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Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now leans on being an alternative to Chinese and US labs, says it's on track for $80M in monthly revenue by Dec. (Iain Martin/Forbes)

Iain Martin / Forbes:
Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now leans on being an alternative to Chinese and US labs, says it's on track for $80M in monthly revenue by Dec.  —  Paris-based Mistral wanted to develop a top-tier AI model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic.  That didn't work out.

Pokémon Pokopia Bulbasaur's jump rope contest event guide

Bulbasaur's jump rope contest is a new event in Pokémon Pokopia where you receive shiny rewards depending on your scores in the minigame.

A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned "ICE Sightings - Chicagoland" Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)

Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:
A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned “ICE Sightings - Chicagoland” Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A  —  Last year, the Trump administration demanded platforms remove a slew of apps that monitored ICE activity.

An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge, appears to have drained ~$292M worth of rsETH before Kelp paused all rsETH contracts (Zack Abrams/The Block)

Zack Abrams / The Block:
An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge, appears to have drained ~$292M worth of rsETH before Kelp paused all rsETH contracts  —  Quick Take  — An attacker seemingly drained 116,500 rsETH from Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge on Saturday …

Microsoft doesn't know what it's going to do with Xbox Game Pass

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is making decisions critical to Game Pass' future, like whether or not new Call of Duty games will come to the service