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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A deep dive into Apple Watch and Health efforts; sources: iOS 27 to get a revamped AirPods control panel and default support for AirPlay rivals like Google Cast — Also: iOS 27 AirPods, Genmoji and AirPlay details. — Now over a decade old, the Apple Watch is in need of a shake-up as the health and fitness wearables market pivots.
More: Livemint, iClarified, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, and Cult of Mac
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @mweinbach, @markgurman, @tgod34748, @markgurman, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Karl McDonnell
Forums: r/apple, r/AppleWatch, r/airpods, and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
A look at the scourge of smartphone thefts in London, as victims describe receiving texts threatening them into unlinking Apple IDs from stolen iPhones — Tens of thousands of smartphones were reported stolen in the British capital in recent years. For some victims, losing their phone was only the beginning.
Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com
| Financial Times: |
How the AI boom is transforming global M&A, now dominated by the AI-driven race to control the world's energy, fiber networks, and computing capacity — Deals hit record highs, unloved companies turn sexy and PE finds a new gold mine. Up until this week, NextEra Energy …
More: Implicator.ai
| Nicole Nguyen / Wall Street Journal: |
Hands-on with a pre-release build of Google Docs Live, an AI-powered voice tool for drafting documents, rolling out this summer to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers — An exclusive look at Docs Live, Google's new speech-powered AI project manager and writing partner — Microsoft Word brought word processing to the masses.| Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says it will lower V4 Pro API prices by 75% to $0.435/1M input and $0.87/1M output tokens, making permanent the discount prices set to expire on May 31 — DeepSeek said it will make permanent a steep discount on its flagship V4-Pro model, maintaining prices for developers at a quarter of their original level.
More: DeepSeek, Engadget, South China Morning Post, Implicator.ai, The Next Web, Reuters, The Tech Portal, Tech in Asia, and The Decoder
X: @deepseek_ai, @kimmonismus, @jukan05, @yuchenj_uw, @goodalexander, @zerohedge, @healthranger, @vaibhavsisinty, @rish404, and @jahooma
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/hermesagent, r/DeepSeek, and r/singularity
| David Oks: |
Rising DRAM prices are driving “forced premiumization” in the smartphone market in India and Africa, as consumers in the sub-$200 segment risk being priced out — The global memory crunch and the great repricing of consumer electronics — One of the most remarkable things …
More: The Next Web, Crypto Briefing, and Simon Willison's Weblog
X: @sakurayukiai. LinkedIn: Will Webster. Bluesky: @vortexegg.com. Forums: Hacker News and r/hardware
| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Quartermaster, which is building an analytics platform and a SmartMast, with sensors on a ship's mast to relay real-time maritime data, raised a $43M Series A — Oceans — to state the obvious — are big. That makes it hard for governments, shipping companies, and insurance providers … | New York Times: |
How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets — Last fall, a high-stakes struggle unfolded inside the red brick walls of an obscure federal agency.
More: Raw Story, The Block, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, The Existentialist Republic, and Truthout
X: @wmiddelkoop, @daveweigel, @sbmccallister, @camrmackenzie, @rorytyer, @jason_kint, and @julie_bush
Bluesky: @robertscotthorton, @bradlander, @lavidagata, @annmlipton, @beverlymann19, and @socialmedialab.ca. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social
Forums: r/anticapitalism, r/LegalNews, r/neoliberal, and r/politics
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by threats from AI-generated code and models like Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber — Austin Cowan had expected a quiet year. — The headhunter, who helps Fortune 100 companies find and attract cybersecurity executives …
More: TechCrunch
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Uber weighs a higher bid after it approached a major Delivery Hero shareholder with a €38-per-share bid, valuing the group at €11.5B+, but was rebuffed — San Francisco based-group approached major shareholder in German food group — Uber's board met on Saturday …
More: PYMNTS, Capital Brief, Reuters, Taipei Times, Daily Sabah, Benzinga, Pulse 2.0, Tech in Asia, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Law, and Crypto Briefing
| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
The ECB summons Eurozone banks to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss risks posed by the latest AI models and hopes US banks with Mythos access will share lessons — Supervisor to stress seriousness of risks to financial system at hastily arranged meeting — The European Central Bank …
More: Bloomberg and Tech in Asia
| Jack Jenkins / RNS: |
How Anthropic's ongoing discussions with the Vatican about ethics and AI led to Christopher Olah being invited to Pope Leo's unveiling of an encyclical on AI — (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI is set to be released Monday (May 27), with Chris Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, at his side.
More: NBC News, Straight Arrow, Diane Montagna's Substack, Mother Jones, The Daily Wire, New York Sun, and vaticannews.va
X: @jackmjenkins. LinkedIn: Brian Green. Bluesky: @jackjenkins.me and @robertscotthorton. Mastodon: @munin@infosec.exchange
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Tether buys out SoftBank's ~26% stake in bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital, taking Tether's stake to ~71%; SoftBank's stake was worth ~$679M — Tether has bought out SoftBank Group Inc.'s ownership in the digital-asset treasury company Twenty One Capital Inc. … | Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
Moment, which develops AI tools for automating fixed-income and equities trading tech, raised a $78M Series C led by Index Ventures, with a16z participating — Moment, the financial-technology company founded by a cohort of former Citadel Securities quantitative traders and researchers …
More: The Next Web, PYMNTS, FinTech Global, Ventureburn, FinSMEs, and Moment Technology, Inc.
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