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Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE

Medium gives its employees the option to take the day off to protest on Friday.

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Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot  

With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.

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Fintech firm Marquis blames hack at firewall provider SonicWall for its data breach

The fintech giant said it plans to “seek recoupment of any expenses” from its firewall provider SonicWall after a 2025 data breach exposed customer firewall configurations.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI in talks to merge, report says

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.

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Apple buys Israeli startup Q.AI as the AI race heats up

Apple announced its acquisition of Q.AI for a reported nearly $2 billion, making it the company’s second-largest acquisition to date.

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I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator

Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. 

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Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides to and from San Francisco International Airport

Waymo has worked for years to gain access to SFO.

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Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works

Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.

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OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch

Sora’s mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.

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Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.

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