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Sources detail Apple's AI efforts, John Giannandrea's tenure, Craig Federighi's reservations to invest in generative AI, and its acquisitions, including Siri — Insiders say continued failure to get artificial intelligence right threatens everything from the iPhone's dominance to plans for robots and other futuristic products.
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Mark Gurman: Apple is “unlikely” to discuss Siri much at WWDC 2025 in June, and is preparing to separate the Apple Intelligence brand from Siri in its marketing — In a new, lengthy report regarding Apple's AI strategy, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has detailed a number of strategic failures … | Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
The UK says hackers breached its Legal Aid Agency to steal a “significant amount of personal data” from those who receive legal aid across England and Wales — Hackers have stolen a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received legal aid across England and Wales, the UK's Ministry of Justice said.
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Nvidia unveils NVLink Fusion, which lets clients use NVLink to couple non-Nvidia CPUs or accelerators with Nvidia's GPUs in their rack-scale setups to boost AI — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang outlined plans to let customers deploy rivals' chips in data centers built around …
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| Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal: |
Nvidia plans to build an AI supercomputer with Foxconn and Taiwan's government that will support local researchers and enterprises; TSMC plans to use the system — The company also said it is deepening partnerships with Taiwan's system manufacturers — Nvidia is deepening its partnerships … | Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal: |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will acquire 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M, set to close in Q3, in the bankruptcy auction — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said it will acquire substantially all of 23andMe's assets — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals …
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A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who transformed himself from an academic into a CEO; as of April, Anthropic was on track to hit $2B in annual revenue — Dario Amodei has transformed himself from an academic into the CEO of a $61 billion startup. — Anthropic Chief Executive … | Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
How the crypto industry is adapting to the recent wave of kidnappings: more conference security, bodyguards, armored vehicles, social media monitoring, and more — Pijlman works for an Amsterdam-based firm that provides physical security and intelligence services to cryptocurrency holders …
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Experts blame Big Tech lawyers' culture of lawlessness for Amazon, Apple, and Google being accused of abusing legal privilege in antitrust and other court cases — Amazon, Apple, Google are all being accused of abusing legal privilege in battles to strip away their power| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
Some parent groups are hosting Alternative Device Fairs, which showcase phones with limited features, social media blocking, and AI age-based content filters — The dream of a phone without problems — On a recent commute to work, I texted my distant family about our fantasy baseball league … | Reuters: |
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun says on Weibo that Xiaomi invested ~$1.9B to build its Xring O1 chip and plans to invest $6.9B+ in chip design over at least the next decade — China's Xiaomi will launch its highly-anticipated YU7 electric sports utility vehicle on Thursday, as well as other products … | Financial Times: |
How the UK's Met Office, Google DeepMind, Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM, and startups leverage AI to make more accurate and detailed forecasts further into the future — Rapidly advancing technology is helping meteorologists to make more accurate and detailed forecasts even further into the future
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the third-largest US school district, trained 1,000+ educators on AI and gave Gemini to 105K+ students, the largest US rollout — One morning in April, Tracy Lowd, a social studies teacher in Miami, tried a new approach to making government policy come alive for her high school students.
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Viral TikTok videos of AI bots interviewing job candidates and sometimes glitching are bringing attention to a practice more companies have embraced since 2023 — “Tell me about a time when—when—let's. Let's circle back. Tell me about a time when—when—let's."
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