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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches an open project called NLWeb to help devs add a “conversational interface” to their website in a few lines of code — As part of an effort to make building AI-powered chatbots on the web simpler, Microsoft is launching an open project called NLWeb.
More: The Verge, SiliconANGLE, MobileSyrup, Beebom, and Neowin
| Microsoft on YouTube: |
A live stream of Microsoft's Build 2025 keynote — Join the Microsoft Build 2025 opening keynote, streamed live from Seattle. Follow along as Satya Nadella and other top Microsoft leaders explore new opportunities in the age of AI and set the stage for what's ahead.
More: Microsoft, ZDNET, Engadget, TechSpot, Mashable, Pocket-lint, Tom's Guide, The Verge, and The Indian Express
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft open-sources the Windows Subsystem for Linux, launched in 2016, and makes it available on GitHub, except for a few Windows-specific components — Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its source code available on GitHub, except for a few components that are part of Windows.
More: Windows Blog, The Verge, The New Stack, TechCrunch, The Register, XDA Developers, BetaNews, Neowin, and Phoronix
Forums: Hacker News and r/linux
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on AI agents and MCP, web search, NLWeb, the relationship with OpenAI, how new hardware and optimizations benefit AI, more — Today, I'm talking with Kevin Scott, the chief technology officer of Microsoft and one of the company's AI leaders.
More: Windows Central, Reuters, Bloomberg, Constellation Research, MobileSyrup, and Analytics India Magazine
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces experimental cross-platform APIs for Edge to give web apps access to models built into Edge, like Microsoft's Phi-4-mini — A new set of APIs gives web apps the ability to offer prompt boxes and writing tools that use local AI models through the Edge browser.
More: Thurrott, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Neowin, Windows Blog, and Windows Latest
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft adds support for Anthropic's open-source standard Model Context Protocol to Windows and rebrands the AI platform inside Windows as Windows AI Foundry — Microsoft is embracing Model Context Protocol as part of a push to reshape Windows in a world of AI agents.
More: Windows Central, GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, ZDNET, Windows Experience Blog, Neowin, and MarkTechPost. Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft adds Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini to its Azure AI Foundry service — Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini are both coming to Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry service. … I reported in my Notepad newsletter earlier this month that Microsoft was getting ready to host Elon Musk's Grok AI models, and now it's official.
More: TechCrunch, Axios, Beebom, Neowin, iPhone in Canada, and Databricks
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Protesters disrupt Build keynote; one then emailed thousands of Microsoft coworkers calling the company's report on its tech's impact on Gaza civilians a “lie” — Microsoft employee Joe Lopez sent an email to thousands of colleagues after interrupting the Build keynote.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
More: The New Stack, SiliconANGLE, The GitHub Blog, Thurrott, Reuters, PCWorld, The Register, ZDNET, VentureBeat, Neowin, CNBC, ITPro, and TechSpot
| Bloomberg: |
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 …
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| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
The UK says hackers breached its Legal Aid Agency to steal a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received 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.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google releases a standalone NotebookLM app for Android — As previewed earlier this month, Google today released the NotebookLM app for Android ahead of I/O 2025. — This native experience starts on a homepage of your notebooks with filters at the top for Recent, Shared, Title, and Downloaded.
More: Android Authority, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada, TestingCatalog, SlashGear, and MakeUseOf. Forums: r/GooglePixel
| 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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| Bloomberg: |
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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Bluesky: @viticci.macstories.net. Threads: @happicamp. X: @thegalox_, @signulll, @alexmaxham, @dagk, @chrispirillo, @mattrosoff, @chrispirillo, @samirkhazaka, @rustybrick, and @markgurman
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/technology, and MacRumors Forums
| Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac: |
| 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.| Jo Borrás / Electrek: |
Chinese state-backed company Huaneng deploys 100+ all-electric autonomous haul trucks powered by Huawei's 5G-Advanced network at the Yimin open-pit mine — Powered by tech giant Huawei 5G-Advanced network, a fleet of over 100 Huaneng Ruichi all-electric autonomous haul trucks …
More: South China Morning Post and POWER Magazine
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
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 … | Twinnie Siu / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Taiwan-based Apple supplier Hon Hai plans to inject $1.5B into its India unit via its Singaporean subsidiary, as production shifts away from China — The Taiwan-based company said in an exchange filing on Monday that it had made the investment through its Singaporean subsidiary.
More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, Business Standard, Mobile World Live, iClarified, and Semafor. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Salesforce says it is discounting Slack for US agencies, by as much as 90%, through November, following similar deals by Adobe and Google — The team collaboration software will be available to federal agencies at as much as a 90% discount through November, the General Services Administration said Monday in a statement.
More: FedScoop and Nextgov/FCW
| CNBC: |
Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan will now let clients buy bitcoin, adding “We're not going to custody it. We're going to put it in statements for clients.” — JPMorgan Chase is finally allowing clients to buy bitcoin. But CEO Jamie Dimon is still a skeptic.
More: The Block, Reuters, Crypto Briefing, Watcher Guru, and CoinGape
| 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 powerSponsor Posts
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