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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue up 69% YoY to $44.06B, vs. $43.31B est., Data Center revenue up 73% to $39.1B, and net income up 26% to $18.78B  —  - CNBC Councils  — Supply Chain Values  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Ad Choices  — News Tips  —  Got a confidential news tip?
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk departs the Trump administration as a “special government employee”, defending DOGE's mission to reduce wasteful government spending  —  Elon Musk pivoted to damage control in his final days as a “special government employee,” publicly recommitting to Mars …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Elon Musk tried to derail OpenAI's Abu Dhabi deal, telling G42 officials that there was no chance of Trump signing off on it unless xAI was included  —  Musk warned that Trump wouldn't bless OpenAI data-center project unless his xAI company was added
New York Times:
Sources detail factors that weakened Elon Musk's alliance with President Trump, including his frustrations with Trump's tariffs and his disillusionment with DC
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
The US Court of International Trade blocks Trump from imposing sweeping import tariffs under an emergency-powers law, finding Trump exceeded his authority  —  A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.
Reuters:
Marco Rubio says the US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals “who censor Americans” and calls arrest warrants for social media posts “unacceptable”  —  The U.S. will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
GreyNoise researchers detail a novel botnet infecting 9K+ routers from Asus and others with a persistent SSH backdoor, enabling access after reboots and updates  —  Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed “AyySSHush” that was also observed targeting SOHO routers from Cisco, D-Link, and Linksys.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's next operating systems will be called iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, and more, as it plans a rebrand with numbers based on the upcoming year  —  Apple Inc. is planning the most sweeping change yet to its operating system names, part of a software overhaul that extends to all its devices.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google unveils new Photos features, including a redesigned editor with AI features rolling out globally to Android next month and to iOS “later this year”  —  The UI has been redesigned to focus on Google's AI Magic Editor features.
Financial Times:
The Czech Republic says that the state-sponsored Chinese hacking group APT31 has targeted its foreign ministry's unclassified communications network since 2022  —  ‘Malicious’ assault blamed on group known as APT31 that has been linked with Chinese state security ministry
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung releases the first One UI 8 beta for Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra, with an updated Quick Share and more, in South Korea, the US, and other regions  —  Samsung just released its very first One UI 8 update in beta, and while it's not as big of an update as One UI 7 was …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft opens Windows Update to any third-party app that needs to be updated, letting developers sign up for a private preview of a new orchestration platform  —  A new orchestration platform will let developers update any app through Windows Update.
Financial Times:
Sources: the US Commerce Department has told electronic design automation groups, which include Cadence and Synopsys, to stop supplying their tech to China  —  Move by Washington is latest effort to stymie geopolitical rival's technological advance  —  Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington …
Bloomberg:
India asks e-commerce platforms and retailers to remove “dark patterns” or deceptive actions that manipulate customers into making unintended purchases  —  India's government asked e-commerce platforms and retailers to remove so-called ‘dark patterns’ or deceptive actions …
Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider:
Inside Solana Accelerate conference in NYC, which was full of buzz about stablecoins and lacked the over-the-top glitz and pomp of earlier crypto conferences  —  - Solana's Accelerate conference in New York City was full of buzz about stablecoins.  — It lacked the flashy over-the-top goofiness …
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Axios:
Dario Amodei says AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment in the US to 10%-20% in the next one to five years  —  Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us:
Sahil Lavingia:
Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia on working as a DOGE software engineer for the VA, says he was let go after his Fast Company interview was published  —  In August 2014, President Obama and Congress created the United States Digital Service (USDS).  —  In January 2025, President Trump signed …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Opera announces Opera Neon, an AI “agentic browser” that performs tasks on users' behalf, describing it as a “premium subscription product” behind a waitlist  —  Opera Neon might be the first ‘AI agentic browser,’ but it's not ready for you to try just yet.
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Anthropic appoints Netflix co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings to its board of directors, as the company balances growth with its stated focus on safety  —  Board seeks to balance AI's business interests, responsibilities to society  —  Netflix Inc. co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings …

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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agree to part ways and let her contract expire at the end of the year, following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr.

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