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May 19, 2025, 9:45 AM

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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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
More: NPR
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 …

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