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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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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. …
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down  —  Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.

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