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Chinese state media: China launches three VC funds of $7.1B+ each to back early-stage "hard technology" startups valued below ¥500M, or about $71M (Reuters)

Reuters:
Chinese state media: China launches three VC funds of $7.1B+ each to back early-stage “hard technology” startups valued below ¥500M, or about $71M  —  China on Friday launched three venture capital funds to invest in “hard technology” areas, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Cursor CEO Michael Truell warns that "vibe coding" advanced projects may create "shaky foundations" and eventually "things start to kind of crumble" (Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez/Fortune)

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune:
Cursor CEO Michael Truell warns that “vibe coding” advanced projects may create “shaky foundations” and eventually “things start to kind of crumble”  —  Michael Truell, cofounder and CEO of Cursor.STUART ISETT—FORTUNE  —  Cursor may utilize AI …

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools  —  Amazon CEO Andy Jassy could see how dramatically artificial intelligence was altering e-commerce.

Wizards vs sorcerers: Stranger Things season 5 hinges on the difference

The difference between D&D spellcasters explains the powers being used in the show's final season.

The Abyss explained: Stranger Things reveals the true nature of the Upside Down with another D&D reference

What's the Abyss in Dungeons and Dragons and what does it mean for Stranger Things' finale? An explainer of the D&D lore behind Vecna's realm.