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Sources: Tether cuts two senior precious metals traders who joined from HSBC just months ago in its push to build "the best trading floor for gold in the world" (Bloomberg)

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Nvidia invests $2B in chipmaker Marvell and says the two companies plan to work on silicon photonics tech, enabling high-speed data transmission; MRVL jumps 9%+ (Dana Wollman/Bloomberg)

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Huawei reports 2025 revenue up 2.2% YoY to ~$127.5B, net profit up 8.7% YoY to ~$9.8B, and R&D spend up 7% YoY to ~$27.8B, as it invests in chip networking tech (Peter Landers/Wall Street Journal)

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Shark’s BlastBoss amplifies your sweeping with a 190 mph blast of air

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CoreWeave raised an $8.5B loan from banks and investors to expand its cloud computing capacity, in what it says is the largest chip-backed debt deal of its kind (Bloomberg)

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Sarasota-based Tenex, which offers an AI-enabled managed cybersecurity detection and response service, raised $250M led by Crosspoint at a $1B+ valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

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Netflix feels comfortable raising prices knowing customers can downgrade to its ad tier; in 2026, Netflix is on track to double 2025's $1.5B+ in ad sales (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

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What it Cost My Family to Find My Cousin in a Country That Often Forgets Black Women

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My Missing Cousin Was Found, Unfortunately Most Black Women Are Not

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Before Marvel and Superman, James Gunn let his freak flag fly with this disgusting sci-fi classic

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Belkin’s battery-equipped Switch 2 case is more than 35 percent off right now

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Sources: South Korean memory chipmakers have sufficient helium stocks until at least June, and a South Korean minister ruled out supply disruptions in H1 2026 (Reuters)

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US CTO Ethan Klein plans to urge the UK and its allies to help "shore up" quantum computing supply chains at a London meeting, after a US-UK tech deal standoff (Joe Miller/Financial Times)

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Why some American accents have endured — while others have faded away

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Rihanna Home Shooting Suspect Did This Wild Thing Just Months Before Allegedly Committing Crime

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7 new Switch 2 games you should play in April 2026

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Analysis: in 2025, Vietnam surpassed China as the leading supplier of laptops and game consoles to the US for the first time, despite President Trump's tariffs (Bloomberg)

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Amazon strikes a deal to provide internet access on Delta flights via its Leo satellite business, starting with 500 aircraft in 2028, without disclosing terms (Alison Sider/Wall Street Journal)

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The UK CMA launches an investigation into Microsoft's business software unit to assess whether it should be designated with "strategic market status" (Financial Times)

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