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AfterQuery, which sells coding and financial training data to AI labs, says it has raised a $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation and has reached an annual run rate of more than $100 million (Anna Tong/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 10, 2026

Anna Tong / Forbes: AfterQuery, which sells coding and financial training data to AI labs, says it has raised a…

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Annual Letter: Andy Jassy says AWS AI revenue hit an annual run rate of $15 billion starting in the first quarter, and Amazon plans to spend about $200 billion in capital spending in 2026 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 9, 2026

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Annual Letter: Andy Jassy says AWS AI revenue hit an annual run rate of $15 billion…

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Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, is unreliable because it lacks SEC definitions and can be inflated (Annie Bang/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews…

Business & Money

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s annual letter cites risks from geopolitics, AI and private markets

By Stacey D. WallsApril 6, 2026

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is calling for a broad recommitment to American ideals as his bank faces geopolitical uncertainty,…

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Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech is seeking a chief scientist with an annual salary of up to around $18 million; China’s AI industry shunned mega-employees (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI buys TBPN, SpaceX’s IPO for $2 trillion? Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure The Big Technology…

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Walmart-owned Sam’s Club increases annual membership fee to $60

By Stacey D. WallsApril 1, 2026

A Sam’s Club in Miami, July 7, 2025.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesSam’s Club, owned by Walmart, announced Wednesday that it…

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Meta is reducing its annual stock option distribution by about 5% for most of its staff, or tens of thousands of employees, after a reduction of about 10% in 2025 (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Notion CEO Ivan Zhao questions whether AI is really killing software companies A show about the inside…

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Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, claims to generate annual revenue of more than $100 million, just eight months after its launch (TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 18, 2026

TechCrunch: Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, claims to generate annual revenue of more than $100 million, just…

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Microsoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28 billion liters by 2030, up from 7.9 billion liters in 2020 and 10.4 billion liters in 2024 (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

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Sam Altman says OpenAI has added more than $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in the past month “just through our API business” (Lee Chong Ming/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 23, 2026

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Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

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Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Some shareholders question whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have proposed Bret Taylor as successor (Wall Street Journal)

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AfterQuery, which sells coding and financial training data to AI labs, says it has raised a $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation and has reached an annual run rate of more than $100 million (Anna Tong/Forbes)

Annual Letter: Andy Jassy says AWS AI revenue hit an annual run rate of $15 billion starting in the first quarter, and Amazon plans to spend about $200 billion in capital spending in 2026 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, is unreliable because it lacks SEC definitions and can be inflated (Annie Bang/Bloomberg)

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s annual letter cites risks from geopolitics, AI and private markets

Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech is seeking a chief scientist with an annual salary of up to around $18 million; China’s AI industry shunned mega-employees (Bloomberg)

Walmart-owned Sam’s Club increases annual membership fee to $60

Meta is reducing its annual stock option distribution by about 5% for most of its staff, or tens of thousands of employees, after a reduction of about 10% in 2025 (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, claims to generate annual revenue of more than $100 million, just eight months after its launch (TechCrunch)

Microsoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28 billion liters by 2030, up from 7.9 billion liters in 2020 and 10.4 billion liters in 2024 (New York Times)

Sam Altman says OpenAI has added more than $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in the past month “just through our API business” (Lee Chong Ming/Business Insider)