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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 — Bargain Chinese retailer Temu changed its business model in the U.S. as the Trump administration's new rules on low-value shipments took effect on Friday.
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Forums: r/ProfessorFinance, r/NoShitSherlock, and r/China
| 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 — 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.
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| 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 — A deeper dive on our findings, what went wrong, and future changes we're making. — On April 25th, we rolled out an update to GPT‑ …
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X: @sama, @andrewmayne, @shiringhaffary, @krishnanrohit, @simonw, @sjgadler, @openai, @minimaxir, @shiringhaffary, and @nearcyan
Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| 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” …
More: The Economic Times and Startup Grind on YouTube
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working with Anthropic for a new version of Xcode that will use Claude Sonnet to write, edit, and test code, with plans to roll out internally — Apple Inc. is teaming up with startup Anthropic PBC on a new “vibe-coding” software platform that will use artificial intelligence to write …
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| Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
At the adtech remedy hearing, Google says it's open to giving competitors access to real-time bidding data from its ad exchange AdX, but it rejects a breakup — The tech giant faces a Sept. 22 remedies trial over a partial monopoly in its adtech stack — At the landmark adtech remedy hearing today …
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
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| 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 …
More: Business Wire, Veza, FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, Verdict, and VC News Daily
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LinkedIn: Jordan Novet and Tarun Thakur
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Uber partners with Chinese self-driving startup Momenta to launch robotaxi services outside the US and China, starting with Europe in early 2026 — Uber said on Friday that it's partnering with Chinese self-driving startup Momenta to launch robotaxi services outside of the U.S. and China.| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Google plans to roll out Gemini next week for children under 13 whose parents use Family Link and says it will not use the under-13 users' data to train its AI — The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.
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| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: Anthropic offers to buy back shares from current and former employees, the first transaction of its kind for Anthropic, valuing the startup at $61.5B — Anthropic is offering to buy back shares from hundreds of current and former employees, the first transaction of its kind for the four-year-old company.| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: Google says its controls for publishers to opt out of AI training only cover work by Google DeepMind, not training by its other units for search — Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen …
More: WinBuzzer, Tech in Asia, Cryptopolitan, eWeek, and The Economic Times
| 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.
More: Business Today, Inc42 Media, and Nairametrics
X: @indulekha_a, @mvzelenks, @indulekha_a, and @brendawambui
| Ernest Scheyder / Reuters: |
The US DOD transfers its AI-based Open Price Exploration for National Security program to nonprofit Critical Minerals Forum to boost Western supply deals — A U.S. government-created artificial intelligence program that aims to predict the supply and price of critical minerals has been transferred …
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| 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 …
More: San Diego Union-Tribune and Unite.AI
X: @isnit0, @btnaughton, @sgrodriques, @andrewwhite01, @mattykirsh, and @sgrodriques. Forums: r/singularity
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Filing: Amazon restructured part of its $8B Anthropic investment from convertible notes into stock in Q1, creating a $3.3B pre-tax gain that boosted its profits — A portion of Amazon's investment in AI startup Anthropic converted from notes into stock in the first quarter …
Bluesky: @edzitron.com and @quinnypig.com
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
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Bluesky: @bitcrazed and @gtjr
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple approves a Spotify iOS app update that lets US customers use other payment options beyond Apple's payment system; Patreon said it plans to do the same — The streaming company has already submitted an update to its iOS app following the major ruling in Epic Games v. Apple.
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Threads: @rsgnl and @eshumarneedi@www.threads.com
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Bluesky: @gateklons, @mackuba.eu, @lazerwalker.com, @codybrom.com, @elkmovie, @athul.acharya.cc, and @chancemiller.me
Mastodon: @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, @mgs@me.dm, and @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social
X: @jakemor, @superwoj, @linamkhan, @dhh, @dhh, @dhh, @jason_kint, @rjonesy, and @9to5mac
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