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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)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 17, 2026

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Shopify reports fourth-quarter revenue up 31% year-over-year to $3.7 billion, up from an estimated $3.59 billion, and projects first-quarter revenue growth at a lower percentage rate of 35%, up from an estimated 25%; SHOP jumps 10% (Deborah Sophia/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

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Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

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Apple expects second-quarter revenue to increase 13% to 16% year-over-year, up from 10% estimate; it is currently constrained by the supply of iPhone processors and expects memory costs to rise after the second quarter (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 30, 2026

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Sandisk reports second-quarter revenue up 61% year-over-year to $3.03 billion, compared to an estimated $2.69 billion, and net profit up 672% to $803 million, as AI drives demand; SNDK jumps more than 11% after hours (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 29, 2026

Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal: Sandisk reports second-quarter revenue up 61% year-over-year to $3.03 billion, compared to an estimated…

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Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 15, 2026

Sarah Pérez / TechCrunch: AppNumbers: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6%…

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How the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar’s power and energy unit; generator sales increased 28% year-over-year through September 2025, after increasing 22% to $7.8 billion in 2024 (Bob Tita/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 31, 2025

Bob Tita / Wall Street Journal: How the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar’s power and energy unit; generator sales…

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Tracxn: Venture funding for Indian startups fell more than 17% YoY to $10.5 billion in 2025 across 1,518 deals, a decline of about 39% YoY; AI startups raised $643 million, up 4% year-over-year, in 100 deals (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 28, 2025

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Tracxn: Venture funding for Indian startups fell more than 17% YoY to $10.5 billion in 2025…

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data center contracts reached $61 billion globally in 2025; debt issuance nearly doubled year-over-year to $182 billion, with Meta raising $62 billion in debt since 2022, about 50% of that in 2025 (April Roach/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 20, 2025

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North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings the cumulative theft total to $6.75 billion; hacks of individual wallets reached 158,000 (Chainalysis)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 18, 2025

On-Chain Analysis: North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings…

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

Local car dealerships grow, die amid rise of auto mega-retailers

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

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Cognitively declining Trump wants praise for ability to sign his name

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

US judge grants injunction to manufacturers of banned products "ICE Sightings – Chicagoland" Eyes Up Facebook group and mobile app, which claims DHS and DOJ violated 1A (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)

The Anthropic myth adds to concerns about increasing workload for open source maintainers, as many have already faced a ‘crazy’ number of bug reports (Chris Stokel-Walker/Bloomberg)

Salesforce announces Headless 360, an initiative that will allow AI agents to access Salesforce platform features through APIs, MCP tools or CLI commands (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Global DRAM supply is expected to meet only 60% of demand through 2027; memory will reach around 40% of low-end smartphone manufacturing costs by mid-2026, up from 20% currently (Nikkei Asia)

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

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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)

Shopify reports fourth-quarter revenue up 31% year-over-year to $3.7 billion, up from an estimated $3.59 billion, and projects first-quarter revenue growth at a lower percentage rate of 35%, up from an estimated 25%; SHOP jumps 10% (Deborah Sophia/Reuters)

Global venture capital funding in the fintech sector grew 27% year-on-year in 2025 to $51.8 billion; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% year-over-year (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Apple expects second-quarter revenue to increase 13% to 16% year-over-year, up from 10% estimate; it is currently constrained by the supply of iPhone processors and expects memory costs to rise after the second quarter (Reuters)

Sandisk reports second-quarter revenue up 61% year-over-year to $3.03 billion, compared to an estimated $2.69 billion, and net profit up 672% to $803 million, as AI drives demand; SNDK jumps more than 11% after hours (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)

Appfigures: Global consumer spending on mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play increased 21.6% year-over-year to $155.8 billion in 2025, but app downloads fell 2.7% to $106.9 billion (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

How the AI data center boom boosted Caterpillar’s power and energy unit; generator sales increased 28% year-over-year through September 2025, after increasing 22% to $7.8 billion in 2024 (Bob Tita/Wall Street Journal)

Tracxn: Venture funding for Indian startups fell more than 17% YoY to $10.5 billion in 2025 across 1,518 deals, a decline of about 39% YoY; AI startups raised $643 million, up 4% year-over-year, in 100 deals (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

data center contracts reached $61 billion globally in 2025; debt issuance nearly doubled year-over-year to $182 billion, with Meta raising $62 billion in debt since 2022, about 50% of that in 2025 (April Roach/CNBC)

North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings the cumulative theft total to $6.75 billion; hacks of individual wallets reached 158,000 (Chainalysis)