News Digest — 2026-05-26 6:10p CT
🤖 AI / tech industry
- Microsoft to pay $250M to settle Activision shareholder lawsuit. Post-acquisition cleanup of the $69B deal hits the books. redr.co/flHgZV2
- Base (Coinbase L2) launches Base MCP. Agent gateway to Base wallets/swaps with Morpho, Moonwell, Uniswap, Aerodrome — MCP keeps expanding into crypto rails, agents-first thesis crossing into DeFi infra. redr.co/VQtOVDZ
💰 Startups / VC / funding
- IREN signs $1.6B Dell/NVIDIA Blackwell deal — deploying in Childress, TX. Commissioning early 2027; lifts annualized run rate $3.7B → $4.4B. Major AI-data-center capex landing in Texas. redr.co/p4Ou3ta
- ⚠️ Polsia reportedly raises $30M Series A at $250M valuation (Sound Ventures, True Ventures, Offline Ventures). Rumor via funding tracker, NOT an official announcement; X discourse calling it "performance art" / AI slop — surface with skepticism. redr.co/hEJ3z6W