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Amazon in talks to buy Globalstar in $9B deal to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink as satellite internet race heats up

Amazon is making a serious move in the race to bring the internet from space. The company is in talks to acquire Globalstar, a satellite communications firm, in a deal valued at around $9 billion, according to a Financial Times […]

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Amazon to add 3.5% FBA surcharge starting April 17, 2026, as fuel costs rise amid US–Iran war

Amazon sellers woke up to a new cost line item just weeks before peak summer demand. In a message sent through Seller Central, Amazon said it will begin adding a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge to fulfillment fees, starting April […]

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PickMyBrain raises $2.1M to turn experts into AI ‘Digital Brains’ and monetize knowledge at scale

A new wave of AI startups is chasing a simple idea: people don’t want more content, they want better answers. PickMyBrain is betting that the best answers still come from real experts—and it just raised $2.1 million to prove it. […]

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Franklin Templeton to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital in crypto expansion push

Wall Street’s push into crypto just picked up more momentum. Franklin Templeton said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire 250 Digital, a cryptocurrency investment unit spun out of CoinFund, marking its latest step deeper into digital assets. The move lands […]

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OpenAI raises record $122B at $852B valuation as IPO buzz intensifies

OpenAI just did something few companies in history have pulled off—and now the pressure is real. The company said Tuesday it has closed a staggering $122 billion funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $852 billion. The raise tops the […]

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Iran threatens attacks on Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Google as war escalates into tech sector

The war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran is no longer confined to military targets. It is now brushing up against the backbone of the global tech industry. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a direct warning to […]

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LAPSUS$ claims massive breach of AI hiring startup Mercor, says 4TB of data taken via Tailscale VPN

A cybercrime group with a track record of hitting some of tech’s biggest names says it has struck again—this time going after one of the fastest-growing companies in the AI talent pipeline. Posts circulating across X and Reddit point to […]

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CoreWeave secures $8.5B loan as AI cloud demand surges, months after Nvidia’s $2B bet

The race to build the backbone of artificial intelligence just picked up speed—and CoreWeave is right at the center of it. The company has locked in $8.5 billion in new financing through a delayed-draw term loan facility, giving it fresh […]

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9fin raises $170M at $1.3B valuation to bring AI to $145T global debt markets

Debt markets move trillions every day, yet much of the work still runs on scattered documents, inbox threads, and spreadsheets. That gap has created an opening—and 9fin just raised fresh capital to go after it. The London- and New York-based […]

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Nvidia invests $2B in Marvell to power custom AI chips and expand its AI infrastructure ecosystem

Nvidia just made another decisive move in the race to control the future of AI infrastructure. The chip giant is investing $2 billion in Marvell Technology, tightening its grip on a market that is quickly shifting toward custom-built silicon and […]

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Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code source code via a map file in npm registry, revealing hidden “Capybara” models and AI pet

In what feels like the most on-brand slip of the year, Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, accidentally pushed its full Claude Code CLI source into the public npm registry—again. The latest incident, tied to version 2.1.88, left behind a […]

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Autonomous ship startup Saronic raises $1.75B at $9.25B valuation to scale AI-powered naval fleet for U.S. military

As the war between the U.S. and Iran intensifies, the race to modernize naval warfare is accelerating—and one startup is suddenly at the center of it. Saronic, an Austin-based defense tech startup building autonomous surface vessels, has raised $1.75 billion […]

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