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OpenAI is taking Apple to the edge of a legal fight, alleging a former employee walked proprietary details about unreleased products straight into a briefing with Apple executives. OpenAI says it is very concerned that those trade secrets could accelerate Apple's push into AI-enabled devices, and the timing is pointed — Apple just unveiled a new family of AI hardware this week.
Shifting to Omaha, Berkshire Hathaway has deepened its bet on Bending Spoons, putting in an additional three hundred thirty million dollars to bring its total stake to nine hundred thirty million and its ownership to four percent. Bending Spoons is the Italian software company behind apps like Evernote and Meetup, and Buffett's continued commitment signals conviction in subscription-driven consumer tech.
And on the tax calendar, the IRS is reminding retirees that the clock is running on two thousand twenty six required minimum distributions. Anyone who has reached age seventy three has fewer than twelve weeks to complete their withdrawals. Miss the deadline and the penalty is twenty five percent of the undistributed amount — a reduction from the old fifty percent rate, but still a costly oversight for a six-figure account.
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