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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 (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- A profile of music AI startup Suno, valued at ~$2.5B with 2M+ paying users and $300M annualized revenue as of February, as it battles record labels and artists (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes) [1d]
- A look at Atlassian and Twilio earnings beats, with early signs of Atlassian's AI response success and Twilio becoming a picks-and-shovels layer for AI agents (Jason Lemkin/SaaStr) [1d]
- Analysis: Asian suppliers account for ~90% of Nvidia's production costs, up from 65% in 2025, as latest wave of collaborations shifts from chips to physical AI (Abhishek Vishnoi/Bloomberg) [1d]
- JLL: Japan's $23B data center market is set to grow ~50% by 2030, with 90% of sites concentrated in densely populated regions, prompting pushback from residents (Financial Times) [1d]
- How Amazon's expansion into fashion helped Jeff Bezos enter fashion's inner circle, as he and Lauren Sánchez Bezos become underwriters for this year's Met Gala (Chavie Lieber/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Nintendo's share price has fallen by ~45% since August 2025, as rising memory chip costs drive investor concerns over profit margins for the Switch 2 (David Keohane/Financial Times) [2d]
- A profile of BlackBerry's QNX division, whose operating system controls safety features in 275M cars and accounts for half of BlackBerry's revenue (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- An evaluation by NIST's CAISI says DeepSeek V4 Pro lags behind leading US AI models by about eight months and is the most capable Chinese AI model to date (NIST) [2d]
- A slew of top Boston Dynamics execs have left the Hyundai-owned company in recent months, as sources say it faces pressure to speed the delivery of humanoids (Rachyl Jones/Semafor) [2d]
- Sources: OpenAI employees have raised alarms internally over failures to alert law enforcement when users describe plans for real-world violence to ChatGPT (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway tech to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at $120M-$140M (The Economic Times) [2d]
- Amadeus IT Group, which operates the world's largest travel booking system, plans to acquire French biometrics company Idemia Public Security, for €1.2B in cash (Javi West Larrañaga/Reuters) [2d]
- 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 (Chase DiBenedetto/Mashable) [2d]
- Maryland becomes the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores, as other states including CO, CA, MA, IL, and NJ consider similar bills (Sanya Mansoor/The Guardian) [2d]
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- Quordle hints and answers for Monday, May 4 (game #1561) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, May 4 (game #792) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 4 (game #1058) [1d]
- The biggest surprise of my recent San Francisco trip? Hearing how much Steve Wozniak loves his iPhone Air [1d]
- MacBook Pro M4 vs Mac Pro M2: which Mac is best for you? [1d]
- 'Unprecedented drought conditions': More than 500 data centers across Nevada, California, and Arizona could feel the pinch as the iconic Hoover Dam potentially loses 40% of its power output because of poor rainfall and abnormally low snowpack numbers [1d]
- The US just found millions of tons of lithium in Appalachia, enough for 500 billion cellphones — and experts say it could power the next century of American tech and weaken China's grip on batteries [1d]
- ‘We pride ourselves on human curation’: Vocana is an indie music service determined to challenge Spotify’s payment system — I spoke with the platform’s President about the company’s inception, and how it’s planning to fix music streaming [1d]
- 'A dream technology': Japanese scientists might have unlocked the next generation of solar panels that stay cooler and last longer thanks to "spin-flip" material that achieves 130% energy conversion efficiency — and here's how it works [1d]
- ‘When I compare it to Spotify Lossless, Apple Music is the clear winner’: I signed up to Apple Music again, and this time it’s all about spatial audio — these are 5 Dolby Atmos-supported albums I think are perfect for new subscribers [1d]
- These 20 clever kitchen storage ideas from IKEA will give you heaps of extra space to cook, with no DIY necessary [1d]
- Windows 11 is such a memory hog that I've had to resort to RAM optimizers — but can Microsoft turn things around with project K2? [1d]
- I've been gaming on my phone with the GameSir G8 Galileo, and it's the closest I've come to replacing my console [1d]
- iPhone 17 vs iPhone Air: do you want specs or style? [1d]
- 'No single vendor can (or should) dictate the full solution' — AMD positions itself as the open platform champion in the space race in a veiled dig at its arch-rivals and up-and-coming challengers [2d]
- What is the release date for The Testaments episode 7 on Hulu and Disney+? [2d]
- The Laifen P3 Pro is a fantastic travel shaver with great battery life, but not suitable for more beardy users [2d]
- Man Utd vs Liverpool Live Streams: How to watch Premier League 2025/26 from anywhere in the world [2d]
- Adobe's legal chief calls for creator protection as policymakers and tech companies reframe copyright in the era of AI [2d]
- Should a print subscription be considered? I used HP’s All-In Plan for two months to find out [2d]
- Verizon deal includes not one, not two, but four Galaxy S26 on a super cheap unlimited plan — and you don't have to trade [2d]
- Microsoft's CEO promised the world to consumers in a speech about fixing Windows 11 — but one thing Satya Nadella said worries me [2d]
- 'The only worry is for your budget': Microsoft briefly says 32GB of RAM is the 'no worries' level for gaming on Windows 11, but users fear getting priced out [2d]
- From controller to camera — this photography sim is the ultimate training tool for your next shoot in the real outdoors [2d]
- "Despite the name, they lack nuance" I've got a hearing impairment, so I tried the high-tech Nuance Audio smart glasses to see if they really can help me hear better without the hassle of a hearing aid [2d]
- I'm a trained barista, and these are the top 3 budget-friendly coffee makers I recommend for cafe-quality drinks at home, from De'Longhi, Ninja and Philips [2d]
- How to watch Murphy vs Wu for FREE: Live stream World Snooker Championship 2026 Final from anywhere [2d]
- My least favorite Dyson innovation has snuck its way into its new cordless vacuum — but this bit of small print might just have restored my enthusiasm [2d]
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