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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 …
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 …
Punchbowl News:
Source: Amazon plans to soon show how much President Trump's tariffs are adding to the price of each product, right next to its total listed price
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
CNBC:
Snap reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.35B est., and declines to provide guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties; SNAP drops 12%+ after hours  —  Snap reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue Tuesday but declined to provide guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties …
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.
Google Cloud Blog:
Google tracked 75 zero days exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in 2023 but up from 63 in 2022; state-sponsored threat groups led in zero-day exploits  —  Google Threat Intelligence  —  Visibility and context on the threats that matter most.  —  Executive Summary
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 …
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 …
Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase:
A deep dive into GPT-4o's tendency to give sycophantic responses, an issue Sam Altman promised to fix and that may be caused by OpenAI optimizing for engagement
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Critics fear the Trump administration could weaponize the Take It Down Act, one of the few online safety bills to pass in years, against content it dislikes  —  Critics warn it could have grave consequences for online speech and encryption. … The Take It Down Act is heading …
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
The US House passes the Take It Down Act to criminalize posting nonconsensual intimate imagery, including deepfakes, and require online platforms to remove them

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New York Times:
A look at the advantages and pitfalls of AI use in major newsrooms: from sifting through big datasets to suggesting headlines to causing embarrassing errors

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AMC Networks says it is reducing its 1,800 person workforce by “less than 5%” through voluntary buyouts

Brier Dudley / Local News Initiative:
How three Northwest newspapers have remained independent and avoided closure: selling to employees, diversifying print operations, and nurturing future owners

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Michael Kan / PCMag:
Intel's next chip node, 14A, is slated for a 2027 release, will feature “Turbo Cells” and allegedly have 15-20% better performance-per-watt over the 18A process

Earlier Picks

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google updates Audio Overviews in NotebookLM to expand support beyond English to 50+ languages, including Spanish, French, Hindi, Turkish, Korean, and Chinese
Josh Richman / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Open letter: the EFF and top security experts urge the Trump administration to end its “political retribution” investigation into ex-CISA Director Chris Krebs
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail tensions between Sam Altman and Satya Nadella, whose partnership began after a summer 2018 meeting; Microsoft can block OpenAI's for-profit move
More: Spyglass, Sherwood News, TechSpot, and Sherwood News
Bluesky: @artificialbodies.net.  Threads: @mgsiegler.  X: @benioff.  Forums: Slashdot
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn says the company will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle”, as part of an announcement to be “AI-first”
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