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May 4, 2026, 8:10 AM
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
GameStop makes an unsolicited ~$56B offer to buy eBay after building a ~5% stake, offering $125/share in cash and stock, a 20% premium on May 1 closing price  —  Cohen told The Wall Street Journal he wants to make eBay a ‘legit competitor to Amazon’  —  GameStop Chief Executive Ryan Cohen …
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%.
Reuters:
Cerebras seeks a valuation of up to $26.62B in its US IPO, aiming to raise $3.5B by selling 28M shares at $115 to $125 apiece in its second attempt to go public  —  Nvidia-rival Cerebras is seeking a valuation of as much as $26.62 billion in its U.S. initial public offering …
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
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.
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
How AI tools such as Naver's Talking Buddy and SuperBrain are helping South Korea's elderly ease loneliness, detect emergencies, and slow cognitive decline  —  In the world's fastest aging society, artificial intelligence is being used to make care calls to older adults who live alone and to fight dementia.
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Michael Acton / Financial Times:
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” …
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 …
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From Mediagazer

Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
President Trump says Fox News “bears responsibility” for the GOP's losses after “constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse”

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
NYT adds 420K net digital-only subscribers in Q3, boosting total paid subscribers to 13.8M, keeping it on pace to meet a goal of 15M subscribers by 2027's end

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
As Democrats take the House and the Senate, David Ellison and other media executives are likely to face inquiries and hearings over their deals and Trump ties

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Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable:
Ask.com shutters, as its owner IAC “continues to sharpen its focus”; a dot-com era icon, Ask Jeeves launched in 1997, a year before Google
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