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SoFi’s stock drops on $1.5 billion share sale announcement

SoFi said it’s selling $1.5 billion in stock after the company’s market cap almost doubled this year.

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Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

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Micro1, a Scale AI competitor, touts crossing $100M ARR

Micro1 started the year with roughly $7 million ARR. Now, it claims to have surpassed $100 million in ARR, double what it reported in September.

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Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin

The agency already opened an investigation in October over Waymo’s performance around school buses.

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Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Believes the Market Will Reward Safe AI

The Trump administration might think regulation is killing the AI industry, but Anthropic president Daniela Amodei disagrees.

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What Happens When Your Coworkers Are AI Agents

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk to writer Evan Ratliff about how he created a small startup made entirely of AI employees—and what his findings reveal about the reality of an agentic future.

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Apple announces departure of general counsel and policy chief

The two executives previously reported to Apple CEO Tim Cook and represent the latest sign that Apple’s senior leadership is seeing a slew of exits.

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Builder ordered to repay $255K after using company assets to fund gambling

A builder who used company money and the sale of hired machinery to bankroll a gambling habit has been ordered to repay £190,577 ($254,558) following an investigation by the UK’s Insolvency Service. According to a press release, Vasile Hrusca, director … Continue reading

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SGLA pushes back against Florida bill clamping down on online gambling and sweepstakes

The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) Executive Director Jeff Duncan has publicly disagreed with a recent Florida bill clamping down on sweepstakes. The Florida bill, titled HB 591, is an 86-page document that details the legal steps being prepared to … Continue reading

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Michigan regulator issues cease-and-desist letters to 12 offshore gambling operators

A total of 12 offshore gambling operators have received cease-and-desist letters from the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) following investigations carried out by the regulator. The MGCB states in an update that these operators were “unlawfully offering online gaming and … Continue reading

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