The US Commerce Department issues guidance stating that “using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the world violates US export controls” as they likely use US tech  —  Commerce department guidance aims to toughen export controls on tech used by China to make AI processors

Sony reports Q4 revenue down 24% YoY to ~$17.7B, PlayStation 5 units sold in FY 24 down 11% YoY to 18.5M, and expects a ~$700M impact from US tariffs in FY 25  —  Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget  —  The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …

Microsoft extends security updates for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 until October 10, 2028, after previously planning to end support on October 14, 2025  —  Microsoft 365 apps will continue to get security updates on Windows 10 for another three years.

Databricks agrees to acquire cloud database startup Neon for ~$1B, set to close in Q2 2025; Neon's platform is based on open-source database PostgreSQL  —  The deal is aimed at making it easier for businesses to build artificial intelligence agents with their own data, Databricks CEO says

President Trump's acting leaders for the Copyright Office are hostile to the tech industry and not the kind of people that generative AI proponents would want  —  What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office …

A look at Brian Chesky's efforts to turn Airbnb into a storefront for real-world services, after its “experiences” experiment started in 2016 was unsuccessful  —  CEO Brian Chesky is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an everything app.  Fitness!  Food!

AMD and Humain partner to invest up to $10B on AI infrastructure over the next five years, including in data centers stretching from Saudi Arabia to the US  —  Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget  —  The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …

The EU's Vulnerability Database project, announced in June 2024, is now fully operational, while the US' NVD struggles with a vulnerability submission backlog  —  EUVD comes into play not a moment too soon  —  The European Vulnerability Database (EUVD) is now fully operational …

Sources, including former AbleGamers staff, detail abuse, financial mismanagement, and other issues at the nonprofit dedicated to promoting gaming accessibility  —  20 Years after AbleGamers' founding, new reports detail abuse fostered by management, mismanaged funds, and leadership that failed to protect employees.

Google says it started testing an AI Mode button on the Google Search homepage with Labs users over the past week, replacing the I'm Feeling Lucky button  —  Google's stalwart search button has a new neighbor: AI Mode.  —  The artificial intelligence feature is being tested directly beneath …

Neobank Chime files for a Nasdaq IPO under CHYM, reporting active members up 23% YoY to 8.6M at the end of March 2025 and $251 average revenue per active member  —  Financial technology company Chime on Tuesday filed paperwork to go public on the Nasdaq.  The company intends to file under the ticker symbol “CHYM.”

OpenAI says OneDrive and SharePoint users will be able to connect their files to ChatGPT's Deep Research for analysis, in beta for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, or Team  —  ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users can connect their OneDrive and SharePoint libraries to analyze files with Deep Research.

Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$54B, net profit up 91% YoY to ~$1.38B, above est.,; cloud and networking, like AI servers, was 34% of its Q1 revenue  —  The company still expects AI servers to be a growth driver this year  —  Foxconn Technology Group reported strong first-quarter results …

China sentences Zhao Weiguo, ex-chair of state-backed chip firm Tsinghua Unigroup, to death with a two-year reprieve, a de facto life sentence, for corruption  —  Zhao Weiguo once led highflying semiconductor firm supported by Beijing  —  China convicted the former chairman …

Analysts, VCs, executives, and 11 former DeepSeek employees detail how the Chinese AI company works and how it fits into China's broader AI ambitions  —  The company's sudden emergence illustrates how China's industry is thriving despite Washington's efforts to slow it down.

US SEC filing: GD Culture Group, a struggling China-linked company that has only eight staff, plans to buy $300M in BTC and $TRUMP, creating ethical conflicts  —  The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale …

Stock and crypto brokerage eToro prices its IPO at $52 per share, above its expected range of $46 to $50, raising nearly $310M and valuing the company at ~$4.2B  —  EToro, a stock brokerage platform that's been ramping up in crypto, has priced its IPO at $52 a share, as the company prepares …

Q&A with Marc Benioff on how AI is disrupting work, Salesforce's AI agent platform Agentforce, the Trump administration's tariffs and economic policy, and more  —  Marc Benioff, the co-founder and chief executive of $262bn software giant Salesforce, always has a lot to say.

Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to ~$25B, above ~$24.3B est., net profit up 14% YoY to ~$6.6B, below ~$7.3B est., driven by its gaming business' growth  —  Tencent on Wednesday reported an annual rise in its top and bottom line in the first quarter fuelled by accelerated growth in its key gaming business.

At a JP Morgan event, Intel CFO David Zinsner says committed volumes of chips using Intel's 18A and 14A processes for customers are currently “not significant”  —  The volume of processors Intel (INTC.O) is set to produce for external customers using its upcoming manufacturing technology …

How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project in Kirkkonummi will be the largest in the world when completed  —  By pairing power-hungry computer processing facilities with district heating systems, Nordic countries are trying to limit their environmental downsides.

Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act, mandating platforms like Meta to mitigate harms; Apple supports KOSA  —  Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal are reintroducing the sweeping bill that failed in the eleventh hour last year.

French IT group Atos says it will simplify its organization, cut expenses, and focus on AI, aiming to reach €9B to €10B in 2028 sales, after years of setbacks  —  Under the plan, Atos aims to reach €9 billion ($10.1 billion) to €10 billion in sales in 2028 …

Warner Bros. Discovery says it will change the name of its Max streaming service back to HBO Max this summer, and tweaks its logo; WBD dropped HBO in May 2023  —  Turns out, Warner Bros. Discovery thinks HBO has some pretty good brand equity, after all.

Sources: TikTok is working on a new feature to let US users share photos over DMs inside the app, and also plans to introduce voice messaging  —  TikTok has been working on a new feature that will allow users in the U.S. to share photos over direct messages inside the app, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

FTC v. Meta: Meta's lead attorney disparaged tech journalists Kara Swisher and Om Malik, calling Malik a “failed blogger”, resurfacing years-old media tensions  —  Meta's lead attorney called a once-prominent tech journalist a “failed blogger.”

Sources: Shenzhen government-owned chip equipment maker SiCarrier, a key Huawei supplier, is seeking ~$2.8B at an $11B valuation in its first fundraising round  —  SiCarrier, a Chinese chip equipment maker with close links to Huawei, is seeking $2.8 billion in its maiden fundraising round …