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At LlamaCon, Satya Nadella says 20% to 30% of code in Microsoft's repositories was AI-written, and Microsoft was seeing more progress in Python and less in C++ — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20%-30% of code inside the company's repositories was “written by software” — meaning AI …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta launches the Meta AI app, a standalone ChatGPT competitor featuring a Discover feed, where users can see AI prompts that friends and others have shared — The new Meta AI app puts a twist on social media. … Meta's standalone ChatGPT competitor is mostly what you'd expect from an AI assistant.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI says GPT-4o's latest update is “now 100% rolled back” for free users and is currently rolling back for paid users, in a bid to fix the model's sycophancy — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said that the company is “rolling back” the latest update to the default AI model powering ChatGPT …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
EA says it laid off staff and canceled “two early-stage incubation projects”; sources say EA cut 300 to 400 roles and its Respawn unit canceled a Titanfall game — The video-game publisher cuts between 300 and 400 jobs — Electronic Arts Inc. is laying off hundreds of workers …
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| Fortune: |
Amazon says Amazon Haul “considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products”, but “this was never a consideration for the main Amazon site” — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a news article on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as she speaks during …
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| Yuan Gao / Bloomberg: |
Xiaomi unveils open-source AI reasoning model MiMo, joining other Chinese tech leaders hoping to make a splash in the burgeoning AI field endorsed by Beijing — Xiaomi debuted MiMo a day after Alibaba unveiled the latest version of its own flagship model, amplifying a race between China's tech players …
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| Reuters: |
Samsung reports Q1 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$55.4B, operating profit up 1.2% YoY to ~$4.68B, and chip division operating profit down 42% YoY to ~$770M — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) reported on Wednesday a small rise in first-quarter operating profit as customers concerned about U.S. tariffs rushed …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down 47% from 3.4M at the beginning of 2024, a decline likely due to raised minimum quality requirements — Google Play's app marketplace is losing apps. — From the start of 2024 to present, the Android app marketplace went from hosting …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple shuffles its global affairs division, including management of teams for Europe, India, and China, and changes Apple Music's leadership structure — Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality — Beats' newest exercise headphones are improved, but they face stiffer competition than ever.
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Waymo and Toyota announce a preliminary partnership aiming to develop an autonomous vehicle platform and enhance next-generation personally-owned vehicles — Alphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles.
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Forums: r/RealTesla, r/waymo, and r/SelfDrivingCars
| CNBC: |
Snap reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.35B est., and does not offer Q2 guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties; SNAP drops 14%+ — Snap reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue Tuesday but declined to provide guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties that could weigh on advertising demand.
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| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
TSMC begins building a third fab in Arizona, announcing the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC's site — The world's most advanced chipmaker announced the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC's site … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Huawei has sold 10+ sets of its AI chip cluster CloudMatrix 384, including to data centers that serve Chinese tech companies, in a bid to rival Nvidia — CloudMatrix 384 sent to data centres serving Chinese tech companies as they seek to fill gap created by US export controls| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
An Indian court directs the government to block Proton Mail after a local firm alleged its staff received emails containing obscene content sent via the service — A court in India has ordered the blocking of encrypted email provider Proton Mail across the country.| Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into tiers that help determine how many AI chips a country can obtain — The Trump administration is working on changes to a Biden-era rule that would limit global access to AI chips … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Supermicro reports preliminary Q3 revenue of $4.5B to $4.6B, vs. $5.5B est., earnings per share of $0.29 to $0.31, vs. $0.54 est.; SMCI drops 16%+ — Super Micro shares fell as much as 19% on Tuesday after the server maker announced preliminary results for the fiscal third quarter that were lower than analysts had projected.| Martin Young / Cointelegraph: |
Filing: PayPal says the US SEC concluded its investigation into PayPal USD stablecoin in February 2025 “without enforcement action” — PayPal says the US Securities and Exchange Commission has abandoned its investigation into the payment giant's US-dollar stablecoin.
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Streams Charts: YouTube was the most-watched livestreaming platform in Q1 2025, with 50% of total watch hours, followed by TikTok with 27% and Twitch with 16% — It's been a few years since the Great Ninja Exodus that pitted Twitch, YouTube, Microsoft's now-defunct Mixer … Sponsor Posts
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