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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 interactions that friends have chosen to share — 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: |
Meta debuts an API for its Llama AI models, in limited preview with pricing yet to be publicly announced — At its inaugural LlamaCon AI developer conference on Tuesday, Meta announced an API for its Llama series of AI models: the Llama API. — Available in limited preview … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
WhatsApp plans to add cloud-based AI features like message summarization and composition, utilizing a system called Private Processing to maintain data privacy — WhatsApp's AI tools will use a new “Private Processing” system designed to allow cloud access without letting Meta or anyone else see end-to-end encrypted chats.
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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 … | Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Amazon reportedly adding tariff pricing to each product on its site “is a hostile and political act by Amazon” — WATCH NOW — The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost …
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| CNN: |
Sources: President Trump called Jeff Bezos on Tuesday morning to complain about reports that Amazon was adding tariff prices to listings — President Donald Trump called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos this morning to complain about reports that his company was considering displaying the cost …
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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to €4.2B, subscribers up 12% to 268M, vs. 265.2M est., MAUs up 10%, forecasts Q2 gross profit margins and MAUs below est. — Spotify Technology SA shares tumbled on Tuesday after the streaming company gave a muted outlook for profit and subscriber growth in the current quarter.
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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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| 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%+ after hours — 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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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Sources: Scattered Spider conducted a ransomware attack on UK retailer M&S, which employs 64,000 in 1,400+ stores, causing widespread disruption from April 22 — Ongoing outages at British retail giant Marks & Spencer are caused by a ransomware attack believed to be conducted …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down from 3.4M at the beginning of 2024, a 47% 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 … | 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 … | Wired: |
Oligo researchers detail AirBorne, a set of vulnerabilities in Apple's AirPlay SDK that could affect 10M+ third-party devices; Apple has patched its own devices — Researchers reveal a collection of bugs known as AirBorne that would allow any hacker on the same Wi-Fi network …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
The latest update of GPT-4o is “now 100% rolled back” for free users and is currently rolling back for paid users, as OpenAI aims 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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| Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase: |
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| Bloomberg: |
The UK government publishes draft legislation on cryptoassets, set to be finalized later in 2025, and says it will work with US officials on crypto regulation — The UK government will collaborate with US officials on plans to regulate the burgeoning crypto industry, distancing itself … | Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
PayPal reports Q1 net revenue up 1% YoY to $7.8B, transaction margin dollars up 7% to $3.7B, above est., TPV up 3% to $417.2B, and active accounts up 2% to 436M — PayPal Holdings Inc. beat analysts' estimates on a key profitability gauge, another sign of progress for Chief Executive Officer Alex Chriss's turnaround plan.
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| 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%+ after hours — Super Micro shares fell as much as 19% on Tuesday after the server maker announced preliminary results for the fiscal third quarter … | 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 — Apple Inc. is shuffling the management of its global affairs and music divisions in separate moves, extending a series … Sponsor Posts
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