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The man at the center of the crisis in Venezuela

Behind the crippling economic and political situation in Venezuela is Nicolás Maduro.  After years of high inflation and a tumultuous relationship with the United States, the president of Venezuela faces a country waiting for political intervention. US President Donald Trump wants to oust Maduro, a former revolutionary turned anti-democratic leader, and recently said his “days […]

Fal, which hosts generative AI models for developers, raised a $140M Series D led by Sequoia, a source says at a $4.5B valuation, up from $1.5B in July (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg:
Fal, which hosts generative AI models for developers, raised a $140M Series D led by Sequoia, a source says at a $4.5B valuation, up from $1.5B in July  —  Artificial Intelligence startup Fal raised fresh funding from investors in a deal that values the company at $4.5 billion …

The Real Story Behind the Woman Everyone Identified as ‘Juror 160’ From the Diddy Netflix Doc

This woman has gone viral for a photo she took with Diddy more than 15 years ago. Here's how it connects to the Netflix doc and how everyone has it all wrong.

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Satya Nadella says Microsoft plans to spend $17.5B on AI and cloud computing in India over four years, its largest Asia investment yet, after meeting with Modi (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Satya Nadella says Microsoft plans to spend $17.5B on AI and cloud computing in India over four years, its largest Asia investment yet, after meeting with Modi  —  Microsoft Corp. pledged to invest $17.5 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing in India over four years …

Moonlighter 2 and Silksong composer reveals the process of 'hand drawing' video game music

The composer of Hollow Knight: Silksong and Moonlighter 2, tells Polygon his vision for better video game music