The AI memory crisis just hit DDR2, a standard from 2003, with 60% price hikes
A Kazakh fund-of-funds just made its first public venture bet on Central Asia’s startup boom
Robinhood is raising $2 billion in zero-coupon convertible bonds to buy back stock
Instagram is coming for your living room with episodic series and live TV on Samsung
Lucid Motors cuts 18% of workforce as new CEO dismantles second production shift
OpenAI’s suspiciously clean balance sheet is about to get a hard look
SpaceX taps the bond market for the first time to fund AI
UPS pours $48 million into cold chain facilities as the biologics boom reshapes logistics
Germany tells Trump: you cannot get to the moon without us
Meta buys a fifth of Cred, and a new WhatsApp boss
Ireland takes the EU presidency with Big Tech paying 40 per cent of its tax bill
JD.com says robots will replace its 700,000 couriers
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