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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google releases a free version of Gemini Code Assist for individual users, offering 180K code completions per month; GitHub Copilot's free tier offers 2,000  —  And provides 90 times more monthly code completions than GitHub Copilot's free tier. … A free version of Gemini Code Assist …
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
OpenAI expands Deep Research to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise users, with 10 queries per month; Pro users now have 120 queries per month, up from 100  —  A $200 Pro subscription is no longer required to use the tool.  —  When OpenAI announced Deep Research at start of February …
Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk:
Uniswap Labs says the US SEC has closed its probe into the company and will not file enforcement actions, after the SEC dropped OpenSea and Robinhood probes  —  Uniswap celebrated the news on X, calling it a “huge win for DeFi.”  —  What to know: … The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple investors reject outside shareholder proposals asking the company to cease its DEI efforts and write a report assessing the risks of its work on AI  —  Apple Inc. investors rejected outside shareholder proposals that asked the iPhone maker to cease its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts …
New York Times:
Users reported that Apple's automatic dictation system was transcribing the word “racist” as “Trump”, before correcting itself; Apple says it's working on a fix  —  The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.
Associated Press:
Resignation letter: 21 DOGE staffers, who previously worked at the USDS, say they won't use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services”  —  More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency …
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business  —  - Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title  — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Adobe launches an updated Photoshop app for iOS, including many design, editing, and AI tools from the desktop app; an Android app is coming “later this year”  —  It's free and available on iOS first, with an Android version coming later this year.
Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware:
Framework unveils the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 300, priced at $1,099 for a pre-built model, and Framework Laptop 12 with a touch screen, price TBA  —  The Framework Laptop 13 is also getting an AMD-based update.  —  Framework is expanding its laptop lineup and getting into desktops.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Framework announces its first desktop PC, the Framework Desktop, which starts at $1,099 and comes with an AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 and 32GB RAM, slated for Q3 2025
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft rolls out unlimited access to Voice and Think Deeper, powered by OpenAI's o1 model, to all Copilot users for free  —  You won't hit any limits using OpenAI's o1 reasoning model inside Copilot anymore. … Microsoft made OpenAI's o1 reasoning model free for all Copilot users last month …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
A Twitch channel called Claude Plays Pokémon is streaming Claude 3.7 Sonnet using its reasoning capabilities to play a game of Pokémon Red  —  On Tuesday afternoon, Anthropic launched Claude Plays Pokémon on Twitch, a live stream of Anthropic's newest AI model …
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
After backlash, YC deletes a demo video from X and LinkedIn of a startup it backs that says it's building AI-powered performance monitoring for factory workers  —  A demo from Optifye.AI, a member of Y Combinator's current cohort, sparked a social media backlash that ended up with YC deleting it off its socials.
Rick Whiting / CRN:
IBM plans to acquire DataStax and its cloud database development platform to expand IBM's Watsonx AI portfolio; Crunchbase: DataStax has raised $342.6M  —  IBM said Tuesday it has a deal to acquire DataStax, including that company's database platform, data streaming technology …
Brad Norton / Dexerto:
Activision confirms on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Steam page that it “uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets”, after fan speculation  —  Activision has finally admitted to using AI-generated content in its games and Call of Duty players aren't the least bit surprised.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Perfect, a startup from the founder of AnyVision that helps job recruiters write and publish job listings and triage responses, raised a $23M seed  —  “Agentic AI” is the concept of the moment.  Developers big and small are rushing to build apps to leapfrog the heavy lifting needed …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US judge says Meta must face a potential class action lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers over US citizen job applicants, citing Meta's stats  —  A federal judge on Tuesday said Meta Platforms (META.O) must face a lawsuit claiming that the Facebook and Instagram parent prefers …
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg:
Bitcoin falls below $90K, its lowest level since mid-November 2024, as the rally that followed Trump's election fades; ETH, XRP, SOL, and more also fell sharply  —  - Biggest token is now down almost 20% since Trump inauguration  — Macro factors and crypto blowups combine to erode confidence
The Information:
Source: data security company Cohesity plans an employee share sale at an $8B valuation and expects to generate $2.2B in revenue in the 12 months ending in July  —  One of enterprise software's bitter rivalries—between data security firms Rubrik and Cohesity—came to a head last year …
Faris Mokhtar / Bloomberg:
Sources: Indonesia and Apple agree to a deal to lift the iPhone 16 ban, with Apple set to invest $1B; a memorandum of agreement may be signed this week  —  - Tech giant has promised to invest $1 billion in Indonesia  — Deal would be win for Prabowo after series of policy setbacks
Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: ON Semiconductor plans to cut 2,400 employees, or 9% of its workforce, with charges related to the layoffs expected to cost around $50M to $60M  —  Charges related to the layoffs are expected to cost around $50 million to $60 million and be recorded in 2025
More: Reuters
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
xAI released a new Grok 3 voice mode featuring different personalities, including an 18+ “Unhinged” option and a “Sexy” one that role-plays sexual scenarios  —  On Sunday, xAI released a new voice interaction mode for its Grok 3 AI model that is currently available to its premium subscribers.

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
After CBS aired two 60 Minutes segments, Trump calls on CBS to lose its license and asks FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to “impose the maximum fines and punishment”

Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: College GameDay host Rece Davis agreed to a new seven-year deal worth tens of millions to stay with ESPN, after being heavily pursued by Fox Sports

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Less than a week before A Minecraft Movie had a $160M+ opening weekend in the US and Canada, experts projected ~$65M, following four high profile misses in 2024

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Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Employee screening company DISA confirms a data breach in February 2024, found in April 2024, affecting 3.3M+ people and including Social Security numbers
Financial Times:
Sources: Huawei has increased its AI chip yield to nearly 40%, up from 20% about a year ago, making its Ascend chips profitable for the first time
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Kate Bush and 1,000+ other musicians “co-write” a “silent” album to protest the UK's proposal to let AI train on their copyrighted work if they don't opt out
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