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AI Summary

  • Amazon and Meta are entering the Indian digital payments market to challenge the dominance of Google Pay and PhonePe.
  • Microsoft is seeing significant traction with its Copilot AI, reporting over 20 million paid users who are actively utilizing the service.
  • Anthropic is reportedly in discussions to raise a substantial $50 billion funding round, potentially valuing the AI company at $900 billion.
  • Elon Musk's personal tweets are playing a significant role as evidence in his ongoing legal battles.
  • Google Cloud's revenue has surpassed $20 billion, though growth was reportedly limited by capacity constraints.

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  • Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk 4 hours ago by Elizabeth Lopatto
    AI, Elon Musk, OpenAI, Report, Tech, xAI

    Just a simple country CEO who was being tricked by that sophisticated lawyer | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life." Musk's direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday - even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him in how to answer. But that memory was immediately obliterated by an absolutely miserable cross-examination. For hours, Musk refused to answer yes or no questions with yes or no, occasionally "forgot" things he'd

  • Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit 6 hours ago by Tina Nguyen
    Column, Policy, Politics, Regulator

    General atmosphere during Grindr White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Party 2026 at LXIV DC on April 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Grindr Inc. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and technology learning how to politick. If you're not a subscriber but would like to support our work, please subscribe here. I promise that your money will not go toward paying for a drone-proof ballroom for The Verge staff, no matter how much fun we'd have throwing parties there. Speaking of parties: The Verge normally wouldn't do a party report from

  • Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off 6 hours ago by Cameron Faulkner
    Deals, Gadgets, Gaming, Nintendo, Verge Shopping

    Nintendo recently announced a new pricing policy, which knocks $10 off the cost of digital versions of future first-party titles exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2. Splatoon Raiders, for instance, is available for preorder ahead of its July 23rd release for $49.99 digitally or $59.99 for the physical edition. However, Walmart is the exception in how it’s pricing preorders for the cartridge version. Right now, you can reserve the upcoming for $49.94 — just a few cents cheaper than the digital version. Raiders isn’t a sequel to Splatoon 3, but rather a spinoff that has similar third-person, paint-splatting gameplay set

  • Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs 7 hours ago by Emma Roth
    Microsoft, News, Tech

    Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue continues to tumble, with the company revealing a 33 percent decline as part of its earnings report released on Wednesday. Even though the rest of Microsoft's consumer-focused division took a dip, the company's cloud and productivity businesses continue to soar, driving the company toward $82.9 billion in revenue. Along with declining Xbox hardware revenue, Microsoft reported a 5 percent drop in Xbox content and services as well. Microsoft has seen a significant amount of executive turnover over the past few months, with the retirement of Xbox chief CEO Phil Spencer and the departure of former Xbox presiden

  • Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter 7 hours ago by Jay Peters
    AI, Business, Google, News, Tech

    Google Search queries hit an "all time high" in the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai published as part of Alphabet's earnings on Wednesday. "Our AI investments and full stack approach are lighting up every part of the business," Pichai says. "Search had a strong quarter with AI experiences driving usage, queries at an all time high, and 19% revenue growth." He also notes that Q1 was "our strongest quarter ever for our consumer AI plans, driven by the Gemini App" and that the company now has more than 350 million paid subscriptions, with "YouTube


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