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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says he is making an unsolicited ~$56B offer to buy eBay and will take the offer to shareholders if the company is not receptive — Cohen told The Wall Street Journal he wants to make eBay a ‘legit competitor to Amazon’ — GameStop Chief Executive Ryan Cohen … | Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
How music streaming services are adapting to the rise of AI-generated music by labeling, deranking, and demonetizing tracks, using AI detection tools, and more — The use of generative AI in pop music started almost as a gimmick. There was a sense of experimentalism to 2018's I AM AI … | Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
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Apple's handling of vibe coding apps draws complaints from startups like Replit and Anything, which say Apple is applying App Store rules erratically — iPhone maker warns about security risks as new software floods its review process — Apple's handling of “vibe coding” … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Anthropic is finalizing a deal for a $1.5B JV with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Hellman & Friedman, and others to sell AI tools to PE-backed companies — Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman each expected to invest around $300 million; Goldman Sachs also an investor| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Jensen Huang said Nvidia's market share of AI accelerators in China has “now dropped to zero” and that US export policy “has already largely backfired” — US export restrictions bite. … Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that the company's market share of AI accelerators in China has now dropped to 0%.| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Amazon debuts Supply Chain Services, allowing other companies to use its logistics network to move, store, and deliver raw materials, final products, and more — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) said on Monday it was rolling out “Amazon Supply Chain Services”, opening up its logistics network for other businesses to use.| Financial Times: |
Sources: some lenders are exploring private deals to sell their data center debt, and some banks are seeking to offload their Oracle-linked loans at a discount — Global lenders explore private deals and risk transfers to cut exposure to AI boom — Banks are hunting for new ways … | Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: |
Instructure reported a data breach on April 30; ShinyHunters added Instructure to its victims list and claims it has 3.65TB of data from ~9K institutions — Hackers disrupted services and stole names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and user messages.| Wall Street Journal: |
An analysis of 1.6M Polymarket accounts since November 2022: 0.1% of users take 67% of profits, with the highest-frequency traders seeing the most success — A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Polymarket and Kalshi—often pros using data-driven algorithmic trading—take home most of the winnings| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
Legislators and experts criticize the EU's €20B sovereign compute data center plan, questioning whether there is demand and the plan's reliance on Nvidia GPUs — Critics argue that there's no demand for the massive computing hubs Brussels has planned.| Reuters: |
Source: Cerebras is expected to price its shares at between $115 and $125 and go public with the “CBRS” ticker; Cerebras is targeting a $40B valuation — AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems, a rival to Nvidia <NVDA.O>, is scheduled to kick off its IPO roadshow on Monday …
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.| Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider: |
A profile of William Savitt, Sam Altman's lead lawyer against Elon Musk, who represented Twitter against Musk in 2022 and helped OpenAI's for-profit transition — - William Savitt is representing Sam Altman in Elon Musk's lawsuit trying to dismantle OpenAI.| New York Times: |
Chinese state media: AI-generated Chinese microdramas to be worth $3B+ in 2026, out of a $14B+ total microdrama market, boosted by tools like Seedance 2.0 — This actor was just hitting his stride when A.I.-generated dramas took off and roles disappeared. — This director is thrilled … | Laurie Chen / Reuters: |
China's Linkerbot, which holds 80%+ of global dexterous robotic hands market, raised a Series B+ at a $3B valuation and seeks a $6B valuation in its next round — Chinese robotics startup Linkerbot, the global market leader in highly dexterous robotic hands for humanoids …
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
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