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The US DOJ seizes 32 domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian efforts to influence the 2024 US presidential election  —  The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back X ad spending in 2025 and 14% plan to pull budgets in 2024, over concerns about content and trust in disseminated info  —  Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
A San Francisco federal judge rules that X must face a class action age bias suit by around 150 older workers who were laid off by the company in 2022  —  A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired …
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel cancels plans to use its Intel 20A process node for its consumer Arrow Lake processors and instead plans to use external nodes, likely from TSMC  —  Out with the Intel node, in with TSMC.  —  In a surprise move, Intel announced today that it no longer plans to use its own ‘Intel 20A’ process node …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube expands its parental controls with a feature that lets parents link their account to their teen's account and gain insight into the teen's activity
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program  —  The legal battle was spurred by book publishers objecting to the archive's digital lending library.
Steve Dent / Engadget:
DJI unveils Neo, a $200 drone aimed at content creators and casual users with features like palm takeoff, voice control, ActiveTrack, smartphone control, more  —  It's simple to use but offers advanced features like smartphone and voice control.  —  DJI has just unveiled the Neo …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The nonprofit Cosmos Institute launches to cultivate AI technologists “equipped with deep philosophical thinking”, with plans for an AI lab, a VC arm, and more  —  The Cosmos Institute, a nonprofit whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark …
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI says it now has 1M+ paid users for the corporate versions of ChatGPT, including ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu  —  The startup introduced an enterprise product a year ago in a bid to boost revenue. … OpenAI now has more than 1 million paid users for the corporate versions of ChatGPT …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces AI detection tools to protect creators from having their likeness copied and plans to give creators controls over AI scraping  —  YouTube on Thursday announced a new set of AI detection tools to protect creators, including artists, actors, musicians and athletes from having their likeness …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
The US, UK, EU, and others sign a Council of Europe treaty to ensure that the use of AI is “fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law”  —  We're not very close to any specifics on how, exactly, AI regulations will be implemented and ensured …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google releases Android 15, making its source code available on the Android Open Source Project; supported Pixel devices will get the new OS in the coming weeks  —  Google announced on Tuesday it's releasing Android 15 and making its source code available ahead of the coming consumer launch …
Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal:
Applied Digital, which leases out data-center space and has started an AI cloud-computing service with Nvidia chips, raised $160M from Nvidia and others  —  Capital is expected to help data-center and AI cloud company grow  —  Artificial-intelligence chip giant Nvidia is joining other investors …
More: Reuters.  X: @modestproposal1
Bloomberg:
Nvidia says it has inquired with the US DOJ and hasn't been subpoenaed, following a report that it had received a subpoena from the DOJ over antitrust concerns  —  - Bloomberg reported on the antitrust investigation Tuesday  — Nvidia says it has been in contact with the Justice Department

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
On a staff call, Bari Weiss defends firing Scott Pelley, saying the foundation of “trust and mutual respect” was broken after Pelley's outburst on Monday

Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Hasbro launches Sixth Wall, an AI studio working with ElevenLabs and voice actors to create and license AI-native versions of its characters and franchises

Washington Post:
Two Stars and Stripes advisory board members sue the US Defense Department, saying new restrictions on the paper violate the First Amendment and federal law

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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Verizon agrees to buy rival telecom operator Frontier Communications for an enterprise value of $20B; Frontier had a revenue of $5.8B in 2023

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Juby Babu / Reuters:
C3.ai reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $87.2M, vs. $86.9M est., and subscription revenue up 20% YoY to $73.5M, vs. $79.1M est.; its stock falls 16%+ after hours
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Paylocity, which provides HR and payroll software, agrees to acquire corporate spending software company Airbase for $325M; Airbase was valued at $600M in 2021
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Shares of Truth Social's parent TMTG continue to slide, as the expiration date nears for a lockup agreement preventing Trump and others from selling their stock
Forbes:
Bolt's Ryan Breslow thanked 13 investors in an email for supporting a $450M Series F, but some say they hadn't given support; BlackRock moves to block the round
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SpaceX has moved to evacuate employees from Brazil and warned others against traveling to the country, as Elon Musk battles Brazil's top court over X
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