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Mindy Brooks / The Keyword:
Google announces its Material 3 Expressive design, set to roll out to Android 16 and Wear OS 6 devices, 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 …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Google rebrands Find My Device to Find Hub, which recently added a People tab to track contacts, and adds UWB support to the app for more precise tracking  —  Trackers like the Moto Tag will soon support precise location tracking. … A year after launching its Find My Device location tracking network …
Guemmy Kim / The Keyword:
Google plans to add Gemini to Wear OS 6, Android Auto, Google TV, and Android XR later in 2025
Il-Sung Lee / Google Online Security Blog:
Google says Android 16 adds device-level security features for its Advanced Protection Program, including intrusion logging for threat analysis
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
Bloomberg:
Nvidia and Humain partner to build data centers in Saudi Arabia over the next five years, with the first phase involving 18,000 GB300 Grace Blackwell chips  —  Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced the partnership on stage at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh, the Gulf nation's capital.
Ian King / Bloomberg:
AMD and Humain partner to invest up to $10B on AI infrastructure over the next five years, including in data centers stretching from Saudi Arabia to the US
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Amazon says it will work with Humain to invest $5B+ in a strategic partnership to help build an “AI Zone” in Saudi Arabia
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
Steven Levy / Wired:
A look at Brian Chesky's efforts to turn Airbnb into a storefront for real-world services, after struggling with previous experiments to expand beyond vacations  —  CEO Brian Chesky is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an everything app.  Fitness!  Food!  Microdermabrasion?
Clare Duffy / CNN:
Airbnb revamps its app with a Services section featuring personal chefs, trainers, hair stylists, and more; bookings can be made without vacation reservations  —  New York CNN —  —  Nearly a decade ago, Airbnb envisioned being more than just an app to book a home for a vacation.
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 …
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  —  The planned terminations will amount to less than 3% of total headcount and occur across geographies, employee levels and include LinkedIn, a spokesperson said.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft extends support for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 until October 10, 2028, after previously announcing plans to end support by October 14, 2025  —  Microsoft 365 apps will continue to get security updates on Windows 10 for another three years.
CNBC:
Chime files for a Nasdaq IPO under the symbol CHYM, reporting 8.6M active members at the end of March, up 23% YoY, and average revenue per active member of $251  —  Financial technology company Chime on Tuesday filed paperwork to go public on the Nasdaq.  The company intends to file under the ticker symbol “CHYM.”
Tina Nguyen / The Verge:
Trump's acting replacements for the Copyright Office are known to be unfriendly to the tech industry and not the kind of people that AI proponents would support  —  What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google says it is testing an “AI Mode” button on the Search homepage with Labs users, replacing the “I'm Feeling Lucky” button  —  Google's stalwart search button has a new neighbor: AI Mode.  —  The artificial intelligence feature is being tested directly beneath …
Jessica Lyons / The Register:
The EU's Vulnerability Database project, first announced in June 2024, is now fully operational, while the US's NVD struggles with a backlog of submissions  —  EUVD comes into play not a moment too soon  —  The European Vulnerability Database (EUVD) is now fully operational …
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
House Republicans introduced language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that would ban US states from enforcing any AI regulation for 10 years  —  Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
Grant Stoner / IGN:
Sources including former AbleGamers staff detail abuse, financial mismanagement, and other issues at the influential nonprofit promoting gaming accessibility  —  20 Years after AbleGamers' founding, new reports detail abuse fostered by management, mismanaged funds, and leadership that failed to protect employees.
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Appfigures: mobile gamers spent $65.4B in 2024, up 4% YoY, but less than $4B went to games released in 2024; studios launched 126K games in 2024, down 43% YoY  —  Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget  —  The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
Alan Neuhauser / Axios:
UK-based Space Forge, which aims to develop ultra-efficient semiconductors and other materials in orbit, raised a $30M Series A led by the NATO Innovation Fund  —  Space Forge raised $30 million in Series A funding to develop ultra-efficient semiconductors and other advanced materials in orbit, the startup's CEO tells Axios.
More: Reuters and TNW
The Guardian:
The UK House of Lords again rebuffs the government's AI plans by adding an amendment to a bill to require AI firms list copyrighted content used to train models  —  Peers back amendment to data bill requiring AI companies to reveal which copyrighted material they have used

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Major brands were replaced by direct-response advertisers during commercial breaks of CBS News' December 13 town hall with Erika Kirk, moderated by Bari Weiss

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious articles, and faces a possible life sentence

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Internal tests show WaPo launched its AI podcast feature despite 68%+ of generated scripts failed its standards, saying it would “iterate through” the issues

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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
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