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The US Navy awards Domino Data Lab a contract worth up to $100M for AI software that teaches underwater drones to identify new mines in the Strait of Hormuz (Mike Stone/Reuters)

The US Navy awards Domino Data Lab a contract wort...

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Sources: Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $6B for a fund to invest in later-stage companies, marking its largest haul ever; $4.5B comes from limited partners (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)

Sources: Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $6B fo...

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Tim Cook says that the Mac Studio and the Mac mini, used for AI and agentic tools, "may take several months to reach supply demand balance" (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Tim Cook says that the Mac Studio and the Mac mini...

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Amazon launches "Join the chat", an AI-powered feature that allows users to ask questions about products and receive conversational audio responses in real time (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Amazon launches "Join the chat", an AI-powered fea...

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Sources: the US DOD strikes agreements with Nvidia, Microsoft, Reflection AI, and AWS to use their AI tools on classified military networks for "lawful" use (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

Sources: the US DOD strikes agreements with Nvidia...

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Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615M in stock and cash (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eige...

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Apple CFO Kevan Parekh says "the iPhone 17 family is now the most popular lineup in our history" and "we believe we gained market share during the quarter" (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Apple CFO Kevan Parekh says "the iPhone 17 family ...

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China's EV makers are competing on in-car AI features; ByteDance says its Doubao AI is used in 7M+ cars across 145 models, including from Mercedes, Audi, and VW (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)

China's EV makers are competing on in-car AI featu...

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Researchers detail CopyFail, a now-patched Linux vulnerability that lets unprivileged users gain admin access, as many distributions have yet to add fixes (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Researchers detail CopyFail, a now-patched Linux v...

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Sources: Huawei expects AI chip revenue to hit ~$12B in 2026, up 60% from $7.5B in 2025, as orders for its Ascend 950PR chip surge and Nvidia stalls in China (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

Sources: Huawei expects AI chip revenue to hit ~$1...

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Musk v. Altman: OpenAI lawyers claim Shivon Zilis, a longtime Musk employee and mother to four of his children, acted as a covert liaison between him and OpenAI (Wired)

Musk v. Altman: OpenAI lawyers claim Shivon Zilis,...

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The persistent notion that AI disruption could create a permanent underclass signals how much collateral damage AI companies might tolerate in pursuit of AGI (Jasmine Sun/New York Times)

The persistent notion that AI disruption could cre...

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Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Dave McCormick introduce a bill banning members of the legislative and executive branches from trading on prediction markets (Jason Beeferman/Politico)

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Dave McCormick introd...

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Apple forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates and reports Q2 results above projections in China but below expectations in the Americas and Europe regions (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Apple forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates and rep...

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Intel shares jumped 114% in April, hitting a record on April 24 and lifting its market cap past $470B, closing out the chipmaker's best month on record (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Intel shares jumped 114% in April, hitting a recor...

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Western Digital reports Q3 revenue up 45% YoY to $3.34B, vs. $3.25B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates; WDC drops 7%+ after hours (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)

Western Digital reports Q3 revenue up 45% YoY to $...

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Sandisk reports Q3 revenue up 251% YoY to $5.95B, vs. $4.72B est., consumer revenue below est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est.; SNDK drops 5%+ after hours (Britney Nguyen/MarketWatch)

Sandisk reports Q3 revenue up 251% YoY to $5.95B, ...

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The US Senate unanimously passed a rule barring senators from trading on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, amid rising concern over insider trading (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

The US Senate unanimously passed a rule barring se...

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