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US v. Google: Eddy Cue says Apple is looking at reshaping Safari to focus on AI search, and Safari searches dropped for the first time in April; GOOG drops 7.5% — Apple Inc. is “actively looking at” reshaping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines …
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/technology, r/apple, r/technews, Slashdot, Slashdot, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
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The Commerce Department says it will rescind the Biden-era “AI diffusion rule”, which limits exports of AI chips and is set to take effect on May 15 — The Trump administration plans to rescind Biden-era AI chip curbs as part of a broader effort to revise semiconductor trade restrictions …
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Netflix unveils its ChatGPT-powered search that lets users express preferences using natural phrases, to be rolled out this week to iOS users as an opt-in beta — After hinting at a new AI-powered search experience during its recent earnings call, Netflix officially unveiled the feature at its tech and product event on Wednesday.
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| John Koblin / New York Times: |
Netflix unveils a new homepage design for TVs, its first major update since 2013, featuring fewer titles but more video and animation, rolling out next week — The implications for the industry could be significant, given that most other streaming services have copied Netflix's design.
More: About Netflix, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Netflix Tudum, Decrypt, Android Police, VICE, The Independent, Android Central, What's on Netflix, The Verge, Engadget, and The Wrap
X: @richlightshed, @netflix, and @richlightshed
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Wired: |
Sources: OpenAI staffers met with the FDA and two DOGE associates multiple times in recent weeks to discuss a project called cderGPT, likely for drug evaluation — High-ranking OpenAI employees have met with the FDA multiple times in recent weeks to discuss AI and a project called cderGPT.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic launches web search on its API for Claude 3.7 Sonnet, 3.5 Sonnet, and 3.5 Haiku at $10/1K searches, giving the models access to up-to-date information — Anthropic is launching a new API that allows its Claude AI models to search across the web. Developers using it can build … | Washington Post: |
Internal messages show how the US State Department, in conjunction with trade talks, pushed nations facing tariffs to clear regulatory hurdles for Starlink — Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote.
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X: @jstein_wapo, @repcasar, @jstein_wapo, @tcfrankel, @lpolgreen, @samstein, and @joroulette
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
AppLovin reports Q1 revenue up 40% YoY to $1.48B, vs. $1.38B est., net income up 144% to $576M, and forecasts Q2 revenue below est.; APP jumps 13%+ after hours — AppLovin shares soared as high as 15% in extended trading after the company reported earnings and revenue that beat expectations … | Reuters: |
TPG and Corpay agree to acquire Charlotte, NC-based AvidXchange, a payment automation software provider, for $2.2B, with Corpay investing ~$500M for a 33% stake — Global alternative asset manager TPG (TPG.O) will partner with Corpay (CPAY.N) to buy payments solutions provider AvidXchange … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Arm reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $1.24B, vs. $1.23B est., royalty revenue up 18% to $607M, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; ARM drops 8%+ after hours — Arm Holdings Plc declined in late trading after giving a disappointing sales forecast for the current quarter … | Washington Post: |
Sources: DOGE plans to build a centralized database with troves of personal information about millions of US residents, sometimes bypassing security protocols — The goal — a centralized system with unprecedented access to data about Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses … | The Information: |
Sources: Meta is once again considering facial recognition for its smart glasses and other devices, after abandoning the idea over ethical concerns in 2021 — Back in 2021, Mark Zuckerberg and other top Facebook executives were dreaming big about how to design the company's first generation of smart glasses.
More: Engadget and Adweek
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI unveils OpenAI for Countries, an initiative to help build out AI infrastructure and customize OpenAI's products for specific languages and local needs — OpenAI plans to invest in efforts outside of the US to develop the infrastructure necessary to run artificial intelligence systems …
More: OpenAI, Computerworld, The Information, Neowin, Nairametrics, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, The Decoder, Financial Times, and Axios
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| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
A US court rejects a legal challenge by the FTC to Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, upholding a lower court ruling that denied an injunction — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to Microsoft's (MSFT.O) …
More: Bloomberg Law, Video Games Chronicle, games fray, Engadget, PC Gamer, XboxEra, How-To Geek, Pure Xbox, and Game Developer
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/Games, and r/pcgaming
| James D. Walsh / New York Magazine: |
How ChatGPT and other AI tools enable systemic cheating in college, unravelling the entire academic project; one student says “the ceiling has been blown off” — ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. — Chungin “Roy” Lee stepped onto Columbia University's campus …
More: Marcus on AI and New York Post
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
At Stripe Sessions, the company announced an AI foundation model for payments, plans for stablecoin-powered accounts, a recent migration with Nvidia, and more — Fintech giant Stripe announced Wednesday a slew of new product launches at its annual Stripe Sessions user event.
More: PYMNTS.com, Stripe, CryptoSlate, The Irish Times, Bloomberg, and Stripe
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Apple seeks to pause the part of the April 30 US federal court ruling that blocked it from charging App Store commissions on outside transactions — The company is appealing a federal judge's ruling last week in its long-running fight with Epic Games Inc. that the iPhone maker failed … | Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says the company will cut ~500 jobs, or 5% of its global workforce, and expects to incur $36M to $56M in severance charges — Cybersecurity company will continuing to hire customer-facing and product-engineering roles — CrowdStrike said it will cut about 500 jobs …
More: TechCrunch, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, CyberScoop, GovInfoSecurity.com, Cybersecurity Dive, Bloomberg, and Reuters
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood plans a blockchain-based platform to let retail investors in Europe trade US securities, and considered partnerships with Arbitrum and Solana — The venture will be likely launched through a partnership with a digital-asset firm, according to the people.
More: Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Cryptopolitan, and Watcher Guru
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Mistral releases Medium 3, which it says focuses on efficiency without compromising performance, for $0.40 per 1M input tokens, and launches Le Chat Enterprise — French AI startup Mistral is releasing a new AI model, Mistral Medium 3, that's focused on efficiency without compromising performance.
More: Mistral AI, Mistral AI, WebProNews, SiliconANGLE, The Decoder, VentureBeat, WinBuzzer, and Bloomberg
X: @artificialanlys, @theo, @clementdelangue, @sam_paech, @mistralai, and @mistralai
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/MistralAI
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Samsung subsidiary Harman has agreed to acquire Masimo's audio division, which includes the Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, and Polk Audio brands, for $350M — The $350 million deal brings them under the same ownership as JBL, Harman Kardon, and AKG. … Samsung subsidiary Harman has agreed …
More: Engadget, Masimo, Digital Music News, Cybersecurity Dive, and India Today
Forums: Hacker News, r/Soundbars, and Slashdot
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $11.5B, Gross Bookings up 14% YoY to $42.8B, below $43.1B est., trips up 18% YoY to 3B, and $1.8B in net income — Uber Technologies Inc. reported weaker-than-expected quarterly gross bookings, citing lower US inbound travel that's led to slower gains in its rideshare business.
More: Uber, Reuters, CNBC, The Information, Proactive, The Times, Android Police, New York Times, and Financial Times
X: @economyapp and @hoomansv
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
More: TheStreet, Business Insider, Inc.com, GeekWire, and TheStreet
Bluesky: @dannygroner, @carnage4life, @lorak, @jennelias, and @stevekovach
Forums: r/remotework and r/technology
| Sarah Butler / The Guardian: |
Amazon unveils Vulcan, a sorting robot with a sense of touch that will be able to grab ~75% of its 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, CNBC, Neowin, Interesting Engineering, GeekWire, The Robot Report, The Boston Globe, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, Chain Store Age, and TechCrunch
X: @fortunemagazine, @amazonnews, @amazonnews, @amazonnews, @lukas_m_ziegler, @amazonnews, and @amazonnews
LinkedIn: Brad Farmer and Nenad Ilić
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says it will support Google's Agent2Agent spec, known as A2A, in Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio and will join A2A's working group on GitHub — Microsoft says that it's embracing Google's recently launched open protocol for allowing AI “agents” to communicate with each other.| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: the majority of the top 220 holders of President Trump's memecoin likely reside outside the US, ahead of a May 22 dinner; Justin Sun likely holds $18M — The majority of top holders of Donald Trump's memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
More: Citation Needed, Rolling Stone, Mashable, The Block, The Crypto Basic, and Cointelegraph
Bluesky: @carlquintanilla, @eliothiggins, and @ihatetrump4ever
X: @steventdennis, @dkthomp, @ces921, and @ericconradfl
Forums: r/politics and r/QuiverQuantitative
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
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X: @tylermcbrien and @senblumenthal
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