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Sources: the Trump administration is discussing an EO to form an AI working group that would examine AI oversight procedures, like vetting models before release — The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight …
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| Reuters: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces the company is cutting ~700 jobs, or ~14% of its global workforce, to reduce costs, saying “AI is changing how we work” — Coinbase (COIN.O) said on Tuesday it will cut about 700 jobs, or about 14% of its global workforce …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple held exploratory talks with Intel and Apple executives visited a Samsung plant in Texas to explore producing core chips for its devices in the US — Apple Considers Using Intel, Samsung to Build Device Processors — Video Player is loading. — Unmute
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| Alice Speri / The Guardian: |
Letter: UK-based Google DeepMind workers voted to unionize with the Communication Workers Union and Unite in April, representing 1K+ staff, amid the US DOD deal — Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon's Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta is using AI on Facebook and Instagram to detect under-13 users by analyzing bone structure, height, and visual cues, but says it's “not facial recognition” — ‘We want to be clear: this is not facial recognition,’ Facebook says. … Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect … | Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange Bullish agrees to acquire UK-based financial services outsourcing business Equiniti from Siris Capital for $4.2B, set to close in January 2027 — Bullish agreed to buy Equiniti from Siris Capital in a $4.2 billion deal, as the crypto exchange seeks to expand in blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure.| Bloomberg: |
The US Commerce Department's CAISI says Google, Microsoft, and xAI join OpenAI and Anthropic in granting early access to evaluate models prior to public release — Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Microsoft Corp. and xAI have agreed to give the US government early access to their artificial intelligence models …
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| Nicola M White / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk agrees to pay $1.5M to settle US SEC allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders in 2022 by not disclosing the 5%+ stake he had in the company — Elon Musk agreed to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders out of millions …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
a16z crypto raised $2.2B for its fifth fund, down from its record $4.5B Fund 4 in May 2022, taking its total capital raised across five funds to ~$9.8B — Quick Take — a16z crypto has raised $2.2 billion for its fifth fund as the venture capital firm points to growing use of stablecoins …
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| @mingchikuo: |
Kuo: OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its AI agent phone with two NPUs and a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 SoC, targeting mass production as early as H1 2027 — 【Industry Check Update】OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its first AI agent phone, with mass production targeted as early as 1H27. Potential drivers include supporting a year-end IPO narrative and intensifying competition in AI agent phones. MediaTek currently appears better
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| Counterpoint Research: |
In Q1, the iPhone 17 was the world's best-selling smartphone, with 6% of global sales; the iPhone 17 Pro Max and 17 Pro were 2nd and 3rd, and Galaxy A07 was 4th — Harshit Rastogi is Senior Analyst based out of Gurgaon, India. He closely tracks global handset market ecosystem and wearables.
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| Bloomberg: |
Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testifies that his OpenAI stake is now worth almost $30B; a Musk attorney asks why he didn't donate $29B to OpenAI's nonprofit arm — OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman testified that his stake in the startup is now worth almost $30 billion … | Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
| Alexandra Alter / New York Times: |
Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage, alongside novelist Scott Turow, file a class-action copyright lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg — The class-action lawsuit accuses the tech giant and its founder and chief executive of infringing on authors' copyrights.| Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: |
Dutch quantum processor company QuantWare raised a $178M Series B from Intel, In-Q-Tel, and others to build KiloFab, a dedicated quantum manufacturing facility — QuantWare will use new funding to scale its quantum processor technology, expand manufacturing capacity, and accelerate … | Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sam Altman discussed spinning out OpenAI's robotics and consumer hardware divisions in late 2025 to give them more room to grow; the plan was rejected — Company is considering an Alphabet-like structure for its portfolio of products, though no discussions are currently active
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Source: YC owns ~0.6% of OpenAI, which was seeded by a YC offshoot called YC Research in 2016; at OpenAI's current $852B valuation, the stake is worth $5B+ — Speaking of companies with valuable minority stakes in AI companies, there's one thing that stuck in my craw about the blockbuster …
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
RadixArk, led by former xAI employee Ying Sheng, raised a $100M seed at a $400M valuation to make AI inference more efficient via its open-source SGLang engine — RadixArk has raised $100 million at a $400 million valuation for a software engine and framework that make inference and training more efficient to run| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: China targets 70%+ of silicon wafers used by its chipmakers to be made domestically by 2026; chipmakers see an unspoken mandate to use local 12" wafers — TAIPEI — China is aiming for more than 70% of silicon wafers used by its chipmakers to be made domestically by this year …
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| Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal: |
Vodafone plans to take full ownership of its VodafoneThree joint venture with Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, which agrees to sell its 49% stake for £4.3B — The deal is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026 — Vodafone Group will take full ownership of its joint venture … | Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.2B, above est., GMV up 34% YoY to $100B, and forecasts weaker Q2 revenue growth; SHOP falls 11%+ pre-market — Shopify Inc. shares slumped as its revenue outlook suggests growth pace may be slowing down. — The stock dropped as much as 11% … | Semiconductor Industry Association: |
Global chip sales hit $298.5B in Q1 2026, up 25% from Q4 2025, and March sales were up 79.2% YoY to $99.5B, driven by strong sales in Asia and the Americas — Worldwide chip sales in March increase 79.2% year-to-year, 11.5% month-to-month — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) …
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| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
PayPal reports Q1 net revenue up 7% YoY to $8.4B, total payment volume up 11% YoY to $464B, active accounts up 1% to 439M, and seeks $1.5B+ in cost savings — PayPal Holdings Inc. plans to cut costs and jobs as new Chief Executive Officer Enrique Lores seeks to turn around … | Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
New Mexico child safety trial: New Mexico asks a judge to declare Meta a public nuisance and to order it to pay $3.7B and overhaul its apps to protect children — The U.S. state of New Mexico on Monday asked a judge to declare Meta Platforms (META.O) a public nuisance …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber an everything app, Uber's AI integrations, Uber's large investments in autonomous cars, and more — Uber's CEO on his plan to make Uber an everything app and take over travel. … Today, I'm talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
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| Bloomberg: |
How Europe is falling behind in the global crypto race, as years of delays to the ECB's digital euro leave the bloc exposed to the USD's stablecoin dominance — In the contest over the future of money, the US dollar has a huge head start — When Christine Lagarde addressed … | Paula Doenecke / Bloomberg: |
Nscale agrees to spend €695M on infrastructure in Portugal in an expansion of its Microsoft partnership, supplying 66K+ Nvidia Rubin GPUs from late 2027 — Nscale Global Holdings has agreed to spend €695 million ($812 million) on infrastructure in Portugal in an expansion of its partnership with Microsoft Corp.
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