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TechnologyAI Companies Just Raised $297 Billion in a Single Quarter
In a single quarter, AI companies raised $297 billion — the largest concentration of venture and institutional capital in tech history, reshaping who controls the next decade of software.
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TechnologySpaceX Files for the Biggest IPO in History at a $1.75 Trillion Valuation
SpaceX has filed for an IPO at a $1.75 trillion valuation — a number that would make it the most valuable company ever to go public, eclipsing Saudi Aramco's landmark 2019 listing.
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CultureVictor Glover Is About to Make History on the Moon
NASA astronaut Victor Glover is days away from becoming the first Black man to walk on the Moon — a historic milestone for the Artemis program and American human spaceflight.
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uristocratThe Daily Roundup: Melitta Baumeister x Nike, Artemis II Moon Launch, NBA Playoff Race, and OpenAI's $122B Round — April 1, 2026
OpenAI just closed the largest private funding round in history at $122B — on April Fools' Day. Also landing today: Melitta Baumeister's architectural Nike collab and Artemis II's first crewed lunar orbit since Apollo.
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SneakersThe Intelligence Brief: Nike's Turnaround Is Real — March 31, 2026
Nike beat Wall Street on revenue and EPS — then dropped 8% anyway. The gap between performance and reaction tells you everything about where the turnaround actually stands.
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CultureFederal Judge Blocks Trump's Executive Order to Defund NPR and PBS
A federal judge permanently blocked Trump's executive order targeting NPR and PBS, ruling it violated the First Amendment by using federal funding as punishment for editorial viewpoints.
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SneakersGOAT Launches Sneakers.com With $70 Average Prices
GOAT Group launched Sneakers.com on March 31 with brand-new sneakers averaging $70 — a dramatic break from the authenticated resale platform that built its name on scarcity and premium pricing.
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CultureJudge Orders University of Pennsylvania to Hand Over List of Jewish community members to Federal Government
A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to turn over names of Jewish community members to the Trump administration by May 1 — and campus Jewish leaders are among those calling it unconstitutional.
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SneakersAllbirds, Once Worth $4 Billion, Sells for $39 Million
A brand that raised $348 million in its 2021 IPO is now selling for $39 million. The Allbirds collapse isn't a fraud story — it's a DTC era cautionary tale about timing, scale, and the limits of cultural momentum.
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TechnologyRec Room Is Shutting Down June 1
Once valued at $3.5 billion and home to 150 million lifetime players, Rec Room is shutting down June 1, 2026 — a defining casualty of the metaverse era's collapse.
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TechnologyAnthropic Shipped 512,000 Lines of Source Code Inside a Claude Package by Mistake
Security researcher Chaofan Shou found ~2,000 source files hiding inside a Claude Code release package. It's the second accidental exposure Anthropic has confirmed in the same week.
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NFLLas Vegas Gets Super Bowl LXIII in 2029
NFL owners voted unanimously to bring Super Bowl LXIII back to Las Vegas in February 2029 — a rare second hosting nod that signals exactly where the NFL sees its future.