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| Matt Simons / Courthouse News Service: |
A US jury awards Meta nearly $168M in damages from Israeli spyware maker NSO Group in connection with the 2019 spyware attack on 1,400+ WhatsApp users' phones — Although NSO Group will likely appeal, the jury's award represents a significant win for privacy advocates and critics of the notorious spyware vendor.
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| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Amazon updates its iOS Kindle app to add a prominent orange “Get book” button, enabling purchases via the mobile browser, after the recent Epic v. Apple ruling — Amazon has updated its Kindle iOS app to take advantage of recent changes to Apple's App Store rules.
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| Peter Kafka / Business Insider: |
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| VideoCardz.com: |
FCC listings show two new Asus ROG Ally 2 handheld models with an Xbox button, AMD chips, 64GB of RAM, larger grips, and two USB-C, likely set for Computex 2025 — ROG Ally 2 leaks: new design, larger screen and Xbox version — ASUS is about to announce a new generation of gaming handhelds …
More: T3, The Verge, Windows Central, Metro.co.uk, XboxEra, Eurogamer.net, Press Start, Pure Xbox, TechPowerUp, and Tech4Gamers
Forums: r/indotech, r/ROGAlly, and r/hardware
| Micah Lee / micahflee: |
Analysis: TM SGNL, TeleMessage's modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials, could send plaintext chat logs to TeleMessage's archive server — Despite their misleading marketing, TeleMessage, the company that makes a modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials …
More: Wired, Washington Post, 404 Media, NBC News, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden …, The Hill, KGW-TV, Ars Technica, and Techdirt
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/politics, r/neutralnews, r/cybersecurity, r/Military, r/neoliberal, and r/democrats
| Sam Becker / Fast Company: |
Cisco says it made a prototype entanglement source chip that may cut the timeline for practical quantum computing by up to a decade, and opens a quantum lab — The networking company is the latest to announce a breakthrough as the race heats up to bring the transformative technology to the masses.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says China's AI market will likely reach ~$50B in the next two to three years, and missing out on it would be a “tremendous loss” — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday that China's artificial intelligence market will likely reach about $50 billion …
More: Bloomberg, Fortune, TechNode, South China Morning Post, Benzinga, Wall Street Pit, and en.people.cn. Forums: r/NvidiaStock
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
The CFPB says it will stop enforcing a Biden-era rule treating BNPL firms like credit card lenders; Affirm and other BNPL firms had opposed the rule — For the third time under President Donald Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has pulled back from enforcing a key rule, this time targeting buy now, pay later services.| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
New Hampshire becomes the first US state to pass a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill, permitting public fund investment in bitcoin, either directly or via an ETF — - New Hampshire has become the first state to pass a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” bill, according to Satoshi Action Fund founder Dennis Porter.| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Microsoft officially removes VR and MR support for Minecraft, after announcing its plans to sunset support in October 2024 — If you ever thought about virtually wandering through Minecraft's Overworld in a VR headset, think again. Those days are over, at least from Microsoft's perspective.| Logan Kilpatrick / Google Developers Blog: |
Google unveils Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview I/O Edition with “significantly” improved capabilities for coding and building interactive web apps, before I/O on May 20 — We've seen developers doing amazing things with Gemini 2.5 Pro, so we decided to release an updated version a couple …
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| Hannah Ritchie / Sustainability: |
A look at the impact of ChatGPT use on energy consumption, as analysis suggests AI usage is still a rounding error on a person's total electricity footprint — Very small compared to most of the other stuff you do. — A couple of months ago I wrote an article looking at the energy use of artificial intelligence.
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
An AWS survey of 3,739 senior IT decision-makers across nine countries finds 45% plan to prioritize spending on generative AI in 2025, and 30% on cybersecurity — Generative AI will surpass cybersecurity in many corporate tech budgets this year — with 45% of global IT leaders naming … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD reports Q1 revenue up 36% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.12B est., Data Center revenue up 57% to $3.7B, vs. $3.66B est., and forecasts Q2 sales above estimates — The guidance stems from an export restriction imposed in April that targeted AMD's MI308 chips, the company said during an earnings call on Tuesday.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the $899+ Surface Laptop 13, with a smaller 13" screen, an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB/512GB options, shipping from May 20 — The new Surface Laptop 13-inch ditches the Surface Connect port and Windows Hello camera for a smaller footprint.| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Chainalysis: ~2M wallets have bought the $TRUMP memecoin, of which ~764,000 wallets have lost money and 58 have made over $10M each, totaling ~$1.1B in profits — WATCH NOW — About 764,000 wallets that purchased President Donald Trump's $TRUMP meme coin have lost money on the investment …
More: Daily Mail and Financial Times
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Leaked audio and memos: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi defended increasing the RTO to three days per week at a heated all-hands meeting, saying “it is what it is” — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi last week told employees “it is what it is” at a heated all-hands meeting after the company announced …
More: Tech in Asia and TheStreet
| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
At a Manhattan event, TikTok executives tried to reassure brands and ad clients, saying “we are absolutely confident” in TikTok “and confident in the future” — The company's executives tried to reassure potential advertisers about the app's future … | Lucy Colback / Financial Times: |
A look at the hype and reality surrounding AI agents, currently used primarily by companies to boost efficiency and cut costs, rather than drive top-line growth — An in-depth look at the hype and reality around “agentic AI” — the use of AI agents that perform tasks autonomously.
More: ChannelX, Computerworld, and Tech in Asia
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
EA reports Q4 net bookings up 8% YoY to $1.8B, above $1.56B est., and forecasts FY 2026 bookings above estimates at $7.6B to $8B; EA jumps 5%+ — Electronic Arts shares rose more than 5% after the company topped fiscal fourth-quarter bookings estimates and issued upbeat guidance.
More: Video Games Chronicle, GamesIndustry.biz, VentureBeat, Variety, Eurogamer.net, Push Square, Wall Street Journal, ir.ea.com, Reuters, and Investor's Business Daily
Forums: r/pcgaming, r/xbox, r/PS5, and r/gaming
| Axios: |
Sources: Senate Democrats are in talks with Republicans about an eleventh-hour effort to try to save the bipartisan GENIUS Act on stablecoin regulation — Senate Democrats are in discussions with relevant Republicans about an eleventh-hour meeting to try to save the bipartisan GENIUS Act, according to people familiar with the matter.
More: USA Today, CryptoSlate, Merkley, Decrypt, The Verge, CBS News, Semafor, The Hill, The Block, American Banker, and The Midwesterner
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company used AI agents to replace the work of 200+ HR employees and, as a result, hired more programmers and salespeople — The tech company promises higher total employment as it reinvests resources toward roles like software development
More: Network World, itprotoday, Times of India, PYMNTS.com, and Channel Futures
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
The three most-downloaded PS5 games for April in North America and Europe were all Microsoft titles: Minecraft, the Oblivion remaster, and Forza Horizon 5 — Microsoft's multiplatform game strategy is really kicking into gear with the likes of Oblivion, Forza, and Gears all hitting the PS5.| Bloomberg: |
FTC v. Meta: a 2019 report from Meta found that minors made up 27% of the follow recommendations that Instagram surfaced to “groomers”, vs. 7% to all adults — Instagram's automated software systems recommended that child “groomers” connect with minors on the app … | Bloomberg: |
US credit and debit card data: Shein's US sales dropped 23% during the week of April 25 to May 1 compared to the prior seven days, while Temu's sales fell 17% — Shein posted a 23% drop in observed US sales during the week of April 25 to May 1, compared to the prior seven days … | Sarah Butler / The Guardian: |
Amazon unveils Vulcan, a sorting robot with a sense of touch and will be capable of grabbing ~75% of warehouse items, rolling out globally in the next few years — Vulcan device ‘capable of grabbing three-quarters of items in warehouses’ fuels fears of mass job losses
More: About Amazon, The Verge, Benzinga, CNBC, BetaNews, Robotics & Automation News, and Mirror
| Financial Times: |
DoorDash's planned Deliveroo acquisition renews questions about the UK's ability to attract and retain large tech listings in the face of New York's dominance — £2.9bn takeover brings end to app's UK listing after ‘worst ever’ initial public offering
More: BBC, The Independent, The Times, Reuters, Sifted, The Information, and Financial Times
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