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Sources: Apple is working on a major Health app revamp and an AI doctor service, planned for H1 2026, and M5 updates for the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro this year — Apple is preparing its biggest health care push to date with a revamped app and AI doctor service.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk's SpaceX over efforts to expand satellite cellphone services — The iPhone maker and SpaceX are competing in the race to eliminate cellphone dead spots, a rift that is set to intensify — Apple is clashing with Elon Musk in its push …
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| Bloomberg: |
Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in the beta testing phase, announces a $39/month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199/month Pro tier — The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces it is rolling out Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental to all Gemini users, after initially launching it for Gemini Advanced subscribers on March 25 — In a rather unexpected move, Google announced Saturday that it is rolling out the latest 2.5 Pro (experimental) model to all (free) Gemini app users.
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| CNBC: |
After Trump signed an EO to end the government's DEI programs, tech firms like Google are rebranding DEI efforts, using terms like “learning” or “hiring” — After Google scrapped its diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, hiring aspirations in February … | Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the race between China and the US to build truly useful humanoid robots, as China lists “embodied” AI as a priority for a $138B state investment fund — U.S. and China are racing to build a truly useful humanoid worker. Whoever wins could gain a huge edge in countless industries.
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| Bethan Staton / Financial Times: |
Many LinkedIn users put part-time job-level effort to maintain their pages; LinkedIn: 85% of FTSE 100 CEOs have a presence on the platform, up from 12% in 2023 — More users are chasing high follower counts as the professional network expands its reach — Soon after lawyer Paul Verrico posted … | Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo: |
Report: 79% of 475 AI experts believe current public perceptions of AI do not match R&D realities, while 76% said scaling current approaches will not yield AGI — An extensive report on the future of AI research indicated that there's skepticism about current approaches to AGI.| New York Times: |
An analysis finds 170+ violent vigilante attacks since 2023 by US “pedophile hunters”, whose online content has been amplified by websites like Kick and Locals — With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.| Bloomberg: |
Japan earmarks up to ~$5.4B in additional aid for chipmaker Rapidus, which aims to begin mass production of 2nm chips in 2027, a highly ambitious target — Japan is preparing as much as ¥802.5 billion ($5.4 billion) in additional aid for chip startup Rapidus Corp. … | Ernie Smith / Tedium: |
Apple's current enterprise offerings are built for single machines and have complex virtualization rules, saddling high-end users with inefficient remote setups — Whether it was trying to or not, Apple exposed a huge flaw with its pitch to professional video editors with a new Severance promotional video.
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
South Korea-based Wrtn, a free-to-use AI platform with 5M+ users aggregating LLMs like GPT-4, Stable Diffusion 3, and Claude 3, raised a $56M Series B extension — Existing backers BRV Capital Management and Capstone Partners participated in the so-called extension round … Sponsor Posts
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