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| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta and Anduril partner to build EagleEye, a line of XR products like helmets that enhance soldiers' hearing and vision and enable control of AI weapon systems — The Facebook and Instagram parent is partnering with Anduril Industries to develop combat VR headsets for the Army
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Threads: @boztank, @documentingmeta, @chris, and @technologizer
X: @heaney555, @kylascan, @eip1559, @azadux, @benjamingoggin, @anduriltech, @tunguz, @anduriltech, @pmarca, @boztank, @andrewcurran_, @joel_kaplan, @heaney555, @jendarhy, @ashleevance, @palmerluckey, @aaron_renn, @boztank, @anduriltech, @tbpn, @ashleevance, @iampaulgrewal, @palmerluckey, @palmerluckey, @anduriltech, @ashleevance, @palmerluckey, and @ptrubey
Facebook: Palmer Freeman Luckey and Anduril Industries
Forums: r/augmentedreality, r/virtualreality, r/MVIS, r/Anduril, and Beehaw
| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
A federal appeals court grants the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower court ruling that struck down most of President Trump's tariffs — - CNBC Councils — Supply Chain Values — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Ad Choices — News Tips
More: AppleInsider, Yahoo Finance, Axios, Bloomberg, The Hill, Cult of Mac, and PCMag
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| 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 …
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X: @deepseek_ai, @artificialanlys, @grupiotr, @natfriedman, @bindureddy, @thexeophon, @reach_vb, and @modestproposal1
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Filing: the US SEC voluntarily dismissed its 2023 lawsuit against Binance and CZ that accused them of diverting customer funds, misleading investors, and more — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, a Thursday court filing shows.| New York Times: |
The New York Times agrees to license editorial content to Amazon for use in its AI platforms, marking NYT's first licensing deal with a focus on generative AI — 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: Rebecca Grossman-Cohen, Lauren Felice, Tusar Barik, Shareen Pathak, Courtney Boyajian, and Natalie Zmuda
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity launches Perplexity Labs, letting users craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more, available on the web, iOS, and Android for its Pro users — Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labs, a tool for subscribers …
More: Perplexity, MacRumors, The Decoder, and TestingCatalog
| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft has sidelined its native Xbox handheld to focus on improving Windows 11 gaming performance for devices like the Asus model debuting in 2025 — Xbox's handheld ambitions continue unabated, but the focus is shifting towards improving Windows 11 for third-party handhelds — for now.
More: The Verge, XDA Developers, XboxEra, Tech4Gamers, Nintendo Life, TechPowerUp, Pure Xbox, Comic Book, and PCWorld
Bluesky: @knoebel, @shinobi602, @mhwilliams, and @jezcorden.com. Mastodon: @seanhollister@mastodon.world
Forums: r/xbox, r/gadgets, r/Games, r/gamingnews, and r/gaming
| 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) …
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LinkedIn: Matt Rosenberg, Jessica Sheets, Riley Harbour, Kevin Staniszewski, Rafe Needleman, and Dolleen Cross
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Black Forest Labs releases Flux.1 Kontext, a suite of AI models that let users generate and edit images using both text and images as inputs — Black Forest Labs, the AI startup whose models once powered the image generation features of X's Grok chatbot, on Thursday released a new suite …
More: VentureBeat, Black Forest Labs, Business Wire, and TestingCatalog
| 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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| 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.
More: PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Engadget, and GeekWire
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Dell reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $23.38B, vs. $23.14B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est., and raises its FY 2026 profit forecast on demand for AI systems — Shares of Dell Technologies rose on Thursday in extended trading after the company raised its full-year earnings forecast … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube plans to roll out Google Lens integration to Shorts in the coming weeks, allowing users to search for elements within Shorts — YouTube announced on Thursday that it's bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks. With this integration, viewers will soon be able … | 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 …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Adam Mosseri says Instagram now supports photos with a 3:4 aspect ratio, ensuring that photos appear as they were originally shot, without cropping — The social network now supports photos with a 3:4 aspect ratio. … Instagram now supports photos that have a 3:4 aspect ratio …
More: MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, PetaPixel, Android Headlines, and Social Media Today
| 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.
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| Axios: |
Sources: the Trump administration is looking to change the AI Safety Institute's name to the Center for AI Safety and Leadership in the coming days — The Trump administration is looking to change the AI Safety Institute's name to the Center for AI Safety and Leadership in the coming days, per two sources familiar with the matter.| Priyanka G / Reuters: |
Marvell reports Q1 revenue up 63% YoY to $1.9B, vs. $1.88B est., data center revenue up 76% YoY to $1.44B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above est. on AI chip demand — Marvell Technology (MRVL.O) forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, betting on strong demand …
More: MarketWatch, Marvell Technology, Inc., Benzinga, and Barron's Online
| 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.
More: ClickHouse, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, and Coatue
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Victoria's Secret tells staff to avoid using company tech due to a “security incident”; CEO Hillary Super says “recovery is going to take awhile” — On Wednesday, some employees were locked out of email accounts with passwords not working … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
| 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.
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Mastodon: @bradlinder@fosstodon.org. Forums: r/LegionGo, r/pcgaming, r/Games, r/gadgets, r/GeForceNOW, and r/linux_gaming
| 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, New York Times, Bloomberg, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, and CNBC
Bluesky: @warren.senate.gov, @pastorjoseph, @axios.com, @edzitron.com, @charlescmann, @deanbaker13, @karlbode.com, @justinlevitt, and @jfallows. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @elonmusk, @mattzeitlin, @reppressley, @fentasyl, @cb_doge, @darrigomelanie, @bennyjohnson, and @govtimwalz
Forums: r/politics, r/BoycottTheRight, r/elonmusk, r/teslainvestorsclub, r/Conservative, and r/neutralnews
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Mastodon: @TonyStark@progressivecafe … and @hanse_mina@mastodon.social
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Forums: Hacker News, r/neutralnews, r/politics, r/Enough_Sanders_Spam, r/politics, r/Destiny, r/thescoop, r/WeirdGOP, r/musked, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| 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: Wired, StrictlyVC, Engadget, The Independent, and TechCrunch
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Forums: r/centrist, r/fednews, r/VeteransAffairs, and r/fednews
| 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 … | 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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