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The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner of the archiving site as part of a criminal investigation (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

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Trump decided not to discuss Nvidia’s AI chip exports to China during his October 30 meeting with Xi Jinping following opposition from his top advisers (Wall Street Journal)

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Microsoft’s Q1 earnings, showing that it had a $3.1B net loss from its OpenAI stake, imply OpenAI lost $11.5B during the quarter based on Microsoft’s 27% stake (Matt Rosoff/The Register)

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China claims it has completed the first phase of construction of the first underwater data center, which is powered by wind energy and cooled by seawater (Anna Lagos/Wired)

Anna Lagos / Wired: China claims it has completed the first phase of construction of the first underwater data center, which is powered by wind

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Glasgow-based Chemify, which combines AI with robotics and chemistry to rapidly make novel molecules for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $50M Series B (Alex Scott/Chemical & Engineering News)

Alex Scott / Chemical & Engineering News: Glasgow-based Chemify, which combines AI with robotics and chemistry to rapidly make novel molecules for pharmaceutical companies, raised

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Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming months, following its rollout in seven countries and in California (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Tinder plans to expand its facial verification feature to all new US users in the coming months, following its rollout in

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OpenAI's Broadcom deal shows how the AI startup is diversifying its chip suppliers, including Nvidia chips for training and Broadcom chips for inference (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI’s Broadcom deal shows how the AI startup is diversifying its chip suppliers, including Nvidia chips for training and

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A profile of Joshua Kushner, including Thrive Capital’s investments in GitHub and Stripe and its role in reinstating Sam Altman as OpenAI CEO in November 2023 (Jeremy Stern/Colossus)

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Google updates Search to group paid results into a collapsible section with a single, larger "Sponsored" label at the top and a hide button at the bottom (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google updates Search to group paid results into a collapsible section with a single, larger “Sponsored” label at the top

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A federal jury finds that Samsung owes Collision Communications nearly $445.5M in damages for infringing on patents related to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi standards (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Blake Brittain / Reuters: A federal jury finds that Samsung owes Collision Communications nearly $445.5M in damages for infringing on patents related to 4G, 5G,