Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn
Stripe's Bid for OpenRouter: A Game-Changer in AI Infrastructure?
Stripe , the $159bn payments giant, is in advanced talks to acquire OpenRouter for a stag...
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Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led
Amazon Shuts Down Its AGI Lab Amidst Fresh AI Layoffs
Amazon has quietly shut down its Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Lab, a team established just 18 m...
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SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears
SAP's Cloud Growth Calms AI Concerns, but Profit Outlook Dips
SAP’s cloud business is still growing fast, and that was the number investors wanted. Europe's...
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Intel Q2 earnings double estimates as AI data centre revenue surges 59 percent
Intel Q2 2026 Earnings: Revenue Tops $16 Billion as AI Demand Drives Fastest Growth Since 2011
Q2 revenue topped $16B with 25% growth, its fastest since 2011 ...
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Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says
A Billboard in Tehran
A billboard in Tehran, Iran, features the images of the country's three supreme leaders, with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei identified on t...
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Democrats Vote to Put South Carolina First in 2028 Primary
South Carolina Moves Forward in the 2024 Democratic Presidential Nominating Process
South Carolina has shifted to the forefront of the Democratic presidentia...
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Dispute Over Trump Tariffs Snarls Russia Sanctions Deal
President Trump's Unilateral Tariff Strategy
President Trump has pushed aggressively to go around Congress and move unilaterally to shield the U.S. econom...
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Microsoft is rewiring itself for the AI era, on offence and defence
Microsoft Swaps Out OpenAI, Kills SMS Login for AI Security
Microsoft is rewiring itself for the AI era , on both offence and defence. This week, it took two...
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Meta wins dismissal of WhatsApp privacy suit as judge questions whistleblower detail
Meta Wins Dismissal of WhatsApp Privacy Suit as Judge Questions Whistleblower Detail
A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging th...
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Patreon cut 20% of its staff. Its CEO insists AI isn’t replacing them.
Patreon lays off 20% of staff and dances around AI
Patreon has cut 93 jobs, accounting for a fifth of its workforce. Its founder, Jack Conte, insists that art...
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