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After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe

IBM’s stock fell after the company warned of disappointing mainframe sales in its latest quarter. CEO Arvind Krishna argued that customers are temporarily redirecting IT budgets to...

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Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business

Google says its cloud business is booming as more companies adopt its AI services and related infrastructure. That growth helped the company report record profits, strengthening it...

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Treasury threatens sanctions after White House claims Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said sanctions and Entity List actions remain possible after White House officials accused Moonshot of large-scale distillation from Anthropic’s Fa...

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Tesla spending skyrockets as Cybercab, Semi, Megapack production timeline slips

Tesla reported a 26% revenue increase, but higher operating expenses and capital spending weighed on results. The company is investing heavily to bring products like the Cybercab,...

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Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped

A closely watched lawsuit alleging social media addiction was dropped after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against Meta. The case had been scheduled for trial next...

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Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination

Meta is testing StoryKit, an app that uses AI to create children’s stories with custom characters, settings, music, and values-based lessons. The company says the pilot is limited...

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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia became the first country to issue a social media ban for children in late The move targets risks such as cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to online pre...

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OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models

OpenAI says it was responsible for the Hugging Face breach, attributing the incident to internal testing that went wrong. The company claims its own pre-release models triggered th...

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Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents

Jack Dorsey announced Buzz, a workplace group chat platform from Block that aims to reduce reliance on Slack and GitHub. The app combines team messaging, AI agents, and GitHub proj...

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AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

Streaming platforms once differentiated themselves by focusing on specific categories like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. As AI improves content creation, organization, and...

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Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation

Colossal Biosciences is reportedly in talks to raise fresh capital at a $20 billion to $30 billion valuation, up from $10.2 billion about 16 months ago. The company has begun gener...

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Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

The latest director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation has resigned, adding to rapid turnover in a key federal AI leadership role. The post has reportedly become a revol...

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Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient

Alphabet is reportedly working on a new AI chip aimed at making Google’s Gemini models run more efficiently. The effort suggests Google is continuing to optimize its AI infrastruct...

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AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use

The article says the Model Context Protocol is being updated to use a looser, stateless approach to server-side session IDs. The change makes MCP behave more like ordinary websites...

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X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort

X released a fully rebuilt Android app after nearly a year of development, promising faster loading, smoother scrolling, better notifications, and improved reliability. Product hea...

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Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup

Netflix disclosed that it paid $587 million in cash to acquire InterPositive, an AI filmmaking startup co-founded by Ben Affleck. The brief filing confirms the purchase price but o...

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What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit

Jensen Huang’s Tokyo visit produced deals across Japan’s tech stack, including a national AI factory, robotics partnerships, and chip-material agreements for future Nvidia chips. J...

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