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Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days

We still don't know when Valve will launch the Steam Machine, but we may not have to wait too long. Valve just imported roughly 50 tons of "Game Consoles" into the United States in the two-day period between May 1st and April 30th, according to import records viewed by The Verge. That's on top of […]

OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question

The strongest witness for Elon Musk's case against OpenAI so far has been Greg Brockman's journal. Brockman himself is running as a close second. Brockman was called to the stand in a rather unusual way - he was cross-examined first, followed by a direct examination - and he had some serious high school debate club […]

How AI is transforming the pharma industry, with most gains so far from back-office streamlining and faster manufacturing rather than breakthrough drug research (Peter Loftus/Wall Street Journal)

Peter Loftus / Wall Street Journal:
How AI is transforming the pharma industry, with most gains so far from back-office streamlining and faster manufacturing rather than breakthrough drug research  —  Drug companies like Eli Lilly and Roche are racing to build supercomputers to help fix the 90% failure rate in drug development

Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65B in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI provides firmware and infrastructure manageability for cloud and AI (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)

Mike Rogoway / Oregonian:
Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65B in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI provides firmware and infrastructure manageability for cloud and AI  —  Hillsboro-based Lattice Semiconductor said Monday it is buying a Georgia tech company called AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock …

Grab reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to $955M, above est., and a $154M adjusted EBITDA, vs. $146.3M est., helped by resilient demand for ride hailing and delivery (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

Olivia Poh / Bloomberg:
Grab reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to $955M, above est., and a $154M adjusted EBITDA, vs. $146.3M est., helped by resilient demand for ride hailing and delivery  —  Grab Holdings Ltd. plans to adjust its Indonesian business after Jakarta's surprise edict to lower the ride-hailing commissions it can charge …