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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Google introduces its eighth generation of TPUs, including the TPU 8t for training and the TPU 8i for inference, generally available later this year — Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud division unveiled the latest generation of its tensor processing unit, or TPU, a homegrown chip that's designed …
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| Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET: |
Google announces the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a revamped developer tool built on Vertex AI that manages the full lifecycle of AI agent fleets — ZDNET's key takeaways — Google updates Enterprise tools for agentic AI at Next. — A new Agent Platform streamlines automated work and security.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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LinkedIn: Vishnu Nath and Jyoti Ramnath
| Grace Kay / Business Insider: |
Sources: xAI held talks in recent weeks with Mistral and Cursor about a potential three-way partnership; Mistral co-founder Devendra Chaplot joined xAI in March — - Elon Musk's xAI recently announced a partnership with AI coding startup Cursor. — The two companies have also explored …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SpaceX isn't acquiring Cursor immediately because the deal could delay its IPO; Cursor is no longer proceeding with its reported $2B funding round — SpaceX said it has an agreement giving it the right to acquire artificial intelligence startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year …
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| Ryan Mac / New York Times: |
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| Politico: |
Sean Plankey, President Trump's pick to lead CISA, withdraws from consideration after resistance from Sen. Rick Scott stalled his nomination for over a year — Spokespeople for the White House, DHS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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| Will Dunham / Reuters: |
Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players — An autonomous robot ping-pong player dubbed Ace has achieved a milestone for AI and robotics in Tokyo by competing …
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| CoinDesk: |
Filing: Tron founder Justin Sun sues the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, alleging it unfairly locked up his WLFI holdings and threatened and defamed him — World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged. … What to know:
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
LinkedIn names COO Daniel Shapero as its new CEO, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who will retain his position as EVP at Microsoft — Microsoft has tapped Dan Shapero to be the new CEO of its LinkedIn division, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who has run the subsidiary since 2020 and last year took …
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI announces workspace agents in ChatGPT, letting teams create Codex-powered shared agents for complex tasks, and says they are “an evolution of GPTs” — Codex-powered agents for teams. — Create an agent(opens in a new window)Contact sales(opens in a new window)
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases Privacy Filter, an open-weight model for masking personally identifiable information in text, with 1.5B total and 50M active parameters — Our state of the art model for masking personally identifiable information (PII) in text — Today we're releasing OpenAI Privacy Filter …
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| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Polymarket says perpetuals are coming to the platform and lets users sign up for early access; it hasn't specified whether crypto perpetual futures are included — Prediction markets platform Polymarket is expanding into trading of perpetual futures contacts, the company said Tuesday.| Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
The UK FCA says it has carried out its first joint operation to disrupt illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, targeting eight premises across London — Quick Take — The UK's Financial Conduct Authority said it has carried out its first coordinated operation targeting illegal peer … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta unveils Live Chats on Threads for real-time conversations during cultural events, launching first within the NBA Threads community during the playoffs — Threads is launching “Live Chats” to allow for real-time conversations during cultural events, the Meta-owned platform announced on Wednesday.
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| Mason Boycott-Owen / Politico: |
The UK's GCHQ believes ~100 countries have procured cyber intrusion software, such as Pegasus, suggesting the barrier to get access to the tech is dropping — GLASGOW — More than half of the world's nation states are believed to have purchased technology that could be capable of hacking …
| Ed Zitron / Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At: |
Anthropic reverses changes to its website and support documents after users reported Claude Code appeared to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan — Executive Summary: — In the later afternoon of April 21 2026, Anthropic removed access to Claude Code for its $20-a-month “Pro” Plans on various pricing pages.
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| Business Insider: |
Core Automation, co-founded by ex-OpenAI VP Jerry Tworek, launches to build “the world's most automated AI lab” with talent from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind — - A new AI startup, Core Automation, has entered the chat. — Started by an ex-OpenAI researcher, it has …
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| Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
Vast Data, which makes software infrastructure for managing large amounts of data with a focus on AI applications, raised a $1B Series F at a $30B valuation — Vast Data announced a $1 billion funding round at a $30 billion valuation on Wednesday, with Nvidia among those backing the AI company.| Molly Taft / Wired: |
Air permit docs: new gas projects linked to just 11 US data center campuses could emit 129M+ tons of greenhouse gases per year, more than some small countries — A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Source: Mira Murati's TML signed a deal with Google Cloud, valued in single-digit billions, to access Google's latest AI systems built on Nvidia's GB300 chips — Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has signed a new multibillion-dollar agreement to expand …
More: Google Cloud, Implicator.ai, and Business Insider
| On Substack: |
Substack adds translation tools, and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform, including ~30K outside the US; European creators earn $90M+/year collectively — Who changed your life today? Who stretched your way of seeing the universe? Who challenged you to think deeper about the culture around you … | Lola Murti / CNBC: |
ServiceNow reports Q1 subscription revenue up 22% YoY to $3.67B, vs. $3.65B est., says conflict in the Middle East weighed on growth; NOW drops 12%+ after hours — ServiceNow reported first-quarter results on Wednesday that narrowly beat Wall Street's estimates as the company said the conflict …
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Texas Instruments reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $4.83B, vs. $4.52B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; TXN jumps 8%+ after hours — Texas Instruments Inc., the biggest producer of analog chips, gave a surprisingly strong forecast for the current period, helped by booming spending on data centers.| Reuters: |
A South Korean court sentences a former Samsung researcher to seven years in prison for leaking semiconductor tech to China's CXMT, helping it develop HBM — A South Korean court said on Wednesday it had sentenced a former researcher at Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to seven years in prison …
More: Tom's Hardware, SammyGuru, PC Gamer, and Seoul Economic Daily
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
IBM reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to $15.92B, vs. $15.62B est., software revenue up 11% to $7.05B, and maintains FY 2026 guidance; IBM drops ~6% after hours — IBM shares slipped 6% in extended trading on Wednesday after the hardware, software and consulting provider reported stronger … Sponsor Posts
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