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Nvidia embraces role of AI investor, pushing past $40 billion in equity bets this year (cnbc.com)

2026-05-09 | by Kristina Partsinevelos Ashley Capoot | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, jensen huang, ai investments

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Why Some US Schools Are Cutting Back On the Technology They Spent Billions On (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | by Posted | get Educational Technology Budget Book → | tags: edunomics lab, covid relief funds, laptops

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Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion power grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ promises (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: pjm interconnection, maryland, data centers

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Retail Returns Climbed to $850 Billion Last Year — Try These 3 Fixes Before Your Profit Margins Disappear (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-09 | by Johannes Panzer | get Return Label Printer → | tags: retail, ecommerce, national retail federation

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The Secret Diary That Has Spilled Into the Musk vs. OpenAI Feud (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-09 | get OpenAI Official Notebook → | tags: openai, greg brockman, musk

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Anthropic says it hit a $30 billion revenue run rate after 'crazy' 80x growth (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Startup Anthropic T-Shirt → | tags: anthropic, openai, claude

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Production engineering when trading billions of dollars a day [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get High-Frequency Trading Server → | tags: production engineering, trading, billions of dollars

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Akamai stock soars 20% on earnings, $1.8 billion AI infrastructure deal (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | get Akamai Technologies Cloud Server → | tags: akamai technologies, ai infrastructure, cloud computing

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Human typing habits and token counts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get Typing Speed Test Keyboard → | tags: tokenizer, openai, claude

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5% GPU utilization: The $401 billion AI infrastructure problem enterprises can't keep ignoring (venturebeat.com)

2026-05-08 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: gpu utilization, ai infrastructure, h100

1301.

Kalshi’s $22 billion problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | get Kalshi Trading Platform → | tags: kalshi, prediction market, massachusetts

1302.

Billie Eilish Doesn't Know if There Will Ever Be Another Billie Eilish (wired.com)

2026-05-08 | by Angela Watercutter | get Billie Eilish Vinyl Record → | tags: soundcloud, billie eilish, ai algorithms

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Michigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anyway (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get AI Data Center Construction Kit → | tags: stargate, openai, oracle

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Apple pushes back against Canadian bill that could force companies to weaken encryption (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-08 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple Encryption Security Kit → | tags: apple, meta, encryption

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Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Healthcare Consulting Services Book → | tags: management consulting firms, hospital investment, jama study

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‘I’m selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay,’ GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen posts following combative interview (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get GameStop Merchandise Collectible → | tags: ebay, gamestop, ryan cohen

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Corporate Card Startup Ramp Raising Funds at $40 Billion Valuation (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-07 | get Ramp Corporate Card → | tags: ramp, corporate card, funding

1308.

SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas (theverge.com)

2026-05-07 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPU → | tags: spacex, terafab, tesla

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Saying ‘tax the rich’ hurts wealthy men’s feelings. Not taxing billionaires hurts everyone else (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Billionaire Tax Calculator → | tags: patriotic millionaires, pied-à-terre tax, new york legislation

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Emerich Juettner: The One Dollar Counterfeiter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | by Kaushik Patowary | get Counterfeit Detection Pen → | tags: secret service, counterfeit currency, emmerich juettner

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Blue Cross Blue Shield payout starts soon in $2.67 billion healthcare settlement. Will you get a check? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Health Insurance Settlement Guide → | tags: blue cross blue shield, healthcare settlement, claimants

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James Cameron Accused of Stealing 14-Year-Old Girl’s Face for Main Character of Billion-Dollar “Avatar” Films (futurism.com)

2026-05-07 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | get Avatar Face Mask → | tags: james cameron, avatar, disney

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After a $16 billion Stargate AI data center was built despite being voted down, Michigan towns rush to block new buildouts — massive facility will suck 1.4 Gigawatts of energy to power ChatGPT (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-07 | by Luke James | get Energy-Efficient Data Center → | tags: stargate ai, oracle, openai

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Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jowi Morales | get Samsung Semiconductor Worker Hoodie → | tags: samsung, sk hynix, chipmaking

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Billionaire Declares That “Tax the Rich” Is Hate Speech That Offends Him Horribly (futurism.com)

2026-05-07 | by Joe Wilkins | get Tax the Rich Mug → | tags: tax the rich, steve roth, ken griffin

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Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Treasury Company Posts $12.5 Billion Loss, Boasts That People Are Still Giving It Money (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-06 | get Bitcoin Investment Ledger → | tags: michael saylor, bitcoin, strategy

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Elon Musk Wanted Tesla to Take Over OpenAI, Romantic Partner Testifies in Court (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-06 | get Tesla Model S → | tags: elon musk, tesla, openai

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Elon Musk's Terafab chip factory in Texas could cost up to $119 billion, filing shows (cnbc.com)

2026-05-06 | by Katie Tarasov Lora Kolodny | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: terafab, spacex, tesla

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I'm writing a history of Visual Basic, Chapter 1 is up (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | get Visual Basic Programming Book → | tags: visual basic, microsoft, bill gates

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SpaceX may spend up to $119 billion on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-06 | by Ram Iyer | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: spacex, terafab, intel