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Benchmark raises $2B across two new funds including its first-ever dedicated growth vehicle·Ramp raises $750M at $44B valuation, now worth more than PayPal·AI leaders unite behind biosecurity: open letter urges mandatory nucleic acid synthesis screening·Cloudflare's Matthew Prince confirms bots have passed human traffic for the first time in Internet history·Hackers used Meta AI chatbot to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts including Obama White House·OpenAI breaks ground on Stargate Michigan, a 1-gigawatt data center with closed-loop cooling·Berkshire acquires Taylor Morrison homebuilder for $6.8B in Greg Abel's first major deal as CEO·Alphabet raises $80B in equity with Berkshire Hathaway as cornerstone investor·
USDA's Sam Berry on SNAP fraud, food security, farm succession, and data center siting on farmland
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USDA's Sam Berry on SNAP fraud, food security, farm succession, and data center siting on farmland

USDA estimates $12 billion in annual improper SNAP payments, roughly 12% of the program's $100 billion budget, and is building a fraud detection system modeled on credit card monitoring to cut benefits immediately upon detection.

Jun 4, 2026

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