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| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
Trump announces a 90-day tariff pause for some countries and a “lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%”, but raises tariffs on China to 125% — - President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on the full effect of his new tariffs for at least some countries.
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Nasdaq jumps 12% after Trump announced a 90-day tariff pause, with Nvidia up 19%, Apple up 15%, Meta up 15%, Amazon up 12%, Microsoft up 10%, Alphabet up 10% — The Nasdaq Composite climbed more than 12% for its second best day ever as markets clawed back after a rocky few trading sessions spurred …
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| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
| Alexey Shabanov / TestingCatalog: |
Google announces Agent2Agent, an open interoperability protocol to enable seamless collaboration between AI agents across diverse frameworks and vendors — Google has announced the launch of Agent2Agent (A2A), an open interoperability protocol designed to enable seamless collaboration between …
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| Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat: |
Google introduces Firebase Studio, an AI-powered platform that lets users create custom mobile and web apps, APIs, backends, and frontends from their browser — Google has heated up the app-building space, today rolling out a generative AI-powered end-to-end app platform that allows users to create custom apps in minutes.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The US Senate confirms former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins as SEC chair, succeeding Gary Gensler; Atkins is widely expected to support crypto-friendly policies — Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins will be sworn in as the agency's next chair and will oversee future regulation for the crypto sector.| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
President Trump directs the DOJ to investigate former CISA director Chris Krebs, who was fired after he contradicted Trump's baseless 2020 election fraud claims — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday night directing the Justice Department to investigate former top …
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| NPR: |
Sources: after Jensen Huang went to Mar-a-Lago last week, the White House reversed course on Nvidia H20 export restrictions to China, in the works for months — When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attended a $1 million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago last week, a chip known as the H20 may have been on his mind.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
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| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
In her Senate testimony, Sarah Wynn-Williams alleged Meta briefed China on US AI efforts, ignored warnings on China potentially accessing US user data, and more — Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, accusing …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Sen. Ron Wyden plans to block the nomination of Sean Plankey to head CISA until the agency releases a 2022 report about security flaws at US telecom companies — Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has put a hold on the Trump administration's nomination of Sean Plankey to head the federal government's …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches the Pioneers Program, which aims to work with “multiple companies” to design tailored AI benchmarks for specific domains like legal and finance — OpenAI, like many AI labs, thinks AI benchmarks are broken. It says it wants to fix them through a new program.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Court document: NSO Group's spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 countries in a 2019 attack; Mexico led with 456 victims, India had 100 — NSO Group's notorious spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 different countries during a 2019 hacking campaign, according to a new court document.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube expands its pilot to some top creators of tech that detects the AI-generated likenesses of famous people and declares support for the US' NO FAKES ACT — YouTube on Wednesday announced an expansion of its pilot program designed to identify and manage AI-generated content that features the …
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| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
OpenAI countersues Elon Musk, claiming harassment and asking a federal judge to stop Musk from any further attacks in a case over OpenAI's future structure — OpenAI countersued Elon Musk on Wednesday, citing a pattern of harassment by Musk and asking a federal judge to stop Musk from any …
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| Vas Panagiotopoulos / Wired: |
Docs: NSO Group, which is still on the US Commerce Department's Entity List, has hired Vogel Group, a lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration — The Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department's “blacklist,” has hired a new lobbying firm with direct ties … | Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Anthropic debuts Claude's Max plan, with 5x the usage limits of Pro for $100/month or 20x the usage for $200/month, plus early access to new models and features — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, on Wednesday introduced Claude Max, a new subscription tier …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Framework opens Laptop 12 preorders in the UK, Europe, and Canada starting at €569, £499, and CA$719; US preorders are delayed due to Trump's tariffs — More than we were hoping to pay, but less than previous machines. … Earlier this year, modular computer company Framework began …
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| Bloomberg: |
The UK's BoE plans to track AI use by banks and hedge funds, saying their risk managers may not fully understand the AI being run, which may threaten markets — The Bank of England plans to closely monitor the use of artificial intelligence by banks and hedge funds over concerns that the technology …
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