Microsoft employees say emails with ‘Gaza,’ ‘Palestine,’ or ‘genocide’ won’t send

Microsoft has seen a growing number of protests at recent events over the Israeli military’s use of the company’s AI products.

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OpenAI CFO says AI hardware will boost ChatGPT subscriptions in ‘new era of computing’

OpenAI’s finance chief said she’s confident the multibillion-dollar bet on Jony Ive’s startup will pay off and drive ChatGPT subscriptions.

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Hinge Health pops 17%, but joins growing ranks of down round IPOs

Hinge Health, a digital physical therapist company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last […]

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Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive’s OpenAI deal

Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski posted a surprising message on X.  His family investment office, Flat Capital, had bought shares in io six months earlier, he said. Since this is an […]

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Top $TRUMP holders head to crypto dinner with president that Democrats call ‘orgy of corruption’

President Trump is hosting a black-tie dinner at his Virginia golf club on Thursday for the top buyers of his $TRUMP meme coin.

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Intuit tops Wall Street estimates after tax season, issues strong guidance

Intuit reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal third quarter and also beat estimates with its full-year forecast.

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Anthropic’s latest flagship AI sure seems to love using the ‘cyclone’ emoji

Anthropic’s new flagship AI model, Claude Opus 4, is a strong programmer and writer, the company claims. When talking to itself, it’s also a prolific emoji user. That’s according to a technical report Anthropic released on Thursday, a part of which investigates how Opus 4 behaves in “open-ended self-interaction” — i.e. essentially having a chat […]

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Tinder CEO to step down in July

Faye Iosotaluno, the CEO of Tinder, will step down from her role in July, according to a post she published on LinkedIn.  Isootaluno served less than a year in the role, and spent nearly eight years overall at the company, which is owned by Match Group. In her post, she said she was “especially proud […]

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Founders of Amazon’s PillPack launch health-care marketplace startup General Medicine

General Medicine acts as an online health-care marketplace that can connect users with medical providers or assess what care they need based on symptoms.

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Senate votes to revoke California’s ability to set air pollution standards

The state was to require increasing sales of zero-emissions cars and passenger trucks starting in 2026.

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