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Bloomberg:
Source: a leaked April 2023 internal document by Luke Sernau, a senior software engineer at Google, argues that open-source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI  —  A senior software engineer at Google wrote a critique asserting that the internet search leader is losing its edge …
Matt Binder / Mashable:
An independent researcher's data shows that out of the ~150K Twitter Blue subscribers in November 2022, just ~68,157 were still subscribed on April 30  —  The early birds cancel their subscriptions.  —  Twitter Blue's struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe than previously revealed, new data suggests.
Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal:
New York's AG proposes the Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency and Oversight Act, or CRPTO, seeking broader enforcement authority over crypto companies  —  Proposed legislation would require crypto exchanges to have independent public audits of financial statements, among other new requirements
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Brydge, an iPad, Mac, and Surface accessory maker, is shutting down; sources: Brydge has neither paid its staff salaries nor fulfilled orders since January 2023  —  Brydge, a once thriving startup making popular keyboard accessories for iPad, Mac, and Microsoft Surface products, is ceasing operations.
Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Coinbase plans to try a novel defense against a potential US SEC enforcement action by arguing the regulator bears some responsibility for approving its IPO  —  Crypto exchange says regulators' lawsuit threat is undermined by clearance of IPO  —  With the Securities and Exchange Commission preparing …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Slash, a Gen Z-focused neobank, raised $19M in seed and Series A funding from investors including NEA, Menlo Ventures, Connect Ventures, and Y Combinator  —  Around two years ago, Victor Cardenas and Kevin Bai — college dropouts from Stanford University and the University of Waterloo …
Harmeet Singh Walia / Counterpoint Research:
Smartphone shipments declined 14% YoY and 7% QoQ globally to 280.2M units in Q1 2023; Samsung declined 19%, Apple 2%, Xiaomi 22%, Oppo 10%, and Vivo 18%  —  - The global smartphone market declined by 14% YoY and 7% QoQ to record 280.2 million unit shipments in Q1 2023.

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From Mediagazer

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
The AP says its journalists were barred from an Oval Office event featuring Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in defiance of a court injunction

New York Times:
Sources: the White House plans to ask Congress to rescind $1.1B in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS, and others

Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
How David Zaslav became an “accidental mogul” who is navigating WBD out of its cultural, generational, and technological obsolescence during the Trump era

More News

Alex Konrad / Forbes:
A look at the ByteDance investors who have billions in paper profits blocked by the US regulatory standoff over TikTok; source: Sequoia China holds a 10%+ stake
Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX's Starlink in the EU
Ina Fried / Axios:
Tim Cook says Apple sees AI as “huge” but that “it's very important to be “deliberative and thoughtful” as there are “a number of issues that need to be sorted”

Earlier Picks

Bill Peters / MarketWatch:
Coinbase reports Q1 revenue down 34% YoY to $772.5M, vs. $655M est., net loss down 82% YoY to $78.9M, $145B in trading volume, vs. $147.7B est.; COIN jumps 15%+
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Google releases a brief teaser video showing off the Pixel Fold, confirming that it will be officially revealed on May 10 during the Google I/O 2023 event
Ilya Banares / Bloomberg:
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 25% YoY to $1.5B, vs. $1.43B est., GMV up 15% YoY to $49.6B, vs. $47.7B est., and plans to cut ~20% of its staff; SHOP jumps 20%+
David McCabe / New York Times:
The White House announces plans to address AI's risks, including $140M for new research centers and draft guidelines for government agencies using AI safeguards
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft opens its Bing chatbot to all, removing the waitlist, and announces features like image and video results, persistent chat and history, and plug-ins
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