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Bay Area Local News Matters: Billionaire blitz: Silicon Valley elites funnel millions into key California political contests. “FROM A WIDE-OPEN GOVERNOR’S RACE to a bitter congressional contest, Santa Clara County has emerged as a key battleground in the tech industry’s bid to control California politics — and shield billionaires from a wealth tax.”

Bay Area Local News Matters: Billionaire blitz: Silicon Valley elites funnel millions into key California political contests. “FROM A WIDE-OPEN GOVERNOR’S RACE to a bitter congressional contest, Santa Clara County has emerged as a key battleground in the tech industry’s bid to control California politics — and shield billionaires from a wealth tax.”

Bay Area Local News Matters: Billionaire blitz: Silicon Valley elites funnel millions into key California political contests. “FROM A WIDE-OPEN GOVERNOR’S RACE to a bitter congressional contest, Santa Clara County has emerged as a key battleground in the tech industry’s bid to control California politics — and shield billionaires from a wealth tax.”

Bay Area Local News Matters: Billionaire blitz: Silicon Valley elites funnel millions into key California political contests. “FROM A WIDE-OPEN GOVERNOR’S RACE to a bitter congressional contest, Santa Clara County has emerged as a key battleground in the tech industry’s bid to control California politics — and shield billionaires from a wealth tax.”

Bay Area Local News Matters: Billionaire blitz: Silicon Valley elites funnel millions into key California political contests. “FROM A WIDE-OPEN GOVERNOR’S RACE to a bitter congressional contest, Santa Clara County has emerged as a key battleground in the tech industry’s bid to control California politics — and shield billionaires from a wealth tax.”

TechSpot: Oracle is spending billions on AI data centers as cash flow turns negative. “The market has long questioned the sustainability of Oracle’s AI spending. The company has reportedly committed $100 billion to build and expand its new hyperscale infrastructure, much of it financed through debt. Unlike Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, Oracle lacks similarly massive revenue streams to fund what […]

TechSpot: Oracle is spending billions on AI data centers as cash flow turns negative. “The market has long questioned the sustainability of Oracle’s AI spending. The company has reportedly committed $100 billion to build and expand its new hyperscale infrastructure, much of it financed through debt. Unlike Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, Oracle lacks similarly massive revenue streams to fund what […]

TechSpot: Oracle is spending billions on AI data centers as cash flow turns negative. “The market has long questioned the sustainability of Oracle’s AI spending. The company has reportedly committed $100 billion to build and expand its new hyperscale infrastructure, much of it financed through debt. Unlike Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, Oracle lacks similarly massive revenue streams to fund what […]

TechSpot: Oracle is spending billions on AI data centers as cash flow turns negative. “The market has long questioned the sustainability of Oracle’s AI spending. The company has reportedly committed $100 billion to build and expand its new hyperscale infrastructure, much of it financed through debt. Unlike Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, Oracle lacks similarly massive revenue streams to fund what […]

TechSpot: Oracle is spending billions on AI data centers as cash flow turns negative. “The market has long questioned the sustainability of Oracle’s AI spending. The company has reportedly committed $100 billion to build and expand its new hyperscale infrastructure, much of it financed through debt. Unlike Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, Oracle lacks similarly massive revenue streams to fund what […]

Wall Street Journal: Trump administration set to receive $10 billion fee for brokering TikTok deal This is an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The Trump administration is set to receive a roughly $10 billion fee from investors in the recently completed deal to take control of TikTok’s U.S. business, delivering it a windfall for keeping the popular social-media app […]

Wall Street Journal: Trump administration set to receive $10 billion fee for brokering TikTok deal This is an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The Trump administration is set to receive a roughly $10 billion fee from investors in the recently completed deal to take control of TikTok’s U.S. business, delivering it a windfall for keeping the popular social-media app […]

Wall Street Journal: Trump administration set to receive $10 billion fee for brokering TikTok deal This is an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The Trump administration is set to receive a roughly $10 billion fee from investors in the recently completed deal to take control of TikTok’s U.S. business, delivering it a windfall for keeping the popular social-media app […]

Wall Street Journal: Trump administration set to receive $10 billion fee for brokering TikTok deal This is an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The Trump administration is set to receive a roughly $10 billion fee from investors in the recently completed deal to take control of TikTok’s U.S. business, delivering it a windfall for keeping the popular social-media app […]

Wall Street Journal: Trump administration set to receive $10 billion fee for brokering TikTok deal This is an MSN-syndicated version of the article and has no paywall. “The Trump administration is set to receive a roughly $10 billion fee from investors in the recently completed deal to take control of TikTok’s U.S. business, delivering it a windfall for keeping the popular social-media app […]

Washington Post: Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library This article is MSN-syndicated and is not paywalled. “Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.”

Washington Post: Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library This article is MSN-syndicated and is not paywalled. “Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.”

Washington Post: Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library This article is MSN-syndicated and is not paywalled. “Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.”

Washington Post: Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library This article is MSN-syndicated and is not paywalled. “Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.”

Washington Post: Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library This article is MSN-syndicated and is not paywalled. “Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.”

Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company. “YouTube had more than $60 billion in revenue in 2025, parent company Alphabet reported last month. Now, the influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson runs the numbers and comes to the conclusion that YouTube’s estimated $62 billion in 2025 will have allowed it to pass The Walt Disney […]

Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company. “YouTube had more than $60 billion in revenue in 2025, parent company Alphabet reported last month. Now, the influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson runs the numbers and comes to the conclusion that YouTube’s estimated $62 billion in 2025 will have allowed it to pass The Walt Disney […]

Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company. “YouTube had more than $60 billion in revenue in 2025, parent company Alphabet reported last month. Now, the influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson runs the numbers and comes to the conclusion that YouTube’s estimated $62 billion in 2025 will have allowed it to pass The Walt Disney […]

Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company. “YouTube had more than $60 billion in revenue in 2025, parent company Alphabet reported last month. Now, the influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson runs the numbers and comes to the conclusion that YouTube’s estimated $62 billion in 2025 will have allowed it to pass The Walt Disney […]

Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company. “YouTube had more than $60 billion in revenue in 2025, parent company Alphabet reported last month. Now, the influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson runs the numbers and comes to the conclusion that YouTube’s estimated $62 billion in 2025 will have allowed it to pass The Walt Disney […]

Al Jazeera: OpenAI’s fund raising boom slows amid mounting debt. “‘OpenAI needs to generate $200bn in annual revenue by 2030 to justify their projections. That’s 15x growth in five years while costs keep exploding,’ George Noble, a veteran financial analyst, said in a post on X. ‘The diminishing returns are becoming impossible to hide. Competitors are catching up. The lawsuits are piling […]

Al Jazeera: OpenAI’s fund raising boom slows amid mounting debt. “‘OpenAI needs to generate $200bn in annual revenue by 2030 to justify their projections. That’s 15x growth in five years while costs keep exploding,’ George Noble, a veteran financial analyst, said in a post on X. ‘The diminishing returns are becoming impossible to hide. Competitors are catching up. The lawsuits are piling […]

Al Jazeera: OpenAI’s fund raising boom slows amid mounting debt. “‘OpenAI needs to generate $200bn in annual revenue by 2030 to justify their projections. That’s 15x growth in five years while costs keep exploding,’ George Noble, a veteran financial analyst, said in a post on X. ‘The diminishing returns are becoming impossible to hide. Competitors are catching up. The lawsuits are piling […]

Al Jazeera: OpenAI’s fund raising boom slows amid mounting debt. “‘OpenAI needs to generate $200bn in annual revenue by 2030 to justify their projections. That’s 15x growth in five years while costs keep exploding,’ George Noble, a veteran financial analyst, said in a post on X. ‘The diminishing returns are becoming impossible to hide. Competitors are catching up. The lawsuits are piling […]

Al Jazeera: OpenAI’s fund raising boom slows amid mounting debt. “‘OpenAI needs to generate $200bn in annual revenue by 2030 to justify their projections. That’s 15x growth in five years while costs keep exploding,’ George Noble, a veteran financial analyst, said in a post on X. ‘The diminishing returns are becoming impossible to hide. Competitors are catching up. The lawsuits are piling […]

Business Insider: Alphabet CEO could earn up to $692M under a new pay package linked to Waymo. “In an SEC filing posted on Friday, the company awarded CEO Sundar Pichai a three-year equity cycle that could be worth up to $692 million if the CEO meets the board’s performance targets.”

Business Insider: Alphabet CEO could earn up to $692M under a new pay package linked to Waymo. “In an SEC filing posted on Friday, the company awarded CEO Sundar Pichai a three-year equity cycle that could be worth up to $692 million if the CEO meets the board’s performance targets.”

Business Insider: Alphabet CEO could earn up to $692M under a new pay package linked to Waymo. “In an SEC filing posted on Friday, the company awarded CEO Sundar Pichai a three-year equity cycle that could be worth up to $692 million if the CEO meets the board’s performance targets.”

Business Insider: Alphabet CEO could earn up to $692M under a new pay package linked to Waymo. “In an SEC filing posted on Friday, the company awarded CEO Sundar Pichai a three-year equity cycle that could be worth up to $692 million if the CEO meets the board’s performance targets.”

CNBC: OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030. “OpenAI is telling investors that it’s now targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030, months after CEO Sam Altman touted $1.4 trillion in infrastructure commitments.”

CNBC: OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030. “OpenAI is telling investors that it’s now targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030, months after CEO Sam Altman touted $1.4 trillion in infrastructure commitments.”

CNBC: OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030. “OpenAI is telling investors that it’s now targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030, months after CEO Sam Altman touted $1.4 trillion in infrastructure commitments.”

CNBC: OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030. “OpenAI is telling investors that it’s now targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030, months after CEO Sam Altman touted $1.4 trillion in infrastructure commitments.”

The Register: Investors shove another $30B into the Anthropic money furnace. “The AI bubble continues to inflate with Anthropic’s announcement of $30 billion in Series G funding at a $380 billion post-money valuation. The figures offer insight into the mentality of investors in AI platforms. Anthropic, like its rival OpenAI, has yet to turn a profit, although there are hopes that it will do so […]

The Register: Investors shove another $30B into the Anthropic money furnace. “The AI bubble continues to inflate with Anthropic’s announcement of $30 billion in Series G funding at a $380 billion post-money valuation. The figures offer insight into the mentality of investors in AI platforms. Anthropic, like its rival OpenAI, has yet to turn a profit, although there are hopes that it will do so […]

The Register: Investors shove another $30B into the Anthropic money furnace. “The AI bubble continues to inflate with Anthropic’s announcement of $30 billion in Series G funding at a $380 billion post-money valuation. The figures offer insight into the mentality of investors in AI platforms. Anthropic, like its rival OpenAI, has yet to turn a profit, although there are hopes that it will do so […]

The Register: Investors shove another $30B into the Anthropic money furnace. “The AI bubble continues to inflate with Anthropic’s announcement of $30 billion in Series G funding at a $380 billion post-money valuation. The figures offer insight into the mentality of investors in AI platforms. Anthropic, like its rival OpenAI, has yet to turn a profit, although there are hopes that it will do so […]

Gizmodo: Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’. “The founder of Crypto.com is tackling AI next, and he spared no expense. Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek has launched a new AI agent platform under the brand AI.com, a domain he reportedly purchased for $70 million.”

Gizmodo: Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’. “The founder of Crypto.com is tackling AI next, and he spared no expense. Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek has launched a new AI agent platform under the brand AI.com, a domain he reportedly purchased for $70 million.”

Gizmodo: Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’. “The founder of Crypto.com is tackling AI next, and he spared no expense. Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek has launched a new AI agent platform under the brand AI.com, a domain he reportedly purchased for $70 million.”

Gizmodo: Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’. “The founder of Crypto.com is tackling AI next, and he spared no expense. Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek has launched a new AI agent platform under the brand AI.com, a domain he reportedly purchased for $70 million.”

New York Times: Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups. This link goes to a gift article. “The documents illustrate not only Mr. Epstein’s deep relationships in Silicon Valley but also his ability to gain access to hot deals and buzzy start-ups, some of which would become pillars of today’s tech industry. Along the way, Mr. Epstein was aided by venture capitalists, […]

New York Times: Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups. This link goes to a gift article. “The documents illustrate not only Mr. Epstein’s deep relationships in Silicon Valley but also his ability to gain access to hot deals and buzzy start-ups, some of which would become pillars of today’s tech industry. Along the way, Mr. Epstein was aided by venture capitalists, […]

New York Times: Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups. This link goes to a gift article. “The documents illustrate not only Mr. Epstein’s deep relationships in Silicon Valley but also his ability to gain access to hot deals and buzzy start-ups, some of which would become pillars of today’s tech industry. Along the way, Mr. Epstein was aided by venture capitalists, […]

New York Times: Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups. This link goes to a gift article. “The documents illustrate not only Mr. Epstein’s deep relationships in Silicon Valley but also his ability to gain access to hot deals and buzzy start-ups, some of which would become pillars of today’s tech industry. Along the way, Mr. Epstein was aided by venture capitalists, […]