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A livestream of the Google I/O 2025 keynote — It's time to I/O! Tune in to learn the latest news, announcements, and AI updates from Google.
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Google says Project Astra will power new capabilities in Search, including a new Search Live feature, as well as in the Gemini AI app and third-party products — Google announced on Tuesday during Google I/O 2025 that Project Astra — the company's low latency, multimodal AI experience …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Google's AI Mode, its chatbot for Search, rolls out to everyone in the US and will include features like Deep Search, agentic capabilities, and chart generation — Google has begun rolling out AI Mode to every Search user in the US. The company announced the expansion during its I/O 2025 conference.
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| CNBC: |
Google announces new video and image generation models Veo 3 and Imagen 4, alongside a new AI filmmaking tool Flow and expanded access to Lyria 2 — Google on Tuesday announced Veo 3, an AI video generator that can also create and incorporate audio. — The artificial intelligence tool competes …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Google AI Ultra, a subscription plan with the highest usage limits and access to its most capable models, rolling out in the US for $250/month — To date, AI Premium is how you access the latest features from Google. At I/O 2025, that subscription tier is being renamed to …
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| Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts Deep Think, an enhanced reasoning mode in Gemini 2.5 Pro that it says excels at math and coding, available to “trusted testers” via the Gemini API — Google is moving closer to its goal of a “universal AI assistant” that can understand context, plan and take action.
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Google brings live translation to Google Meet, matching the user's tone and cadence, first in beta for Spanish and English on Google AI Pro and Ultra plans — If you find Google's live translation tools useful, you'll soon be able to use them more naturally during video calls and meetings.| Amanda Kooser / CNET: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to unveil at WWDC an SDK and related frameworks to let third-party devs build AI features based on LLMs it uses for Apple Intelligence — Apple Inc. is preparing to allow third-party developers to write software using its artificial intelligence models … | Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Civitai blames a “configuration issue” for allowing users to generate non-consensual porn; it appears that users can still create such videos of non-celebrities — 404 Media found that people were using Civitai to create nonconsensual AI porn videos of anyone for a small price.| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: four of the world's top 50 tech companies are European, and none of the top 10 quantum companies are in Europe, as the continent lags the US and China — A risk-averse business culture and complex regulations have stifled innovation on the continent, weighing on its future
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| Financial Times: |
UK tech unicorn Builder.ai, backed by Microsoft, Qatar, and others, says it is entering insolvency proceedings due to financial and past leadership “problems” — Once high-flying group founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from ‘past decisions’
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo picked Samsung to produce the Switch 2's main chips, aiming to sell 20M+ units by March 2026, a key win for Samsung as it competes with TSMC — Securing a contract for one of the summer's hottest new gadgets will likely help lift utilization or boost business for the Korean conglomerate's chip foundries.| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Catena Labs, co-founded by Circle co-founder Sean Neville to build an “AI-native bank”, emerges from stealth with an $18M seed led by a16z — Sean Neville, cofounder and CEO of Catena Labs. — Courtesy of Catena Labs — Sean Neville has a knack for finding opportunities amid tech booms.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The ad-supported web is dying, and the next development to accelerate this may be the agentic web, which Microsoft is pushing via NLWeb and MCP support — Ethan Zuckerman wrote in The Atlantic in 2014: … Marc Andreessen, who was there when the web was born, explained in a 2019 podcast …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash ended its AI-powered voice ordering product for restaurant clients in April 2025, after launching it in August 2023 — DoorDash Inc. ended a pilot of its voice-ordering product for restaurant clients, a year after it poached talent from an artificial intelligence startup to bolster the product.
Bluesky: @seosavvyagent.com
| Reuters: |
Sources: Intel is considering divesting NEX, its Network and Edge business unit that generated $5.8B in 2024 revenue, to focus on PC and data center chips — Intel has considered divesting its network and edge businesses as the chipmaker looks to shave off parts of the company …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sam Altman had for months sought to delegate more responsibility before hiring Fidji Simo, an adept and detail-oriented manager, in contrast to Altman — Fidji Simo is leaving Instacart for a newly created role at Sam Altman's startup as it prepares for a potential public offering
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| New York Times: |
President Trump's recent Middle East trip helped Elon Musk's SpaceX and Neuralink cut lucrative deals, deepening Musk's ties to the Gulf's autocratic monarchies — The world's richest man inked new deals as he tagged along on President Trump's tour of the Gulf.
More: The Economic Times and New York Magazine
| Bloomberg: |
Chinese government data: smartphone exports including iPhones fell 72% MoM to $688.5M in April, the lowest since 2011, outpacing a 21% drop in overall shipments — Smartphone exports slid 72% to just under $700 million last month, sharply outpacing an overall 21% drop in Chinese shipments to the US …
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| Politico: |
France says it banned Telegram founder Pavel Durov on May 12 from going to the US for “negotiations with investment funds”, after arresting him in August 2024 — The Russian-born entrepreneur is not allowed to leave France without permission following his August arrest.
More: 404 Media, Newsbusters, Cryptopolitan, and The European Conservative
| Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: |
The US Senate advances the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin bill, after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition on May 19, a major victory for the crypto industry — Stablecoin legislation overcame a procedural blockade in the US Senate, marking a major victory for the crypto industry …
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Bluesky: @leftwardswing and @chicagomike
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google will soon let users shop in AI Mode, unveils agentic checkout, and updates its virtual try-on feature in Search Labs for clothes shoppers in the US — There's also a new way to find products you're looking for in AI Mode. … Google is taking its virtual try-on feature to a new level.| Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
SignalFire: in 2024, Big Tech employment declined 1.6% in Austin and startup employment fell 4.9%; Dallas, Houston, Denver, and Toronto employment also declined — Regional tech hubs across the U.S. are losing talent as workers return to the coasts, with Austin being one of the hardest hit| Ryan S. Gladwin / Decrypt: |
Michael Arrington says Coinbase's recent data breach “will lead to people dying”, calls for KYC rules reassessment and prison for execs failing to protect users — The founder of online news publication TechCrunch has claimed that Coinbase's recent data breach “will lead to people dying …
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