China Launches Its 'Token Economy' Push as AI Startups Ride a $300B VC Wave
China is pushing a national token economy strategy backed by open-source AI models, even as U.S. export controls bite — and global VC sets a new Q1 record of $300B.
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Sundar Pichai Tells America: Lead AI Now or Lose the Century
In a 60 Minutes interview aired April 12-13, Google CEO Sundar Pichai urged America to take the lead in AI development boldly and responsibly, framing it as a generational challenge.
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The Weekly Brief #018: AI Arms Race, $21B Cloud Deals, Record VC, and a Ransomware Blitz
Your weekly tech digest: TSMC posts $35.7B Q1 record, Meta locks in a $21B CoreWeave deal, Anthropic hides its most powerful AI, and ransomware hits from Germany to Hollywood.
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Bezos-Backed Slate Auto Eyes End-of-2026 Production as EV Reservations Hit 150K
Bezos-backed Slate Auto surpassed 150,000 reservations for its modular, sub-$25K electric pickup and is targeting commercial production at a Warsaw, Indiana plant by end of 2026.
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Framework Teases a Linux-First 'Next Gen' Hardware Event for April 21
Framework Computer announced a Next Gen live event on April 21 with heavy Linux branding, suggesting the modular laptop maker is about to go all-in on open-source hardware.
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Dyson's First-Ever Handheld Fan Is Here — and It Fits in Your Bag
Dyson launched the 940 HushJet Mini Cool on April 9, 2026 — its first-ever portable handheld fan — expanding beyond vacuums and hair care into personal cooling gadgets.
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VC Funding Smashes All Records: $297 Billion Poured Into Startups in Q1 2026
Global startup investment hit $297 billion across ~6,000 companies in Q1 2026 — a 2.5x jump over Q4 and more than 70% of all VC deployed in full-year 2025, per Crunchbase.
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CoreWeave and Meta Lock In a $21 Billion AI Cloud Deal Through 2032
Meta commits $21 billion to CoreWeave's AI cloud platform through December 2032, securing early access to NVIDIA's next-gen Vera Rubin chips and massive inference capacity.
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TSMC's $35.7B Quarter Proves the AI Chip Boom Is Just Getting Started
TSMC posted a record $35.7B in Q1 2026 revenue — a 35% year-over-year jump — as AI hardware demand from hyperscalers and model labs shows no sign of slowing.
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The Weekly Brief #017 — April 9, 2026: Mythos Goes Dark, Meta's Comeback, Samsung's 8x Surge & the $16B AI Infrastructure Bet
Issue #017 of The Weekly Brief covers Anthropic's secret Project Glasswing with Claude Mythos, Meta's Muse Spark launch, Samsung's record 755% profit surge, TikTok's €1B Finland data center, and Oracle's $16.3B AI infrastructure financing.
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