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NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor

New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers

Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras

An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax

‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now

Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT

From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads

It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site

Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

Google and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon removal competitor

How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

Reddit says it’s looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere

Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’

The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features

EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine

China’s Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies

Spotify’s new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you’re listening to

How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases

The backlash over OpenAI’s decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be

Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users

Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity

AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high