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Microsoft is moving GitHub Copilot to token-based billing on June 1, replacing its flat subscription rate — a shift that some developers say could multiply their monthly costs by 10 to 60 times.

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Members of Congress attending the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore reaffirmed bipartisan support for Taiwan's security after President Trump referred to $14 billion in congressional-approved arms sales as a "negotiating chip" with China.

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Twenty Snap alumni have launched Ghost Angels, a fund targeting pre-seed and seed AI startups in social media and consumer tech, with plans to back at least 20 companies in total.

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SpaceX received $4.16 billion to build satellites for the "Golden Dome" missile defense system and a separate $2.29 billion communications contract, bringing its total Space Force awards this week to $6.45 billion — arriving just weeks before the company's anticipated IPO.

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Software stocks closed May up 21%—their best monthly performance since 2001—after Snowflake and Okta delivered blowout earnings that challenged fears artificial intelligence would cannibalize the sector.

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Illinois lawmakers passed SB 315, the nation's strongest AI safety law, requiring frontier AI firms to undergo independent third-party safety testing — a development that comes days after the Trump administration scrapped its own federal AI vetting plan.

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Dell Technologies posted 88% year-over-year revenue growth and a 757% surge in AI server sales for the quarter ended May 1, sending shares up as much as 39% in extended trading and prompting the company to raise its full-year AI revenue forecast to $60 billion.

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CBS News has appointed Nick Bilton, a former New York Times technology columnist with no TV news management experience, as the new executive producer of "60 Minutes," replacing Tanya Simon after her 30-plus years at the program.

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Sixty percent of family offices plan their largest portfolio changes in five years, with non-U.S. wealth managers trimming dollar-denominated holdings and shifting capital to emerging markets, Europe, and other regions, according to the UBS Global Family Office Report.

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Rhode Island on Thursday over the state's legal action against prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, making it the seventh state targeted by the federal agency in the ongoing regulatory dispute.

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Federal prosecutors charged Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo with money laundering, commodities fraud, and wire fraud, alleging he used internal search trend data to place Polymarket bets that earned him $1.2 million.

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Amazon announced Wednesday that Neil Lindsay, head of Amazon Health Services since 2021, will step down on July 1 and be replaced by Dr. Roy Schoenberg, a co-founder of telemedicine company Amwell.

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Elon Musk is preparing to take SpaceX public on the Nasdaq within weeks, and speculation is building that his ultimate aim is to eventually merge the $1.25 trillion rocket company with Tesla, which carries a market cap of around $1.6 trillion.

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SpaceX and the Pentagon clashed over satellite pricing after military LUCAS kamikaze drones used SpaceX's commercial Starlink service instead of the government-specific Starshield network, with per-drone fees rising from $5,000 to $25,000.

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Two men have been arrested under the Take It Down Act after FBI agents identified them through basic web browsing, PayPal records, and, in one case, a profile photo the suspect apparently took himself.

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The European Union is preparing to fine Alphabet's Google a high triple-digit million euro amount over alleged Digital Markets Act violations related to search self-preferencing, which would mark the largest DMA penalty to date.

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Rep. Jeff Crank is urging the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Pentagon to adopt blockchain technology to streamline military recordkeeping and reduce wait times for veterans seeking benefits.

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Goldman Sachs flagged a set of Russell 1000 stocks — including Eli Lilly, Fortinet, and Chewy — with low sensitivity to the AI trade, as the S&P 500 continues to set records on the back of concentrated technology momentum.

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