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May 27, 2025, 12:25 PM

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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta launches a dedicated iPadOS app for WhatsApp, about 15 years after the messaging service and the first iPad launched  —  The first version of the messaging app built for iPads tablets makes it easy to chat while you browse.  —  Meta now has a dedicated iPad app for WhatsApp …
Bloomberg:
Salesforce agrees to acquire cloud data management company Informatica for ~$8B, set to close in its FY 2027, one year after an earlier deal fell through  —  Informatica shareholders are set to receive $25 in cash per share, according to a statement on Tuesday.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on search's future, seeing “overall query growth”, AI agents, not altering search rankings or AI Mode answers to favor Trump, and more  —  Today, I'm talking with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.  We recorded this conversation in person …
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Keeping Tabs by The Browser Company:
The Browser Company says it is pivoting away from its Arc browser to build AI-native browser Dia, citing Arc's complexity and limited mass-market appeal  —  On Arc, its future, and the arrival of AI browsers — a moment to answer the largest questions you've asked us this past year.  —  The Browser Company
Ina Fried / Axios:
Memo: Meta reorganizes its AI teams into an AI products team and AGI Foundations; FAIR remains separate but one specific FAIR team is moving to AGI Foundations  —  Meta is restructuring its AI teams to speed up the rollout of new products and features, Axios has learned.
Monique Mulima / Bloomberg:
Trump Media & Technology Group plans to sell ~$1.5B in stock and $1B in 0% convertible notes to buy bitcoin for its treasury, following Strategy's model  —  The company's shares fell 9.2% at $23.38 in early trading after rallying premarket following a Financial Times report on its plans …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple says its App Store blocked $9B+ in fraudulent transactions over the past five years, with $2B in just 2024, and rejected ~2M risky app submissions in 2024  —  Apple on Tuesday announced new figures related to its App Store's ability to protect app developers and consumers from fraud.
Parikshit Mishra / CoinDesk:
Stablecoin operator Circle files for an NYSE IPO and plans to offer 24M shares at $24 to $26 each, raising up to nearly $250M; Cathie Wood's ARK may buy $150M  —  Circle Internet Group, the firm behind stablecoin USDC, has filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, the firm said on Tuesday.
Jose Antonio Lanz / Decrypt:
Researcher: factoring 2048 bit RSA integers could be done with ~20x fewer noisy qubits than previously estimated, though still far beyond current quantum tech  —  Google just dropped a new research paper, and Bitcoin maxis may want to do some quick math.  The tech giant's quantum team found …

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