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April 24, 2025, 12:20 PM
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European Commission:
The European Commission says that Meta's Facebook Marketplace should no longer be designated under the DMA, citing fewer than 10,000 business users in 2024  —  Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) …
Reuters:
The White House says that the EU's €500M fine on Apple and €200M fine on Meta are a “novel form of economic extortion” that the US will not tolerate  —  The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple (AAPL.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) by the European Union were a …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Adobe unveils its Firefly Image Model 4 and Model 4 Ultra, launches a redesigned Firefly web app, is testing a new Adobe Content Authenticity web app, and more  —  Adobe on Thursday launched the latest iteration of its Firefly family of image generation AI models, a model for generating vectors …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
The EU unveils new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc that rate energy efficiency, durability, and repairability, starting June 20  —  Tablets are also covered by the scheme, which takes effect in June. … The European Union has announced details of new mandatory labels …
Financial Times:
Elon Musk is stepping back from DOGE in May, spending 1-2 days per week on government work, as tariffs, customer anger, and Chinese competition weigh on Tesla  —  Billionaire's foray into government coincided with increased competition from Chinese rivals  —  In the days following Donald …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
İFÖD: Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the government's request; the accounts are available on third-party apps using the AT Protocol  —  Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured.
Adrienne So / Wired:
On the Apple Watch's 10th anniversary, a look at how Apple reshaped the watch industry and ushered in a new age of fitness tracking  —  When the Apple Watch launched, it was unclear if smartwatches would pan out.  Ten years later, Apple has a $100-billion hit that reshaped the watch industry …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Hands-on with Cluely's “cheat on everything” tool: the AI can't intuit what the user needs despite being given prior context and takes long to give a response  —  Tech evangelists have been yammering about “working smarter, not harder” for years.
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
VW and Uber unveil an ambitious plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service using ID. BUZZ vehicles in US cities over the next decade, starting in LA in 2026  —  Volkswagen of America and Uber on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service — using autonomous electric VW ID.
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
Microsoft's 2025 Work Trend Index report, based on a survey of 31,000 people, argues that “Frontier Firms” utilizing agentic AI as digital workers are emerging  —  As enterprises adopt AI agents and digital workers, companies' success may depend on the human-agent ratio and how workflows are managed.
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
An interview with Kyle Fish, who Anthropic hired in 2024 as a welfare researcher to study AI consciousness and estimates a ~15% chance that models are conscious  —  As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
Stephanie Lai / Bloomberg:
Trump signs an EO to boost AI education and workforce training, and establishes an AI education task force led by White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive action to boost artificial intelligence education and workforce training …
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Revolut reports 2024 revenue up 72% YoY to £3.1B, net profit up 149% YoY to £1.1B, and wealth unit revenue up 298% YoY to £506M; its loan book grew 86% to £979M  —  LONDON — British fintech firm Revolut on Thursday announced it topped $1 billion in annual profit for the first time …
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: a Perplexity executive says Google's contract with Motorola blocked Perplexity from being the default AI assistant on new Motorola devices
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Ofcom outlines 40+ child safety measures for websites and apps to introduce from July 2025 or face large fines under the Online Safety Act, including age checks  —  Companies will be legally required to block children's access to harmful content under UK's Online Safety Act or face large fines
Bloomberg:
President Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the TRUMP memecoin on May 22, according to the memecoin's website; TRUMP jumps 50%+  —  President Donald Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, the issuers of the cryptocurrency announced on Wednesday.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Motorola unveils three new Razr models, including the $1,300 Razr Ultra flip phone with a 7-inch inner and 4-inch outer screen and wood option, shipping May 15  —  The new high-end Razr Ultra comes with an Ultra price. … Motorola is kicking off hot foldable summer in style — and a little early this year.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Framework Laptop 13 review: a matte 3:2 display, AMD's Ryzen AI CPU is the Laptop 13's fastest ever, and Copilot+, but some glitchiness and poor battery life  —  With great power comes great responsibility and subpar battery life.  —  At this point, the Framework Laptop 13 is a familiar face, an old friend.
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From Mediagazer

Henry Blodget / Regenerator:
Bari Weiss' 60 Minutes decision may have been a way to both signal that she's serious about shifting CBS' sensibility to the right and “improve” a story

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump says Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic trainwreck” and “CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW”, after CBS aired a Late Show rerun in which Colbert mocked Trump

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney crosses the $6B milestone at the box office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic; no other studio has managed to reach $6B since 2015

More News

Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Meta's Oversight Board rules that two posts disparaging trans women are not hate speech, in the first major test since Meta weakened its rules in January 2025
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Perplexity's iOS app enables support for the company's conversational AI voice assistant, letting users ask the chatbot to write emails, set reminders, and more
Dylan Butts / CNBC:
SK Hynix reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to ~$12.4B, vs. ~$12.1B est, and operating profit up 158% YoY to ~$5.2B, vs. ~$4.6B est., on demand for its HBM chips

Earlier Picks

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Tesla says it has started testing its autonomous ride-hailing service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area, and has completed 15,000 miles of driving
Bloomberg:
TSMC plans to begin production with its A14 fabrication process in 2028 and an intermediary A16 chip process in late 2026
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Internal documents: several Google units have notified remote workers that their jobs will be in jeopardy if they don't show up at the office three days a week
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
IBM reports Q1 revenue up 0.6% YoY to $14.54B, vs. $14.4B est., and says DOGE delayed or nixed 15 of its federal contracts; IBM drops 6%+
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI brings ChatGPT's new image generator tech to its API, for $5 per 1M text input tokens, $10 per 1M image input tokens, and $40 per 1M image output tokens
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down, replaced by Humam Sakhnini effective April 28; Citron will stay on the board and become a CEO advisor
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