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| Jesse Coghlan / Cointelegraph: |
Trump signs an EO to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile using BTC and other digital assets forfeited in criminal or civil cases — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve “just a few minutes ago,” says crypto tsar David Sacks.
More: The White House, The Hill, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, New York Times, Unchained, Decrypt, Forbes, The Block, CoinDesk, Reuters, Decrypt, Yahoo Finance, Times of India, Daily Mail, The Daily Hodl, Coinpedia Fintech News, Benzinga, Bitcoin Magazine, Fortune, BTC Times, Cryptopolitan, Axios, KOB.com, CoinGape, Politico, ZeroHedge News, CNN, Crypto Briefing, and Watcher Guru
Bluesky: @tyleraking.com and @tyleraking.com
X: @davidsacks47, @jconorgrogan, @matt_hougan, @margomartin47, @altcap, @jasonklau, @justinsuntron, @pkedrosky, @kkirkbos, @mattzeitlin, @muneeb, @thestalwart, @byrnehobart, @johnedeaton1, @cryptopathic, @johnedeaton1, @byrnehobart, @robertjsalvador, @3orovik, @cynthiamlummis, @cryptoub, @byzgeneral, @cryptoub, @runnerxbt, @cryptopathic, @cryptokaleo, @senlummis, @ercwl, @iamdcinvestor, @tradermercury, @cobie, @cburniske, @avifelman, @krugermacro, @lsdinmycoffee, @iamnomad, @deitaone, @functi0nzer0, @cryptocevo, @tradermayne, @udiwertheimer, @avifelman, @kobeissiletter, @adamscochran, @iamdcinvestor, @coldbloodshill, @eleanorterrett, @matt_hougan, @davidmarcus, @cameron, @nathanmccauley, @arrington, @jenniferjjacobs, @inversebrah, @rasterlyrock, @0xferg, @poordart, @cliffordasness, and @cryptocevo
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
A Brazilian judge gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS in Brazil, saying the “limitations” imposed by Apple on developers could deter new competitors — After the EU forced Apple to implement major changes to how iOS and the App Store work for European users …
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, and Fast Company
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
HPE reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $7.85B, vs. $7.82B est., Q2 and FY 2025 guidance below est., and plans to cut ~2,500 employees; HPE drops 20%+ after hours — Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares slid 19% in extended trading on Thursday as the data center equipment maker issued quarterly … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US Secret Service, Europol, and others take down and seize Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange accused of being associated with ransomware hackers — The U.S. Secret Service, working with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies, has taken down and seized the website of Garantex …
More: ICIJ, Decrypt, Reuters, The Register, Cryptopolitan, The Record, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoin Insider, Axios, and BleepingComputer
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Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
| CoinDesk: |
In a Tucker Carlson interview, Sam Bankman-Fried says he was becoming closer to the GOP in the lead-up to his arrest and that played a role in his sentencing — Between his recent social posts referring to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an interview with The New York Sun …
More: Axios, Business Insider, Tucker Carlson on YouTube, The Block, The Information, Decrypt, Washington Examiner, CryptoSlate, Us Weekly, New York Magazine, Fortune, NBC News, Mediaite, The Crypto Times, crypto.news, CoinGape, The Hill, Watcher Guru, and Cryptopolitan
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| Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
Sam Altman's World Network unveils World Chat, a “mini app” in the World App wallet for messaging and sending and receiving crypto, in beta on Android and iOS — The new feature, a “mini app” accessible via the World App wallet, will offer special features to holders …
More: World, crypto.news, The Block, CryptoSlate, Blockworks, and The Defiant
| Marc Caputo / Axios: |
The US State Department says it will use AI to review social media accounts to revoke visas of students who seem to support designated terror groups like Hamas — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is launching an AI-fueled “Catch and Revoke” effort to cancel the visas of foreign nationals …
More: Reuters, National Review, The Guardian, Fox News, Benzinga, Townhall, and New York Post
X: @billmelugin_, @arifleischer, @lauraloomer, @virginiafoxx, @stephen_neukam, @senkatiebritt, and @secrubio. LinkedIn: Greg Siskind
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
YC Managing Partner Jared Friedman says that for 25% of the W25 batch, 95%+ of their codebases are AI generated, not including code like for importing libraries — With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code.
More: Y Combinator on YouTube and Engadget
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple plans to start mass producing a $2,000+ book-style foldable iPhone in Q4 2026, with a ~7.8" “crease-free” inner display and a ~5.5" outer display — Apple's first foldable iPhone should arrive around the end of 2026 or early 2027 with a book-style design and a premium price tag …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Mistral launches Mistral OCR, a multimodal API that uses optical character recognition to turn complex PDF documents into Markdown files ready for LLM training — On Thursday French large language model (LLM) developer Mistral launched a new API for developers who handle complex PDF documents.
More: Mistral AI, Simon Willison's Weblog, VentureBeat, TestingCatalog, WinBuzzer, and The Decoder
Mastodon: @fj@mastodon.social. X: @dorialexander, @kimmonismus, @mistralai, and @deedydas. LinkedIn: Marjorie Janiewicz
Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPT, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Broadcom Q1: revenue up 25% YoY to $14.92B, vs. $14.61B est., net income up 315% YoY to $5.5B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above est.; AVGO jumps 10%+ after hours — Broadcom (AVGO.O) on Thursday forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on strong demand … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Former OpenAI policy researcher Miles Brundage criticizes OpenAI for “rewriting the history of GPT-2”, after OpenAI outlined its safety and alignment philosophy — A high-profile ex-OpenAI policy researcher, Miles Brundage, took to social media on Wednesday to criticize OpenAI for …
More: OpenAI, TechSpot, The Decoder, Time, and Don't Worry About the Vase
X: @miles_brundage and @openai
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: Superintelligence Strategy, Gizmodo, Android Headlines, Business Insider, Cryptopolitan, and The Register
Bluesky: @julia.cool, @skynetandchill.com, and @robinreed
X: @glennluk, @pstasiatech, and @thisguyoftheai
Forums: r/singularity, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: |
Source: the US Department of Labor is actively investigating Scale AI for compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a doc says since at least August 2024 — The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating the data labeling startup Scale AI for compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, TechCrunch has learned.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Reddit adds tools like Post Insights, Post Recovery, and Post Check, which helps users see if what they are posting potentially goes against a subreddit's rules — The website will now also suggest appropriate communities for your post. — Reddit has announced several new tools that seem …
More: Reddit Upvoted, The Verge, TechCrunch, Reuters, PhoneArena, The Verge, Social Media Today, WinBuzzer, and 9to5Mac
| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet and Sundar Pichai as part of its investigation into alleged censorship under the Biden administration — The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Alphabet Inc. and its CEO Sundar Pichai as part of its ongoing investigation … | Jessica E. Lessin / The Information: |
Sources: Larry Page has formed a new company, Dynatomics, to use LLMs to create highly optimized designs for various objects and then have a factory build them — Google co-founder Larry Page has formed a new company, Dynatomics, to upend manufacturing with artificial intelligence.| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
1Password now lets users add specific physical locations to passwords and other items, which then appear in its mobile app when the user is near those locations — You can now add a location for passwords and other items saved in 1Password. … 1Password introduced a new feature today …
More: 1Password Blog, Engadget, ZDNET, 1Password, Android Police, MakeUseOf, iClarified, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, PCWorld, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, and BGR
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz and @quinnypig.com
| Angela Christy / Reuters: |
CoreWeave denies an FT report that Microsoft withdrew from some of its agreements ahead of CoreWeave's IPO, saying “there have been no contract cancellations” — IPO-bound AI cloud startup CoreWeave said on Thursday it had not seen any contract cancellations after the Financial Times reported … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo says AI answers are out of beta and now get info from across the web, not just Wikipedia; setting AI answers to “often” shows them ~20% of the time — You can still choose how often you see AI-assisted answers, which now incorporate results from the web.
More: Spread Privacy, CNET, CyberInsider, WinBuzzer, How-To Geek, TechCrunch, OSnews, Thurrott, Digital Trends, and 9to5Mac
| New York Times: |
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te reassures citizens that TSMC's plans to spend $100B in the US would benefit Taiwan, after the move caused anxiety and criticism — The Taiwanese chip giant TSMC's plan to invest $100 billion in the United States has been met with anxiety and criticism in its home country.| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
DoubleZero, which is coordinating a global network of fiber optic cables to improve blockchains, raised $28M in a token round, sources say at a $400M valuation — The communications startup is coordinating a global network of fiber optic cables. — DoubleZero Foundation, a startup building a … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: there haven't been negotiations between ByteDance and prospective TikTok US buyers, amid confusion over who's leading Trump administration negotiations — - There also has been some confusion as to who is actually in charge of Trump administration negotiations for the deal.
More: Livemint, Social Media Today, New York Post, Lowpass, NBC News, and The Information
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