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| Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN: |
Memo: Microsoft's Xbox plans to shut down multiple Bethesda studios and consolidate teams to prioritize high-impact titles and invest in Bethesda's portfolio — Staff told via email. — Microsoft has closed a number of Bethesda studios, including Redfall maker Arkane Austin …
More: The Verge, IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, PC Gamer, Bloomberg, TrueAchievements, Destructoid, Video Games Chronicle, Pure Xbox, TechRadar, Wccftech, Gameranx, Push Square, GameSpot, Neowin, Press Start, Stevivor, Kotaku, and TheGamer
Threads: @charstring. Mastodon: @glecharles@zirk.us. X: @arkanestudios, @dbakaba, @tangogameworks, @qwik, @pilestedt, @yozetty, @shinji_mikami, @locust9, @theswweet, @poweredbyidtech, @gamescage_, @rcmacleod, @carnage4life, @daveoshry, @cromwelp, @thomasmahler, @astralberryy, @wyp100, and @dark1x
LinkedIn: Hailey Rojas, George Greer, Liz Chepul, and Jeff Gardiner
| Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times: |
The US revokes some licenses that allow companies to ship chips and other goods to Huawei; sources say the decision affects Intel and Qualcomm — Move marks latest effort by Biden administration to target the country's tech sector — The Biden administration has revoked export licences …
More: Engadget, South China Morning Post, Washington Post, Android Authority, Reuters, The Register, Light Reading, Quartz, BNN Bloomberg, CNBC, International Business Times, Fortune, Reuters, Investing.com, The Information, Gizchina, Neowin, Business Times, Benzinga, TrendForce Insights, Huawei Central, Electronic Specifier, BBC, Asia Financial, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters, Mobile World Live, Wccftech, and Benzinga
| Reuters: |
Sources: US prosecutors are examining if Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about Autopilot and Full Self-Driving — U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla (TSLA.O) committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers …
More: The Verge, South China Morning Post, Benzinga, TweakTown, Business Insider, and CleanTechnica
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Source: OpenAI is developing a feature for ChatGPT that can search the web and show results with citations to sources and images — The feature would let ChatGPT users search the web and cite sources in its results. — OpenAI is developing a feature for ChatGPT that can search the web …
More: Engadget and The Decoder
X: @carnage4life and @paul__walsh
Forums: r/singularity and r/ChatGPT
| Steven Church / Bloomberg: |
FTX says it will have as much as $16.3B to distribute after finishing selling all of its assets; FTX owes customers and other non-governmental creditors ~$11B — - Crypto customers to get interest on what FTX owes them — Bankrupt firm updates plan to divide cash among creditors
More: The Verge, FTX, The Block, CoinDesk, 9to5Mac, The Block, Gizmodo, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, CryptoSlate, PYMNTS.com, BBC, TechCrunch, Watcher Guru, Bitcoinist.com, CNBC, Bitcoin Insider, Coinpedia Fintech News, CryptoGlobe, The Pomp Letter, CryptoPotato, Unchained, Proactive, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, Blockonomi, CoinGape, Coinspeaker, New York Times, Financial Times, The Crypto Times, Reuters, and Crypto Briefing
| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev decries a “regulatory onslaught”, calling the SEC's actions “another improper attempt by the administrative state to stifle innovation” — Though Robinhood Crypto thought its “safety-first” approach was distinct, the SEC said that enforcement action is on its way.
More: US Securities …, Cryptonews, Bitcoin News, The Daily Hodl, and Crowdfund Insider
X: @vladtenev, @vladtenev, @brian_armstrong, @justinscerini, @kpaapept3, @thinkingcrypto1, @pat_mcdermott17, @zeuslfg, @trustlessstate, @meta_rach, @deeglide22, @kenashe, @samoyedcoin, @waynevaughan, @dogecoin_mogul, @alexanderfisher, @coqinuavax, @mr_derivatives, @eduardbrichuk, @soumyazen, @zer0_xiii, @eastvillagesnap, @tydyecortex1, @shaughnessy119, and @iampaulgrewal
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
TikTok vs. US filing: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming owns a 21% stake in TikTok's parent company, and is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship — - Zhang has a 21% stake in the world's most valuable startup — Chinese tech founders have built up a presence on the island| Financial Times: |
The UK is investigating “potential failings” at IT contractor SSCL, which was breached by suspected Chinese hackers to expose payroll records for 272K people — Grant Shapps announces investigation into attack by ‘malign actor’ that targeted up to 270,000 military personnel records
More: The Record, The Register, GOV.UK, The Guardian, iTnews, and Sky News
| Georgia Butler / DatacenterDynamics: |
Google says “rare issues at Google Cloud” caused a week-long private cloud outage at UniSuper, an Australian pension fund for the education and research sectors — Google problems resulting in an inadvertent misconfiguration of UniSuper's systems
More: UniSuper, The Register, and Cyber Daily
X: @quinnypig, @gergelyorosz, @seventhsec, @setheliot, @ajdlinux, and @jasonandrade
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $10.1B, Gross Bookings up 20% YoY to $37.7B, below $38B est., and adjusted EBITDA up 82% YoY to $1.4B; UBER falls 10%+ — - Bookings growth still tops 20% on rides, order frequency gains — Operating profit falls on anticipated legal fees, settlements
More: Finbold, Benzinga, Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Financial Times, Uber, Fast Company, Reuters, and Proactive
X: @economyapp and @deitaone
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky details its product roadmap: an off-protocol DM system to facilitate one-on-one chats, custom feeds, anti-harassment tools, video support, and more — Bluesky has launched a new product roadmap for the coming months. The decentralized social network said on Tuesday that it is planning … | Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
The Connectivity Standards Alliance releases Matter 1.3, adding support for more appliances, energy and water management, and new casting protocol features — The latest Matter spec brings a number of improvements to the smart home standard founded by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung.
More: MacRumors, Digital Trends, PCMag, AppleInsider, TechHive, The Ambient, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, CNET, and CSA-IOT
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm — At its “Let Loose” virtual event this morning, Apple introduced its long-awaited iPad Pro updates.
More: Apple, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, SamMobile, MacRumors, TechNewsWorld, MacRumors, Silicon Republic, Benzinga, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Electronic Specifier, PC Guide, iClarified, O'Grady's PowerPage, Tom's Guide, Livemint, ANI News, Neowin, TweakTown, TechRadar, The Verge, UPI, Forbes, Pocket-lint, Writing Exchange, GQ, Times of India, MakeUseOf, iMore, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Verge, 9to5Mac, and 9to5Mac
Threads: @viticci, @technicallymims, @chancehmiller, @felixsalmon, @tookthescenicroute, @mgsiegler, @chriswelch, @davidimel, @benedictevans, @chancehmiller, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @eshumarneedi, @jjackyliang, @wongmjane, and @mgsiegler
X: @drbarnard, @nobi, @kiaran_ritchie, @jon_prosser, @munster_gene, @takuta, @snazzylabs, @vadimyuryev, @vadimyuryev, @snazzylabs, @iupdate, @uredditor, @sterlingcrispin, @anshelsag, @akiroom, @tim_cook, @benjamindekr, @takasugi_mbsjk, @joannastern, @haiji505, @raywongy, @obrien, @obrien, @markgurman, @heysaik, @thatnerdnoah0, @markgurman, @iupdate, @munster_gene, @charlieintel, @m1astra, @benbajarin, @parismarx, @gartenberg, @richontech, @markgurman, @mkbhd, @stevemoser, @lukemiani, @sdw, @jiteshubrani, @benbajarin, @paterfamilias, @ianzelbo, and @lukemiani
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/gadgets, and r/technology
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to $1.9B, GMV up 23% YoY to $60.9B, and expects gross margins to drop by ~50 basis points YoY in Q2; SHOP plummets 18%+ — The company posted a loss of $273 million after a profit of $68 million a year earlier. The loss per share was 21 cents on revenue …
More: The Information, Finbold, Investor's Business Daily, BetaKit, CNBC, Shopify, and Reuters
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Samsung Electronics' medical device unit Samsung Medison plans to acquire Paris-based Sonio, which makes AI-powered ultrasound workflows software, for ~$92.7M — Samsung Medison, a medical device unit of Samsung Electronics that specializes in developing diagnostic imaging devices …
More: Samsung Newsroom, TNW, Cryptopolitan, Sammy Fans, KED Global, Korea Joongang Daily, and Tech Xplore
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Filing: Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar says Tesla was its “largest LiDAR customer in Q1”, contributing 10%+ of its revenue, or ~$2.1M for the quarter — Elon Musk previously dismissed the laser sensor as a ‘crutch’ and said that any company relying on lidar to power self-driving was ‘doomed.’
More: Notebookcheck, Reuters, Forbes, Bloomberg, and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social. Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/MVIS, r/RealTesla, and r/SelfDrivingCars
| Carsten Frauenheim / iFixit News: |
A look at LPCAMM2, a totally modular, repairable, and upgradeable memory standard for laptops that doesn't require soldering LPDDR chips to the motherboard — If you've ever tried to “future-proof” a purchase by paying for everything you might eventually need up front, you know it can be a sucker's game.
More: XDA Developers, iFixit on YouTube, PC Gamer, OSnews, and The Verge
Forums: Hacker News, r/applesucks, r/hardware, and r/framework
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Researchers say they have unlocked a kind of sperm whale “alphabet” with the aid of machine learning, a breakthrough in understanding cetacean communication — Researchers at MIT CSAIL and Project CETI believe that they have unlocked a kind of sperm whale alphabet with the aid of machine learning technologies.
More: Cybernews.com, MIT Technology Review, bioRxiv.org, MIT News, Associated Press, TweakTown, ScienceAlert, IFLScience, New York Times, and Gizmodo
Mastodon: @glynmoody@mastodon.social. X: @projectceti, @projectceti, @kerrirodriguez0, @projectceti, @jacobandreas, @bjkingape, @ap_oddities, @mit_csail, and @projectceti
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta announces an update to its AI ad tools, which can now make full new images, not just backgrounds, and claims to add strong guardrails to prevent abuse — Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October.| Bloomberg: |
Amit Midha, the CEO of Alat, a $100B investment fund focused on AI and chips backed by Saudi Arabia's PIF, says the fund will divest from China if the US asks — - The $100 billion Saudi investment fund says US is top partner — Alat will announce two US company partnerships by end of June
More: Semafor
| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft plans to invest $3B to build a data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, and train locals, alongside investing in a new AI lab at Wisconsin University — Company has been on a global spending spree, trying to build infrastructure and goodwill for artificial intelligence
More: Benzinga, CNN, PCMag, Bloomberg, Associated Press, and New York Times
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Israeli drone startup Xtend, which lets operators orchestrate teams of drones and robots, raised $40M led by Chartered Group at a ~$110M post-money valuation — Close to a decade ago, brothers Aviv and Matteo Shapira co-founded Replay, a company that created a video format for 360-degree replays …
More: FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, and Tech Funding News
| The Guardian: |
An investigation finds a vast web of fake shops run from China touting designer brands that duped 800K+ people in Europe and the US into sharing personal data — Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests| Bloomberg: |
Chinese government data: foreign-branded smartphones shipments, most of which are iPhones, grew 12% YoY to 3.75M in March, reversing a 37% drop in early 2024 — - The performance marks an improvement from the start of 2024 — The bounce emerged after Apple and its resellers cut prices
More: Reuters, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, Quartz, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, Amwal Al Ghad, and Investing.com
| Reuters: |
Analysis: Asia Pacific data center deals, which have totaled $840.47M in 2024, or 50%+ of the global total so far, are set to surpass 2023's $3.45B record high — Global private equity investors and asset managers are readying for billions of dollars worth of M&A and investments linked …
More: Benzinga
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