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Wayne Ma / The Information:
Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in fall 2026 but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027  —  After years of incremental changes to the iPhone, Apple is mixing things up much more dramatically.  Later this year it's expected to introduce …
Financial Times:
Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's chip cutting tools, and where no staffer has a boss, with decisions made using a currency called Will  —  It's the start of another day for an ordinary Tokyo salaryman.  On a rain-drenched Monday morning, the engineer stows …
New York Times:
Sensor Tower: Temu cut US digital ad spending by an estimated 31% and Shein by 19% in the two week period from March 31 as the de minimis exemption is closed  —  For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Temu stops shipping products from China directly to US shoppers and lists only products shipped from US warehouses, as Trump closes the de minimis exemption
Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine:
Duolingo's “AI-first” announcement highlights the unfolding AI jobs crisis, with attrition in creative fields, hiring cuts, declining freelance incomes, more  —  On Monday, April 29th, Luis von Ahn, the billionaire CEO of the popular language learning app Duolingo …
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an “untested investment” and vetoes a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in bitcoin using seized funds  —  The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state.  —  What to know:
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Veza, which helps company administrators manage employee access to applications and data, raised a $108M Series D led by NEA at a valuation of just over $800M  —  Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia have captured headlines in recent years for their massive investments …
Indulekha Aravind / Rest of World:
How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India  —  Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model.  Now other ride-hailing apps are rethinking their strategy.
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” through follow-up questions, instead of providing useful insights  —  Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” …
OpenAI:
OpenAI shares details on how an update to GPT-4o inadvertently increased the model's sycophancy, why OpenAI failed to catch it, and the changes it is planning
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit FutureHouse, which aims to build an “AI scientist”, launches a platform and API with four AI-based tools to assist scientific work  —  FutureHouse, an Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit that aims to build an “AI scientist” within the next decade …

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Associated Press:
A federal judge ruled the DOD violated his earlier order undoing most of the Pentagon's press pass policy and failed to reinstate NYT reporters' credentials

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the DOJ is probing whether the NFL uses anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers; regulators and others have raised concerns about streaming deals

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump says Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have “Low IQs” and “their views are the opposite of MAGA” after they blasted him over Iran

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Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
A hacking group called DragonForce takes credit for ransomware attacks targeting British retailers M&S, Harrods, and Co-Op over the past two weeks

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Financial Times:
The US DOJ tells a judge it will seek to force Google to divest its ad exchange and publisher ad server units and share real-time ad bidding data with rivals
Selam Gebrekidan / New York Times:
The US designates Cambodia's Huione Group as a money-laundering operation, saying it laundered $4B+ since August 2021 for criminals such as North Korean hackers
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Microsoft says new accounts will be “passwordless by default”, asking people to use more secure methods like passkeys, push notifications, and security keys
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