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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.”
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.
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
Cherlynn Low / Engadget:
Google launches the Google Fitbit Air, a $100 Whoop-like screenless wearable with Gemini-powered features like Google Health Coach, available from May 26
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.
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 .
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 …

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Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
The UK Competition and Markets Authority clears Paramount's takeover of WBD, saying “after the merger, Paramount will continue to face sufficient competition”

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
WBD reports Q2 revenue down 11% YoY to $8.72B, below $9.21B est., net income down 91%, ad revenue down 22%, content revenue down 26%, streaming revenue up 10%

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
President Trump's lawyers file an emergency motion to stay an order requiring his trust to provide the BBC with financial statements, tax returns, and more

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Bloomberg:
MercadoLibre reports Q1 revenue up 49% YoY to $8.8B, vs. $8.4B est., and net income down 16% to $417M, vs. $433M est.; MELI drops 5%+ after hours
Anthropic:
Anthropic researchers detail “natural language autoencoders”, which convert LLM activations, the numbers encoding a model's thoughts, into natural language text

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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
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RT Watson / The Block:
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Anna Heim / TechCrunch:
Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking
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