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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.
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
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 …
Guemmy Kim / The Keyword:
Google will add Gemini to Wear OS 6, Android Auto, Google TV, and Android XR later this year
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
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
More: Elliptic.  Bluesky: @timmarchman, @agreenberg, @wired.com, @couts, and @agreenberg.  X: @tomrobin.  Forums: r/Buttcoin
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  —  Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget  —  The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Unlike most mainstream social networks, Instagram has failed to scrub Kanye's pro-Nazi song “Heil Hitler”, with several posts garnering 1M+ views  —  Kanye's Nazi song has been chased off of most mainstream platforms, but it's all over Instagram.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …

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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: Netflix is interested in acquiring Lionsgate and took a look at Roku, but a Roku deal would have faced tougher antitrust scrutiny than Fox's

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