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New York Times:
Users reported that Apple's automatic dictation system was transcribing the word “racist” as “Trump”, before correcting itself; Apple says it's working on a fix  —  The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
OpenAI expands Deep Research to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise users, with 10 queries per month; Pro users now have 120 queries per month, up from 100  —  A $200 Pro subscription is no longer required to use the tool.  —  When OpenAI announced Deep Research at start of February …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google releases a free version of Gemini Code Assist for individual users, offering 180K code completions per month; GitHub Copilot's free tier offers 2,000  —  And provides 90 times more monthly code completions than GitHub Copilot's free tier. … A free version of Gemini Code Assist …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Trump's team plans tougher US chip curbs and have met with Dutch and Japanese counterparts, urging them to tighten restrictions on China's chip sector  —  - US, Dutch, Japanese officials met about chip gear maintenance  — Trump team eyeing more Nvidia curbs, Chinese company sanctions
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft rolls out unlimited access to Voice and Think Deeper, powered by OpenAI's o1 model, to all Copilot users for free  —  You won't hit any limits using OpenAI's o1 reasoning model inside Copilot anymore. … Microsoft made OpenAI's o1 reasoning model free for all Copilot users last month …
Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk:
Uniswap Labs says the US SEC has closed its probe into the company and will not file enforcement actions, after the SEC dropped OpenSea and Robinhood probes  —  Uniswap celebrated the news on X, calling it a “huge win for DeFi.”  —  What to know: … The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple investors reject outside shareholder proposals asking the company to cease its DEI efforts and write a report assessing the risks of its work on AI  —  Apple Inc. investors rejected outside shareholder proposals that asked the iPhone maker to cease its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts …
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business  —  - Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title  — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Adobe launches an updated Photoshop app for iOS, including many design, editing, and AI tools from the desktop app; an Android app is coming “later this year”  —  It's free and available on iOS first, with an Android version coming later this year.
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
After backlash, YC deletes a demo video from X and LinkedIn of a startup it backs that says it's building AI-powered performance monitoring for factory workers  —  A demo from Optifye.AI, a member of Y Combinator's current cohort, sparked a social media backlash that ended up with YC deleting it off its socials.
Associated Press:
Resignation letter: 21 DOGE staffers, who previously worked at the USDS, say they won't use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services”  —  More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency …
Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware:
Framework unveils the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 300, priced at $1,099 for a pre-built model, and Framework Laptop 12 with a touch screen, price TBA  —  The Framework Laptop 13 is also getting an AMD-based update.  —  Framework is expanding its laptop lineup and getting into desktops.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Framework announces its first desktop PC, the Framework Desktop, which starts at $1,099 and comes with an AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 and 32GB RAM, slated for Q3 2025
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
A Twitch channel called Claude Plays Pokémon is streaming Claude 3.7 Sonnet using its reasoning capabilities to play a game of Pokémon Red  —  On Tuesday afternoon, Anthropic launched Claude Plays Pokémon on Twitch, a live stream of Anthropic's newest AI model …
Rick Whiting / CRN:
IBM plans to acquire DataStax and its cloud database development platform to expand IBM's Watsonx AI portfolio; Crunchbase: DataStax has raised $342.6M  —  IBM said Tuesday it has a deal to acquire DataStax, including that company's database platform, data streaming technology …
Brad Norton / Dexerto:
Activision confirms on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Steam page that it “uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets”, after fan speculation  —  Activision has finally admitted to using AI-generated content in its games and Call of Duty players aren't the least bit surprised.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Perfect, a startup from the founder of AnyVision that helps job recruiters write and publish job listings and triage responses, raised a $23M seed  —  “Agentic AI” is the concept of the moment.  Developers big and small are rushing to build apps to leapfrog the heavy lifting needed …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US judge says Meta must face a potential class action lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers over US citizen job applicants, citing Meta's stats  —  A federal judge on Tuesday said Meta Platforms (META.O) must face a lawsuit claiming that the Facebook and Instagram parent prefers …
The Information:
Source: data security company Cohesity plans an employee share sale at an $8B valuation and expects to generate $2.2B in revenue in the 12 months ending in July  —  One of enterprise software's bitter rivalries—between data security firms Rubrik and Cohesity—came to a head last year …
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
xAI released a new Grok 3 voice mode featuring different personalities, including an 18+ “Unhinged” option and a “Sexy” one that role-plays sexual scenarios  —  On Sunday, xAI released a new voice interaction mode for its Grok 3 AI model that is currently available to its premium subscribers.

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump files a $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC in a Florida court, alleging it deceptively doctored his January 6 speech in a Panorama documentary

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern signs a new three-year deal with SiriusXM, after a report earlier this year suggested that his show was about to be canceled

Jacob Savage / Compact:
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