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| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says Anthropic's Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify and ship 423 Firefox security bug fixes in April, compared to 31 a year earlier — When Anthropic unveiled its new Mythos model in April, it also delivered a stern warning to anyone developing software.| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
French prosecutors escalate an investigation into Elon Musk and X, focused on alleged algorithmic manipulation and sexual deepfakes, to a criminal probe — French cybercrime authorities have escalated an investigation of Elon Musk and his social network X to a criminal probe, the Paris prosecutor's office said Thursday.
More: Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo News, Gizmodo, Washington Examiner, and Boing Boing
X: @desireefixler, @wholemars, and @c_s_skeptic
Bluesky: @jamiesharp and @lorak
| Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg: |
Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $639.8M, plans to cut 1,100+ jobs as it shifts to an “agentic AI-first operating model”; NET drops 13%+ after hours — Cloudflare Inc. plans to cut more than 1,100 jobs globally as it accelerates its shift to an agentic AI-first operating model.
More: Cloudflare, Reuters, The Register, cloudflare.net, CNBC, Business Today, ITPro, Entrackr, Benzinga, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Moneycontrol, The Information, The Straits Times, Dow Jones Newswires, San Francisco Business Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Barron's Online, The Stack, Business Insider, and SFist
X: @banteg, @andrewyang, @jamesqquick, @buccocapital, @sigkitten, @mpawlo, @krishnanrohit, @gregkamradt, @championswimmer, @krishnanrohit, @eastdakota, and @buccocapital. LinkedIn: Jared A.. Bluesky: @dbushell.com. Mastodon: @cwebber@social.coop
Forums: r/programare, r/BetterOffline, r/technology, r/CloudFlare, and r/webdev
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Instructure disables its Canvas edtech platform, used by thousands of schools and universities, amid a data extortion attack claimed by ShinyHunters — An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework …
More: TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, Wired, CNN, CyberInsider, DutchNews.nl, The Harvard Crimson, The Verge, TechRadar, eSecurity Planet, WTTG-TV, KFMB, nltimes.nl, Inside Higher Ed, San Francisco Chronicle, PCMag, CBS News, ABC7, The Cornell Daily Sun, Reuters, New York Times, Fox News, EdScoop, KEYT-TV, Memeburn, Hackread, NBC Los Angeles, The Georgetown Voice, WJBK-TV, Wall Street Journal, Information Age, FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, and Bloomberg Law
| Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg: |
Block reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $6.1B, vs. $5.9B est., and raises its 2026 gross profit forecast above estimates; XYZ jumps 7%+ after hours — Block Inc. offered a sunnier outlook for profits and growth on Thursday after orchestrating a severe round of job cuts related to artificial intelligence …
More: Block, Blockonomi, Investing.com, Reuters, Blockchain.News, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, PYMNTS, Dow Jones Newswires, and The Block
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic weighs raising as much as $50B at a ~$900B pre-money valuation, likely closing within two months; its annualized revenue is nearing $45B — Start-up behind Claude tool is fielding inbound investment offers that could lead to it surpassing rival OpenAI in value| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: AirPods with cameras reached an advanced testing stage; the cameras will feed data to Siri to help answer questions, rather than take photos or video — Apple Inc. has reached the late stages of development for new AirPods with built-in cameras, a significant milestone for what will likely …
More: The Verge, MacRumors, Spyglass, 9to5Mac, GSMArena.com, The Mac Observer, Seoul Economic Daily, PetaPixel, Digit, Gizchina, Digital Trends, TechEBlog, Phandroid, Tech Times, Mashable, Cult of Mac, Android Authority, Macworld, iClarified, Moneycontrol, and AppleInsider
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: White House unease over Mythos has left some administration officials fearful that the change represents a reversal of its hands-off AI policy — Administration's effort to be involved in rollout of new models marks shift — WASHINGTON—On a recent call with the heads … | Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q4 revenue of $19.4B, above ~$18.4B est., operating profit of ~$1.06B, below ~$1.7B est., and forecasts FY 2027 net profit to rise 13% to ~$7.4B — Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Friday said it expects annual profit to rise as revenue from some business segments …
More: Associated Press, Nikkei Asia, and GamingBolt
X: @zhugeex, @genki_jpn, @jayworks13, @eldonchorizo_, and @getonthestiix
Forums: r/Marathon, r/DestinyTheGame, and r/gaming
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Nvidia and data center operator IREN announce a deal to deploy up to 5 GW of AI infrastructure; Nvidia can invest $2.1B into IREN; IREN jumps 9%+ after hours — IREN shares surged in extended-trading on Thursday before giving back nearly all of the gains after the data center operator announced … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI launches three voice models in the API: GPT-Realtime-2 with GPT-5-class reasoning, GPT-Realtime-Whisper for transcription, and GPT-Realtime-Translate — OpenAI has just released three new realtime voice models that it says will “unlock a new class of voice apps for developers.”
More: OpenAI, Gizmodo, The Rundown AI, The New Stack, Digital Trends, Latent.Space, The Asia Business Daily, MarkTechPost, Digit, TestingCatalog, TechCrunch, The Tech Portal, Neowin, iClarified, The Decoder, Reuters, and Inc
Forums: r/singularity, r/accelerate, and r/OpenAI
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
CoreWeave reports Q1 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.08B, vs. $1.97B est., a $99.4B revenue backlog, forecasts Q2 revenue below estimates; CRWV drops 8%+ after hours — CoreWeave shares tumbled 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the AI infrastructure provider issued light revenue guidance …
More: CoreWeave, Blockonomi, Silicon UK, Benzinga, MarketWatch, The Information, Media Play News, and SiliconANGLE
Forums: r/CRWV and r/wallstreetbets
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $2.68B, vs. $2.62B est., Nights and Seats Booked up 9% to 156.2M, vs. 155.77M est., lifts 2026 revenue growth guidance — Airbnb reported mixed first-quarter results after the bell on Thursday and warned of regional weakness spurred by the war in Iran.
More: Blockonomi, Dow Jones Newswires, Yahoo Finance, Barron's Online, Proactive, The Information, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Airbnb
| Wired: |
Musk v. Altman docs: Microsoft execs had reservations about funding OpenAI in 2018 but worried that withholding support could push OpenAI into Amazon's arms — Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to evidence revealed during the Musk v. Altman trial.
More: The Information
| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99 — The rebranded service includes Gemini-powered coaching, adaptive fitness plans, deeper sleep insights, and more. — • — TL;DR
More: The Keyword, Google Help Center, TechCrunch, The Keyword, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Tech Times, TechRadar, Android Police, Neowin, Chrome Unboxed, AndroidGuys, How-To Geek, Digital Trends, and Wired
X: @googlehealth, @mweinbach, @googlehealth, @mweinbach, @shimritby, @googlehealth, @google, @killedbygoogle, @nixxin, @kimmonismus, @george_, @google, @googlehealth, @googleforhealth, @lorrainetwohill, and @mweinbach
LinkedIn: Navine Arora, Aditi Misra, Lee Levin, Rishi Chandra, Brennan Browne, Marek Gaj, and Dimitrios Antos. Bluesky: @wowbaggert
Forums: r/GooglePixel, r/google, r/AmazfitHelioStrap, and r/Android
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
More: The Keyword, The Verge, Business Standard, Moneycontrol, Android Authority, Business Today, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Ghacks, Digit, GMA News Online, The Indian Express, DigiTimes, Tech Times, Ars Technica, PYMNTS, PCMag, Gulf News, Android Police, DC Rainmaker, Chrome Unboxed, SamMobile, Mashable, AndroidGuys, Men's Health, The Tech Portal, Neowin, Telecompaper, and MobileSyrup
X: @rosterloh, @davidlee, @newsfromgoogle, @dcrainmakerblog, @levelsio, @mweinbach, @mweinbach, @morganlinton, @jason, @googlehealth, @newmike_io, @mirandanover, @joecarlsonshow, @joecarlsonshow, @mweinbach, @rjeytech, @thisistechtoday, @caro_milanesi, @willahmed, @alexmaxham, @stephencurry30, @sundarpichai, @9to5google, and @markgurman
LinkedIn: Noah Presler, Emmanuel Abolarin, and Sandeep Waraich
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.5-Cyber, a security-focused variant of the model, in a limited preview capacity to vetted cybersecurity teams — The capabilities of the new models have sparked an urgent debate in Silicon Valley and the White House about how to keep them out of the hands of bad actors.
More: Moneycontrol, Help Net Security, OpenAI, Neowin, CNBC, and Politico
X: @fouadmatin, @deredleritt3r, @sama, and @derrickcchoi
| Kelly Cloonan / Wall Street Journal: |
Lyft reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.65B, vs. $1.63B est., gross bookings up 19% to $4.95B, vs. $4.91B est., and rides up 8.5% to 236.9M, vs. 241.2M est. — The company's revenue climbed 14% to $1.65 billion in the first quarter — Lyft logged higher revenue in its latest quarter as rides grew …
More: Lyft, Yahoo Finance, Barron's Online, and Reuters
| CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q1 revenue down 31% YoY to $1.41B, vs. $1.52B est., and a loss of $1.49 per share, vs. a $0.27 profit est.; COIN drops 4%+ after hours — Coinbase posted lower-than-expected results for the first quarter as crypto prices fell, weighing on one of the companies' major revenue drivers — spot trading in digital assets .
More: Coinbase, Silicon UK, Bitcoinist.com, Blockonomi, Reuters, Bitcoin News, PYMNTS, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, The Block, and The Information
| Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg: |
A US judge blocks DOGE's termination of $100M in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, saying ChatGPT prompts used to decide the cuts were ill-defined — A US judge blasted the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency project for relying on artificial intelligence tools …
More: Washington Post, Raw Story, RedState, New York Times, ABC News, and Associated Press
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US suspects OBON, a key company behind Thailand's national AI effort, of smuggling Super Micro servers with export-controlled Nvidia chips to China — A key company behind Thailand's national AI effort is suspected of helping to smuggle billions of dollars worth …
More: Reuters, The Next Web, and TheStreet
| Financial Times: |
Fintech app Toss, used by ~66% of South Korea's 51M people, says its FacePay service, available at 330K retail outlets, has attracted 4.8M users since September — Fintech company aims to ‘eliminate physical credit cards’ in South Korea in three years| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
EU legislators reach a deal to postpone restrictions on high-risk AI until December 2027 and to exempt the use of AI in industrial applications from the AI Act — Deal marks first significant delay of digital rules amid pressure from the U.S. — Restrictions on high-risk uses … | Bloomberg: |
Sony and TSMC announce a new JV to build next-gen image sensors for robots and cars, as Sony moves from in-house manufacturing to a more asset-light approach — Sony Group Corp. plans a new joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. as the first step toward what it called …
More: Benzinga, Taiwan Semiconductor …, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Kyodo News, DigiTimes, and Dow Jones Newswires
| Reuters: |
Sources: SK Hynix's big customers have been proposing a range of offers to secure memory chip supplies, including investing in dedicated chip production lines — SK Hynix (000660.KS) is being aggressively courted by big global tech firms with offers to invest in its new production lines …
More: DigiTimes
| Pew Research Center: |
Surveys: half of US adults under 50 get health info from influencers or podcasts; 86% of the health influencers are on Instagram, 62% on TikTok, 45% on YouTube — Half of U.S. adults under 50 say they get health and wellness information from social media influencers or podcasts.| The Information: |
Sources: AI model builder Core Automation, founded in March by Jerry Tworek, aims to raise $300M-$500M at a $4B valuation after raising $100M at a $1B valuation — Nvidia's investment spree in startups that use its AI chips has stoked traditional venture capital firms' interest in those companies.| Bloomberg: |
Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 to $500, up from $450, globally from September 1, and offers a downbeat performance outlook for 2026 — Nintendo Co. said it will increase the price of its Switch 2 console to $500 from $450, acknowledging pressure on profitability …
More: CNBC, The Verge, VideoCardz.com, Mirror, Tom's Guide, Nokiamob, Kotaku, Digital Trends, ScreenRant, and Press Start. Forums: r/gaming
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