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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, the Gulf nation's capital.
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| Kelsey Warner / Semafor: |
Sources: Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund-backed AI company Humain picked US-based chipmaker Groq for inference; Groq plans to expand its Dammam data center — THE SCOOP — Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund-backed artificial intelligence company HUMAIN has selected US chipmaker … | 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.
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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 … | 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 … | 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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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says it will lay off 6,000 staff in a bid to cut management layers, including at LinkedIn; Microsoft had 228K staff in June 2024 and cut 10K in 2023 — Planned reductions across the company amount to less than 3% of total headcount, a spokesperson said.
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| Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: |
The US Commerce Department formally rescinds the Biden-era AI Diffusion Rule, which would have limited US AI chip exports and taken effect on May 13 — After a week or so of rumors, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) formally rescinded the Biden Administration's Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule days … | 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.
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| Mindy Brooks / The Keyword: |
Google announces its Material 3 Expressive design, which it will roll out to Android and Wear OS, nearly four years after introducing Material You — Material 3 Expressive is making using your phone and watch more fluid, personal and glanceable. — Personalization is core to Android …
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| 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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| 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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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Yuga Labs sells its CryptoPunks NFT collection, acquired in 2022, to Infinite Node Foundation for an undisclosed sum, after its market value and sales stagnated — Yuga Labs says a digital art foundation is a better steward for CryptoPunks — It would seem that the money-making days … | 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.
More: Neowin, Global Finance Magazine, and Ukrainian National News
| 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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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google announces Android 16 security features like expanded fraud detection in Messages, prevention of some actions while on calls, like side loading apps, more — At the Android Show on Tuesday, ahead of Google I/O, Google announced new security and privacy features for Android.
More: Google Online Security Blog, The Verge, ZDNET, and Wired
| Canalys: |
Global tablet shipments grew 8.5% YoY to 36.8M in Q1, led by consumer and education refresh cycles; Apple's market share grew 14% to 37%, above Samsung's 18% — According to the latest data from Canalys (now part of Omdia), worldwide tablet shipments grew by 8.5% year-over-year in Q1 2025, reaching 36.8 million.
More: AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, and 9to5Mac
| 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 … | 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 every online interaction — As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.
More: The Hacker News, Ars Technica, and 9to5Mac
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
FTC v. Meta: the US case may come down to whether Judge James Boasberg believes blockchain social platform MeWe is a closer competitor to Instagram than TikTok — If the question, “Who is Meta's biggest rival?” were on a Family Feud survey, TikTok would likely be the winning answer.
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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
| 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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