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Gen V canceled by Amazon amid The Boys season 5

Amazon Prime canceled Gen V after season 2, but its creators hinted that The Boys universe may not be done with its characters.

Sources: Stanford University professor James Zou aims to raise ~$100M at a ~$1B valuation for Human Intelligence, which aims to use AI to study physiology (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg:
Sources: Stanford University professor James Zou aims to raise ~$100M at a ~$1B valuation for Human Intelligence, which aims to use AI to study physiology  —  Stanford University professor James Zou is raising money at a roughly $1 billion valuation to build artificial intelligence models …

X-Energy’s failed $1 billion SPAC became a $1 billion IPO. The reactor did not change. The market did.


In short: X-Energy raised $1.02 billion in the largest nuclear IPO on record, pricing at $23 (21% above range) on the Nasdaq, with shares surging 31% on opening to imply a $12 billion market cap. The offering was 15x oversubscribed. The same company failed to close a $1 billion SPAC in 2023. The difference is […]



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Maine's governor vetoes a bill that would have led to US' first state pause on data centers, citing its failure to exempt a project in a distressed mill town (Jenna Russell/New York Times)

Jenna Russell / New York Times:
Maine's governor vetoes a bill that would have led to US' first state pause on data centers, citing its failure to exempt a project in a distressed mill town  —  Gov. Janet Mills said she rejected what would have been the nation's first moratorium on data centers because it failed to exempt a project in a distressed mill town.

Star Wars Echoes of the Empire comic wants you to visit Galaxy’s Edge

If you've yet to go to Disneyland and take part in Galaxy's Edge, then Marvel and Disney's new Star Wars comic might be just the thing to persuade you