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Sources: Microsoft plans to remove most of its Claude Code licenses and push its developers toward GitHub Copilot CLI, after previously pushing Claude Code (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/930447/microsoft-claude-code-discontinued-notepad
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The Senate Banking Committee advances the Clarity Act, which would make CFTC the primary regulator for most digital assets while SEC oversees digital securities (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/bitcoin-stalls-as-crypto-gains-ground-in-washington-wall-street
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Sources: 50+ researchers and engineers have left xAI since the SpaceX acquisition via layoffs, firings, and voluntary departures; many have joined Meta and TML (Theo Wayt/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/spacexai-exodus-50-recent-exits-meta-thinking-machines-hire-staff
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Sources: Intel has begun testing production of "low-end/legacy iPhone, iPad, and Mac processors"; Apple thinks TSMC's resources will continue tilting toward AI (@mingchikuo)
https://x.com/mingchikuo/status/2054987772289810884
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Ford stock jumped as much as 25% in two days after the launch of Ford Energy, a new subsidiary providing battery storage capacity to AI data centers (Christian Davies/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3788778f-ea93-4811-80a8-4c8f4c5c0b1f
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A look at GameStop's takeover bid for eBay, a bizarre way to force eBay's board and shareholders to consider GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen's desire to run eBay (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-14/ryan-cohen-wants-to-work-at-ebay
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Cerebras opens at $350, valuing the chipmaker at $100B+, after raising $5.5B by selling 30M shares at $185, the largest US tech IPO since Uber's debut in 2019 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/cerebras-cbrs-stock-trade-nasdaq-ipo.html
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Sources: OpenAI is weighing legal action against Apple after expectations that ChatGPT's Siri integration would generate billions in revenue fell short (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/openai-apple-partnership-frays-setting-up-possible-legal-fight
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OpenAI says two employee devices were impacted via a supply chain attack on TanStack but no user data or production systems were compromised (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/openai-says-hackers-stole-some-data-after-latest-code-security-issue/
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Ian Crosby's Synthetic, which is building an AI bookkeeper, raised a $10M seed led by Khosla; Crosby founded Bench, which raised $100M+ and imploded in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/khosla-ventures-is-betting-10m-on-ian-crosby-whose-last-startup-bench-imploded/
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Razer updates the Blade 18 with an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus chip, starting at $4000 with an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, up $500 from the comparable 2025 model (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/930343/razers-blade-18-is-getting-a-500-price-hike-and-a-new-intel-chip
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Wirestock, which says it provides multi-modal data to six of the largest foundation AI labs, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $26M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/wirestock-raises-23m-to-supply-multi-modal-data-to-ai-labs/
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AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon sign an "agreement in principle" to form a joint venture aiming to end wireless dead zones in the US, without giving many details (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/930336/att-tmobile-verizon-joint-venture-agreement-satellite-coverage
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Motorola Razr Fold review: good performance and screen, great battery life, sharp camera, and native stylus support, but heavier than Z Fold 7 and lackluster AI (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2172439/motorola-razr-fold-review/
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Gallup: 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans (Tim Craig/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/05/13/7-10-americans-oppose-data-centers-being-built-their-communities/
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Klarna reports Q1 revenue up 44% YoY to $1.01B, above est., GMV up 33% to $33.7B, active customers up 20% to 119M, and a $1M profit, up from a $99M loss YoY (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/klarna-swings-to-profit-as-revenue-jumps-3c6ce7c9?st=yh4WBs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Spotify says it will adopt Apple's HTTP Live Streaming tech for video podcasts later in 2026, helping creators distribute podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/14/spotify-adopting-apples-new-video-podcast-tech-for-easier-cross-platform-publishing/
http://www.techmeme.com/260514/p15#a260514p15