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| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
How Apple's extraordinary measures to keep its App Store commissions after the Epic v. Apple trial led to a civil contempt ruling and weakened its credibility — Court documents show the company commissioned a sham report and lied on the stand to justify its actions, which will cast a shadow over future lawsuits.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures estimates Apple made $10.1B in revenue from US App Store commissions in 2024, up from $4.8B in 2020, $6.7B in 2021, $7.4B in 2022, and $8.8B in 2023 — Over $10 billion — that's how much revenue Apple's U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures.
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| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
Coinbase Derivatives, the company's CFTC-regulated derivatives arm, launches 24/7 Bitcoin and Ethereum futures trading for retail and institutional users — - Coinbase Derivatives, the firm's CFTC-regulated derivatives arm, will provide round-the-clock futures contracts trading for retail and institutional users starting today.
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| David K. Li / NBC News: |
A US judged sentenced an Arizona man to the maximum 10.5 years in prison after his deceased victim gave the court an impact statement via an AI-generated video — The defendant got the maximum of 10½ years for the 2021 murder. His attorney called the presentation “inflammatory,” providing grounds for appeal.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: CoreWeave plans to raise ~$1.5B through a high-yield bond offering, aiming to refinance part of its massive liabilities just weeks after its muted IPO — AI data centre provider returns to investors with potential bond offerings that could reduce cost of borrowing
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| Chris Cameron / New York Times: |
Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling it “racist” and “totally unconstitutional” — President Trump denounced the Biden-era Digital Equity Act as “woke handouts based on race,” …
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| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Broadcom is sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, to push them to buy VMware product bundles — Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed.
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| Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat: |
How The Ottawa Hospital cut clinician burnout by 70% using Microsoft's DAX Copilot, which captures physician-patient conversations and generates clinical notes — Clinician and patient satisfaction (or lack thereof) is a significant issue in healthcare — patients because they can struggle …
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Whoop launches Whoop 5.0, its latest screenless wearable, including a medical grade version with Healthspan, showing users how they are aging physiologically — It's appealing to non-athletes with more affordable subscriptions and more advanced health features like EKGs.
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| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Huawei teases its first laptop running HarmonyOS 5, after its Windows license for PCs expired in March 2025, and plans a full reveal on May 19 — Huawei Technologies on Thursday unveiled its first laptop that runs the company's self-developed operating system, HarmonyOS …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta brings its Account Status feature to Threads, letting users see when the company has removed or demoted their posts or handed out other account penalties — Threads will finally start giving users more visibility into when their accounts are penalized for breaking its rules.
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique that allows LLMs to develop advanced search capabilities via simulation, claiming it cuts costs by up to 88% — Researchers at Alibaba Group have developed a novel approach that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity …
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| Washington Post: |
Senate hearing: Sam Altman says that requiring government approval to release AI would be “disastrous” for the US' lead in AI, a reversal from his 2023 comments — Congressional testimony Thursday from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman illustrated a shift in the tech industry's attitude to the potential risks of AI.
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Affirm reports Q3 revenue up 36% YoY to $783M, vs. $783M est., GMV up 36% YoY to $8.6B, above $8.2B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue below est.; AFRM drops 5%+ — WATCH NOW — Affirm, the provider of buy now, pay later loans, gave a revenue forecast for the current quarter …
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