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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils iOS and macOS accessibility features: App Store Accessibility Nutrition Labels, Magnifier for Mac, Accessibility Reader, Braille Access, and more — Ahead of WWDC kicking off in June, Apple today has officially unveiled this year's new accessibility features for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple partners with brain-computer interface startup Synchron to explore letting iPhone users control the device using brain signals via a stent-like implant — iPhone-maker works with startup Synchron on new brain computer interfaces to help disabled people use its devices
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| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company will send AI chips to Saudi Arabia's Humain for a 500 MW data center buildout, as President Trump visits the kingdom — Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced the partnership on stage at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh.
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| Kelsey Warner / Semafor: |
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Elliptic: Colorado-registered Xinbi Guarantee runs a Telegram black market for Chinese crypto scammers that has facilitated $8.4B in transactions since 2022 — Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet's biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering.| Bloomberg: |
Samsung unveils the $1,100+ Galaxy S25 Edge, which is 5.8mm thick and weighs 163g, making it 30% thinner and 25% lighter than the S25 Ultra, arriving on May 30 — Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget — The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
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| Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: |
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft lays off 3% of employees across all levels, teams, and geographies “to best position the company”; Microsoft employed 228K at the end of June 2024 — Microsoft on Tuesday said that it's laying off 3% of employees across all levels, teams and geographies.
More: The Economic Times, GeekWire, Bloomberg, Video Games Chronicle, and Reuters
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| Nina Kienle / Wall Street Journal: |
UK retailer M&S says hackers stole customer data during a cyberattack reported on April 22; UK retailers Harrods and Co-op also reported hacks in recent weeks — U.K. retailers Harrods and Co-op also reported cyber intrusions in the past weeks — Marks and Spencer said hackers …
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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: Google plans to showcase an AI “software development lifecycle agent” for developers and a Pinterest-like feature for consumers at Google I/O on May 20 — After weeks of news about Google's antitrust travails, the tech giant will try to reset the narrative next week … | Josh Scott / BetaKit: |
Robinhood acquires Toronto-based WonderFi, which owns Bitbuy, Coinsquare, and other crypto exchanges, for CA$250M, or CA$0.36 per share, set to close in H2 2025 — After spending years gobbling up other Canadian cryptocurrency companies, Toronto-based WonderFi has agreed to be acquired by American trading platform Robinhood Markets.
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| Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Google faces €12B+ in damage claims from dozens of EU price comparison websites that allege it stole their customers, after a €2.4B EU fine in 2017 — The tech giant was hit with a €2.4 billion fine in the EU over its shopping search service. Suits from alleged victims could add billions more.
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| David Keohane / Financial Times: |
SoftBank reports Q4 net profit up 124% YoY to ~$3.5B, a surprise profit and above a ~$182M loss est., due to improving valuations of Alibaba, T-Mobile, and more — Japanese tech investment group says multiple sites in Texas are being prepared for launch of Stargate AI project| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Chinese drone company DJI unveils the €2,099 Mavic 4 Pro with a 360° rotating gimbal, and says it won't be available in the US at launch, a first for its drones — The Mavic 4 Pro is coming to Canada and Mexico, but not the USA (for now). … Today, DJI is officially announcing …
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| Mitchell Ferman / Bloomberg: |
Intel says it certified Shell's lubricant-based method for cooling AI data center servers more efficiently after a two-year trial, in a bid to use less energy — The announcement on Tuesday, which follows the chipmaker's two-year trial of the technology, offers a way to use less energy …
More: TechPowerUp
| Christopher Tepedino / Cointelegraph: |
US SEC Chair Paul Atkins says blockchains could enable novel use cases for securities and “policymaking will no longer result from ad hoc enforcement actions” — Blockchain technology could enable “a broad swath of novel use cases for securities” and foster …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Coinbase is joining the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services in the index, effective before trading on May 19; COIN jumps 15%+ — Coinbase is joining the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services in the benchmark index, according to a release on Monday.
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| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Restaurant tech startup Owner.com, which offers AI website building, marketing, and other tools, raised $120M co-led by Meritech and Headline at a $1B valuation — Meritech and Headline co-led a $120 million funding around for the startup. — Owner.com Inc., a startup making software …
More: PYMNTS.com and Forbes
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Spotify updates its AI DJ to let Premium subscribers use English voice commands to personalize what music it plays, like taking artist, genre, and mood requests — Voice commands allow users to change the vibe or play specific artists and genres.
More: Spotify, Thurrott, Engadget, TechCrunch, Fast Company, TechRadar, and Mashable
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Dallas-based Bestow, which offers software and services to life insurance companies, raised a $120M Series D led by Goldman Sachs and Smith Point Capital — Melbourne O'Banion co-founded insurtech Bestow with Jonathan Abelmann in 2017 after struggling to secure his own life insurance policy.
More: FinTech Global and FinSMEs
| Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times: |
German defense tech startup Helsing unveils an autonomous underwater drone fleet, the SG-1 Fathom, powered by its AI system Lura to detect and classify sounds — European start-up aims to capitalise on western countries' interest in underwater reconnaissance capabilities
More: TNW, C4ISRNet, Helsing, Navy Lookout, and Naval News
| Caroline Kimeu / Wall Street Journal: |
Carbon credit certifier Verra suspends a Kenyan project used by Netflix, Meta, and others to burnish their green credentials over a dispute with Maasai herders — Approvals for mammoth project were suspended after a Kenyan court sided with herders in a row over access to grasslands
More: New York Post
| Axios: |
President Trump signs an EO to cut the de minimis tariff from 120% to 54% on shipments from China, but keeps the $100 minimum flat fee, effective from May 14 — Small packages from China are still subject to tariffs of 120%, a White House official confirmed Monday — a major blow …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Ticketmaster says it now shows the full price of a ticket up front, as part of its efforts to comply with the US FTC's junk fees ban that takes effect on May 12 — Now you can see how much Ticketmaster tacks on before you reach checkout. … The company announced the “All In Prices” …
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