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Universal recipes for startup success are impossible: once good ideas are widely adopted, founders converge on the same moves, erasing any competitive moats (Jerry Neumann/Colossus)

Jerry Neumann / Colossus:
Universal recipes for startup success are impossible: once good ideas are widely adopted, founders converge on the same moves, erasing any competitive moats  —  Startup pundits sold us a failed science of entrepreneurship.  The Red Queen offers something better.

Black Women Are Being Forced Into C-Sections—With The Court’s Backing

For Cherise Doyley and Brianna Bennett, the battle for bodily autonomy played out at their hospital bedsides, where virtual court hearings allowed judges to prioritize the perceived health of their unborn children over their right to refuse C-sections.

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A review of Polymarket's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts, as the betting market presents itself as "News 2.0" (New York Times)

New York Times:
A review of Polymarket's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts, as the betting market presents itself as “News 2.0”  —  A review of the betting market's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.

Nvidia Chief Software Architect Jonathan Ross discusses the $20B Nvidia-Groq deal; sources say Groq's annual revenue was near $100M at the time of the deal (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)

Phoebe Liu / Forbes:
Nvidia Chief Software Architect Jonathan Ross discusses the $20B Nvidia-Groq deal; sources say Groq's annual revenue was near $100M at the time of the deal  —  The Christmas Eve agreement—billed as Nvidia's biggest deal in its three-decade history—landed at a precarious moment for Groq.

Super Micro names VP DeAnna Luna as acting chief compliance officer, after SMCI closed down 33% on March 20 amid a chip smuggling scandal (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Super Micro names VP DeAnna Luna as acting chief compliance officer, after SMCI closed down 33% on March 20 amid a chip smuggling scandal  —  Super Micro Computer Inc., the AI computing provider at the center of a smuggling scandal, is working to shore up its compliance operations …