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| 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, driven by strong Claude usage — Anthropic PBC is on track to generate annual revenue of almost $20 billion, a projection based on current performance …
More: Sources, The Information, and Blockchain.News
| 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, iVerify, Nextgov/FCW, The Overspill, Phandroid, PCMag, 9to5Mac, Boing Boing, CyberScoop, Risky Business, AppleInsider, and Help Net Security
X: @lukolejnik, @patrickwardle, @c2iris, @vxunderground, @_danielsinclair, @mandiant, @godisvoluntary, @darkwebinformer, and @a_greenberg
LinkedIn: Etizaz Mohsin and Patrick Wardle
Bluesky: @joparkerbear, @ssg.dev, and @couts
Forums: Hacker News, r/hacking, r/technology, r/TrueReddit, r/ios, r/iphone, r/Malware, r/blackhat, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Junyang Lin, a tech lead on Alibaba's Qwen team, abruptly steps down, and two other team members leave; one contributor says “I know leaving wasn't your choice” — Alibaba's Qwen AI project has lost one of its most visible technical leaders just a day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled …
More: Business Standard, The Information, and VentureBeat
X: @justinlin610, @kxli_2000, @huybery, @xinyu2ml, @vince_chow1, @cherry_cc12, @kxli_2000, @wzhao_nlp, @yuchenj_uw, @xianbao_qian, @hxiao, @natolambert, @youjiacheng, @himanshustwts, @chujiezheng, @anthonyronning, @yzhang_cs, @afinetheorem, @kimmonismus, @beffjezos, @xwang_lk, @teortaxestex, @bonegpt, @jbrukh, @frontier_foid, @bryancsk, @crystalsssup, @ns123abc, @cedric_chee, @tydsh, @altryne, @yulun_du, @kevinsxu, @phequals7, @beffjezos, @jeremyphoward, @teortaxestex, @scaling01, @francis_yao_, @dejavucoder, and @elaina43114880
| 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: CoinGape, crypto.news, DL News, Cointelegraph, The Hill, Crypto Briefing, Decrypt, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Politico, Raw Story, BeInCrypto, The Crypto Times, The Block, and Bitcoinist.com
X: @senlummis, @erictrump, @chairmanselig, @chucktodd, @brendanpedersen, @brendanpedersen, @aaronrday, @faryarshirzad, @_jikim, @drjstrategy, @ronwhammond, @alexandergrieve, @nic_carter, @jseyff, @amitisinvesting, @realpeteyb123, @iampaulgrewal, @dangambardello, and @summermersinger. Bluesky: @metacurity.com. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …
| 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, The Daily Upside, MacRumors, MacStories, Hypebeast, CineD, Tom's Guide, Michael Tsai, Phandroid, The Deep View, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada, Rolling Out, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, CNET, Moneycontrol, Cult of Mac, Six Colors, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, iClarified, AppleInsider, and Engadget
X: @stevemoser, @leyeconnect, @awnihannun, @avstorm, @classicii_mrmac, @markgurman, @gregjoz, @samsheffer, @michaelgofman, @elder_plinius, @markgurman, @markgurman, @avstorm, @thekitze, @vadimyuryev, @vadimyuryev, @ijustine, @brandonbutch, @joshkale, @markgurman, @lukemiani, @rjonesy, @neilcybart, @markgurman, @brandonbutch, @nandoprince93, and @mkbhd. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski. Bluesky: @tcarmody
Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/mac, r/macbookpro, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Apple: |
More: AppleInsider, MacStories, 9to5Mac, Times of India, Neowin, TidBITS, DigiTimes, Curb Cuts, The Mac Observer, Phandroid, MacRumors, Forbes, MacRumors, Six Colors, 9to5Mac, Tailosive Tech on YouTube, AppleInsider, PetaPixel, Trusted Reviews, Digital Trends, Geeky Gadgets, MacRumors, PCMag, Business Standard, iPhone in Canada, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, TechRadar, Moneycontrol, MacTech.com, iClarified, 9to5Mac, The Verge, VideoCardz.com, MacTrast, Engadget, The Apple Post, The Shortcut, and FlatpanelsHD
X: @yiningkarlli, @dylanmcd8, @danliu, @brandonbutch, @snazzylabs, @raywongy, @vadimyuryev, @classicii_mrmac, @tailosivetech, @zerosandohs, @snazzylabs, @thejasontlewis, @justinmfarrugia, @oliemack, @zielinskiwoj, @rudrank, @josesaezmerino, @its_shevi, @stuwieface, @zollotech, @andrewjclare, @josesaezmerino, @basicappleguy, @tailosivetech, @mkbhd, @dylanmcd8, @avstorm, and @fatih
LinkedIn: Brad Ford, Scott Joyce, Antoine Rosset, and Lance Lin. Bluesky: @johnspurlock.com. Mastodon: @viticci@mastodon …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
More: Apple, Business Standard, MacRumors, Appleosophy, CNET, Apple on YouTube, Hypebeast, TechEBlog, OS X Daily, Pocket-lint, The Shortcut, Reuters, The Verge, Firstpost, and Moneycontrol
X: @segalink, @adrianweckler, @raywongy, @alz_zyd_, @mkbhd, @joannastern, @leakerapple, @mweinbach, and @nathievr. LinkedIn: Christy Jones
Forums: r/macgaming, r/technology, r/hardware, r/macbook, and r/apple
| Apple: |
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Forums: r/MacStudio, r/hardware, r/macbookpro, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI all-hands: Sam Altman defends the DOD deal, calls the backlash “painful”, and says OpenAI is considering a deal to deploy AI on NATO classified networks — Startup's deal to do classified work with Defense Department drew backlash from staff and other AI researchers
More: The Guardian, The Information, Gizmodo, Forbes, Newser, The Hill, Financial Times, and Axios
X: @scaling01, @provisionalidea, @berber_jin1, @signulll, @markvalorian, and @sama
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
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Bluesky: @timzero4 and @carnage4life
Forums: r/technology and r/politics
| 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, Mashable, Android Authority, Moneycontrol, and Android Police
X: @natlungfy and @mishaalrahman
| 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, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Gizmodo
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Forums: r/technology, r/TrueReddit, and r/politics
| 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 …
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| Reuters: |
Lockheed Martin plans to follow the US federal ban on Anthropic; government contracting lawyers say defense contractors are expected to comply with DOD's order — U.S. defense contractors, like Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), are expected to follow the Pentagon's order to purge Anthropic's prized AI tools …
More: Benzinga, Runtime, and Federal News Network
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
More: Forbes, Townhall, NBC News, and Times of India
| 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: The Register, 9to5Google, TestingCatalog, The Indian Express, Implicator.ai, SiliconANGLE, Crypto Briefing, Gizchina, Moneycontrol, Neowin, PCMag, iClarified, and MacRumors
X: @openai, @openai, @nickaturley, @kimmonismus, @christinahkim, @iruletheworldmo, @therealadamg, @mweinbach, @openai, @tukifromkl, @luke_metro, @kimmonismus, @sauers_, @tszzl, @thezvi, and @kareldoostrlnck
Bluesky: @paularmstrongtbd and @daniloc.xyz
Forums: Hacker News, r/just4ochat, r/therapyGPT, r/OpenAI, and r/accelerate
| 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, to 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.| 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.| 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
More: Reuters, Game Developer, TechNode, and Kotaku
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Corning unveils Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 for smartphones, promising enhanced drop durability over multiple years, first launching on the new Motorola Razr Fold — Corning has announced Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, a new upgrade to smartphone cover glass that promises protection against years of drops …
More: Corning, SammyGuru, Droid Life, and Digital Trends
| 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 …
More: Reuters, XDA Developers, Digit, and Neowin
X: @cgtwts, @nickadobos, @metacriticcap, @bilaltwovec, and @theprimeagen
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| 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, Cointelegraph, Moneycontrol, Livemint, TechCrunch, Decrypt, Social Media Today, and The Wrap
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Visa and Stripe's Bridge plan to expand their partnership to issue stablecoin-linked cards in 100+ countries; the cards are currently live in 18 countries — The world's biggest fintech and the world's largest payments network are expanding their stablecoin partnership.
More: Visa Inc, Blockonomi, BeInCrypto, Blockhead, and Ledger Insights
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Security researchers successfully prompted the AI behind a Utah prescription renewal pilot to reclassify meth as an “unrestricted therapeutic”, and more — Security researchers used relatively simple jailbreaking techniques to trick the AI system powering Utah's new prescription refill bot.
Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app
| Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews: |
KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Epic EHR, raised $27.4M led by HealthX Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $55M — The new funding brings the company's total raise to more than $55 million. — Global Investing — KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Epic EHR … | Joe Tidy / BBC: |
TikTok says it won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and its safety teams from reading messages when needed and it wants to protect young users — TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.Sponsor Posts
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