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A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some U.S. states, where the player "whales" spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google and Meta platforms (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Bloomberg: A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where “whale” players spend tens of thousands via…

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A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI’s Microsoft deal on track and privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Ripple Labs investor and director Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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GameStop prepares to bid on eBay after quietly building stake; GameStop had a market cap of about $11 billion as of May 1, while eBay had about $45 billion (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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British court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million for patents needed to access phone network; Samsung faces similar lawsuits from ZTE in China, Germany and Brazil (Sam Tobin/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Sam Tobin / Reuters: British court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million for patents needed to access phone network;…

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xAI releases Grok 4.3, featuring ‘always-on reasoning’, 1M token pop-up and low API price, and launches voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Some retail traders are training AI agents to buy and sell assets on their behalf, while exchanges like Polymarket and Bybit are rolling out agent-friendly interfaces (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: Runway’s Cris Valenzuela: Creating Hollywood-Friendly Video AI That OpenAI Couldn’t Veteran technology journalist Alex Konrad…

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Coatue formed Next Frontier in 2025 to purchase land for data centers; Next Frontier has a JV with Neocloud Fluidstack that raised $5.7 billion via junk bonds (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: Runway’s Cris Valenzuela: Creating Hollywood-Friendly Video AI That OpenAI Couldn’t Veteran technology journalist Alex Konrad…

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Tim Cook says the Mac Studio and Mac mini, which many are buying for AI and agent tools, “could take several months to reach balance between supply and demand” (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: Runway’s Cris Valenzuela: Creating Hollywood-Friendly Video AI That OpenAI Couldn’t Veteran technology journalist Alex Konrad…

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Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615 million in stock and cash (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 1, 2026

Dina bass / Bloomberg: Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running…

Transnational repression against Hong Kongers in the UK is worrying – The Diplomat

Trump-Xi summit leaves South Korea facing familiar pressures – The Diplomat

Tajikistan, China sign permanent friendship treaty – The Diplomat

Why India is increasingly wary of Nepal’s new government – The Diplomat

1MDB fugitive Jho Low asked US President Trump for forgiveness, report says – The Diplomat

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

CDC says there are currently no cases of hantavirus in the United States, 41 people are being monitored

Three pieces could sell for $100 million each

Where is he, what to know

Biogen Alzheimer’s drug moves into late-stage trial

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

Trump barely arrives in China with a thud

Kash Patel Shamed for Alleged Drinking During Senate Hearing

A profile of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who is killing projects, downsizing and pleasing Wall Street, all while steering the company into an AI-centric era (Bloomberg)

UK-based Iceotope, which develops liquid cooling technology for data centers, raised a $26 million Series B round co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Musk v. Altman: In closing arguments, Musk’s lawyer doubled down on claims of Altman’s unreliability, while OpenAI’s lawyer said Musk had no proof (Associated Press)

OpenAI adds remote access to Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing users to control Codex sessions running on a connected computer directly from a phone (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

A look at GameStop’s takeover bid for eBay, a bizarre job request from GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, who doesn’t have the money to buy eBay, to become CEO of eBay (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Browsing: Technology

A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some U.S. states, where the player "whales" spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google and Meta platforms (Bloomberg)

A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI’s Microsoft deal on track and privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (Wall Street Journal)

Ripple Labs investor and director Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (New York Times)

GameStop prepares to bid on eBay after quietly building stake; GameStop had a market cap of about $11 billion as of May 1, while eBay had about $45 billion (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

British court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million for patents needed to access phone network; Samsung faces similar lawsuits from ZTE in China, Germany and Brazil (Sam Tobin/Reuters)

xAI releases Grok 4.3, featuring ‘always-on reasoning’, 1M token pop-up and low API price, and launches voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Some retail traders are training AI agents to buy and sell assets on their behalf, while exchanges like Polymarket and Bybit are rolling out agent-friendly interfaces (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Coatue formed Next Frontier in 2025 to purchase land for data centers; Next Frontier has a JV with Neocloud Fluidstack that raised $5.7 billion via junk bonds (Wall Street Journal)

Tim Cook says the Mac Studio and Mac mini, which many are buying for AI and agent tools, “could take several months to reach balance between supply and demand” (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615 million in stock and cash (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)