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The IRS has used Palantir's software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports.

Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments. 

Series, a social networking app that's grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech.

Meta has been poaching talent from Thinking Machines Lab. But it's a two-way street.

Investors flocked to nuclear power startup X-energy in its first day of public trading on the Nasdaq.

ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.

X's new app promises private chats, disappearing messages, audio and video calls, and more.

If an Ember mug is at the top of Mom’s wish list, this sale is worth checking out.

Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.

Get ready for summer with discounts on the best robot pool cleaners we’ve tested.

It's Friday, so we have another episode of the pre-alpha GamesIndustry.biz Podcast. Once again I'm joined by Lewis Packwood to discuss the main issues of the week, which is to say Xbox: specifically, the decision to pull Call of Duty out of Game Pass and cut its price. It's a big decision, and we have some data to suggest the thinking behind it.

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Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg said at WIRED Health in London that the startup has built a “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines.”

Bootstrap Bio and Manhattan Genomics, which were pursuing human embryo editing to prevent serious disease, have shut down.

Matthew Tighe's company Do Games has spent the best part of the last decade porting games to consoles, including titles like Cult of the Lamb and Art of Rally. His new venture, Gameworks, aims to take all of the knowledge gleaned from that effort and apply it to making developers' lives a little easier.

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Apple’s sold-out Mac mini is spawning marked-up eBay listings as demand surges for the compact desktop, now favored for running local AI models and tools.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has described Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as having a ten-year vision that sees Xbox as critical audience for the company, as part of a wide-ranging interview with Game File that emphasised the firm's commitment to driving Game Pass subscription revenues and investing in features for the firm's next console, known as Project Helix.

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A US surveillance program that lets the FBI view Americans’ communications without a warrant is up for renewal. A new bill aims to address mounting lawmaker concerns—with smoke and mirrors.

Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges.

Tim Cook was a great CEO, but he didn’t crack AI.  It’s job number 1 for John Ternus.

Atari has acquired emulation studio Implicit Conversions for an undisclosed amount.

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