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Study: OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of emergency room patients using electronic records and a few sentences from nurses, vs. to 50-55% for triage doctors — Researchers say results mark a ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’ — From George Clooney in ER …
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| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay after quietly building a stake; GameStop had a market cap of ~$11B as of May 1, while eBay had ~$45B — Retailer's CEO Ryan Cohen has been eyeing a major deal, in part to clinch a huge payday — GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay …
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| Victor Swezey / Bloomberg: |
A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate staff just to replace them with AI, following a similar ruling by another Chinese court in December 2025 — A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems … | Reuters: |
Investigation: Nobitex was founded by two brothers from Iran's elite Kharrazi family; the crypto exchange processed hundreds of millions beyond US sanctions — Two brothers from the elite Kharrazi family, using an alternative surname, started up Nobitex in 2018.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: after Trump's World Liberty raised $550M from investors, tokens worth hundreds of millions in USD were privately sold in “white glove” transactions — The pitch was straightforward: Invest in the cryptocurrency venture of Donald Trump and his family …
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A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI's Microsoft deal on track and has privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO — The chief financial officer is managing Sam Altman—and ambitions for one of the biggest IPOs ever. She has pulled off impossible ones before.| The Information: |
Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to buy AI inference chips from UK-based Fractile when they become available in 2027 — As Anthropic's sales explode, straining the servers it uses, the company is considering adding another source of AI server chips in addition to existing suppliers Google, Amazon and Nvidia.| Bloomberg: |
A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where player “whales” spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google, and Meta platforms — “please remove this game from my computer ..thank you,” read the email to a customer service representative for High 5 Casino … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nigerian mobile payments service OPay is preparing for a US IPO at a $4B valuation with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan Chase advising — Opay Digital Services Ltd. is working with Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. as the Nigeria-focused payments platform prepares …
More: Tech in Asia, PYMNTS, and WeeTracker
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Ripple Labs investor and exec Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5M to help Alex Bores, a NY congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation — Chris Larsen, who hails from California, plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple has stopped offering a 256GB storage option for the Mac mini globally; Mac mini now starts at 512GB for $799 in the US — Apple this week stopped offering a 256GB storage option for the Mac mini worldwide. As a result, the desktop computer now has a higher starting price.
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Forums: r/mac, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Servers operated by Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical have been down for more than a day, following a “sustained, cross-border attack” — Servers operated by Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical were knocked offline on Thursday morning and have remained down ever since …
More: TechCrunch, The Register, heise online News, The Verge, Linuxiac, Tom's Hardware, PCMag, eSecurity Planet, Ubuntu Community Hub, PC Gamer, Cyber Security News, and The Stack
X: @ubuntu, @justjake, @nunosempere, and @astrarce
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/Ubuntu, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Taylor Lorenz / Wired: |
How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others — Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz …
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Bluesky: @bruces and @taylorlorenz
Forums: r/agi, r/politics, r/TrueAnon, r/worldnews, r/LocalLLaMA, r/China, r/technology, r/BetterOffline, and r/OpenAI
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Avoca, whose AI agents let physical services businesses handle inbound calls and dispatch, raised $125M+ across seed, Series A, and Series B at a $1B valuation — Tyson Chen and Apurva Shrivastava were chasing restaurants when they found an HVAC company. — The two engineers had first met … Sponsor Posts
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