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​The British AI data center developer depends on tech giants Microsoft and Anthropic for most of its revenue.  

​Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant.  

​Deeptech company Morphotonics raises €40M from investors including 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL.  

​Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple’s secret sauce has always been its people.  

​The group won’t be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI’s ongoing mathematical research.  

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​Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.  

​Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50 megawatt nuclear power plant.