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Cologne-based AI translation startup DeepL plans to cut ~25% of its workforce, or ~250 staff, saying adapting to AI "means fewer layers" and "faster decisions" (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)

Cologne-based AI translation startup DeepL plans t...

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Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils ...

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Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Hong Kong-based Reap, which connects financial systems with digital assets, for $600M, and issues stock at a $20B valuation (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg)

Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Hong Kong-base...

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Kalshi raised $1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuation, its third round in seven months after raising $1B and $300M+, and hits $178B in annualized trading volume (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)

Kalshi raised $1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuatio...

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Researchers: 5K+ web apps built using AI coding tools like Lovable, Base44, and Replit had little to no authentication, and ~40% of them exposed sensitive data (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Researchers: 5K+ web apps built using AI coding to...

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MediaTek launches the first phase of its Taiwan data center, aimed at R&D, powered by Nvidia's B200 platform, and built on Nvidia's DGX SuperPOD infrastructure (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

MediaTek launches the first phase of its Taiwan da...

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Anthropic's SpaceX deal helps it address a severe compute deficit and comes amid Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit; Grok never grew to utilize xAI's Colossus 1 (Axios)

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How lidar and other tech developed for autonomous vehicles is now used in smart city systems, in-home elder care services, and major shipyards like Rotterdam (John R. Quain/New York Times)

How lidar and other tech developed for autonomous ...

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Samsung says it is ceasing sales of TVs and appliances in China amid fierce competition from local brands; Samsung's TV and appliance unit lost ~$138M in 2025 (Kwanwoo Jun/Wall Street Journal)

Samsung says it is ceasing sales of TVs and applia...

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UK-based Quantum Motion, which builds quantum computers on silicon chips, raised a $160M Series C; EU-backed growth fund Kembara made its first investment (Bloomberg)

UK-based Quantum Motion, which builds quantum comp...

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At Anthropic's developer conference, Dario Amodei says the company could grow by 80x in 2026, and its growth rate is "crazy" and "too hard to handle" (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)

At Anthropic's developer conference, Dario Amodei ...

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Elon Musk says he spent time with Anthropic "to understand what they do to ensure Claude is good for humanity"; Musk called Anthropic "evil" and "misanthropic" (Lauren Goode/Wired)

Elon Musk says he spent time with Anthropic "to un...

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As founders race to make their companies "legible" to AI, they must keep the things that make them hard to copy "illegible", or risk commoditizing their moat (Brian Halligan/@bhalligan)

As founders race to make their companies "legible"...

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Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche agrees to acquire US-based PathAI, which makes AI diagnostic tools, for up to $1.05B, with $750M upfront, closing in H2 2026 (Adrià Calatayud/Wall Street Journal)

Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche agrees to acquire...

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Specialist chipmaker Silex raised ~$220M in a Stockholm IPO and jumps nearly 160% in trading, the strongest open for a sizable European IPO in almost five years (Bloomberg)

Specialist chipmaker Silex raised ~$220M in a Stoc...

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The Pentagon's mishandled blacklisting of Alibaba and Baidu in February shows how the Trump administration is often at odds with itself on how to approach China (Kate O'Keeffe/Bloomberg)

The Pentagon's mishandled blacklisting of Alibaba ...

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Source: Samsung offered to allocate ~13% of operating profit to chip division staff; unions threaten an 18-day walkout, seeking a 15% share and a 7% wage hike (Daniel Tudor/Financial Times)

Source: Samsung offered to allocate ~13% of operat...

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Amazon plans to merge MX Player into Prime Video in India, combining free and paid streaming catalogs on a single platform over the next few months (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)

Amazon plans to merge MX Player into Prime Video i...

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