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Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, and tests $7.99/month and $19.99/month Meta AI plans, and a $49.99/month creator plan — Meta is doubling down on its subscription offerings. On Wednesday, the social networking giant announced it's now rolling …
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| ABC News: |
US prosecutors charge Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo with using inside information to make $1.2M on Polymarket bets about Google's Year in Search results — Michele Spagnuolo allegedly placed bets on what users were searching for. — In this Dec. 19, 2023, file photo …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Last.fm says it is now an independent company again, 19 years after being acquired by CBS, and plans to keep its current team and continue the service as normal — Don't worry: It will keep your profiles and scrobbles. — Last.fm is an independent company again, it has announced on its forum …
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| Garrett Downs / CNBC: |
The US DOD announces a $9.7B, five-year deal with Dell to provide Microsoft 365, advanced cloud subscriptions, and on-premises licensing to the US military — The Department of Defense on Wednesday announced a five-year, roughly $9.7 billion deal with Dell to provide a suite of software to the U.S. military.
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| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Memo: Meta plans to embed engineers and product managers within large corporate customers as part of a new Enterprise Solutions unit to help deploy its AI tools — Meta Platforms plans to place engineers and product managers inside large corporate customers as part of a new unit …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
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| Brian Danga / The Block: |
SoFi says SoFiUSD, its US dollar-pegged stablecoin on Ethereum and Solana, is now available for members to buy, sell, hold, and convert within the SoFi app — Quick Take — SoFi said its U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin is now available for members to buy, sell, hold, and convert within the SoFi app.
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| Jared Perlo / NBC News: |
Illinois Legislature passes SB 315, a bill requiring annual independent third-party safety audits of leading AI companies; the bill heads to the governor's desk — The measure, SB 315, goes beyond legislation from California and New York regulating America's largest AI companies.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices due to “rising memory and storage costs”; the 512GB model is now $789, up from $549, and the 1TB model is $949, up from $649 — The 1TB OLED model got a $300 price increase, and now costs $949. … Valve has significantly increased the price …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Uber increases its stake in Delivery Hero to ~37% by acquiring Aspex Management's 14.6% share at a €12B valuation, after a takeover offer last week — Share purchase from Aspex Management steps up US ride-hailing group's pursuit of German food delivery company
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| CNBC: |
Snowflake reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $1.39B, above $1.32B est., and commits to spending $6B on AWS over the next five years; SNOW jumps 35%+ pre-market — Amazon said Wednesday that its cloud division has landed a $6 billion spending commitment from Snowflake, which includes the use … | Chloe Taylor / CNBC: |
The UK's GCHQ head says the UK and allies have a “narrowing window” to counter cyber threats from China and Russia, as Russia intensifies “daily” hybrid warfare — Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Surging AI demand causes shortages and price increases across the entire optical supply chain, from lasers and substrates to optical fibers and connectors — TAIPEI — Having already driven massive shortages in memory chips and CPUs, the global artificial intelligence boom is now disrupting … | Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Anthropic and OpenAI seem to have finally found product-market fit with coding agents, which are quickly becoming daily drivers for highly paid professionals — Anthropic are strongly rumored to be about to have their first profitable quarter. Stories are circulating of companies surprised …
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| Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
Trade Desk's market cap fell ~70% from a December 2024 peak, as it contends with frustrated agency partners, competition from Google, and new entrant Amazon — The company lost about 70% of its value as Amazon gained ground and relationships with top ad agencies soured
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube makes its AI content labels more prominent on desktop and mobile, and will apply them automatically if it detects “significant photorealistic AI use” — Is that YouTube video clip you're watching real or was it made with AI? — YouTube wants to make it easier for viewers …
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Filing: Amazon will acquire Apple's 20% stake in Globalstar as part of its acquisition of the satellite provider and create a subsidiary to conduct the merger — Amazon has revealed that it's taking over Apple's 20% stake in Globalstar as part of its $11.6 billion acquisition of the satellite communications provider.
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| Bloomberg: |
Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety says the company plans to stay out of India's commerce spending war, as Amazon and Flipkart ramp up their quick commerce efforts — Swiggy Ltd., one of India's top quick commerce firms, plans to restrain spending and focus on profitability while deeper-pocketed rivals Flipkart … | Aileen Chuang / Bloomberg: |
Taiwanese tech companies have completed a record $14.5B of debt deals so far this year, as they race to secure financing to meet soaring demand for AI capacity — Taiwanese tech firms have completed a record $14.5 billion of debt deals so far this year, as they race to secure financing …
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| Bloomberg: |
Global AI hardware demand is easing China's concerns over a stronger yuan hurting exports, as AI hardware exports surge and chip equipment imports rise — The global AI investment boom is powering a new wave of Chinese exports and making Beijing more comfortable with a stronger yuan.| Rivaldo Jantjies / Bloomberg: |
As the US AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, startups on the continent are pivoting to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local VC firms — African startups are rewriting their funding playbook as the global artificial intelligence boom pulls venture capital toward the US … | Reuters: |
Companies are using AI at their global capability centers in India to bring more creative work in-house, cutting turnaround times and reliance on ad agencies — Global companies are using AI at their Indian hubs to bring more creative work in-house, cutting turnaround time and their reliance … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to $11.13B, vs. $11.05B est., Agentforce annual recurring revenue up 205% to $1.2B, and forecasts Q2 revenue below est. — Salesforce reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the cloud software vendor issued full-year guidance …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
HP reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $14.4B, above $14B est., Personal Systems revenue up 13% YoY to $10.2B, and forecasts Q3 adjusted EPS above estimates — HP Inc. gave a profit forecast for the current quarter that signaled the company continues to contend with a dramatic increase in memory chip prices.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance is developing its own CPUs to support its growing AI infrastructure needs, as chip price hikes and supply shortages constrain expansion plans — Chinese technology giant ByteDance is developing its own central processing units (CPUs) to support its growing AI infrastructure needs … | Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The CFTC files alongside Gemini to nullify Gemini's $5M settlement in January 2025, arguing that the agency's current management wouldn't have pursued the case — The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn't have been pursued under current management and practices.
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| Jonas Ekblom / Bloomberg: |
Swedish chip optical component maker Sivers, whose stock is up ~1,700% YTD, giving it a ~$2.5B market cap, has become one of the country's most-shorted stocks — A small Swedish semiconductor firm that's soared about 1,700% this year has become one of the country's most-shorted stocks.Sponsor Posts
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