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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.
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Threads: @crumbler and @joshteder
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Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| 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.
More: PCMag, The Verge, WinBuzzer, CNET, Cult of Mac, and Mobilegamer.biz
X: @simonowens and @timsweeneyepic
| 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 …
More: BleepingComputer, Windows Blog, Mashable, Thurrott, CRN, PCWorld, XDA Developers, The Verge, BGR, Pocket-lint, WinBuzzer, Neowin, and Windows Latest
| 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: |
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| 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 …
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| Bloomberg: |
DoorDash plans to acquire NYC-based hospitality tech company SevenRooms for $1.2B in cash, set to close in H2 2025; SevenRooms works with 13K+ restaurant groups — In a matter of five hours, the US delivery firm DoorDash Inc. announced two multibillion-dollar acquisitions that stand to turn …
More: Associated Press, Android Police, DoorDash, PYMNTS.com, New York Times, Silicon UK, Reuters, and Yahoo Finance
| 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 …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and r/singularity
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft remains the biggest holdout among investors in OpenAI's restructuring, seeking assurance that the changes will protect its $13.75B investment — After months of public pressure, OpenAI walked back part of its effort to create a more conventional for-profit company … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Spotify debuts a “plays” metric for podcasts that shows users and creators how many times people have actively listened to or watched an audio or video episode — YouTube continues to dominate the podcasting space, but Spotify is actively working to close the gap.| 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 …
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| Martha Muir / Financial Times: |
US data center operators warn President Trump's renewable energy attack could hurt the US in the AI race; data centers are set to add 83.7GW of demand by 2030 — Industry needs renewables to meet surging power demand from artificial intelligence — The US data centre industry has warned … | 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 … | Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Wonder, which runs Grubhub and Blue Apron, raised $600M led by NEA, a source says at a $7B+ valuation, and CEO Marc Lore says it has $2B+ in revenue — Marc Lore's food hall startup is raising $600 million from investors including NEA, Accel and GV. — Wonder, the food hall company …
More: The Information and PYMNTS.com
| Financial Times: |
Munich-based Quantum Systems raised €160M, sources say at a €1B+ valuation, and Lisbon-based Tekever hit a £1B+ valuation, as VCs back European drone startups — Quantum Systems and Tekever each valued at more than €1bn in latest fundraisings, as new investors flock to ‘dual use’ tech companies
More: Tech.eu, TNW, The Decoder, Euromaidan Press, Tech Funding News, Silicon Canals, and AIN
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates its iOS app to add a “Simplify” feature to simplify complex text in a Search result or Discover article, powered by its Gemini 1.5 models — The Google app on iOS, which has its own web browser, is adding a new “Simplify” feature when you come across complex text.
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Proactive, and The Keyword
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Instacart launches Fizz, a Gen-Z focused app for group orders of drinks and party snacks with a flat $5 fee and a rewards program for brands to offer discounts — Instacart is launching a new, Gen-Z focused app for group orders of drinks and party snacks, expanding its core delivery business beyond grocery hauls.
More: PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Ad Age, and Fast Company
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Germany- and US-based Parloa, which uses AI to automate customer service and call center operations, raised $120M at a $1B valuation, after raising $66M in 2024 — Parloa GmbH, a startup building an artificial intelligence platform for customer service, has raised $120 million from investors …
More: FinSMEs, Parloa, and EU-Startups
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: 24 crypto wallets earned $99.6M by buying the $MELANIA memecoin in the two and a half minutes before Melania Trump posted about the coin on January 19 — Small group of digital wallets bought up coins in the minutes before it was announced, FT analysis shows — Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free
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