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A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio as its own, a practice that could violate the software's license (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio as its own, a practice that could violate the software's license  —  The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve has gone from bad to worse this week.  Among the fresh allegations …

In a joint filing, Elon Musk and the US SEC say they are ready to move toward a trial over Musk's alleged failure to disclose his Twitter stake in 2022 (Nicola M White/Bloomberg)

Nicola M White / Bloomberg:
In a joint filing, Elon Musk and the US SEC say they are ready to move toward a trial over Musk's alleged failure to disclose his Twitter stake in 2022  —  Elon Musk and the US Securities Exchange Commission told a judge they are heading toward a trial over the regulator's allegations …

Google increases the storage of its $19.99 per month AI Pro subscription plan to 5TB, up from 2TB, at no additional cost; 10TB costs $49.99 per month (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google increases the storage of its $19.99 per month AI Pro subscription plan to 5TB, up from 2TB, at no additional cost; 10TB costs $49.99 per month  —  Google today announced that AI Pro subscriptions now come with 5 TB of storage.  —  Previously, subscribers of the $19.99 per month plan got 2 TB, just like the $9.99 tier.

Chris Espinosa, Employee #8, Profiled in The New York Times

Kalley Huang, writing for The New York Times (gift link):

As that happened, Apple laid off staff “again and again and again,” Mr. Espinosa said. His manager told him that he had been spared because he had worked for the company for so long that his severance package would be too expensive.

“I was wondering what I was going to do because I had no college degree and I had only worked at one company,” Mr. Espinosa said. Then he figured: “I was here when we turned the lights on. I might as well stick around until we turn the lights off.”

Lovely read.

Documents: Intel plans to invest $15M in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel's stake to 9%, following a $35M investment in February (Reuters)

Reuters:
Documents: Intel plans to invest $15M in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel's stake to 9%, following a $35M investment in February  —  Chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) has planned to invest another $15 million in SambaNova, a chip startup chaired by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan …