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A look at the network of group chats that surged in 2020 as a place where Silicon Valley leaders allied with the new right, revolving around Marc Andreessen — THE SCOOP — Last Thursday morning, a bit before 10 am in Austin and nearly 11 pm in Singapore, Joe Lonsdale had enough of Balaji Srinivasan's views on China.
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Researchers say bots on Reddit posing as rape victims and more were effective at changing minds in 1K+ posts, in an unauthorized AI persuasion experiment — A team of researchers who say they are from the University of Zurich ran an “unauthorized,” large-scale experiment …
More: OSF and University of Zurich
Forums: r/changemyview, r/technology, r/TheoryOfReddit, r/france, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM plans to invest $150B in the US over the next five years, including in R&D, to fuel the economy and “accelerate its role as the global leader in computing” — IBM plans to invest $150 billion in the US over the next five years, including funds for research and development …
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Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @emilprotalinski
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Kickstarter introduces a “Tariff Manager tool” that lets creators add extra charges for backers on projects that were already fully funded — Kickstarter projects have the option of asking backers for more money in order to manage the costs of Trump's tariffs.
Bluesky: @emanuelmaiberg and @josephcox
| The Citizen Lab: |
In March 2025, World Uyghur Congress members were targeted with a spearphishing campaign via Windows malware in a legitimate Uyghur language word processor — Key Findings — In March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile were targeted …
More: TechCrunch and The Record
| David Heinemeier Hansson / HEY: |
Google won the browser wars fair and square, and the web will be far worse off if Google is forced to sell Chrome, even to atone for ad market monopoly abuses — The web will be far worse off if Google is forced to sell Chrome, even if it's to atone for legitimate ad-market monopoly abuses.
More: WABetaInfo, Android Headlines, and Android Police
Mastodon: @ianb@mastodon.well.com. X: @stevesi, @chitranshoe, @dhh, and @coryklippsten. Forums: Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
A deep dive into Apple's iPhone manufacturing process, which uses ~2,700 parts from 187 suppliers in 28 countries; just 30 suppliers have no presence in China — The administration wants the iPhone to be manufactured in America. The components that power it show why that is highly impractical
More: BGR, 9to5Mac, Tech Advisor, MEDIANAMA, Sherwood News, and WebProNews
Bluesky: @samjoiner, @pickardje, @rachelcoldicutt, and @samlearner
Forums: r/Economics and r/apple
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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X: @markgurman and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple, r/apple, and r/augmentedreality
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Palo Alto Networks says it aims to acquire Seattle-based Protect AI, sources say for $500M; Protect AI's $60M Series B in 2024 was at a reported $400M valuation — Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks plans to acquire Protect AI, a Seattle startup founded in 2022 that helps companies monitor …
More: Investor's Business Daily, CRN, and Security Boulevard
| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
A look at Microsoft freezing ~1.5GW of data centers set for 2025 and 2026; Microsoft has walked away from significantly more than 2GW of non-binding contracts — Over the last few months, there have been a number of headlines raising concerns about Microsoft's reduction … | Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Munich-based ARX Robotics, which makes self-driving, modular battlefield robots, raised €31M led by HV Capital and plans to build a plant in southwest England — Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality — Beats' newest exercise headphones are improved …
More: Tech Funding News, Tech.eu, TNW, Silicon Canals, and Tech in Asia
| CNBC: |
Temu adds “import charges” of between 130% and 150% “due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs”; Shein also hikes prices but without explicit fees — Chinese e-tailer Temu has started adding “import charges” of about 145% in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs.| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
While Big Tech was spared from tariffs, for now, Small Tech making devices like baby monitors faces price hikes, stock shortages, and degrading product quality — Big Tech was spared. Small Tech is looking for ways to survive. — It's a brave new world for makers of high-tech stuff.Sponsor Posts
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Fixing communication friction: How Zoho Workplace gives every conversation the right space — Work doesn't break all at once. It slowly, silently wears out. It's not the dramatic communication failures that kill productivity.
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