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| Apple: |
Apple refreshes the 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max: up to 4x faster LLM prompt processing, up to 2x faster SSD speeds, and 1TB of base storage — The world's best pro laptop raises the bar again with blazing-fast CPU and GPU performance, plus up to 2x faster SSD speeds and 1TB of starting storage
More: Daring Fireball, Apple on YouTube, MacRumors, MacStories, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Michael Tsai, ZDNET, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, MacTech.com, CNBC, Neowin, Mashable, The Mac Observer, TechEBlog, PCMag, VideoCardz.com, SlashGear, Fortune India, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, Six Colors, Rolling Out, Moneycontrol, iPhone in Canada, Cult of Mac, PetaPixel, Gizmodo, iClarified, and AppleInsider
X: @stevemoser, @vadimyuryev, @rjonesy, @leyeconnect, @joshkale, @markgurman, @awnihannun, @neilcybart, @avstorm, @classicii_mrmac, @markgurman, @gregjoz, @lukemiani, @mkbhd, @samsheffer, @nandoprince93, @ijustine, @brandonbutch, @vadimyuryev, @brandonbutch, @markgurman, @avstorm, @thekitze, @markgurman, @michaelgofman, and @elder_plinius. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski. Bluesky: @tcarmody
Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/mac, r/macbookpro, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils the M5 MacBook Air in 13" and 15" sizes, boosting its starting price by $100 to $1,099 and doubling base storage to 512GB, shipping from March 11 — Apple has officially announced the new M5 MacBook Air. While the starting price has increased by $100, it now comes with double …
More: Apple, Thurrott, MacRumors, CNET, Apple on YouTube, TechEBlog, OS X Daily, The Next Web, Digit, The Mac Observer, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Expert Reviews, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Mashable, Pocket-lint, The Shortcut, Reuters, The Verge, Firstpost, and Moneycontrol
X: @mkbhd, @nathievr, @segalink, @mweinbach, @alz_zyd_, @joannastern, @raywongy, @leakerapple, and @adrianweckler. LinkedIn: Christy Jones
Forums: r/macgaming, r/technology, r/hardware, r/macbook, and r/apple
| Apple: |
Apple updates the $1,599+ Studio Display and unveils a $3,299+ 27" 5K Studio Display XDR, with a 120Hz refresh rate, a mini-LED backlight, and up to 2,000 nits — Studio Display XDR is the world's best pro display, featuring a 27-inch 5K Retina XDR display with a mini-LED backlight …
More: AppleInsider, MacStories, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Neowin, MacRumors, Curb Cuts, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, Appleosophy, TidBITS, MobileSyrup, Business Today, The Mac Observer, Business Standard, AppleInsider, Trusted Reviews, iClarified, Tom's Guide, XDA Developers, The Verge, MacTech.com, T3, Imaging Resource, Mashable, TechRadar, Geeky Gadgets, Moneycontrol, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, PetaPixel, Digital Trends, PCMag, Tailosive Tech on YouTube, MacRumors, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, VideoCardz.com, MacTrast, Engadget, The Apple Post, The Shortcut, and FlatpanelsHD
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LinkedIn: Brad Ford, Antoine Rosset, Scott Joyce, and Lance Lin. Bluesky: @johnspurlock.com. Mastodon: @viticci@mastodon …
Forums: Hacker News, r/HiDPI_monitors, r/Monitors, r/macbookpro, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Apple: |
Apple unveils the M5 Pro and M5 Max, offering a new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture, a next-generation up-to-40-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, and more — Built using the new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture, M5 Pro and M5 Max feature an advanced CPU, a next-generation GPU with Neural Accelerators …
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X: @mkbhd, @aapltree, @vadimyuryev, @_orangera1n, @mweinbach, @mattmoniz, @bengeskin, @mweinbach, @vadimyuryev, @mweinbach, and @vadimyuryev
Forums: r/MacStudio, r/hardware, r/macbookpro, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Engadget: |
More: DigiTimes, TechCrunch, Appleosophy, AppleInsider, CNET, Expert Reviews, XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, and TechRadar
X: @markgurman and @markgurman
| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
Sam Altman says the DOD affirmed that OpenAI's tools wouldn't be used by agencies like the NSA, and services to them would need a further contract modification — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday that the company “shouldn't have rushed” its recent deal with the U.S. Department of Defense and outlined revisions to the agreement.
More: TechCrunch, Techdirt, Futurism, The Guardian, Slate, The Decoder, Observer, UPI, and PCWorld
Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @linh.social, @langdongrant, and @wittywebhandle
Forums: r/UnderReportedNews, r/politics, r/BetterOffline, r/news, and r/technology
| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
More: Platformer, Spyglass, Gizmodo, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Townhall, NBC News, New York Times, New York Post, LASST, Metacurity, Fortune, Resilience Media, and Times of India
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Bluesky: @druce.ai and @kevincollier
| Wall Street Journal: |
More: The Information, The Hill, and Forbes
X: @signulll, @provisionalidea, @scaling01, and @berber_jin1
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
More: Bloomberg. X: @valhalla_dev, @scaling01, and @sean_from_earth. Bluesky: @carnage4life. Forums: r/politics
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anthropic recently surpassed $19B in run-rate revenue, up from $9B at the end of 2025 and roughly $14B a few weeks ago — Anthropic PBC is on track to generate annual revenue of almost $20 billion, a projection based on current performance, more than doubling its run rate from late last year …
More: Blockchain.News. X: @matt_hougan, @paulg, @alexeheath, @hopes_revenge, @austin_rief, @thezvi, @sspencer_smb, @menhguin, @mrgoldbro, @signulll, @samuel_spitz, @paulg, @scaling01, @paulg, @jsevillamol, @benbajarin, @jasonlk, and @deredleritt3r
Bluesky: @timfduffy.com and @edzitron.com
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Junyang Lin, a tech lead on Alibaba's Qwen team, abruptly steps down; two other members of the Qwen team also leave — Alibaba's Qwen AI project has lost one of its most visible technical leaders just a day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled its new Qwen 3.5 open-weight small models.
More: Bloomberg and VentureBeat
X: @justinlin610, @kxli_2000, @huybery, @jeremyphoward, @scaling01, @cherry_cc12, @wzhao_nlp, @kxli_2000, @yuchenj_uw, @xianbao_qian, @himanshustwts, @chujiezheng, @beffjezos, @natolambert, @frontier_foid, @youjiacheng, @bryancsk, @crystalsssup, @tydsh, @altryne, @kevinsxu, @phequals7, and @teortaxestex
| The Keyword: |
Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, which it says delivers “enhanced performance” at a fraction of the cost of larger models and outperforms 2.5 Flash — Get best-in-class intelligence for your highest-volume workloads. … Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite …
More: SiliconANGLE, Simon Willison's Weblog, Tom's Guide, Android Central, The Decoder, OnMSFT, The Deep View, Crypto Briefing, VentureBeat, MarkTechPost, and The New Stack
X: @koraykv, @scaling01, @googledevs, @_philschmid, @chanduthota, @teksedge, @googleai, @veermasrani, @googledeepmind, @sundarpichai, @dynamicwebpaige, @altryne, @kimmonismus, @joshwoodward, @googledeepmind, @tulseedoshi, @googlecloudtech, @dasanaike, @artificialanlys, @marmaduke091, @noamshazeer, @mark_k, @google, @jeffdean, @jeffdean, @officiallogank, and @tristanhurleb. LinkedIn: Karl Weinmeister
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Google adds new Android features, including custom calling cards, real-time location sharing in Google Messages, and luggage tracking with partner airlines — Google will let users of its Android mobile operating system set up custom calling cards and share their live location in messages …
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, The Keyword, 9to5Google, Android Police, Android Authority, Skift, Droid Life, ZDNET, TechCrunch, and Android Headlines
X: @natlungfy and @mishaalrahman
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
More: Android Authority, Digital Trends, and Android Developers Blog
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Instant, which it says delivers more accurate answers and better-contextualized results when searching the web, for all ChatGPT users — Today, we're releasing an update to ChatGPT's most-used model that makes everyday conversations more consistently helpful and fluid.
More: 9to5Google, The Register, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, Gizchina, Neowin, Decrypt, and Thurrott
X: @openai, @luke_metro, @openai, @therealadamg, @tszzl, @christinahkim, @iruletheworldmo, @kimmonismus, @mweinbach, @openai, @nickaturley, @tukifromkl, @kimmonismus, @sauers_, @thezvi, and @kareldoostrlnck
Forums: Hacker News, r/just4ochat, r/therapyGPT, r/accelerate, and r/OpenAI
| Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai: |
More: MacRumors, TechCrunch, OpenAI, The New Stack, 9to5Mac, Crypto Briefing, iClarified, Digit, and Sherwood News
Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz, @tcarmody, and @paularmstrongtbd
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iPhones via malicious websites; iVerify suggests it may have been originally built for the US government — A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more.
More: Google Cloud Blog, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Nextgov/FCW, Risky Business, Mobile EDR Security, CyberScoop, Boing Boing, and Help Net Security
X: @patrickwardle and @a_greenberg
LinkedIn: Etizaz Mohsin and Patrick Wardle
Bluesky: @joparkerbear, @agreenberg, @couts, and @ssg.dev
Forums: Hacker News, r/ios, r/blackhat, and r/iphone
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
President Trump says the GENIUS Act is being “threatened and undermined” by banks, following their opposition to stablecoin yield payouts — U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the banking industry is trying to undermine the stablecoin bill he signed into law last year.
More: Gizmodo, DL News, Decrypt, The Hill, The Block, BeInCrypto, Bloomberg, Bitcoinist.com, Politico, 77 WABC, and Raw Story
X: @erictrump, @faryarshirzad, @senlummis, @drjstrategy, @chucktodd, @jseyff, @_jikim, @chairmanselig, @brendanpedersen, @ronwhammond, @alexandergrieve, @nic_carter, @amitisinvesting, @realpeteyb123, @iampaulgrewal, and @summermersinger. Bluesky: @metacurity.com. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …
| Andre Revilla / Engadget: |
X announces a policy change suspending users from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosure — The new policy is the platform's first rule requiring any kind of AI content disclosure. — X will suspend creators …
More: 404 Media, Decrypt, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, The Wrap, and TechCrunch
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Intel says board chair Frank Yeary, who has served on the board since 2009, will retire after Intel's annual meeting in May and be replaced by Craig Barratt — Intel (INTC.O) said on Tuesday that board chair Frank Yeary plans to retire following the company's annual meeting in May and will be replaced by Craig Barratt.
More: Intel, Tom's Hardware, Silicon Valley Business …, DigiTimes, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' precise movements over time …
More: Wired, Gizmodo, and Electronic Frontier Foundation
X: @leahlibresco, @adamscochran, and @tysonbrody
Bluesky: @sesmith.lol, @marypcbuk, @tyleraking.com, @cdt.org, @campuscodi.risky.biz, and @josephcox
Forums: r/technology, r/TrueReddit, and r/politics
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
TikTok USDS says users “may temporarily experience lags in posting content” due to an issue at Oracle's Ashburn data center, the second Oracle outage in a month — TikTok users in the US may experience lag while trying to post content until the outage is resolved.| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Audible launches a cheaper, $8.99/month streaming tier in the US, vs. $14.95/month for its premium plan, to rival Spotify; the plan includes ad-free podcasts — - New plan costs $8.99 in US versus $14.95 for premium offering — Offering includes ad-free podcasts available on Wondery+ app
More: Audible.com, CNET, Deadline, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, and Digital Trends. X: @rakeshsfnyc
| The Information: |
Source: OpenAI is developing an alternative to GitHub; the project is nascent, and the decision came after OpenAI engineers experienced an increase in outages — OpenAI is developing an alternative to GitHub, Microsoft's popular code repository that lets software engineers store …
X: @theprimeagen, @metacriticcap, @cgtwts, @bilaltwovec, and @nickadobos
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta is creating a new applied AI engineering organization that will have an ultra-flat structure and help bolster Meta's superintelligence efforts — New teams will have ‘flat structure’ with up to 50:1 ratio of individual contributors to managers
More: PYMNTS.com, The Information, and Business Insider
X: @dangrover, @varunram, and @meghanbobrowsky
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta has signed a multiyear AI content licensing deal with News Corp worth $50M per year; the deal will run for at least three years — The multiyear pact gives Meta access to content for training and to retrieve information for users of its AI tools| Financial Times: |
Sources: the White House is debating whether to allow Tencent to maintain stakes in US and Finnish video game companies; Tencent holds a 28% stake in Epic Games — Chinese company's investments in ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games and other creators have faced long-running US security review| Kritika Lamba / Reuters: |
Ziff Davis agrees to sell its Connectivity division, including Ookla and Downdetector, to Accenture for $1.2B in cash, to focus on enthusiast websites like IGN — Ziff Davis (ZD.O) has agreed to sell its Connectivity division, which houses Ookla's Speedtest app and Downdetector outage tracker … | Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel unveils its Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest CPUs, its first data center CPUs built on 18A, offering up to 288 Darkmont efficiency cores, set for a 2026 release — Intel unveils x86 CPU with the industry's highest core count. … Intel this week formally introduced its Xeon 6+ processors …
More: SiliconANGLE, Intel, HotHardware, Techstrong IT, Wccftech, and VideoCardz.com
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Google plans to move Chrome to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, starting with the Chrome 153 stable release on September 8 — The browser is moving from a four-week release cycle to two in September. … Starting in September, Google is moving its Chrome browser …
More: Chrome for Developers, The New Stack, 9to5Google, Neowin, and Chrome Unboxed. LinkedIn: Mike Torres
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