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| Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: Eddy Cue says Apple is looking at reshaping Safari to focus on AI search, and Safari searches dropped for the first time in April; GOOG drops 7.5% — Apple Inc. is “actively looking at” reshaping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines …
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Forums: r/artificial, r/technology, r/technews, r/wallstreetbets, r/apple, Slashdot, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
The Commerce Department says it will rescind the Biden-era “AI diffusion rule”, which limits exports of AI chips and is set to take effect on May 15 — The Trump administration plans to rescind Biden-era AI chip curbs as part of a broader effort to revise semiconductor trade restrictions …
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic launches web search on its API for Claude 3.7 Sonnet, 3.5 Sonnet, and 3.5 Haiku at $10/1K searches, giving the models access to up-to-date information — Anthropic is launching a new API that allows its Claude AI models to search across the web. Developers using it can build … | Wired: |
Sources: OpenAI staffers met with the FDA and two DOGE associates multiple times in recent weeks to discuss a project called cderGPT, likely for drug evaluation — High-ranking OpenAI employees have met with the FDA multiple times in recent weeks to discuss AI and a project called cderGPT.
More: TechCrunch and Reuters
| Washington Post: |
Internal messages show how the US State Department, in conjunction with trade talks, pushed nations facing tariffs to clear regulatory hurdles for Starlink — Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote.
More: TechCrunch, The Atlantic, Reuters, Tech in Asia, Benzinga, Gizmodo, The Register, The Independent, and Raw Story
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X: @jstein_wapo, @repcasar, @jstein_wapo, @tcfrankel, @lpolgreen, @samstein, and @joroulette
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Netflix unveils its ChatGPT-powered search that lets users express preferences using natural phrases, to be rolled out this week to iOS users as an opt-in beta — After hinting at a new AI-powered search experience during its recent earnings call, Netflix officially unveiled the feature at its tech and product event on Wednesday.
More: Still Watching Netflix on YouTube, Parker Ortolani, MacRumors, Mercury News, and Droid Life
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| John Koblin / New York Times: |
More: About Netflix, The Verge, 9to5Mac, GSMArena.com, Netflix Tudum, Decrypt, Android Police, The Independent, Android Central, What's on Netflix, The Verge, Engadget, and The Wrap
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Reuters: |
TPG and Corpay agree to acquire Charlotte, NC-based AvidXchange, a payment automation software provider, for $2.2B, with Corpay investing ~$500M for a 33% stake — Global alternative asset manager TPG (TPG.O) will partner with Corpay (CPAY.N) to buy payments solutions provider AvidXchange … | Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
AppLovin reports Q1 revenue up 40% YoY to $1.48B, vs. $1.38B est., net income up 144% to $576M, and forecasts Q2 revenue below est.; APP jumps 13%+ after hours — AppLovin shares soared as high as 15% in extended trading after the company reported earnings and revenue that beat expectations … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Arm reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $1.24B, vs. $1.23B est., royalty revenue up 18% to $607M, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; ARM drops 8%+ after hours — Arm Holdings Plc declined in late trading after giving a disappointing sales forecast for the current quarter … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
At Stripe Sessions, the company announced an AI foundation model for payments, plans for stablecoin-powered accounts, a recent migration with Nvidia, and more — Fintech giant Stripe announced Wednesday a slew of new product launches at its annual Stripe Sessions user event.
More: Decrypt, Stripe, PYMNTS.com, Stripe Documentation, Bloomberg, CryptoSlate, and Stripe. X: @stripe
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy S25 Edge at a May 12 virtual event at 8pm ET, and reservations for the super-slim device are now open with a $50 credit — After weeks of rumors and an apparent delay, Samsung has just announced a May 12 launch event for the Galaxy S25 Edge and has opened reservations for the device.| The Information: |
Sources: Meta is once again considering facial recognition for its smart glasses and other devices, after abandoning the idea over ethical concerns in 2021 — Back in 2021, Mark Zuckerberg and other top Facebook executives were dreaming big about how to design the company's first generation of smart glasses.
More: Engadget, Adweek, TipRanks Financial, Tech Times, and GuruFocus
| Washington Post: |
Sources: DOGE plans to build a centralized database with troves of personal information about millions of US residents, sometimes bypassing security protocols — The goal — a centralized system with unprecedented access to data about Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses …
More: Raw Story, CleanTechnica, and The UnPopulist
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
A US court rejects a legal challenge by the FTC to Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, upholding a lower court ruling that denied an injunction — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to Microsoft's (MSFT.O) …
More: Bloomberg Law, Video Games Chronicle, PC Gamer, Engadget, How-To Geek, Pure Xbox, Game Developer, games fray, and Eurogamer.net
Forums: r/pcgaming, r/Games, and r/wallstreetbets
| Sam Altman / @sama: |
OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as CEO of Applications, reporting to Sam Altman, who says he'll stay CEO focusing “on research, compute, and safety” — so excited that @fidjissimo is joining openai in a new role: ceo of applications, reporting to me. i'll remain ceo of openai, but in this new configuration i'll be able to increase my focus on research, compute, and safety. these are critical as we approach superintelligence.
More: The Information, Instacart Corporate Blog, OpenAI, Reuters, and CNBC
X: @fidjissimo, @mikeisaac, @gdb, @alexrkonrad, and @sama
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Apple seeks to pause the part of the April 30 US federal court ruling that blocked it from charging App Store commissions on outside transactions — The company is appealing a federal judge's ruling last week in its long-running fight with Epic Games Inc. that the iPhone maker failed … | Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood plans a blockchain-based platform to let retail investors in Europe trade US securities, and considered partnerships with Arbitrum and Solana — The venture will be likely launched through a partnership with a digital-asset firm, according to the people.| James D. Walsh / New York Magazine: |
How ChatGPT and other AI tools enable systemic cheating in college, unravelling the entire academic project; one student says “the ceiling has been blown off” — ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. — Chungin “Roy” Lee stepped onto Columbia University's campus …
More: The College Fix, The Daily Northwestern, Marcus on AI, New York Post, and Frontpage Mag
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Samsung subsidiary Harman has agreed to acquire Masimo's audio division, which includes the Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, and Polk Audio brands, for $350M — The $350 million deal brings them under the same ownership as JBL, Harman Kardon, and AKG. … Samsung subsidiary Harman has agreed …
More: Engadget, Masimo, India Today, and Digital Music News
Forums: Hacker News, r/Soundbars, and Slashdot
| Kritika Lamba / Reuters: |
Bumble reports Q1 revenue down 7.7% YoY to $247.1M, in line with $246.2M est., with Bumble app paying users falling ~1% YoY to 2.7M; BMBL jumps ~7% after hours — Bumble (BMBL.O) reported a more than 7% fall in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, but met Wall Street estimates …
More: Tech in Asia, Bumble, and Yahoo Finance
| Alexander Marrow / Reuters: |
Nebius Group's Toloka, which uses human experts to train and evaluate AI models and has worked with Amazon and Anthropic, raised $72M led by Bezos Expeditions — Jeff Bezos' personal firm Bezos Expeditions is leading a $72-million investment in artificial intelligence data solutions company Toloka …
More: Tech in Asia, Toloka, DutchNews.nl, Proactive, Silicon UK, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and Motley Fool
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Leaked audio and memos: at a heated all-hands, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi defended upping required in-office days to three per week, saying “it is what it is” — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi last week told employees “it is what it is” at a heated all-hands meeting after the company announced …
More: Business Insider, TheStreet, Inc.com, GeekWire, Entrepreneur, and TheStreet
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Forums: r/remotework and r/technology
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Sen. Blumenthal says the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations opened an inquiry into Trump's crypto empire, calling his memecoin dinner “pay-for-play” — Democrats turned up the pressure on President Donald Trump's cryptocurrency ventures this week and the fortune …
More: Richard Blumenthal, Axios, Decrypt, The Coin Republic, New York Magazine, Decrypt, CNBC, Axios, and CNBC
X: @tylermcbrien and @senblumenthal
| Bloomberg: |
More: Citation Needed, Rolling Stone, The Block, and The Crypto Times
Bluesky: @carlquintanilla, @eliothiggins, and @ihatetrump4ever
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