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A profile of Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, one of Mark Zuckerberg’s top lieutenants leading the gargantuan effort to transform Meta into an AI-focused company (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The AI paradox: more automation, more humans, more work | Dan Sender Interviews with world-class product…

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A look at “Stanford inside Stanford,” where venture capital firms pursue 18- and 19-year-old students, offering them mentorship and funding in an effort to convert their promises into profits (Theo Baker/The Atlantic)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Apple after Tim Cook, OpenAI’s new Mojo, Meta’s internal tracking escape The Big Technology Podcast…

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Anthropic plans to invest $200 million in a new venture with private equity firms to sell AI tools to their portfolio companies; it is in talks to raise $1 billion for the effort (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Next Elusive Hit The Big Technology…

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The White House’s latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws fails as several Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan game (Politico)

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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Microsoft launches internal AI models MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2, built by its superintelligence team, in an effort to promote “AI self-sufficiency” (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: The future of AI may be in your hands A show about the inside conversations of the…

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India approves $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital fund to finance high-risk areas like AI and advanced manufacturing, doubling an effort launched in 2016 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 14, 2026

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: India approves a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital fund to finance high-risk areas like AI and…

Business & Money

Scripps cost cutting and AI integration are latest effort to boost profits

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

FILE PHOTO: EW Scripps Co. signage is displayed on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange…

Technology

A profile of Amanda Askell, Anthropic’s resident philosopher, who learns Claude’s reasoning patterns in an effort to imbue him with moral sense (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Ping Wu, CEO of Cresta Grit explores what…

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Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just the outcome (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Ben Thompson / Strategy: Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we…

Technology

Nvidia announces Alpamayo family of AI models, tools and datasets for AV, details collaboration with Mercedes-Benz on its first full-stack AV effort (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The High Growth Handbook: Molly Graham’s Frameworks for Managing Chaos, Change, and Scale Interviews with world-class…

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Lessons from the Strait of Hormuz, Malacca and the Baltic Sea – The Diplomat

EBRD cuts Kyrgyz GDP forecast due to sanctions concerns – The Diplomat

Families of Tiananmen victims barred from visiting graves on anniversary – Radio Free Asia

Kazakhstan, Russia move forward with $16.4 billion nuclear power plant project – The Diplomat

Macy’s (M) Q1 2026 Results

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CBS fires Scott Pelley amid ’60 Minutes’ leadership turmoil

Morgan Stanley to open its wealth management funnel to agents

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) First Quarter 2026 Results

Marco Rubio lied to Congress about Trump sleeping during meetings

Democrats will force vote to kill Trump’s slush fund and immunity program

Trump’s ballroom is dead and his battleships may be sunk

Massive defeat for Trump as his militarization fund dies

Democrats figured out how to kill Trump’s weapons fund

Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices, and AI Edge Eloquent, an on-device voice dictation app (Google Developers Blog)

Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75 billion in its IPO, selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each, which would value the company at about $1.77 billion (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

Nearly 40% of Alphabet’s ~$85 billion planned AI stock offerings will be used to cover tax liabilities related to employee stock grants, amid the war for AI talent (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

Forage, a payment processor that helps retailers and food delivery companies accept EBT cards, raised a $40 million Series B led by Mouro Capital at a valuation of $225 million (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI worth more than $9.9 million collectively, before SpaceX’s IPO (Bloomberg)

Browsing: effort

A profile of Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, one of Mark Zuckerberg’s top lieutenants leading the gargantuan effort to transform Meta into an AI-focused company (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

A look at “Stanford inside Stanford,” where venture capital firms pursue 18- and 19-year-old students, offering them mentorship and funding in an effort to convert their promises into profits (Theo Baker/The Atlantic)

Anthropic plans to invest $200 million in a new venture with private equity firms to sell AI tools to their portfolio companies; it is in talks to raise $1 billion for the effort (Wall Street Journal)

The White House’s latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws fails as several Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan game (Politico)

Microsoft launches internal AI models MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-Image-2, built by its superintelligence team, in an effort to promote “AI self-sufficiency” (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

India approves $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital fund to finance high-risk areas like AI and advanced manufacturing, doubling an effort launched in 2016 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Scripps cost cutting and AI integration are latest effort to boost profits

A profile of Amanda Askell, Anthropic’s resident philosopher, who learns Claude’s reasoning patterns in an effort to imbue him with moral sense (Wall Street Journal)

Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just the outcome (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Nvidia announces Alpamayo family of AI models, tools and datasets for AV, details collaboration with Mercedes-Benz on its first full-stack AV effort (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)