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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.
More: PCMag, AppleInsider, MacRumors, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechRadar, The Verge, KnowTechie, Fortune, Digit, Forbes, Cult of Mac, WinBuzzer, PhoneArena, GSMArena.com, Android Authority, Neowin, iClarified, Benzinga, TechIssuesToday.com, Digital Trends, TechWire Asia, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, and Android Headlines
Bluesky: @viticci.macstories.net. Threads: @happicamp. X: @rustybrick, @thegalox_, @dagk, @chrispirillo, @signulll, @markgurman, @samirkhazaka, @mattrosoff, @chrispirillo, and @alexmaxham
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/technology, and MacRumors Forums
| Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac: |
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 …
More: Business Standard, The Hans India, TechRadar, StartupNews.fyi, Bloomberg, BGR, and The Mac Observer
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Nvidia unveils NVLink Fusion, letting customers use its NVLink to pair non-Nvidia CPUs or accelerators with Nvidia's products in their own rack-scale setups — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang outlined plans to let customers deploy rivals' chips in data centers built around its technology …
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Nvidia Newsroom, Tom's Hardware, Reuters, The Information, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Constellation Research, ServeTheHome, Business Standard, Tribune Online, CNBC, The Economic Times, VentureBeat, NVIDIA, NVIDIA, Investor's Business Daily, NVIDIA, ddnews.gov.in, Barron's Online, The Register, Yahoo Finance, NVIDIA, The Japan Times, Capacity Media, StartupNews.fyi, and Tech in Asia
| Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal: |
Nvidia plans to build an AI supercomputer with Foxconn and Taiwan's government to 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 all of 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M in a bankruptcy auction, closing in Q3 — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said it will acquire substantially all of 23andMe's assets — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals …
More: Reuters, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals …, and Endpoints News
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who transformed himself from an academic into a CEO; as of mid-April, Anthropic was on track for $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 extensive security around conferences, a rise in personal bodyguards, and more — Pijlman works for an Amsterdam-based firm that provides physical security and intelligence services to cryptocurrency holders …
More: Cryptopolitan, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, and ZyCrypto
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More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Politico, Cryptopolitan, CryptoPotato, Bloomberg, BBC, CryptoSlate, CryptoSlate, Protos, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, Reuters, crypto.news, and Bitcoin Insider
Bluesky: @annmlipton and @tyleraking.com
Forums: Hacker News, r/france, r/Bitcoin, r/europe, r/paris, r/PublicFreakout, r/CryptoCurrency, r/CryptoCurrency, and r/Buttcoin
| Reuters: |
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun says on Weibo that the company invested ~$1.9B to build its Xring O1 chip and plans to invest $6.9B+ in chip design over the next decade — China's Xiaomi will launch its highly-anticipated YU7 electric sports utility vehicle on Thursday, as well as other products … | Akila Quinio / Financial Times: |
The UK plans to bring legislation to regulate BNPL services under the same rules as banks, four years after the previous government unveiled BNPL regulations — New legislation will make companies such as Klarna and Clearpay answerable to Financial Conduct Authority
More: PYMNTS.com, Reuters, CNBC, The Paypers, and Proactive
| Micah Lee / Wired: |
How a hacker breached the Signal knockoff app TeleMessage in about 20 minutes thanks to a basic misconfiguration, leading to sensitive data spilling out — The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month.
More: micahflee. Bluesky: @jkirk, @simon.overgrown.garden, @emma.best, @couts, @bossett.social, and @taggart-tech.com
| David Mack / Slate: |
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."
Bluesky: @hypervisible, @izzos.us, @bellechere, @slate.com, and @jasonsanford
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @samiamsam@mastodon.social, and @jalefkowit@vmst.io
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
Some parent groups are hosting Alternative Device Fairs, showcasing phones with limited features, social media blocks, and AI-powered 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 … | Financial Times: |
How the UK's Met Office, alongside Google DeepMind, Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM, and others, are leveraging AI to enhance weather forecasting accuracy and detail — Rapidly advancing technology is helping meteorologists to make more accurate and detailed forecasts even further into the future
More: NPR
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