Staff writer at TechEchelon covering technology, markets, and policy. Jay reports on the deals, regulations, and breaking news that move the publication's core desks.
Target has opened "baby boutiques" in about 200 stores, adding nearly 2,000 new products and premium brands like UPPAbaby, as new CEO Michael Fiddelke bets on family shoppers to end a three-year sales slump.
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq each extended their winning streaks to six consecutive weeks, closing at record highs Friday as strong earnings, a better-than-expected jobs report, and a major Corning-Nvidia supply deal fueled broad market gains.
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Nvidia has surpassed $40 billion in equity commitments in 2026, investing across data centers, optical technology, cloud companies, and AI model developers as it works to extend its dominance beyond chip manufacturing.
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The Senate Banking Committee has set a May 14 vote on a landmark stablecoin regulation bill, a move that advances crypto legislation while deepening a standoff with the traditional banking industry over deposit competition concerns.
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A federal judge has ordered Peter Williams, former head of L3Harris's hacking tools division, to pay $10 million in restitution after he pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets and selling them to a Russian broker, Operation Zero.
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An overheating incident at an Amazon Web Services data center in northern Virginia disrupted core trading services on Coinbase and FanDuel Thursday night, with AWS warning Friday morning that full recovery could take several more hours.
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CoreWeave shares fell as much as 10% in after-hours trading Thursday after the AI infrastructure provider issued second-quarter revenue guidance below analyst expectations and raised the low end of its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $31 billion.
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The ShinyHunters extortion gang defaced Canvas login portals at roughly 330 educational institutions on May 7, demanding a ransom by May 12 or threatening to leak 280 million stolen student and staff records.
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Anthropic has agreed to use all compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center in Tennessee after CEO Dario Amodei said the startup saw an 80-fold increase in revenue and usage in Q1, far outpacing its planned 10-fold growth.
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The European Commission is preparing a "Tech Sovereignty Package" due May 27 that could restrict U.S. cloud providers from handling sensitive government data across EU member states, according to two officials familiar with the discussions.
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The Trump administration has signed voluntary AI safety testing agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI, reversing its earlier stance on AI oversight after Anthropic withheld its Claude Mythos model over security concerns. Critics warn the program lacks defined testing standards.
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Advanced Micro Devices reported Q1 revenue of $10.25 billion, beating estimates, as data center sales surged 57% to $5.8 billion. The company's Q2 guidance of $11.2 billion also topped Wall Street expectations, sending shares up roughly 15% after hours.
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The Center for AI Standards and Innovation struck agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Elon Musk's xAI to evaluate AI models before public release, as the Trump administration expands its AI oversight framework.
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Kaspersky has linked a Chinese-language hacking group to a backdoor planted in Daemon Tools, a popular Windows disc imaging application, in a supply chain attack the firm says is ongoing and has already been used to deliver malware to organizations in Russia, Belarus, and Thailand.
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AI customer service startup Sierra has raised $950 million in a Series E round led by Tiger Global and Google's GV, pushing its valuation to $15.8 billion — up from $10 billion just months ago — as venture investors continue to back enterprise AI category leaders.
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AI startup Artisan is facing accusations from "This is fine" cartoonist KC Green, who says the company used his iconic meme artwork in a subway ad campaign without his consent and is now exploring legal action.
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Apple reported $8.4 billion in Mac revenue for its fiscal second quarter, beating Wall Street expectations, as AI workload demand for Mac mini and Mac Studio models outpaced the company's own forecasts.
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The Senate unanimously approved a resolution Thursday banning members from trading on prediction markets, while the Judiciary Committee advanced the GUARD Act, which would prohibit AI companion chatbots for users under 18.
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