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Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
OpenAI launches o3, its most advanced reasoning model, and o4-mini, a lower cost alternative that still delivers “impressive results”, for ChatGPT paid users  —  ChatGPT Plus users can begin using both new models starting today.  —  A mere two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI is releasing not one but two new models.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
CISA says it will extend funding to Mitre, which runs the CVE Program, and “there will be no lapse in critical CVE services”, after Mitre said funding expired  —  CISA says the U.S. government has extended MITRE's funding to ensure no continuity issues with the critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program.
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LinkedIn: Jen Easterly and Patrick W. Gilmore
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/programming, r/cybersecurity, r/netsec, r/Android, r/cybersecurity, r/nottheonion, r/GooglePixel, r/neoliberal, Lobsters, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
CNBC:
SEC filing: Nvidia says it will record a $5.5B quarterly charge after new US rules to require a license to export the H20 chips to China; NVDA drops ~5%  —  Nvidia said on Tuesday that it will take a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China and other destinations.
Reuters:
Sources: Nvidia did not warn at least some major customers in advance about new US export rules on its H20 chips to China; the US told Nvidia about a week ago  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) did not warn at least some major customers in advance about new U.S. export rules it was told about a week ago requiring …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Q&A with Phil Spencer on A Minecraft Movie, potential IP for future movies, Microsoft's Hollywood goals, Fallout Season 2 and the Minecraft TV series, and more  —  The execs at Microsoft, Warner Bros. and Legendary can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as “A Minecraft Movie” …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify is down in the US, Europe, and more; users reported issues from 8:00AM ET, and Spotify says it is “aware of the outage” and it is not “a security hack”  —  Spotify is aware of the issues and is ‘checking them out.’  —  Spotify is down according …
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
ASML reports Q1 net sales up 46% YoY to €7.74B, vs. €7.8B est., a €2.36B net profit, €3.94B net bookings, below €4.89B est., and warns of tariff uncertainty  —  Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML on Wednesday missed order expectations and said that uncertainty …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta offered $450M in late March to settle the FTC's antitrust case and raised its offer to ~$1B as the trial neared; the FTC had demanded $30B  —  The FTC wanted $30 billion to drop its case.  Zuckerberg offered much less and hoped Trump would back him up.
New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok has been “probably the highest competitive threat for Instagram and Facebook over the last few years”, in his third day of testimony
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple says it has reduced its global greenhouse gas emissions by over 60% vs. 2015 levels as part of its commitment to reach full carbon neutrality by 2030  —  Apple today announced that it has now reduced its global greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60 percent compared to 2015 levels …
Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis:
A look at Huawei's AI CloudMatrix 384 rack-scale system, which is less power-efficient than Nvidia's GB200 NVL72, though this is not a limiting factor in China  —  Huawei is making waves with its new AI accelerator and rack scale architecture.  Meet China's newest and most powerful Chinese domestic solution …
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google says it suspended 39.2M US advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024, up over 3x from 12.7M in 2023, and took down 1.8B ads, aided by new AI tools  —  Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more than triple the number …
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
TikTok begins testing Footnotes, a Community Notes-like feature to add “more context” to videos, in the US; Footnotes won't affect algorithmic ranking  —  But the company isn't walking away from fact checking.  —  As TikTok continues to wait for a deal that will secure its future …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Documents: ICE awarded Palantir nearly $30M in April 2025 to enhance its Investigative Case Management system, after a $90M, five-year deal in September 2022  —  Last week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid contracting giant Palantir tens of millions of dollars to make modifications …
More: Sherwood News.  Bluesky: @jasonkoebler and @josephcox.  Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
xAI unveils Grok Studio, a canvas-like tool for its Grok chatbot that can generate and edit documents, run code like Python and JavaScript, and more  —  Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has gained a canvas-like feature for editing and creating documents and basic apps.
Reuters:
Figma confidentially files for a US IPO, more than a year after Adobe's $20B acquisition failed; the company was valued at $12.5B in a May 2024 tender offer  —  Cloud-based designer platform Figma on Tuesday confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States …
Max Chafkin / Bloomberg:
Medicare broker Chapter, which was co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy and uses AI to aggregate comprehensive plan data, raised $75M at a $1.5B valuation  —  Startup Chapter, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy and previously backed by Peter Thiel and JD Vance, just closed a VC round valuing it at $1.5 billion.

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From Mediagazer

New York Times:
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was forced out of her role on Friday, after five days on the job and hosting only one press briefing

Page Six:
Sources: Bela Bajaria was “blindsided” by her firing and only found out at 5pm on Wednesday after Netflix had repeatedly reassured her that her job was secure

Washington Post:
Israeli settlers attacked WaPo photographer Heidi Levine, who wore a “PRESS” vest, in the West Bank, kicking her repeatedly and taking her cameras and phone

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Ben Weiss / Fortune:
OKX relaunches in the US and unveils a new crypto wallet for users, two months after a $500M DOJ settlement over insufficient anti-money laundering processes
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