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coindesk.com - Francisco Rodrigues - Here is how crypto firms are adapting as AI is increasingly eating into venture capital fundings
Here is how crypto firms are adapting as AI is increasingly eating into venture capital fundings
CoinDesk

Forty cents of every venture capital dollar invested in crypto companies in 2025 went to firms building products that combine artificial intelligence and crypto, more than double the 18 cents a year earlier. 'AI is increasingly entering crypto not…

redstate.com - Ward Clark - Ilhan Omar's New Magic Filing Trick: $30M Disappears Faster Than Her Principles
Ilhan Omar's New Magic Filing Trick: $30M Disappears Faster Than Her Principles
redstate.com

In a stunning performance that would have any stage magician green with envy, the amazing sudden wealth of Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05) has evaporated, like dandelion fluff on a windy summer's day. The Squad member claims that the $30…

dmnews.com - Wesley Mercer - Direct mail still gets opened and that terrifies digital marketers
Direct mail still gets opened and that terrifies digital marketers
Direct Message News

Tension: Digital marketers built their entire worldview on measurable clicks, yet a physical envelope outperforms their best campaigns. Noise: The industry obsession with digital-first strategy drowns out evidence that tangible channels still drive…

coindesk.com - Francisco Rodrigues - From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto's thirst for energy
From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto's thirst for energy
CoinDesk

The largest aluminum producer in the U.S., Alcoa, is close to selling its idle Massena East smelter in upstate New York to bitcoin firm New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), as it offloads dormant assets and taps demand for energy-ready…

fortune.com - Lily Mae Lazarus - From drought to demand: Biotech IPOs roar back with Kailera and Alamar
From drought to demand: Biotech IPOs roar back with Kailera and Alamar
Fortune

Yuling Luo rang the Nasdaq closing bell Friday having taken his first company public in a massively oversubscribed round. The Alamar Biosciences CEO's IPO was one of two back-to-back blockbuster biotech offerings this week, a clear signal that…

wnd.com - Bob Unruh - OOPS! Ilhan Omar claims her millions in assets actually were 'accounting error' * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
OOPS! Ilhan Omar claims her millions in assets actually were 'accounting error' * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily

There have been many reports, often speculating on the source of money for Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after she reported essentially a negative net worth one year and then assets of up to $30 million a year later, in her congressional financial…

cityam.com - Maryann Selfe - Women's health strategy won't end medical misogyny - but the markets could
Women's health strategy won't end medical misogyny - but the markets could
City AM

The government's new women's health strategy is good policy, but it will not close the health gap. That's where the City comes in, writes Maryann Selfe The UK government published its renewed Women's Health Strategy this week. Health secretary Wes…

dmnews.com - Wesley Mercer - 3D-printed steaks and lab-grown burgers sound like science fiction until you realize they're already on the menu
3D-printed steaks and lab-grown burgers sound like science fiction until you realize they're already on the menu
Direct Message News

Tension: We crave sustainable food innovation yet recoil from eating anything that didn't come from a traditional farm. Noise: Polarized debates frame lab-grown meat as either planetary salvation or dystopian Frankenfood, leaving consumers…

iafrica.com - Sean Whitehead - Anthropic Launches Claude Design, an AI Visual Creation Tool for Non-Designers
Anthropic Launches Claude Design, an AI Visual Creation Tool for Non-Designers
iAfrica.com

Anthropic has launched Claude Design, a new experimental product that allows users to create visuals including prototypes, presentation slides and one-pagers using Claude, the company announced Friday. The product is aimed at founders, product…

sfchronicle.com - Aldo Toledo - S.F. power broker Ron Conway says he has rare form of cancer
S.F. power broker Ron Conway says he has rare form of cancer
San Francisco Chronicle

Ron Conway, the influential Silicon Valley investor and longtime San Francisco political force, said Friday that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and will begin treatment immediately. Conway announced on X that his treatment will…

marketbeat.com - Top Real Estate Stocks To Watch Now - April 18th
Top Real Estate Stocks To Watch Now - April 18th
MarketBeat

TPG Built a Record Year, Then Lost 40%—Is the Selloff Overdone? Blackstone, American Tower, Apollo Global Management, Welltower, and Prologis are the five Real Estate stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Real…

channelnewsasia.com - Catherine Thorbecke - Commentary: Why China can't quit 'open' AI
Commentary: Why China can't quit 'open' AI
CNA

TOKYO: China's AI ecosystem has one defining difference from Silicon Valley: its embrace of open source. While America's biggest companies race to build ever more powerful systems and insist only they can control them, Chinese labs have been giving…

taipeitimes.com - 台北時報 - Why China cannot quit 'Open' AI
Why China cannot quit 'Open' AI
Taipei Times

By Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg Opinion China's AI ecosystem has one defining difference from Silicon Valley: It is embrace of open source. While the US' biggest companies race to build ever more powerful systems and insist only they can control…

kiplinger.com - John Miley - The Space Sector Prepares to Blast Off
The Space Sector Prepares to Blast Off
Kiplinger

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smh.com.au - Kishor Napier-Raman - Peptides promise a lot - but are they safe?
Peptides promise a lot - but are they safe?
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Last month, Max Marchione, the 25-year-old Australian founder of $300 million San Francisco health technology start-up Superpower squared off in a…

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