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Amazon agrees to acquire satellite operator Globalstar, set to close in 2027, to expand Leo; Amazon and Apple say Leo will power some iPhone and Watch services — Today Amazon.com, Inc. and Globalstar, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon …
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Amazon agrees to pay $11.57B for Globalstar, or $90/share in cash or Amazon stock, assuming Globalstar meets certain HIBLEO-4 replacement satellite milestones — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it would acquire Globalstar (GSAT.O) in an $11.57 billion deal, bolstering its fledgling satellite business … | New York Times: |
US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that “identified views opposed” to AI and included other AI executives' addresses — The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman's home … | Hadas Gold / CNN: |
The US DOJ charges Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old Texas man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home, with attempted murder and arson — The man who allegedly threw an incendiary device at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is facing attempted murder and attempted arson charges, authorities said Monday.
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Google designates “back button hijacking” as malicious, saying sites interfering with a browser's back button function could be demoted in Search from June 15 — Websites that engage in “back button hijacking” might soon appear less prominently in Google Search results as part of a new spam policy.| Politico: |
Sources: Anthropic largely left European regulators out of the loop as it limited Mythos' release to select companies and organizations; the UK's AISI tested it — BRUSSELS — Regulators in Europe have been left out of the loop as U.S. firm Anthropic restricts the release of a new, powerful artificial intelligence model.| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for an undisclosed sum; Hiro stops new signups, will shut down on April 20, and delete all data on May 13 — OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, founder Ethan Bloch announced on Monday and OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch.
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| Adrian Diaconescu / PhoneArena: |
Samsung quietly increases US prices of the Galaxy S25 Edge, S25 FE, Z Flip 7, Tab S11, Tab S11 Ultra, and more; the 1TB Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra jumps by $280 — Some of these price hikes are absolutely massive, and perhaps worst of all, they suggest many new Galaxy devices this year will be costlier.
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Kraken parent company Payward is raising $200M from Frankfurt stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse for a 1.5% fully diluted stake, valuing Kraken at ~$13.3B — Deutsche Börse AG invested $200 million in Payward Inc., the parent of crypto trading platform Kraken … | Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic appoints Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board, its second board addition in recent months as it eyes an IPO and pushes further into healthcare — The startup behind the popular Claude chatbot and coding tool is eyeing a potential IPO as soon as this year| Dom Cooke / Colossus: |
A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $10B crypto exchange that hasn't taken VC money and generated $900M+ in profit in 2025 with 11 employees — Jeffrey Yan turned down $100 million, airdropped billions to strangers, and can't travel without a bodyguard.
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Polymarket is auditing its Builders Program, which gives up to $2.5M in grants, after concerns that some participating startups are facilitating insider trading — Polymarket was already under pressure to curb insider trading when it launched a program late last year to support startups that sent trades to its prediction market.
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft raises prices of Surface PCs, with Laptop 7 and Pro 11 now starting at $500 more than at their 2024 launch, citing higher memory and component costs — Microsoft is raising prices on all its current Surface PC offerings, with the midrange devices now starting at above $1,000, and flagships starting at $1,500.
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| Eric Levitz / Vox: |
OpenAI's new economic agenda is oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical, and largely undermined by OpenAI's support for Republicans who attack welfare programs — OpenAI wants to raise taxes on the rich, expand the welfare state, let workers decide how their employers use artificial intelligence …
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Sources: Chinese chipmaker YMTC plans to build two more factories in addition to one that will be completed in 2026, more than doubling its production capacity — Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) aims to build two more factories in addition to one that will be completed this year … Sponsor Posts
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