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Anthropic names Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board, its second addition to the board in recent months, as it eyes an IPO and continues its healthcare efforts (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The world of voice AI, with Mati Staniszewski from ElevenLabs Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews founders,…

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Chinese chipmaker YMTC plans to build two additional factories in addition to one to be completed in 2026, doubling its production capacity (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Scott Nolan – SpaceX, Founders Fund and Rebuilding Uranium Enrichment in the United States…

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Google calls “back button hijacking” malicious, saying sites that interfere with a browser’s back button function could be demoted in search starting in June (Abner Li/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Scott Nolan – SpaceX, Founders Fund and Rebuilding Uranium Enrichment in the United States…

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OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will…

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Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members up for re-election last week, days after the council approved a $6 billion data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Jeff Tomich / Policy: Voters in Festus, Mo., ousted all four incumbent council members up for re-election last week, days…

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Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January; Mercor achieved an annualized gross revenue run rate of more than $1 billion this year (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

The information: Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January;…

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Anthropic says its $20 million donation to Public First Action cannot be “used to influence federal elections” and aims to educate the public on AI policy (Veronica Irwin/Transformer)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Sam Altman’s trust problem Media and technology don’t…

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OpenAI’s chief revenue officer says Anthropic is ‘growing its revenue share with Amazon and Google’ and overestimating its ‘run rate by about $8 billion’ (Hayden Field/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Sam Altman’s trust problem Media and technology don’t…

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Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026: AI Capacity Accelerates, Not Stagnating, U.S.-China Gap Closed, U.S. Leads in Data Centers and Investment, and More (Stanford HAI)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

Stanford HAI: Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026: AI Capacity Accelerates Instead of Stagnating, U.S.-China Gap Closed, U.S. Leads in…

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Amazon quietly expands Amazon Autos to offer cars from Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet and Jeep, after launch with Hyundai; the service is present in more than 130 American cities (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

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‘Seismic shift’ to Australia’s orbit likely under new Solomon Islands PM – Radio Free Asia

The fall of Victory Day in Kazakhstan – The Diplomat

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

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

Electricity prices on the largest U.S. power grid, operated by PJM, jumped 76% year-over-year to an average of $136.53/MWh in the first quarter due to rampant data center demand (John Ainger/Bloomberg)

Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

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Anthropic names Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board, its second addition to the board in recent months, as it eyes an IPO and continues its healthcare efforts (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Chinese chipmaker YMTC plans to build two additional factories in addition to one to be completed in 2026, doubling its production capacity (Reuters)

Google calls “back button hijacking” malicious, saying sites that interfere with a browser’s back button function could be demoted in search starting in June (Abner Li/9to5Google)

OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members up for re-election last week, days after the council approved a $6 billion data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)

Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January; Mercor achieved an annualized gross revenue run rate of more than $1 billion this year (The Information)

Anthropic says its $20 million donation to Public First Action cannot be “used to influence federal elections” and aims to educate the public on AI policy (Veronica Irwin/Transformer)

OpenAI’s chief revenue officer says Anthropic is ‘growing its revenue share with Amazon and Google’ and overestimating its ‘run rate by about $8 billion’ (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026: AI Capacity Accelerates, Not Stagnating, U.S.-China Gap Closed, U.S. Leads in Data Centers and Investment, and More (Stanford HAI)

Amazon quietly expands Amazon Autos to offer cars from Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet and Jeep, after launch with Hyundai; the service is present in more than 130 American cities (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)