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US v. Google: Sundar Pichai says he had at least a “couple” of calls with Tim Cook in 2024 about a Gemini deal; Cook said Apple plans to add more AI chatbots — Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook had at least a “couple” of phone calls last year where Pichai made the case …
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US v. Google: Sundar Pichai says the DOJ's proposal to share Google search data with rivals amounts to a “de facto” spinoff of Google's search engine and its IP — - Alphabet CEO testifies as part of Justice Department lawsuit — Rivals could reverse-engineer ‘every aspect of our technology’
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| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
DeepSeek quietly open sources Prover-V2, a math-focused, 671B-parameter AI model using mixture-of-experts, on Hugging Face, one day after Alibaba released Qwen3 — The Chinese start-up has released the Prover-V2 model a day after Alibaba released Qwen3, and ahead of an anticipated release of DeepSeek-R2
More: Hugging Face, The JetBrains Blog, Synced, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, and nextbigwhat
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Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and r/DeepSeek
| Financial Times: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company would take the US to court if necessary to protect European customers' “continuity of access” to its services — Tech group says it would sue to keep European access to crucial cloud services — Microsoft's top legal officer … | Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 4, benchmarks, AI friends, DeepSeek, China, export controls, open source, monetizing AGI, aligning with Trump, and more — “The world is going to get a lot funnier, weirder, and quirkier.” — Transcript — Zuck on: — Llama 4, benchmark gaming, open vs closed
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
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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 …
More: Xiaomi MiMo on GitHub, Xiaomi MiMo on GitHub, Xiaomi MiMo on Hugging Face, Xiaomi MiMo on Hugging Face, Gizchina.com, Xiaomi MiMo on Hugging Face, Xiaomi MiMo on Hugging Face, XiaomiTime, South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, DigiTimes, and nextbigwhat
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Duolingo launches 148 new language courses developed with generative AI, doubling its offerings for non-English speakers within a year, as it aims for 1B+ users — On Wednesday, Duolingo signaled that approach is helping to rapidly expand its language-learning courses … | Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
Meta, Spotify, and Match launch the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience, a lobbying coalition to take on Apple and Google over user age verification — App makers Meta Platforms Inc., Spotify Technology SA and Match Group Inc. are girding for a high-stakes political battle …
More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, and Cult of Mac
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Song Jung-a / Financial Times: |
Samsung says that “growing policy risks” would increase uncertainty for its chip business, while tariffs would raise prices for smartphone components and TVs — Electronics maker cites ‘growing policy risks’ for semiconductors and higher prices for phone parts
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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 … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
SEC filing: Intel EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Christoph Schell is resigning “in order to pursue another career opportunity” after joining in February 2022 — Christoph Schell, Intel's EVP and chief commercial officer, is leaving the company after a two-year stint, according to a filing with the SEC.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Wikipedia says it will use AI to build new features that “remove technical barriers” for editors, moderators, and patrollers, automate tedious tasks, and more — Wikipedia on Wednesday revealed its new AI strategy for the next three years — and it's not replacing the Wikipedia community … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple reorganizes its global affairs unit, including management of the government teams for Europe and Asia, and 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.| Martin Young / Cointelegraph: |
Filing: PayPal discloses that the US SEC said in February 2025 that it was closing its investigation into the PayPal USD stablecoin “without enforcement action” — PayPal says the US Securities and Exchange Commission has abandoned its investigation into the payment giant's US-dollar stablecoin.| 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| 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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| 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.
More: Supreme Court News …, Bar and Bench, Security Affairs, The Indian Express, CyberInsider, Digit, MEDIANAMA, The Hacker News, Moneycontrol, Inc42 Media, Cointelegraph, and The Hindu
Forums: r/degoogle, r/privacy, r/unitedstatesofindia, r/IndiaTech, and r/india
| Financial Times: |
Rogo, which offers an AI chatbot that replicates an investment banker, raised a $50M Series B led by Thrive at a $350M valuation, after raising $18.5M in 2024 — Rogo, founded by an ex-Lazard analyst, has raised $50mn from investors led by Thrive Capital — An AI start-up behind a chatbot …
More: PYMNTS.com and Rogo
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Shein is exploring ways to restructure its US business if Trump sticks with punitive tariffs on Chinese imports; the de minimis exemption ends on May 2 — Fast-fashion company searches for workarounds as Trump's trade war endangers operations in its most important market
More: PYMNTS.com, The Economist, City A.M., Axios, The Guardian, Reuters, and Associated Press
| Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into three tiers to 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 …
More: TechCrunch, Anthropic, The Information, Wall Street Pit, Yahoo Finance, Verdict, nextbigwhat, Tech in Asia, and Benzinga
Bluesky: @petertl. X: @dnystedt, @chorzempamartin, @kevinsxu, and @shehzadhqazi. LinkedIn: Aaron Ginn
| Miranda Bryant / The Guardian: |
Finland passes legislation, which goes into effect August 1, to restrict the use of mobile phones during the school day, following Denmark, France, and Norway — Nordic country is latest to act amid evidence of impact on young people, including attention and self-esteem| Mathieu Pollet / Politico: |
Doc: the EU's draft International Digital Strategy, set for June 4, acknowledges that decoupling from US tech is “unrealistic” and calls for strategic alliances — The European Union is set to admit that untangling from the dominance of U.S. tech companies is “unrealistic” … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Online graphic design platform Freepik releases F Lite, a ~10B-parameter “open” AI image model that it says was trained on ~80M licensed, “safe-for-work” images — Freepik, the online graphic design platform, unveiled a new “open” AI image model on Tuesday that the company …
More: Fal, PetaPixel, Fal, Neowin, fal on GitHub, and nextbigwhat
X: @javilopen, @javilopen, @javilopen, and @javilopen
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Waymo and Toyota announce a preliminary partnership aiming to develop a new 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.
More: Waymo, CleanTechnica, TheTruthAboutCars, Internet of Things News, Motley Fool, The Decoder, Analytics India Magazine, Engadget, Investor's Business Daily, Electrek, electrive.com, TechCrunch, Forbes, 9to5Google, Reuters, and The Verge
Bluesky: @carlquintanilla, @carnage4life, and @lorak
X: @waymo, @wholemarsblog, @techtekedra, @saswat101, and @dmitri_dolgov
Forums: r/technology, r/teslainvestorsclub, r/RealTesla, r/waymo, and r/SelfDrivingCars
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