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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| 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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| 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
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| 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.| 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 10%+ but is down 17% YTD — 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
In the age of deepfakes, some people are using tactics like asking rapid-fire questions or sharing code words with each other to verify identity online — As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Spotify updates its AI DJ to let Premium subscribers use English voice commands to customize its music selection, taking requests for artists, genres, and moods — Voice commands allow users to change the vibe or play specific artists and genres.| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: ahead of I/O on May 20, Google is developing an AI “software development lifecycle agent” to help coders, and a Pinterest-like feature for consumers — After weeks of news about Google's antitrust travails, the tech giant will try to reset the narrative next week … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Dallas-based Bestow, which offers underwriting and insurance software to carriers, 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.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google is updating its “G” icon for the first time in 10 years, with its four colors now blending together on a gradient — Following the last update nearly 10 years ago, Google is updating its iconic ‘G’ icon. — On September 1, 2015, Google significantly updated its logo …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
GM names Aurora co-founder and CPO Sterling Anderson as VP of global product and chief product officer, a newly created position at GM, starting on June 2 — General Motors has turned to Sterling Anderson, a veteran of the autonomous vehicle industry, to oversee its entire product line … | Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Audible partners with US publishers to convert print books and e-books into AI-narrated audiobooks, with 100+ AI voices in English, Spanish, French, and Italian — The audiobook platform wants to ‘close the gap’ between the number of print and e-books in existence and audiobooks
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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 …
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| Axios: |
President Trump issues an EO to cut the de minimis tariff on China shipments to 54% from 120%, with the $100 minimum flat fee set to remain, effective 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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