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Sources: Apple is working on a major Health app revamp and an AI doctor service, planned for H1 2026, and M5 updates for the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro this year — Apple is preparing its biggest health care push to date with a revamped app and AI doctor service.
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Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk's SpaceX over expanding satellite cellphone services; Apple discussed linking iPhones to SpaceX satellites — The iPhone maker and SpaceX are competing in the race to eliminate cellphone dead spots, a rift that is set to intensify
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| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
France's antitrust regulator fines Apple €150M after a lengthy investigation into how iOS asks to collect user data under ATT and the impact on advertisers — France's antitrust regulator fined Apple Inc. €150 million ($162 million) after a lengthy probe into how the technology company asks … | Bloomberg: |
Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in beta, announces a $39 per month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199 per month Pro tier — The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it is rolling out Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental to all Gemini users, after initially launching the model for Gemini Advanced subscribers on March 25 — In a rather unexpected move, Google announced Saturday that it is rolling out the latest 2.5 Pro (experimental) model to all (free) Gemini app users.
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After Trump signed an EO to end the government's DEI programs, tech firms like Google are rebranding DEI efforts, using terms like “learning” or “hiring” — After Google scrapped its diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, hiring aspirations in February … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei reports FY 2024 revenue up 22.4% YoY to ~$118.2B, near its ~$123B record in 2020, net profit down 28% YoY to ~$8.63B, and R&D spend rising to ~$25B — Huawei on Monday reported a sharp jump in 2024 revenue as its core telecommunications and consumer businesses accelerated.
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| Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo: |
Study: 79% of 475 AI experts believe current public perceptions of AI do not match R&D realities, while 76% said scaling current approaches will not yield AGI — An extensive report on the future of AI research indicated that there's skepticism about current approaches to AGI.| Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal: |
Memecoins attempting to profit from a man's suicide highlight Pump.fun's extreme lack of boundaries; one of the memecoins soared past $2M in total value — A 23-year-old man's dark descent into crypto scams ended with shooting himself on a livestream — Arnold Haro held up a single bullet … | Financial Times: |
Nasdaq-listed Chinese self-driving company WeRide, which reported a ~$260M loss in 2023 and a ~$344M loss in 2024, warns profitability is “difficult to predict” — Nasdaq-listed autonomous vehicle company says government regulation and local partners are key to ending years of losses| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the race between China and the US to build truly useful humanoid robots, as China lists “embodied” AI as a priority for a $138B state investment fund — U.S. and China are racing to build a truly useful humanoid worker. Whoever wins could gain a huge edge in countless industries.
More: South China Morning Post, Constellation Research, and GovTech
| New York Times: |
An analysis finds 170+ violent vigilante attacks since 2023 by US “pedophile hunters”, whose online content has been amplified by websites like Kick and Locals — With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.Sponsor Posts
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