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| Kyle Kucharski / ZDNET: |
Google unveils Googlebook, its new laptop lineup featuring a unified OS merging ChromeOS and Android, with devices from Dell, HP, and others coming this fall — ZDNET's key takeaways — Googlebook is a new device line coming this fall. — It merges Android and ChromeOS for smoother phone-to-laptop use.
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| Google DeepMind: |
Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse pointer that understands what it is pointing at, allowing users to perform tasks without using text-heavy prompts — We are developing more seamless, intuitive ways to collaborate with AI — The mouse pointer has been a constant companion …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google unveils Gemini Intelligence, bundling existing and new Gemini features, including task automation across apps and letting users vibe-code Android widgets — We're one step closer to our phones just using themselves. … It is, once again, Gemini season.
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| Prakhar Khanna / ZDNET: |
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children — OpenAI's Sam Altman testified that he was “extremely uncomfortable” with Elon Musk's insistence that he have complete control …
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| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Google unveils Android security features, including protection from spoofed banking calls, default theft protection, and biometric protection for Mark as lost — Here's a look at the sweeping set of Android security and privacy upgrades Google has in store for you this year. — • — TL;DR
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces Pause Point, an Android 17 feature that forces a mandatory 10-second pause before opening any app a user has labeled as a distraction — An anti-doomscrolling feature is now built into Android. (Yes, things have gotten that bad.) — On Tuesday, Google announced Pause Point …
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| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
Google launches Intrusion Logging, an Android feature developed in partnership with Amnesty International and others, on Android 16 Pixel devices for now — Intrusion Logging marks the first feature from a major device vendor to aid with forensic detection of sophisticated threats, Amnesty International said.| CNBC: |
Nvidia says that Jensen Huang is joining President Trump on his China trip; source: the president asked Huang to join after seeing media coverage of his absence — BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is joining U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to China this week, the chipmaker confirmed to CNBC …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $30B and $50B in a funding round that would value it at up to $950B — The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model called Mythos and is separately battling with the Pentagon, was previously valued at $380 billion.
More: Bloomberg, Capital Brief, Implicator.ai, and The Asia Business Daily
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| Pritam Biswas / Reuters: |
Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery spinoff from Google DeepMind, raised $2.1B led by Thrive, after raising $600M in its first round in March 2025 — Isomorphic Labs, an artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery company, said on Wednesday it has raised $2.1 billion … | Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic names eight unauthorized secondary market sellers of its shares, including Hiive and Forge Global, warning that any share transactions there are void — Anthropic PBC identified a number of secondary marketplaces as unauthorized sellers of the company's shares, telling investors that buying the stock won't work.
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| Bloomberg: |
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B takeover offer, saying the unsolicited bid is “neither credible nor attractive”, in a letter from eBay Chairman Paul Pressler — EBay Inc. rejected a $56 billion takeover offer from GameStop Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ryan Cohen …
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| Molly Taft / Wired: |
Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site — Emails show that Elon Musk's company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
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| Reuters: |
Samsung and its South Korean labor union fail to reach a pay deal; the union has said workers will strike for 18 days from May 21 if its demands are not met — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and its South Korean labor union failed to reach a pay deal on Wednesday, its union leader said …
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Qualcomm closed down 11.46% on Tuesday as chip stocks pull back from record AI-driven rally; Intel closed down 6.82%, Sandisk dropped 6%, and Micron 3.61% — Chip stocks dropped on Tuesday, pulling back from a massive rally that broadened the artificial intelligence trade beyond Nvidia and propelled the sector to new highs.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Foxconn says some of its North American factories suffered a cyberattack in recent days; ransomware group Nitrogen claims it stole 8TB of data — Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world's most valuable data.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to make the Camera app fully customizable in iOS 27, along with noticeable design changes across Siri, Safari, Weather, and more — Apple Inc. is planning to upgrade its Camera app, making the software fully customizable as part of a broader set of user interface changes coming in its next iPhone software update.
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X: @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic announces 12 Claude plugins for the legal sector, including a “commercial counsel” tool for reviewing vendor agreements and a bar exam study tool — Anthropic PBC is taking steps to help legal professionals carry out more tasks using its Claude chatbot …
More: PYMNTS, Claude, Above the Law, Artificial Lawyer, Business Insider, Reuters, Bloomberg Law, and The Verge
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google is in talks with SpaceX and other companies for a rocket launch deal, as Google expands its own efforts to put data centers in space — A deal between the two tech titans would give a boost to SpaceX's business ahead of a historic public listing.
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Waymo recalls ~3,800 robotaxis in the US to fix software issues that may cause them to drive onto flooded roads, after some were seen stalled on flooded streets — Waymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues that could allow them to “drive onto a flooded roadway …
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| Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal: |
Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing an 1893 policy amid concerns about AI-fueled cheating — The change reverses an honor-code policy dating back to 1893 — For more than a century, Princeton University prided itself … | Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching an AI compute company that is majority-owned by OpenAI, similar to Stargate's original data center initiative — Sources say Sam Altman has recently discussed starting a new AI compute company. He'd fundraise for the effort … | Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: |
Paymentology, which provides real-time card and payment processing technology for banks and fintechs, raised $175M co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners — Paymentology provides cloud-native issuer processing technology for banks and fintechs, helping financial institutions modernise …
More: PYMNTS, UKTN, Paymentology, VCWire, Pulse 2.0, Tech Funding News, FinTech Global, Ventureburn, Electronic Payments …, FinSMEs, and The Next Web
| Josh Scott / BetaKit: |
Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised an additional $70M after a $130M raise announced in January, giving it a $2B post-money valuation — Vancouver-based Photonic has completed the final close of its latest funding round, securing another $70 million USD ($95 million CAD) …
More: FinSMEs, HPCwire, Globe and Mail, and Photonic
| Monica Hunter-Hart / Forbes: |
Havoc, which offers autonomous boats and software to control thousands of vessels at once, raised a $100M Series A led by Cobalt and Boardman Bay — Interest in drone boats is surging as the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz drags on. Havoc, which just closed a $100 million funding round … | The Information: |
Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire New York-based Stainless, which helps developers generate SDKs from APIs, for at least $300M — Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer tools startup Stainless for at least $300 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
The US' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing ACCESS, an outcome-based payment model for AI-driven medical care, with 150 tech companies — Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Amazon Now, its 30-minute delivery service, in dozens of US cities including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, after pilots — Amazon deliveries keep getting faster. On Tuesday, the online retailer announced the launch of its 30-minute delivery option …
More: About Amazon, About Amazon, Associated Press, Mashable, CNET, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 425Business.com/, and BGR. LinkedIn: Rahul Saraswat
| Etiido Uko / Tom's Hardware: |
Microsoft says it is investigating a Mistral AI PyPI package v2.4.6 compromise; researchers say it is likely part of the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack — The malware reportedly refused to run on Russian-language systems but could execute a destructive payload under certain geographic conditions.
More: The Hacker News, Decrypt, SafeDep's Blog, InfoWorld, and Runtime
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