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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils Gemma 3, the “world's best single-accelerator model”, running on a single GPU, in 1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B sizes, and says it outperforms Llama-405B — Following version 1 in February 2024 and 2 in May, Google today announced Gemma 3 as its latest open model for developers.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates Chrome's extension rules to ban affiliate link injection without user action or benefit, after Honey allegedly stole creators' affiliate revenue — Honey was accused of shadily swapping out affiliate links, and now Google has new rules for extensions targeting exactly that.
More: Chrome for Developers, 9to5Google, SC Media, and The Hacker News
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI debuts a Responses API to help developers build agents that search the web, scan for files, and perform tasks on PCs, and an Agents SDK for orchestration — OpenAI's new Responses API comes with web search, the ability to look through files, and computer use out of the box.
More: OpenAI, TechCrunch, OpenAI, The Indian Express, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, Neowin, Simon Willison's Weblog, Maginative, TestingCatalog, Silicon UK, Analytics India Magazine, Latent.Space, eWeek, VentureBeat, and TechRadar
Bluesky: @edzitron.com. X: @athyuttamre, @simonw, @openaidevs, @simonw, @yugacohler, @levie, @btibor91, @unifygtm, @sama, @simonw, @omarsar0, @simonw, @corbtt, @openaidevs, and @simonw. LinkedIn: Michael Albada
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Apple MacBook Air M4 review: fast, thin and light, great keyboard and touchpad, and excellent battery life, but could use more ports and only a 60Hz screen — No surprises, but a lower $999 entry-level price is welcome. — At the risk of repeating myself from Engadget's MacBook Air M1 …
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Forums: r/apple and Ars OpenForum
| Brandon Hill / Tom's Hardware: |
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| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Thoughts on using LLMs for coding, which can often be difficult and unintuitive, and why “vibe coding” is a fantastic way to explore the capabilities of LLMs — Online discussions about using Large Language Models to help write code inevitably produce comments from developers who's experiences have been disappointing.
More: VentureBeat, Hackaday, Forrester, One Useful Thing, Unite.AI, Forbes, and Search Engine Journal
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| New York Times: |
Filings: Google owns a 14% Anthropic stake but holds no voting rights, board seats, or board observer rights; Google aims to invest $750M more in September 2025 — The internet giant owns 14% of the high-profile artificial intelligence company, according to legal filings obtained by The New York Times.
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| Sam Altman / @sama: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI trained an AI model that is good at creative writing and shares a short story it wrote; he's “not sure yet how/when it will get released” — we trained a new model that is good at creative writing (not sure yet how/when it will get released). this is the first time i have been really struck by something written by AI; it got the vibe of metafiction so right. PROMPT: Please write a metafictional literary short story
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| Reuters: |
Sources: TSMC has pitched Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm about taking stakes in a JV to run Intel Foundry; TSMC would hold no more than a 50% stake — TSMC (2330.TW) has pitched U.S. chip designers Nvidia (NVDA.O), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) …
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/hardware
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google is in final talks to acquire AdHawk Microsystems, a Canadian maker of eye-tracking tech, for $115M, including $15M in performance-based payments — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is in final talks to acquire AdHawk Microsystems Inc., a maker of eye-tracking technology, part of a renewed push into headsets and smart glasses.
More: Android Authority, TipRanks Financial, Patently Apple, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, and Benzinga. Bluesky: @newsynick
| Reuters: |
Manus partners with Alibaba's Qwen to integrate Manus' AI agent functions with AI models and computing platforms in China and to collaborate on Qwen's AI models — China's Manus AI announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership with the team behind tech giant Alibaba's Qwen AI models …
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X: @sino_market, @tphuang, and @yicaichina
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's largest telco Jio Platforms partners with SpaceX to offer Starlink in the country, just hours after rival Airtel announced a similar partnership — Jio Platforms, the subsidiary of India's conglomerate Reliance Industries and the country's largest telecom operator …
More: CNN, Financial Express, Neowin, Associated Press, Gulf Business, Forbes, Business Today, World News, Bloomberg, The Hindu, The Indian Express, Inc42 Media, International Business Times, The Independent, Reuters, Analytics India Magazine, YourStory.com, Digit, afaqs!, Hindustan Times, DigiTimes, and MEDIANAMA
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More: Airtel, Rest of World, The Indian Express, Bloomberg, Arabian Business, Times of India, Reuters, Financial Express, Neowin, RCR Wireless News, PCMag, Associated Press, TelecomTV, Financial Times, Business Today, TechCrunch, Analytics India Magazine, Hindustan Times, YourStory.com, The Hindu, Inc42 Media, Gulf News, NDTV, The Economic Times, Digit, and Semafor. X: @airtelnews
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Bengaluru is becoming an AI talent hub as overseas startups compete with Big Tech; Bain & Co predicts India's AI talent gap will reach 1M workers by 2027 — The San Francisco-based startup plans to hire more than 300 people for its AI, product and engineering teams at its Bangalore development center … | Stephen Totilo / Game File: |
Mike Verdu, who joined Netflix in 2021 to launch its game offering and took on a new role as VP of Generative AI for games four months ago, has left the company — Plus: Some key changes for this year's Game Developers Conference — Mike Verdu, the executive who led Netflix's foray …
More: PocketGamer.biz, Mobilegamer.biz, and The Verge
| The Information: |
Source: Anthropic's annualized revenue grew from $1B at the end of 2024 to $1.4B in early March; Manus uses tools including Claude 3.7 Sonnet to power its agent — Anthropic's year is off to a good start. — Its annualized revenue—a measure of the past month's revenue multiplied by 12 …
More: StrictlyVC, KrASIA, and PYMNTS.com
| David McCabe / New York Times: |
The Senate approves Gail Slater, President Trump's pick to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit, by a 78-19 vote; she has been critical of power in the tech industry — Slater, a longtime Washington lawyer, has been particularly critical of power in the tech industry.
More: The Verge, Bloomberg, CCIA, Axios, and Reuters
X: @nancyscola, @mrddmia, @mrddmia, and @jonathancohn
| Bloomberg: |
Deliveroo exits Hong Kong after tough competition from Foodpanda and Meituan's Keeta, which has expanded to Saudi Arabia, with 1M weekly users, per Sensor Tower — Deliveroo Plc will close its Hong Kong business after weak sales and mounting competition in the city weighed on the company's international division.| Riddhi Kanetkar / Business Insider: |
OpusClip, which offers a multimodal AI tool to simplify short-form video editing for creators, raised $20M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $215M valuation — - AI startup OpusClip has secured $20 million in funding, led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2. — The startup uses natural …
More: Tech Funding News and FinSMEs
| Akila Quinio / Financial Times: |
A look at UK fintechs Revolut and Monzo's push to expand in the US, where they face steep challenges in a complex regulatory environment and strong competition — Revolut and Monzo face steep challenges in a complex regulatory environment and competitive retail banking sector| David Latona / Reuters: |
Spain's government approves a bill, pending lower house assent, imposing fines of up to €35M or 7% of annual turnover on firms not labeling AI-generated content — Spain's government approved a bill on Tuesday imposing massive fines on companies that use content generated by artificial intelligence …
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
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