in its US IPO, selling 19M shares for $23 each, above its marketed range of $20 to $22, valuing the company at $3.83B (Natalia Kniazhevich/Bloomberg)

Liftoff Mobile raised $437M in its US IPO, selling...

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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons (Emily Mullin/Wired)

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories ...

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Meta says Australia's proposed tax on domestic revenue for tech giants that don't sign news licensing deals violates the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement (Byron Kaye/Reuters)

Meta says Australia's proposed tax on domestic rev...

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Bengaluru-based grocery delivery startup FirstClub raised a $55M Series B co-led by Peak XV and Sofina at a $255M valuation, up from $120M in September 2025 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Bengaluru-based grocery delivery startup FirstClub...

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Quantinuum raised $1.68B in an upsized US IPO, selling 28M shares for $60 each, above its marketed range of $53 to $55, valuing the company at $15.6B (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)

Quantinuum raised $1.68B in an upsized US IPO, sel...

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Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices, and AI Edge Eloquent, an on-device voice dictation app (Google Developers Blog)

Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery,...

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Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18 years or older or obtain parental consent to create an Apple Account starting June 4, after a court ruling (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18...

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Sources: Benchmark raised $2B across two new funds, including a $1.25B fund for late-stage bets, its first growth fund after decades focusing on new startups (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Benchmark raised $2B across two new funds...

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