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Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index: a survey of 20K AI users finds 65% fear falling behind, but only 13% report being rewarded for workplace AI experimentation (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index: a survey of 20K...

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PayPal reports Q1 net revenue up 7% YoY to $8.4B, total payment volume up 11% YoY to $464B, active accounts up 1% to 439M, and seeks $1.5B+ in cost savings (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

PayPal reports Q1 net revenue up 7% YoY to $8.4B, ...

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Meta is using AI on Facebook and Instagram to detect under-13 users by analyzing bone structure, height, and visual cues, but says it's "not facial recognition" (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Meta is using AI on Facebook and Instagram to dete...

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Crypto exchange Bullish agrees to acquire Equiniti, a UK-based financial services outsourcing business, from Siris Capital in a $4.2B deal, set to close in 2027 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Crypto exchange Bullish agrees to acquire Equiniti...

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Investigation: an inheritance dispute over an ex-LG chair's estate prompts a criminal complaint over how the dynastic South Korean chaebol family divides assets (New York Times)

Investigation: an inheritance dispute over an ex-L...

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Source: YC owns ~0.6% of OpenAI, which was seeded by a YC offshoot called YC Research in 2016; at OpenAI's current $852B valuation, the stake is worth $5B+ (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

Source: YC owns ~0.6% of OpenAI, which was seeded ...

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Nscale agrees to spend €695M on infrastructure in Portugal in an expansion of its Microsoft partnership, supplying 66K+ Nvidia Rubin GPUs from late 2027 (Paula Doenecke/Bloomberg)

Nscale agrees to spend €695M on infrastructure in ...

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In Q1, the iPhone 17 was the world's best-selling smartphone, with 6% of global sales; the iPhone 17 Pro Max and 17 Pro were 2nd and 3rd, and Galaxy A07 was 4th (Counterpoint Research)

In Q1, the iPhone 17 was the world's best-selling ...

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Letter: UK-based Google DeepMind workers voted to unionize with the Communication Workers Union and Unite in April, representing 1K+ staff, amid the US DOD deal (Alice Speri/The Guardian)

Letter: UK-based Google DeepMind workers voted to ...

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Global chip sales hit $298.5B in Q1 2026, up 25% from Q4 2025, and March sales were up 79.2% YoY to $99.5B, driven by strong sales in Asia and the Americas (Semiconductor Industry Association)

Global chip sales hit $298.5B in Q1 2026, up 25% f...

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Vodafone plans to take full ownership of its VodafoneThree joint venture with Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, which agrees to sell its 49% stake for £4.3B (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)

Vodafone plans to take full ownership of its Vodaf...

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Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber an everything app, Uber's AI integrations, investing in autonomous cars, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to...

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How Europe is falling behind in the global crypto race, as delays to the ECB's digital euro leave the bloc exposed to US-led stablecoin dominance (Bloomberg)

How Europe is falling behind in the global crypto ...

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Kuo: OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its AI agent phone with two NPUs and a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 SoC, targeting mass production as early as H1 2027 (@mingchikuo)

Kuo: OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its AI age...

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Sources: Apple held exploratory talks with Intel and its executives visited a Samsung plant in Texas to explore producing core chips for its devices in the US (Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple held exploratory talks with Intel a...

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Inference cloud startup DeepInfra raised a $107M Series B co-led by 500 Global and Georges Harik; it currently supports more than 190 open models (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Inference cloud startup DeepInfra raised a $107M S...

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Sources: Sam Altman discussed spinning out OpenAI's robotics and consumer hardware divisions in late 2025 to give them more room to grow; the plan was rejected (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Sam Altman discussed spinning out OpenAI'...

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As Colorado tech leaders say that burdensome regulations are driving companies away, lawmakers introduce a slimmer version of an AI anti-discrimination bill (Owen Tucker-Smith/Wall Street Journal)

As Colorado tech leaders say that burdensome regul...

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