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Figma reports Q1 revenue up 46% YoY to $333.4M, vs. $313.2M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates, citing AI monetization; FIG jumps 8%+ after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

Figma reports Q1 revenue up 46% YoY to $333.4M, vs...

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Sources: Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital told its stakeholders that it has invested ~$100M in Shopify, framed as a bet on how AI could lead to gains in commerce (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)

Sources: Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital told its ...

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Sources: Microsoft plans to remove most of its Claude Code licenses and push its developers toward GitHub Copilot CLI, after previously pushing Claude Code (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Sources: Microsoft plans to remove most of its Cla...

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The Senate Banking Committee advances the Clarity Act, which would make CFTC the primary regulator for most digital assets while SEC oversees digital securities (Bloomberg)

The Senate Banking Committee advances the Clarity ...

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Sources: 50+ researchers and engineers have left xAI since the SpaceX acquisition via layoffs, firings, and voluntary departures; many have joined Meta and TML (Theo Wayt/The Information)

Sources: 50+ researchers and engineers have left x...

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Sources: Intel has begun testing production of "low-end/legacy iPhone, iPad, and Mac processors"; Apple thinks TSMC's resources will continue tilting toward AI (@mingchikuo)

Sources: Intel has begun testing production of "lo...

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Ford stock jumped as much as 25% in two days after the launch of Ford Energy, a new subsidiary providing battery storage capacity to AI data centers (Christian Davies/Financial Times)

Ford stock jumped as much as 25% in two days after...

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A look at GameStop's takeover bid for eBay, a bizarre way to force eBay's board and shareholders to consider GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen's desire to run eBay (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

A look at GameStop's takeover bid for eBay, a biza...

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Cerebras opens at $350, valuing the chipmaker at $100B+, after raising $5.5B by selling 30M shares at $185, the largest US tech IPO since Uber's debut in 2019 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Cerebras opens at $350, valuing the chipmaker at $...

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Sources: OpenAI is weighing legal action against Apple after expectations that ChatGPT's Siri integration would generate billions in revenue fell short (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: OpenAI is weighing legal action against A...

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OpenAI says two employee devices were impacted via a supply chain attack on TanStack but no user data or production systems were compromised (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

OpenAI says two employee devices were impacted via...

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Ian Crosby's Synthetic, which is building an AI bookkeeper, raised a $10M seed led by Khosla; Crosby founded Bench, which raised $100M+ and imploded in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Ian Crosby's Synthetic, which is building an AI bo...

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Anthropic and Gates Foundation pledge $200M to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar, $50M deal with OpenAI in January (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Anthropic and Gates Foundation pledge $200M to use...

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Razer updates the Blade 18 with an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus chip, starting at $4000 with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, up $500 from the comparable 2025 model (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)

Razer updates the Blade 18 with an Intel Core Ultr...

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Wirestock, which says it provides multi-modal data to six of the largest foundation AI labs, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $26M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Wirestock, which says it provides multi-modal data...

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AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon sign an "agreement in principle" to form a joint venture aiming to end wireless dead zones in the US, without giving many details (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon sign an "agreement in ...

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Motorola Razr Fold review: good performance and screen, great battery life, sharp camera, and native stylus support, but heavier than Z Fold 7 and lackluster AI (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

Motorola Razr Fold review: good performance and sc...

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Gallup: 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans (Tim Craig/Washington Post)

Gallup: 70% of Americans oppose local data center ...

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