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The UK CMA blocks Microsoft's $68.7B Activision acquisition, citing competition and innovation concerns in the UK cloud gaming market; Microsoft plans to appeal  —  The CMA has prevented Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future …
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New York Times:
A look at the mounting US legal pressure on Binance: the DOJ's money laundering division leading a criminal investigation, CZ hiring Latham & Watkins, and more  —  The scrutiny on Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, has sent new tremors through a market that is still bruised by the implosion of FTX.
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:
Voyager Digital says Binance.US terminated an agreement to acquire the bankrupt crypto broker for $1B, less than a week after the US abandoned stopping the deal
Brian Fung / CNN:
US senators unveil a bipartisan bill that bans kids under 13 from joining social media and requires tech companies to get parental consent for teens' accounts  —  A new federal bill unveiled Wednesday would establish a national minimum age for social media use and require tech companies …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Amazon shuts down its health-focused Halo division, discontinues its Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise devices, and plans to lay off portions of the team  —  Amazon has decided to shutter its health-focused Halo division, The Verge has learned.  Amazon has stopped selling its three Halo products …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Lenovo announces the $699 Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola, with ThinkPad-compatible productivity features, available to enterprises now and unlocked on April 28  —  The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is available in the US starting today for $699, offering a suite of productivity features designed to work with ThinkPad laptops.
Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World:
A look at the crypto hype waning in Africa, as consumer trust fades, regulators push back, startups shutter, and Web3 workers reconsider their careers after FTX  —  Trust is fading, startups are shutting down, and Web3 workers are reconsidering their career choices.  —  • LAGOS, NIGERIA
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Hands-on with Asus' ROG Ally, a handheld Windows gaming PC launching on May 11 that could take on the Steam Deck, depending on the price, software, and battery  —  I had a fun time testing this device, but everything's going to come down to price. … Basically everything written about Asus …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
TikTok appears to be working on a feature that would let users create AI-generated profile pictures, similar to the images that Prisma Labs' Lensa app generates  —  TikTok is working on a feature that will create AI-generated profile pictures, according to social media consultant Matt Navarra …
Microsoft:
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $52.9B, net income up 9% YoY to $18.3B, Office Commercial up 13% YoY, Dynamics 365 up 25% YoY, and LinkedIn up 8% YoY

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M

Ben Smith / @semaforben:
In a note to staff, Roula Khalaf says US editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson is leaving the FT for Semafor and will be replaced by Derek Brower from December 1

More News

Madeline Ashby / Wired:
How Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a fair use case before SCOTUS, could impact how copyright law is applied to what AI tools can do with human-made works

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Nick Clegg says TikTok operating in the US, while China bars Meta, isn't “a level playing field”, and new tech like AI shouldn't be based on “autocratic values”
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
In the latest macOS Ventura beta, Apple removes the Virtual Scanner II app that included Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper and shipped with Mojave and newer
Reuters:
Inside Meta's scramble to catch up on AI: slow to adopt pricey AI-optimized systems, scrapping a custom AI chip for a more ambitious model in 2025, and more
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet reports Q1 Google ad revenue of $54.55B, vs. $54.66B YoY, the second straight decline after a 3.6% drop in Q4 2022, and the third since going public
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
US agency officials, including the FTC's Lina Kahn and the EEOC's Charlotte Burrows, commit to enforcing civil rights laws against AI systems perpetuating bias
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI now lets ChatGPT users turn off their chat histories, excluding them from the company's models, and plans to launch ChatGPT Business in the coming months
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