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| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta and Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries partner to build EagleEye, a new AI-powered weapons system, including rugged helmets, glasses, and other wearables — The Facebook and Instagram parent is partnering with Anduril Industries to develop combat VR headsets for the Army
More: Core Memory, YouTube, Anduril Industries, and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @seanhodgdon.com and @josefresco.com
| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says its R1 update can perform mathematics, programming, and general logic better than the previous version, and comes close to o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro — The Chinese startup DeepSeek said Thursday that its upgraded artificial-intelligence model can perform mathematics, programming …
More: Hugging Face, PYMNTS.com, Mercury News, MacStories, and implicator.ai
Forums: Hacker News and r/LocalLLaMA
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Like its predecessor, DeepSeek-R1-0528 has an MIT License and model weights are on Hugging Face; DeepSeek API users will get to use the model at no extra cost — The whale has returned. — After rocking the global AI and business community early this year with the January 20 initial release …
More: Interconnects, TechCrunch, CNBC, Reuters, WinBuzzer, Pandaily, Analytics India Magazine, Moneycontrol, and South China Morning Post. LinkedIn: Nathan Lambert
| Zachary Basu / Axios: |
Elon Musk departs the Trump administration as a “special government employee”, defending DOGE's mission to reduce wasteful government spending — Elon Musk pivoted to damage control in his final days as a “special government employee,” publicly recommitting to Mars …
More: Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The Root, New York Post, HuffPost, New York Times, Decrypt, and Coinpedia Fintech News
Bluesky: @warren.senate.gov, @pastorjoseph, @axios.com, @charlescmann, @deanbaker13, @karlbode.com, @justinlevitt, and @jfallows
X: @elonmusk, @mattzeitlin, @reppressley, @fentasyl, @cb_doge, @darrigomelanie, @bennyjohnson, and @govtimwalz
Forums: r/BoycottTheRight, r/elonmusk, r/teslainvestorsclub, r/politics, and r/Conservative
| New York Times: |
Sources detail factors that weakened Elon Musk's alliance with President Trump, including his frustrations with Trump's tariffs and his disillusionment with DC — The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.
More: Gizmodo, Washington Post, New Republic, Reuters, Raw Story, and Wall Street Journal
Bluesky: @bennydiego, @moray76, @johncluverius, @upbeachbum, @montfort.me, @portiamcgonagal, @pgourevitch, @juliusgoat, @olufemiotaiwo, @drewharwell.com, @kateconger.com, @thefarce.org, @tyleraking.com, @whodat35, @quinnypig.com, and @edzitron.com. Mastodon: @hanse_mina@mastodon.social
X: @hadas_gold, @lrozen, @teddyschleifer, @nancyscola, @lrozen, and @teddyschleifer
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, r/Enough_Sanders_Spam, r/politics, r/Destiny, r/thescoop, r/WeirdGOP, r/musked, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| New York Times: |
NYT and Amazon agree to a content licensing deal for use in Amazon's AI platforms and to bring the NYT's “content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences” — In 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. Now its editorial content will appear across Amazon platforms.
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LinkedIn: Shareen Pathak and Tusar Barik
| Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press: |
The US Court of International Trade blocks Trump from imposing sweeping import tariffs under an emergency-powers law, finding Trump exceeded his authority — A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.
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LinkedIn: Jason Hsu, David Earl Williams III, and Wendy Cutler
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| Axios: |
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI may wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike US unemployment to 10%-20% in the next one to five years — Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us:
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue up 69% YoY to $44.06B, above $43.31B est., Data Center revenue up 73% to $39.1B, and net income up 26% to $18.78B; NVDA jumps 5%+ — Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, as the company's booming data center business recorded year-over-year growth of 73%.
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LinkedIn: Patrick Biltgen, Vinti Agrawal, Nicolas Baratte, NVIDIA, and Kif Leswing
Forums: r/Games, r/hardware, r/NVDA_Stock, and r/wallstreetbets
| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Chinese AI rivals are filling the void left by US companies leaving China and Huawei has become “quite formidable” — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said that Chinese AI rivals are filling the void left by the departure of US companies … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
GreyNoise researchers detail a novel botnet infecting 9K+ routers from Asus and others with a persistent SSH backdoor, enabling access after reboots and updates — Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed “AyySSHush” that was also observed targeting SOHO routers from Cisco, D-Link, and Linksys.
More: The GreyNoise Blog, Ars Technica, The Register, ZDNET, Cybersecurity Dive, PCWorld, GreyNoise Labs, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, BankInfoSecurity.com, Infosecurity, Tech Times, ISPreview UK, Security Affairs, Cyber Security News, SC Media, and CyberInsider
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz. Mastodon: @hrbrmstr@mastodon.social. Forums: r/gadgets, r/HomeNetworking, r/technews, and r/technology
| Jennifer Young / Windows Central: |
Nvidia debuts a native GeForce NOW app for Steam Deck, supporting games in up to 4K at 60 FPS; in testing, the app extended Steam Deck battery life by up to 50% — You can download GeForce NOW on Valve's Steam Deck today and play PC titles outside of the handheld's capabilities over the cloud.
More: NVIDIA, CNET, Thurrott, Daily Star, Gizmodo, How-To Geek, PCWorld, XDA Developers, Engadget, The Verge, KitGuru, PC Gamer, PC Guide, The Shortcut, and CGMagazine
Forums: r/Games, r/gadgets, r/LegionGo, r/GeForceNOW, r/linux_gaming, and r/pcgaming
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Victoria's Secret replaces its website with a message saying “we identified and are taking steps to address a security incident”, and closes some store services — Fashion giant Victoria's Secret has taken down its website and some store services because of an ongoing security incident.| Bloomberg: |
More: Security Affairs, New York Times, Entrepreneur, Mashable, CyberInsider, The US Sun, and ZeroHedge News
| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Grammarly raised $1B in non-dilutive funding from General Catalyst to expand its AI tools; 2005-founded Grammarly has $700M+ in annual revenue and is profitable — Grammarly has raised $1 billion in non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google unveils new Photos features, including a redesigned editor with AI features rolling out globally to Android next month and to iOS “later this year” — The UI has been redesigned to focus on Google's AI Magic Editor features.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Filing: virtual chronic care company Omada Health plans to raise up to $158M in its IPO, selling shares for $18 to $20 and aiming for an up to ~$1.1B market cap — Omada Health plans to raise up to $158 million in its up coming IPO, attaining a market cap of about $1.1 billion at the top end …
More: MobiHealthNews and Axios
| Financial Times: |
The Czech Republic says that the state-sponsored Chinese hacking group APT31 has targeted its foreign ministry's unclassified communications network since 2022 — ‘Malicious’ assault blamed on group known as APT31 that has been linked with Chinese state security ministry
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| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Chalk, which lets enterprises input proprietary data into AI and ML models quickly for inference, raised a $50M Series A led by Felicis at a $500M valuation — Artificial intelligence infrastructure startup Chalk said Wednesday it had raised a $50 million Series A funding round, valuing the company at $500 million.
More: SiliconANGLE, Chalk, FinSMEs, Tech in Asia, Business Wire, and PYMNTS.com
LinkedIn: Marc Freed-Finnegan and Chalk
| Sahil Lavingia: |
Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia discusses working as a DOGE software engineer for the VA and says he was let go after his Fast Company interview was published — In August 2014, President Obama and Congress created the United States Digital Service (USDS). — In January 2025 …
More: StrictlyVC, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Nextgov/FCW
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @jacobharr.is, @qjurecic, @skiles, @ernie.tedium.co, @pbump.com, @robinsonmeyer, and @anildash.com. Mastodon: @mogul@hachyderm.io. Threads: @ben.werdmuller
X: @camilomoresala, @pitdesi, @shl, @martyamark, @shl, @austen, @mpopv, @rmantri, @shl, and @pascalthibeault
Forums: r/fednews and r/VeteransAffairs
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft opens Windows Update to any third-party app that needs to be updated, letting developers sign up for a private preview of a new orchestration platform — A new orchestration platform will let developers update any app through Windows Update.
More: Microsoft Tech Community, Windows Central, BleepingComputer, Business Today, Security Boulevard, The Register, InfoWorld, ZDNET, PCWorld, Help Net Security, BetaNews, NDTV Profit, Computerworld, OSnews, WebProNews, Thurrott, Tom's Hardware, How-To Geek, WinBuzzer, XDA Developers, PCMag, Forbes, TechSpot, and Mashable
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk and @taggart-tech.com
Mastodon: @bradlinder@fosstodon.org and @metacurity@infosec.exchange
| Bloomberg: |
ClickHouse, which offers an OLAP database management system, raised $350M led by Khosla, a source says at a $6.35B valuation; it is nearing an ARR of $100M — The would-be Snowflake competitor has raised $350 million from investors. … Khosla Ventures led the $350 million financing, ClickHouse plans to announce Thursday.| Anupriya Datta / Euractiv: |
EU Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen says that far more online content is being removed in the EU under the T&Cs of US platforms than as a result of the DSA — “Often in the US, platforms have more strict rules with content,” Virkkunen said. — Based on facts, either observed … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
In a SCOTUS brief, the Trump administration backs Cox's argument that ISPs shouldn't have to terminate customers based on unproven copyright infringement claims — The Trump administration is backing cable company Cox in a battle that could determine whether Internet service providers are forced to disconnect users accused of piracy.
More: Plagiarism Today, IPWatchdog.com, and Cord Cutters News
Forums: r/privacy, r/Piracy, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Wall Street Journal: |
Making a short AI film with tools from Google, Runway, ElevenLabs, and Midjourney shows the tech has improved but it takes tedious work to get scene consistency — We tried to direct an AI film with Veo and Runway. The tools are magic. The process is madness. — Click for Sound
More: The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, The Decoder, The Overspill, and BGR
X: @nearcyan, @joannastern, @jarrardcole, @joannastern, @joannastern, and @jarrardcole. Forums: r/BetterOffline
| Rest of World: |
Migrant Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry say job brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving them feeling trapped and exploited — In Taiwan's AI-fueled chip boom, brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving workers feeling trapped and exploited.| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Beijing-based Kuaishou updates its Kling video-generation tool to cut the cost and time to create clips, and says it can generate 1080p videos in under a minute — 25 African Startups to Watch in 2025 … Explainers| Andrew Orr / AppleInsider: |
An Apple-funded study says the US App Store drove $406B in 2024 billings and sales, up from $142B in 2019, with developers paying no commission on 90% of sales — Perhaps to fight off the ire of legislators worldwide about App Store fees, Apple says that it has grown the global economy …
More: Apple, TechCrunch, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Cult of Mac, and iClarified. Forums: r/apple
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Job postings: Amazon has a new ZeroOne team focused on inventing “breakthrough” consumer products, and led by former Microsoft executive J Allard — Amazon's devices unit has a new team tasked with inventing “breakthrough” consumer products that's being led by a former Microsoft executive who helped create the Xbox.| Reuters: |
Marco Rubio says the US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals “who censor Americans” and calls arrest warrants for social media posts “unacceptable” — The U.S. will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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Bluesky: @cameronwilson and @daphnek
X: @danprimack, @secrubio, @chucktodd, @nikolas_dm, @gayergus, @reppatharrigan, @flaviobolsonaro, @dandrezner, @rob_roos, @thevivafrei, @mcfaul, @johnjharwood, @jasonmiller, @walshfreedom, @repkeithself, @senmikelee, @chrispavlovski, @p_kallioniemi, @seibtnaomi, @juliovschneider, @mick_o_keeffe, @gayergus, @bolsonarosp, @nath_yamb, @iwillleavenow, @judiciarygop, and @secrubio
Forums: r/BuyEUandCanadian, r/news, r/technology, r/politics, r/worldnews, r/neoliberal, and Slashdot
| Andrea Figueras / Wall Street Journal: |
Dutch information services company Wolters Kluwer agrees to acquire legal software maker Brightflag for ~$480M in cash, set to close in June 2025 — In 2024 Brightflag reported a 36% increase in revenue — Wolters Kluwer said it has signed an agreement to acquire global legal software provider Brightflag …
More: The Irish Times, DutchNews.nl, The Currency, and Wolters Kluwer
LinkedIn: Brightflag, Wolters Kluwer, and Will Prendergast
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