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Anthropic:
Anthropic signs an agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple GWs of TPU capacity, and says run-rate revenue has crossed $30B, up from ~$9B at 2025's end  —  We have signed a new agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity that we expect to come online starting in 2027.
Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters:
Samsung reports preliminary Q1 operating profit of ~$38B, up more than 8x YoY and above ~$27B est., a record, and revenue up 68% YoY to ~$88B  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Tuesday projected a record-high first-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, beating expectations …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
How social media became a freak show: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT  —  The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.
More: Reason.  X: @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @devahaz, @blueboxdave, @mikeisaac, @robbysoave, @mikeisaac, @micsolana, @ryanburge, @timcast, @davidafrench, @jason_koebler, @christopherrufo, @micsolana, @besttrousers, @asymmetricinfo, @esjesjesj, @cesifoti, @richardhanania, @nntaleb, @stefanfschubert, @notjessewalker, @literaryeric, @richardhanania, @yimbyland, @datarepublican, @david_ingram, @clairlemon, @ryanburge, @neeratanden, @bretdevereaux, @akarlin, @richardhanania, @modeledbehavior, @mattvanswol, @nikitabier, @jeremiahdjohns, @jaredlholt, @moultano, @natesilver538, @nikitabier, @benryanwriter, @alicefromqueens, @micsolana, @noahpinion, @haroon, @buccocapital, @phl43, @razibkhan, @mikeisaac, @jamessurowiecki, @konstantinkisin, @phl43, @david_ingram, @asymmetricinfo, @aricohn, @richardhanania, @richardhanania, @christopherrufo, @akoustov, @modeledbehavior, @modeledbehavior, @soncharm, @natesilver538, @davidu, @paulnovosad, @jason_kint, @ddiamond, @jason_kint, @zerohedge, @kasparov63, @timcast, @nkulw, @petersavodnik, @raharrisonpa, @katiemiller, @alanmcole, @elonmusk, @yacinemtb, @elonmusk, @kareem_carr, @elonmusk, @natesilver538, @crazy_stephen_i, @jonatanpallesen, @catturd2, @juliangough, @ryanradia, @alanmcole, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @jaybaxter, @natesilver538, @tha_muser, @jamessurowiecki, @catturd2, @natesilver538, @nikitabier, @natesilver538, @catturd2, @redsteeze, @alx, @sailaunderscore, @natesilver538, @kirkegaardemil, @nateduncannba, @natesilver538, @bing_chris, @elonmusk, @natesilver538, and @noupside.  LinkedIn: Adam Shapiro
Bluesky: @fightforthefuture.org and @carnage4life.  Mastodon: @jalefkowit@vmst.io.  Forums: r/fivethirtyeight
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Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple is facing issues in the test phase of its foldable iPhone that are taking longer than expected to resolve, potentially delaying mass production  —  TAIPEI — Apple is encountering setbacks in the engineering test phase of its first ever foldable iPhone, which could lead to delays …
Financial Times:
Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus has hired xAI co-founder Kyle Kosic from OpenAI and has hundreds of staff across its SF HQ and London and Zurich offices  —  Kyle Kosic joins Project Prometheus, the secretive start-up working on systems that can understand the physical world
CNBC:
OpenAI sends a letter to the California and Delaware AGs, urging them to investigate “anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk, ahead of a trial in April  —  OpenAI on Monday sent a letter to the California and Delaware attorneys general, urging them to investigate …
Kiki Intarasuwan / CBS News:
An Indianapolis city councilor says his home was targeted in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting over a proposed data center in the city  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  An Indianapolis city councilor says his home was targeted in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting …
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher taxes on capital gains, a public AI investment fund, bolstered safety nets, and more  —  ChatGPT maker put out policy proposals so consumers benefit from rapid advancements in artificial intelligence
New Yorker:
Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of consistent lying and more: some defend him as others call him a sociopath  —  New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on data centers in space, memory shortage, Cisco's networking business, AI bubble, layoffs, AI coding, and more  —  Today, I'm talking with Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco.  —  Cisco is one of those big companies that everyone has heard of but that most of us …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
A federal appeals court rules New Jersey cannot block Kalshi users in the state from sports-related event contracts, finding CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction  —  A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: AI music startup Suno's licensing talks with UMG and Sony have stalled; labels argue that AI tools like Suno rely on human-made music and should pay  —  One executive says there is ‘no path’ towards licensing deal under current proposal  —  Talks over licensing deals between …
William Langley / Financial Times:
A look at Tencent-backed Even Realities, which makes $600 G2 smartglasses with no camera; Omdia says AI smartglasses shipments grew 322% YoY to 8.7M in 2025  —  Shenzhen-based Even Realities pitches itself as a premium alternative that does not harvest user data

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From Mediagazer

Sara Fischer / Axios:
The AP plans dozens of US staff cuts with the goal of reducing global staff by <5%, amid a shift from hyper-local print coverage to video and national topics

Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump threatens to find and jail the journalist who reported that a US officer was awaiting rescue in Iran last week, unless the journalist reveals their source

April Roach / CNBC:
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square offers to buy Amsterdam-listed UMG for ~$64.4B in cash and stock; Pershing plans to list the merged company on the NYSE

More News

Reuters:
The US NHTSA ends a 2025 probe into ~2.6M Tesla vehicles over the “Actually Smart Summon” driverless feature after finding it involved only low-speed incidents
New York Times:
The rapid adoption of AI coding tools has let workers generate massive volumes of code, leaving companies scrambling to review and secure the AI-generated code

Earlier Picks

Ina Fried / Axios:
Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to offer versions of those models via an open source license
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Netflix launches Netflix Playground, a games app for kids aged eight and under, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and New Zealand
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
OpenAI buying TBPN makes little sense, par for the course for a company that, like Twitter, stumbled into a big market and may never build a functional business
Lauren Goode / Wired:
How advanced chip packaging became one of Intel's fast-growing businesses; sources: Intel is in talks with Google and Amazon for its advanced packaging services
More: Blockonomi.  X: @jukan05, @laurengoode, and @laurengoode.  LinkedIn: Naga Chandrasekaran.  Forums: r/technology
Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph:
Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in five countries, from the App Store in China at the CAC's request
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