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Sales data: AI evaluation startups have modest revenue; Weights & Biases hit $50M ARR by Dec. 2024, but only 2% of that was from its AI evaluation product Weave (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

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Huawei unveils the Ascend 920 AI chip, expected to hit mass production in H2 2025, after Trump included Nvidia H20 in the ban on AI chip exports to China (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

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Over 700 events and protests across the US mark ‘A National Day of Action’

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A comparison of OpenAI's o3, o4-mini, and GPT-4.1; Aaron Levie says o3 nailed a multi-step financial modeling task; Scale AI CEO says o3 is "a big breakthrough" (Every)

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Star Wars Outlaws will get its next story DLC on May 15th

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This lesser-known Twilight Zone episode was a major inspiration on Ryan Coogler’s Sinners

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The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump

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A half-marathon in Beijing featured a road race with human runners and 21 Chinese humanoid robots, highlighting both the progress and limitations of such robots (Wall Street Journal)

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Remember the Daycare Owner Who Shot Her Ex-Husband For Doing Something Unthinkable? Well, Here’s What Happened To Them

The Root

An animated episode of Doctor Who was a dream come true for its creators

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Oh Lord... Here's Trump's Scariest Executive Orders yet, and They're Worst Than You Can Imagine

The Root

The Apple Watch Series 10 is back on sale for a record low of $299

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CUNY Approves $35 Million For Hunter College Building Upgrades

THE CITY - All

Remembering the good old days, when game box art lied to us

Polygon - All

Google is in more danger than ever of being broken up

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In Haste, you gotta go fast

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White Woman Teaches White Folks Black American Cleaning Tips, Marvin Sapp Trying to Capitalize On Trapping His Flock Inside Church Until They Gave $40K, Chinese Manufacturers On 15 Popular Products That Are Cheaper If You Buy from Them and More Culture News

The Root

Cybersecurity experts say the Trump administration's removal of security guardrails has given US adversaries more room to operate in the disinformation space (New York Times)

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Inside WWE’s divide-and-conquer YouTube strategy

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The Black Cali Girl Who Went Missing For a Year was Finally Found But The Truth Will Shock You, Indiana Man’s Night Goes Left After His ‘Date’ Allegedly Reveals Her True Motive, Why Black Texas Judge Overseeing the Track Meet Stabbing Case is Getting Rocked With Racism And More News

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