HBO Max Beats Internal Forecasts, Topping 140M Subscribers In Q1; WBD Now Sees It At 150M By Year-End - Deadline

HBO Max, which has zigged and zagged more than most streaming services since its delayed launch in 2020, is now on track to hit 150 million subscribers by the end of 2026.

Anthropic CEO says 80-fold growth in first quarter explains 'difficulties with compute' - CNBC

At Anthropic's developer conference in San Francisco, CEO Dario Amodei said the company is 'working as quickly as possible' to provide additional compute.

FanDuel to Give Exiting CEO Amy Howe $4.37M Severance - Sportico.com

Amy Howe's exit as FanDuel CEO will come with a $4.37 million severance, more than 4x her annual base pay. She'll also receive vested stock.

1 dead, 2 injured in car crash into Kroger in DeKalb County - WSB-TV

A car crashed into a Kroger in Decatur on Wednesday, and multiple emergency vehicles have responded to the scene.

A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool - WIRED

To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure.

The Best AI Stocks for Growth Investors to Buy in 2026 - The Motley Fool

These tech behemoths are seeing impressive gains from their artificial intelligence (AI) investments.

The Iran War Is Crushing Whirlpool’s Profit—and Higher Prices Are Coming - WSJ

Pentagon’s Botched Blacklist Highlights Frail Trump-Xi Truce - Bloomberg.com

A mishandled blacklisting of tech giants Alibaba and Baidu gives a rare window into an administration often at odds with itself on how to approach Beijing

Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A - TechCrunch

Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV, valuing the startup at $1.3 billion.

How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House - The Verge

The Trump administration pulled a 180 on AI oversight, inducing Sacks’ worst nightmare: more government regulation on technology.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei jokes that his company's extreme revenue growth is 'too hard to handle.' - Business Insider

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei spoke at the company's developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.

IonQ delivers huge Q1 sales beat, hikes full-year revenue guidance - Sherwood News

The biggest pure-play quantum computing company just released Q1 results.

WBD Sees $2.9 Billion Q1 Loss On M&A Charges Including Termination Fee Paramount Paid Netflix - Deadline

Warner Bros. Discovery posted a $2.9 billion Q1 loss that will likely be a one-time accounting blip, it hopes. It includes the termination fee Netflix paid Paramount.

Warner Bros. Discovery Saw Q1 Streaming, Studios Boosts, But Paramount Deal Spurs Large Loss - Variety

Warner Bros. Discovery Saw Q1 Streaming, Studios Boosts, But Paramount Item Spurs Large Loss

AMD Proves Skeptics Wrong. Stock Soars On Bullish Report. - Investor's Business Daily

AMD stock vaulted higher on Wednesday after the chipmaker delivered a strong first-quarter report and upbeat guidance.

Mortgage Rates Make a More Serious Recovery - Mortgage News Daily

Mortgage rates spiked sharply on Monday, hitting the highest levels in more than a month as escalation fears ramped up surrounding the Iran war. Yesterday technically saw some recovery, but it may as well have been an unchanged day. Now today, we're seeing a …