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Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Amazon updates its iOS Kindle app to add a prominent orange “Get book” button, enabling purchases via the mobile browser, after the recent Epic v. Apple ruling  —  Amazon has updated its Kindle iOS app to take advantage of recent changes to Apple's App Store rules.
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Q&A with Tim Sweeney on the recent Epic v. Apple ruling, bringing Fortnite back to iOS via Epic's Swedish developer account, and spending $100M+ on legal fees  —  - Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney — the guy behind Fortnite — has been fighting Apple over its App Store rules for five years.
Sean Endicott / Windows Central:
Microsoft announces new features for Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs, including an AI agent in Settings and updates to Start menu, Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool  —  Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11 are about to get a ton of new features. … While the brand-new Surface hardware headlined today's announcements …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft debuts the $899+ Surface Laptop 13, with a smaller 13" screen, an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB/512GB options, shipping from May 20  —  The new Surface Laptop 13-inch ditches the Surface Connect port and Windows Hello camera for a smaller footprint.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils the $799+ Surface Pro 12, a fan-less, ARM tablet with a 90Hz display, two USB-C 3.2 ports, and a revamped $150 keyboard, shipping from May 20
Financial Times:
DoorDash agrees to acquire UK food delivery company Deliveroo for £2.9B in cash; Deliveroo has struggled since its London IPO at a £7.6B valuation in March 2021  —  Takeover comes after UK company has struggled since going public four years ago  —  DoorDash has agreed …
Logan Kilpatrick / Google Developers Blog:
Google unveils Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview I/O Edition with “significantly” improved capabilities for coding and building interactive web apps, before I/O on May 20  —  We've seen developers doing amazing things with Gemini 2.5 Pro, so we decided to release an updated version a couple …
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk's attorney says OpenAI's nonprofit reversal is “a transparent dodge that fails to address the core issues” and “the founding mission remains betrayed”  —  Elon Musk's attorney said OpenAI's decision to partly walk back its plan to restructure as a for-profit business …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft remains the biggest holdout among investors in OpenAI's restructuring, seeking assurance that the changes will protect its $13.75B investment
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI backtracks and says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations, after a “constructive dialogue” with civic leaders and DE and CA AGs
Ariel Wittenberg / Politico:
Environmental groups: xAI's Memphis plant now has ~35 gas turbines, and xAI has no Clean Air Act permits; Elon Musk said turbines were necessary to train Grok 3  —  The company's turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI reaches an agreement to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for ~$3B; Windsurf was valued at $1.25B in August 2024  —  OpenAI has agreed to buy Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for about $3 billion …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
TeleMessage parent company Smarsh says it is “investigating a potential security incident” and has suspended all its services “out of an abundance of caution”  —  The messaging app that President Donald Trump's former national security advisor was seen using during …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung updates Samsung Wallet to add a “Tap to Transfer” feature that lets US users quickly exchange money between themselves, rolling out “later this month”  —  Samsung Wallet is adding a clever new “Tap to Transfer” feature that lets you quickly exchange money between friends …
Wall Street Journal:
US v. Google: the DOJ says in a May 5 filing that Google should sell its AdX business and DFP ad platform; Google says divestiture isn't warranted or feasible  —  A federal judge ruled last month that the tech giant had created a monopoly in advertising  —  Google should sell …
Leo Sands / Washington Post:
Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, capping a remarkable 21-year run for software that for many embodied the open internet and had 300M+ users in its heyday  —  After 21 years, Microsoft is hanging up on Skype.  In its heyday, the calling service connected millions around the world.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
News reader Particle launches on the web, featuring news headlines and AI summaries, key quotes, links to sources, and reader questions answered by AI  —  Particle, the startup behind an AI-powered newsreader that aims to help publishers, not just steal their work, is bringing its product to the web.

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The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal

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