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Mike: open-source legal AI

Score: 133 | Comments: 57

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Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending

The e-commerce giant is making more money than expected from AWS but it's also spending a lot, and will continue to do so in the near term, its chief executive said.

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Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B

The maker of Claude has received multiple pre-emptive offers at valuations in the $850 billion to $900 billion range, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk

About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life." Musk's direct testimony was an improvement ove

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On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets

Elon Musk took the stand for the second day for his attempt to legally dismantle OpenAI.

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Meta is still burning money on AR/VR

Meta is losing billions on Reality Labs each quarter, and its AI expenditures are only going to increase its spending.

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Satya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI deal

Microsoft gets to offer OpenAI's tech to its cloud customers and doesn't have to pay for it. "We fully plan to exploit it," Nadella said.

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Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said on Wednesday that the number of users and engagement is growing.

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Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment

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Be Alexandra Elbakyan

Score: 101 | Comments: 9

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Google Cloud surpasses $20B, but says growth was capacity-constrained

Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.

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Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit

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Vera: a programming language designed for machines to write

Score: 48 | Comments: 35

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Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off

Nintendo recently announced a new pricing policy, which knocks $10 off the cost of digital versions of future first-party titles exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2. Splatoon Raiders, for instance, is

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I accidentally made law enforcement shut down their fake honeypot

Score: 52 | Comments: 16

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Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One

Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.

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Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix

Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.

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Artemis II Photo Timeline

Score: 57 | Comments: 3

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Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs

Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue continues to tumble, with the company revealing a 33 percent decline as part of its earnings report released on Wednesday. Even though the rest of Microsoft's consume

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Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter

Google Search queries hit an "all time high" in the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai published as part of Alphabet's earnings on Wednesday. "Our AI investments an

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