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Investor docs: Anthropic's revenue run-rate is on track to hit $50B by the end of June; Ramp says more of its customers now use Anthropic than OpenAI, a first (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Investor docs: Anthropic's revenue run-rate is on ...

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A profile of California Rep. Ro Khanna, who spent ...

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UK chip startup Fractile raised a $220M Series B led by Factorial Funds, Accel and Founders Fund to make specialized logic and memory chips for inference (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

UK chip startup Fractile raised a $220M Series B l...

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WhatsApp launches Incognito Chat, an AI chat mode built on Private Processing that Meta says lets users talk to AI without Meta being able to access the chats (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

WhatsApp launches Incognito Chat, an AI chat mode ...

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German quantum MRI imaging startup NVision raised a $55M Series B led by Abbott at a $250M to $300M valuation, and plans a $100M+ Series C later in 2026 (Katherine Davis/Axios)

German quantum MRI imaging startup NVision raised ...

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Apple files an EU submission criticizing draft DMA measures that would require Google to give competing AI services access to Android apps, citing privacy risks (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Apple files an EU submission criticizing draft DMA...

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Analysis: 25% of the 13,000 US federal lobbyists are involved in AI issues, up from 11% in 2023; OpenAI plans to host the opening of its DC office on Wednesday (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

Analysis: 25% of the 13,000 US federal lobbyists a...

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Amazon is replacing its Rufus AI shopping assistant with Alexa for Shopping, powered by Alexa+, on Amazon.com and its app for all customers in the US (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Amazon is replacing its Rufus AI shopping assistan...

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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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