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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Sam Altman says OpenAI is planning to “release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months”  —  OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.”  —  That's according to a feedback form …
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
France's antitrust regulator fines Apple €150M after a lengthy investigation into how iOS asks to collect user data under ATT and the impact on advertisers  —  France's antitrust regulator fined Apple Inc. €150 million ($162 million) after a lengthy probe into how the technology company asks …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple releases iOS 18.4 with Priority notifications for Apple Intelligence, which gets support for eight more languages, Ambient Music via Control Center, more  —  Apple today released iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, the fourth major updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating system updates …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases visionOS 2.4 with Apple Intelligence, a Spatial Gallery app that features Apple-curated media, with “new content released regularly”, and more  —  Alongside iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, Apple is also rolling out visionOS 2.4 for Apple Vision Pro users today.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Amazon's AGI Lab unveils Nova Act, a general purpose AI agent to control a web browser and independently perform some simple actions, and a Nova Act SDK  —  Amazon on Monday unveiled Nova Act, a general-purpose AI agent that can take control of a web browser and independently perform some simple actions.
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Eric and Donald Trump Jr.'s American Data Centers plans to merge with Hut 8's American Bitcoin and take a 20% stake, aiming to create the world's largest miner  —  A business led by two of the president's sons will invest in American Bitcoin, a new mining company controlled by Hut 8
Kevin Beaumont / DoublePulsar:
Following a March 21 report about an alleged breach of Oracle Cloud, Oracle's communication has been muddy, leaving customers unsure if they are impacted  —  Being a provider of cloud SaaS (Software-as-a-service) solutions requires certain cybersecurity responsibilities — including being transparent and open.
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Isomorphic Labs, a DeepMind spinoff focusing on drug discovery, raised $600M led by Thrive to research treatments, including for cancer and immune disorders  —  The company, which uses artificial intelligence to develop new treatments, now counts the venture capital firm Thrive Capital as a backer.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk's SpaceX over expanding satellite cellphone services; Apple discussed linking iPhones to SpaceX satellites  —  The iPhone maker and SpaceX are competing in the race to eliminate cellphone dead spots, a rift that is set to intensify
Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Sources: Sesame, which makes realistic AI voice assistants, is in talks to raise $200M+ co-led by Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, valuing the company at $1B+  —  Sesame AI is discussing a funding round of more than $200 million, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital.
Bloomberg:
Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in beta, announces a $39-per-month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199-per-month Pro tier  —  The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro.
Reuters:
TSMC says its Kaohsiung plant in Taiwan is set to begin 2nm wafer volume production in H2 2025, reaffirming its commitment to Taiwan during its US expansion  —  TSMC (2330.TW) said on Monday that its newly built domestic fab would add 7,000 tech jobs to the island's economy and that it will continue …

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Tim Wu / New York Times:
WBD merging with either Netflix or Paramount should be challenged by US antitrust authorities and would be bad for US streaming market competition

Tyler Falk / Current:
The Public Media Bridge Fund awards $26M across 74 organizations that operate more than 180 public radio and TV stations

Reporters Without Borders:
At least 53 of the 67 journalists killed in the past 12 months were victims of war or criminal networks; 503 journalists are detained globally, 121 in China

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Karin Matussek / Bloomberg:
Nokia and Amazon settle a long-running, global patent dispute over Amazon using Nokia's video tech in Prime Video and its devices, without disclosing the terms
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Huawei reports FY 2024 revenue up 22.4% YoY to ~$118.2B, near its ~$123B record in 2020, net profit down 28% YoY to ~$8.63B, and R&D spend rising to ~$25B

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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
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