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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 …
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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, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, Synced, Tech in Asia, and nextbigwhat
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Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and r/DeepSeek
| Bloomberg: |
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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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
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 …
| 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 …
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| 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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| 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 …
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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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| 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.| 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 … | 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
More: New York Post, Engadget, Reuters, Nikkei Asia, and South China Morning Post
| 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 …
More: Wikimedia Foundation and WinBuzzer
| 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.| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Visa announces Visa Intelligent Commerce, opening its payment network to developers building AI agents to find and buy products for users — AI has transformed everyday tasks such as writing, coding — even shopping. Now, Visa is introducing an initiative to prepare its payment network … | 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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| 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: Rogo and PYMNTS.com
| 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 Guardian, The Economist, Axios, Reuters, and Associated Press
| 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, CyberInsider, Security Affairs, Digit, MEDIANAMA, The Indian Express, The Hacker News, Moneycontrol, Inc42 Media, Cointelegraph, and The Hindu
Forums: r/degoogle, r/privacy, r/unitedstatesofindia, r/IndiaTech, and r/india
| 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| 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
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