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Developers say Chinese AI labs are leading their U.S. rivals in video generation, as ByteDance and Kuaishou train models on vast libraries of short-form videos from their own apps (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 17, 2026

Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: Developers say Chinese AI labs are leading their U.S. rivals in video generation, while ByteDance…

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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)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 15, 2026

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Generation X is driving beauty sales

By Stacey D. WallsApril 25, 2026

Ryan McKeever | E+ | Getty ImagesMove over, Sephora kids. While younger generations are purchasing beauty products in droves, data…

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Meta announces deal to use “tens of millions” of Amazon’s Graviton chips to help deliver its next generation of AI models, amid Nvidia chip shortage (Ina Fried/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: The Legacy of Tim Cook + The Future of UBI with Andrew Yang + HatGPT The…

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US Air Force cancels RTX ground control network for next generation of US GPS satellites after years of delays and cost overruns (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 20, 2026

Antoine Capaccio / Bloomberg: US Air Force cancels RTX ground control network for next generation of US GPS satellites after…

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OpenAI updates its Codex desktop app with features like computer control, an in-app browser, image generation, automation memory, plugin support, and more. (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 16, 2026

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Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, costing less than 50% of Veo 3.1 Fast and aimed at “high-volume video applications”, and affirms its commitment to video generation tools (Abner Li/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

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Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model, with greater creative control and allowing users to create three-minute tracks, compared to 30 seconds for Lyria 3 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 25, 2026

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google launches music generation model Lyria 3 Pro, with greater creative control and allowing users to…

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Sources: Alibaba-backed PixVerse, which develops AI video generation tools, raised a $300 million Series C round led by CDH; company says round values it at more than $1 billion (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 12, 2026

Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: Sources: Alibaba-backed PixVerse, which develops AI video generation tools, raised a $300 million Series C round…

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Samsung shares jumped 5.4% to a record high after a report said the company plans to price HBM4 chips at around $700 per unit, 30% higher than the previous generation (Kurt Schussler/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2026

Kurt Schussler / Bloomberg: Shares of Samsung jumped 5.4% to a record high after a report said the company plans…