|
April 15, 2025, 5:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano, which excel at coding, instruction following, and long context understanding, available via its API — OpenAI on Monday launched a new family of models called GPT-4.1. Yes, “4.1” — as if the company's nomenclature wasn't confusing enough already.
More: OpenAI, The Verge, OpenAI on YouTube, Silicon Republic, Interconnects, Wired, Forbes, AIN, The Economic Times, Analytics India Magazine, Tech in Asia, iPhone in Canada Blog, SiliconANGLE, Moneycontrol, Blockchain.News, TestingCatalog, Simon Willison's Weblog, iClarified, Digit, Neowin, MacRumors, The Decoder, Android Headlines, Research & Development World, VentureBeat, Microsoft Azure, Thurrott, How-To Geek, Crypto Briefing, Inc, WinBuzzer, Maginative, BetaNews, BGR, and ZDNET
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com, @timkellogg.me, @timkellogg.me, and @timkellogg.me
Threads: @polynoamial and @mark_r_vickers
X: @sama, @gdb, @azure, @openrouterai, @sama, @swyx, @scaling01, @ilanbigio, @sarahookr, @garymarcus, @stevesi, @arcprize, @openaidevs, @daniel_mac8, @levie, @iruletheworldmo, @tomwarren, @simonw, @ericzakariasson, @itsclivetime, @nielsrogge, @kevinhou22, @packym, @satyanadella, @natolambert, @sama, @sentdex, @suhail, @ns123abc, @simonw, @_kevinlu, @openrouterai, @polynoamial, @aidan_mclau, @iterintellectus, @paulg, @wolframrvnwlf, @windsurf_ai, @_mohansolo, @openrouterai, @code, @kevinweil, @levie, @sama, @adonis_singh, @mariorod1, @bindureddy, @deedydas, @silasalberti, @cursor_ai, @ashtom, @yuchenj_uw, @mattppal, and @bindureddy
Forums: Hacker News, r/ArtificialInteligence, r/artificial, and Slashdot
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI plans to wind down the availability of GPT-4.5 via its API on July 14, 2025, after launching the model as a research preview on February 27, 2025 — OpenAI said on Monday that it would soon wind down the availability of GPT-4.5, its largest-ever AI model, via its API.
More: Ars Technica, Business Today, Business Standard, Decrypt, VentureBeat, Blockchain.News, Engadget, CNET, and Neowin
| The Information: |
More: FXStreet and Tom's Guide
X: @koltregaskes, @steph_palazzolo, @bindureddy, @slow_developer, @legit_api, @amir, and @steph_palazzolo. Forums: r/singularity
| Brendan Bordelon / Politico: |
FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the “personal social networking” market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe — The government wants to show the Meta CEO bought Instagram and WhatsApp to snuff out social media competition.
More: Reuters, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Associated Press, CNN, The Verge, The Economic Times, The Wrap, WinBuzzer, Newser, Social Media Today, LBCIV7, CBS News, Deadline, Livemint, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Washington Post, The Straits Times, Semafor, and Bloomberg Law
Threads: @andymstone and @vishwanathsarangkeller
X: @bbenedict33, @mikeisaac, @matthewstoller, @bbenedict33, @emeraldrobinson, @matthewstoller, @matthewstoller, @leehepner, @zamaan_qureshi, @bbenedict33, @cernovich, @brianstelter, @eric_seufert, @modestproposal1, @brianstelter, @jason_kint, and @matthewstoller
Forums: r/NoShitSherlock, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| New York Times: |
FTC v. Meta: in opening arguments, FTC lawyers accuse Meta of a “buy-or-bury strategy” to cement a social networking monopoly by buying Instagram and WhatsApp — The tech giant went to court on Monday in an antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
More: The Economic Times, Meta, Deadline, New York Times, BBC, Quartz, Yahoo Finance, Music Ally, Trak.in, The Verge, StrictlyVC, ExchangeWire.com, Axios, CNBC, MarketWatch, NPR, NPR, Silicon UK, Meta, Fox Business, UPI, GZERO, Platformer, Fortune, The Post Millennial, Boardroom, Tech in Asia, India Today, Cryptopolitan, Breitbart, Big Tech on Trial, Livemint, Associated Press, The Overspill, Raleigh News & Observer, Le Monde, 9News, Adweek, Spyglass, HotHardware, KQED, NZ Herald, UnHerd, Financial Times, Telegraph, Benzinga, DAWN.COM, SFist, CampaignUK, Africanews, RNZ, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, IndraStra Global, Newsmax, Pixel Envy, Vanity Fair, Politico, The Information, PetaPixel, Business Insider, and New York Times
Threads: @firerock31 and @spyglass_feed
X: @alexeheath, @joel_kaplan, @adamkovac, @briancalbrecht, @loudmouthjulia, @choprausa, @jason_kint, @jeffreywestling, @amyklobuchar, @katienotopoulos, @lukewgoldstein, @andymstone, @zamaan_qureshi, @stockmarketnerd, @bbenedict33, @jason_kint, @johnmarknewman, @stephenkentx, @morningsmaria, @econliberties, and @leehepner. Forums: r/NPR
| Ben Smith / Semafor: |
More: PYMNTS.com, Fox Business, and Raw Story
Bluesky: @karlbode.com and @wavesblog
X: @semaforben, @mrddmia, @semaforben, and @semaforben
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD announces its first 2nm silicon fabricated on TSMC's N2 process, set to debut on its sixth-gen EPYC “Venice” chip, which is expected to launch in 2026 — First 2nm HPC design. — In a rather unexpected turn of events, AMD announced late on Monday that it had obtained …
More: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., VideoCardz.com, Focus Taiwan, WinBuzzer, TrendForce News, Wccftech, and Benzinga
Forums: r/intelstock, r/hardware, and r/AMD_Stock
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple plans to begin on-device, privacy-centric analysis of user data, comparing it to synthetic data, to improve AI, in the iOS 18.5 and macOS 15.5 betas — Apple Inc. will begin analyzing data on customers' devices in a bid to improve its artificial intelligence platform …
More: Apple Machine Learning …, The Verge, Hindustan Times, Business Standard, AppleInsider, Digit, 9to5Mac, MEDIANAMA, BGR, Cryptopolitan, Digital Trends, Macworld, The Hacker News, Cult of Mac, TechRadar, PYMNTS.com, Neowin, OS X Daily, MacRumors, iClarified, and Redmond Pie
X: @markgurman, @wholemarsblog, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: by 2030, Netflix aims to reach a $1T valuation, earn ~$9B in global ad sales, double its $39B 2024 revenue, and triple its $10B 2024 operating income — Streaming service shares financial performance targets with staff that underscore its dominance| Bloomberg: |
Sources: banks are providing Silver Lake $2B in debt for its 51% acquisition of Altera; Intel will receive ~$3.4B in cash from Silver Lake as part of the deal — Representatives for Silver Lake, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and KKR declined to comment.
More: Verdict, New Electronics, and TipRanks Financial
| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
More: Reuters, Intel, Engadget, The Daily Upside, CNBC, Bloomberg, Mercury News, Tech in Asia, TrendForce News, Lowyat.NET, Watcher Guru, SiliconANGLE, Fierce Electronics, Electronics Weekly, WebProNews, ServeTheHome, Taipei Times, Pulse 2.0, TechCrunch, Financial Times, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @marypcbuk
X: @iancutress, @iancutress, @iancutress, @iancutress, @squashbionic, @danielnewmanuv, @dylanonchips, @mojo_flyin, and @intelnews
Forums: Hacker News, r/FPGA, r/AMD_Stock, and r/intelstock
| Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: |
At the request of a South Korean regulator, Apple blocked 14 crypto apps and Google blocked 17, including exchanges KuCoin and MEXC, from their app stores — South Korean regulators will continue to block unreported virtual asset operators from accessing domestic sites, a statement said.
More: Cointelegraph, The Block, Decrypt, Coinpedia Fintech News, FinanceFeeds, crypto.news, and Cryptopolitan
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Japan's FTC orders Google to stop alleged abuse of its market power over local smartphone manufacturers, ahead of high-stakes US trade negotiations this week — Japan's Fair Trade Commission ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google to stop alleged abuse of its market power over local smartphone manufacturers …
More: Nikkei Asia and The Asahi Shimbun
| Bloomberg: |
India plans to add 200M to 300M UPI users, including via delegated kids accounts, and pitch UPI abroad; PwC: India makes up ~46% of global digital transactions — - India accounts for 46% of world's digital transactions — Its government is pitching UPI to diaspora-heavy countries| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
An interview with Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid on AI Overviews' launch a year ago, the future of AI search, its impact on the ad revenue model, and more — The search executive behind the push to reinvent the group's core product says users are driving change in how to seek information| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia starts making its Blackwell chips at TSMC's Phoenix plant and says it aims to make up to $500B of AI infrastructure in the US in the next four years — Nvidia said on Monday that it has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test AI chips …
More: NVIDIA, The Guardian, The Verge, Reuters, The White House, CNBC, TipRanks Financial, Digit, Barron's Online, International Business Times, Taiwan News, Lowyat.NET, TrendForce News, Tech in Asia, PC Gamer, Fierce Electronics, Engadget, Benzinga, Sharecafe, Neowin, Breitbart, Decrypt, Appuals, TESLARATI, Shacknews, Associated Press, BetaNews, The Information, and Wall Street Journal
Bluesky: @bobbyallyn. X: @dnystedt, @firstadopter, @patrickmoorhead, @kristinaparts, @wenyee_lee, @altcap, @greg_price11, @firstadopter, @edludlow, @rapidresponse47, and @nvidianewsroom. LinkedIn: Jon Stresing
Forums: r/Conservative, r/hardware, r/nvidia, and r/StockMarket
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
F5:
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Zoho:
Zoho RPA named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix by Nucleus Research — Zoho RPA has been named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix, published by Nucleus Research …
Zoho RPA named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix by Nucleus Research — Zoho RPA has been named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix, published by Nucleus Research …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Lenny's Podcast:
The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga)
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Big Technology Podcast:
SpaceX's IPO Triumph, Anthropic's Fable Fumble, OpenAI's Price War
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Access:
A top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple's new Siri
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Hard Fork:
'Hard Fork' Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Upstarts Podcast:
TBC's Alex Ksendzovsky: The Neurosurgeon Using Brain Cells To Build Better AI
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:40 AM ET, April 15, 2025.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Axios:Marah Eakin / Current:
Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Reuters: |
More: Associated Press, THE INVESTOR, The Korea Times, Wall Street Journal, Agence France-Presse, Channel NewsAsia, Fortune, Businesskorea, CNBC, KBS WORLD Radio, and Lowyat.NET
Forums: r/worldnews and r/technology
| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
| Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
More: Kraken Blog, CoinDesk, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Blockhead, crypto.news, and Coinspeaker
Earlier Picks
| Andy Bounds / Financial Times: |
More: The Register, Gizmodo, and Euractiv
Forums: Hacker News, r/espionage, r/technology, r/BoycottUnitedStates, r/europe, r/neoliberal, and Slashdot
| Associated Press: |
More: Silicon Republic, Engadget, Silicon UK, Cointelegraph, Blockonomi, Tech in Asia, Cryptopolitan, Android Headlines, Malwarebytes, Le Monde, Digital Journal, PYMNTS.com, Brussels Signal, TheJournal.ie, Euractiv, RTÉ, The Irish Times, CyberInsider, MLex, and Meta
Forums: r/worldnews and Slashdot
| Will Knight / Wired: |
More: TechCrunch, Tech Funding News, Maginative, The Information, Hugging Face, Forbes, implicator.ai, and Fortune. X: @clementdelangue
| The Keyword: |
More: The Hindu, Ars Technica, The Crypto Times, Tech in Asia, Jerusalem Post, Android Authority, Decrypt, Blockchain.News, Popular Science, Scientific American, Android Police, PCMag, Maginative, SiliconANGLE, heise online News, Neowin, Analytics India Magazine, and AI News
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me and @gusthema
X: @demishassabis, @googledeepmind, @googledeepmind, @jonasaadler, @lexfridman, @andrewcurran_, @maxwinebach, @andrew__reed, @sierracatalina1, @sebkrier, @wesrothmoney, @_philschmid, @hamandcheese, @matvelloso, @minchoi, @sundarpichai, and @osanseviero
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/accelerate, and Ars OpenForum
| Financial Times: |
More: NATO, DefenseScoop, Yahoo Finance, Motley Fool, Breaking Defense, Quartz, Insider Monkey, and Benzinga
Bluesky: @kentindell and @henryjfoy.ft.com
LinkedIn: Matthias Hintenaus and Caroline Baxter
Forums: r/technology and r/technews