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Amazon’s Zoox boosts robotaxi production ahead of first commercial launch in Las Vegas

The facility will help Zoox grow its robotaxi fleet, eventually producing 10,000 vehicles a year once it’s at full scale.

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Pro-Israel hackers destroy $90 million in Iran crypto exchange breach, analytics firm says

Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, was hacked for over $90 million in what Elliptic says was likely a politically motivated cyberattack.

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Oura, Maven Clinic team up to bring biometric data into clinical care

The health insights tracked by Oura Ring will be utilized by Maven Clinic’s doctors and care teams as part of a new partnership.

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Klarna CEO wants to turn the platform into a ‘super app’ with AI

The buy now, pay later giant’s IPO may be on hold — but its business strategy remains the same, according to CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski.

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Nintendo’s Switch 2 has powered a $39 billion rally this year

Nintendo shares hit a fresh record high on Wednesday continuing a massive rally this year that has been fueled by demand and hype around its Switch 2 console.

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Sam Altman says Meta offered OpenAI staff $100 million bonuses, as Mark Zuckerberg ramps up AI poaching efforts

While Meta had sought to hire “a lot of people” from OpenAI, “so far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that,” Sam Altman said.

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Trump to extend TikTok deadline for third time, pushing decision out another 90 days

President Donald Trump plans to again extend the deadline requiring China’s ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. business or be effectively banned in the country.

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Senate passes GENIUS stablecoin bill, giving crypto industry first major legislative win

This is the first legislative victory for the digital asset industry, which put around $250 million in the 2024 election cycle.

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AWS’ custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia’s AI dominance

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 is trained on Trainium2 GPUs, according to AWS, and Project Rainier is powered by over half a million of its own.

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Canva expands from design into analytics with acquisition of MagicBrief

Canva already provides popular tools for designing ads. Now it wants to help marketers see how they perform.

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