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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple unveils iOS and macOS accessibility features: App Store Accessibility Nutrition Labels, Magnifier for Mac, Accessibility Reader, Braille Access, and more  —  Ahead of WWDC kicking off in June, Apple today has officially unveiled this year's new accessibility features for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple partners with brain-computer interface startup Synchron to explore letting iPhone users control the device using brain signals via a stent-like implant  —  iPhone-maker works with startup Synchron on new brain computer interfaces to help disabled people use its devices
Bloomberg:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company will send AI chips to Saudi Arabia's Humain for a 500 MW data center buildout, as President Trump visits the kingdom  —  Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced the partnership on stage at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh.
Kelsey Warner / Semafor:
Sources: Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund-backed AI company HUMAIN has selected US-based chip developer Groq for its inference work
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Elliptic: Colorado-registered Xinbi Guarantee runs a Telegram black market for Chinese crypto scammers that has facilitated $8.4B in transactions since 2022  —  Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet's biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering.
More: Elliptic.  Bluesky: @agreenberg, @couts, @agreenberg, and @wired.com.  Forums: r/Buttcoin
Bloomberg:
Samsung unveils the $1,100+ Galaxy S25 Edge, which is 5.8mm thick and weighs 163g, making it 30% thinner and 25% lighter than the S25 Ultra, arriving on May 30  —  Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget  —  The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET:
Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: sturdy, the thin design is a breath of fresh air, and similar specs to the S25, but the 3,900 mAh battery is below the S25's 4,000 mAh
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft lays off 3% of employees across all levels, teams, and geographies “to best position the company”; Microsoft employed 228K at the end of June 2024  —  Microsoft on Tuesday said that it's laying off 3% of employees across all levels, teams and geographies.
Nina Kienle / Wall Street Journal:
UK retailer M&S says hackers stole customer data during a cyberattack reported on April 22; UK retailers Harrods and Co-op also reported hacks in recent weeks  —  U.K. retailers Harrods and Co-op also reported cyber intrusions in the past weeks  —  Marks and Spencer said hackers …
Josh Scott / BetaKit:
Robinhood acquires Toronto-based WonderFi, which owns Bitbuy, Coinsquare, and other crypto exchanges, for CA$250M, or CA$0.36 per share, set to close in H2 2025  —  After spending years gobbling up other Canadian cryptocurrency companies, Toronto-based WonderFi has agreed to be acquired by American trading platform Robinhood Markets.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Chinese drone company DJI unveils the €2,099 Mavic 4 Pro with a 360° rotating gimbal, and says it won't be available in the US at launch, a first for its drones  —  The Mavic 4 Pro is coming to Canada and Mexico, but not the USA (for now). … Today, DJI is officially announcing …
Mitchell Ferman / Bloomberg:
Intel says it certified Shell's lubricant-based method for cooling AI data center servers more efficiently after a two-year trial, in a bid to use less energy  —  The announcement on Tuesday, which follows the chipmaker's two-year trial of the technology, offers a way to use less energy …
More: TechPowerUp
Christopher Tepedino / Cointelegraph:
US SEC Chair Paul Atkins says blockchains could enable novel use cases for securities and “policymaking will no longer result from ad hoc enforcement actions”  —  Blockchain technology could enable “a broad swath of novel use cases for securities” and foster …
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Coinbase is joining the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services in the index, effective before trading on May 19; COIN jumps 15%+  —  Coinbase is joining the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services in the benchmark index, according to a release on Monday.
Axios:
President Trump signs an EO to cut the de minimis tariff from 120% to 54% on shipments from China, but keeps the $100 minimum flat fee, effective from May 14  —  Small packages from China are still subject to tariffs of 120%, a White House official confirmed Monday — a major blow …
Financial Times:
The US and China agree to a deal to lower tariffs for the next 90 days, a sign of easing tensions; the US plans to cut tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%

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