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Alphabet backed a $5 billion Anthropic data center in Texas.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Education Minister Paul Givan has backed a campaign urging parents not to buy children a smartphone until they are 14.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Though seeking only feedback, not bids, and not backed by funding, the notice buoyed the hopes of activists who have engaged in a long and so-far fruitless effort to bring the chapel back to life.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

His second company, called Lucy, was backed by Y Combinator, the venture firm that Altman ran at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

There might be some “right” price for insuring the first losses on pools of bonds backed by pools of dubious loans, but it wasn’t one-half of 1 percent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis