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The song at the heart of Lazarus’ score was inspired by a blues classic from nearly a century ago

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Waymo might be willing to sell you a self-driving car, says Sundar Pichai

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CB Insights: fintech startups globally raised a combined $10.3B in Q1, the highest since Q1 2023; 19 US fintech startups have raised over $50M in 2025 so far (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

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Ariana Grande and Travis Scott Fortnite concerts at the heart of patent lawsuit headed to trial

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Infinity Nikki codes for April 2025

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Genshin Impact version 5.6 livestream codes

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An AI-generated radio host in Australia went unnoticed for months

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Nintendo doesn’t want achievements, except when it does

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Sources: the US pushed back against EU's AI code of practice; the code is voluntary, still being finalized, and aims to help companies comply with the AI Act (Bloomberg)

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The 25 best PlayStation 5 games

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Temu and Shein raise prices ahead of de minimis tariff exemption expiring on May 2 and urged customers to make purchases prior to April 25 to avoid 120% tariffs (CNN)

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Behind the Scenes

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Tons of great sci-fi and fantasy books are up to 61% off during Amazon’s Book Sale

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Boox’s newest Android e-readers let you take notes

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Docs: X's data licensing and subscriptions revenue grew 32% YoY to $91M in February, ad revenue grew 4% YoY to $146M; Twitter had $4.5B in ad revenue in 2021 (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

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Everybody wants to buy Chrome

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Nous, which plans to launch an AI training system on Solana using people's idle computing power, raised a $50M Series A, a source says at a $1B token valuation (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

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The best robot vacuum and mop to buy right now

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Get kick-ass FPS throwback RoboCop: Rogue City before it leaves PS Plus soon

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Sources: Tencent Music is in advanced talks to buy Chinese podcasting startup Ximalaya in a $2.4B deal (Bloomberg)

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