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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Microsoft rolls out Recall AI in preview to Copilot+ PCs, after delaying the feature twice, from June 2024 and October 2024, over security and privacy concerns  —  The long-delayed feature will begin gradually rolling out to Windows Insiders. … This new rollout could indicate that Microsoft …
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Sources: Tim Cook approved doubling Apple's AI chips budget in 2023 after John Giannandrea sought more GPUs, but CFO Luca Maestri cut the increase to under half  —  Even before President Trump's tariffs threatened to upend Apple's manufacturing business in China, the company's struggle …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI plans to retire GPT-4, launched in March 2023, from ChatGPT on April 30, to be “fully replaced” by GPT-4o; GPT-4 will remain available via OpenAI's API  —  OpenAI will soon retire GPT-4, an AI model it launched over two years ago, from ChatGPT, according to a changelog posted on Thursday.
Erin Woo / The Information:
Source: Google cuts hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android, Pixel, and Chrome, after offering buyouts in January 2025  —  Google on Thursday laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android software …
Financial Times:
The EC's president says the EU won't revisit its “untouchable” rules, like the DMA, and could tax digital ad revenue, hitting Meta and Google, if US talks fail  —  European Commission president tells FT she wants ‘balanced’ deal but could hit US services in retaliation
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
The DOJ charges AI shopping app Nate's ex-CEO, Albert Saniger, with fraud, alleging the app relies heavily on workers in the Philippines; Nate had raised $50M+  —  Albert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI shopping app that promised a “universal” checkout experience …
Ellen O'Regan / Politico:
Ireland's DPC opens an investigation into how personal data in public X posts was used to train xAI's Grok, which could stoke tensions between the EU and the US  —  The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.
Business Insider:
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cuts $5.1B in IT and consulting contracts, such as with Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen, calling them “wasteful spending”  —  - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered cuts at the Pentagon including some consulting contracts.
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
How Nintendo is navigating tariff chaos, including shipping an estimated 1.7M Switch 2 units to the US before tariffs took effect, assembling in Vietnam, more  —  Preorders for its much-anticipated Switch 2 go live May 9, a month later than promised  —  It was the greatest tragedy …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple is unlikely to move iPhone production to the US anytime soon due to a lack of facilities, skilled labor, and established supply chains like Asia's  —  For US President Donald Trump, there would be few bigger victories than having a domestically produced version of the iPhone, one of the most popular tech products in history.
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI recently gave staff and third-party groups just days, vs. several months previously, to evaluate the risks and performance of its latest models  —  Testers have raised concerns that its technology is being rushed out without sufficient safeguards

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From Mediagazer

Axios:
Internal memo: AG Pam Bondi rescinds Merrick Garland's policy restricting most subpoenas for journalists, “to identify and punish the source of improper leaks”

Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
The stripped-down festivities at the WHCD reflected the somber tone in Washington, with White House journalists using the event to celebrate the First Amendment

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Ex-UK PM Gordon Brown files a criminal complaint against NGN, seeking phone-hacking probe revival, says current WaPo CEO Will Lewis tried to incriminate him

More News

Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
American small-business owners who source goods from overseas, especially from China, and sell them online, face acute uncertainty about the US tariffs' impact

Earlier Picks

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority:
Oppo launches the Find X8 Ultra in China, with a 6.82" OLED, a Snapdragon 8 Elite, a 6,100mAh battery, four rear cameras, and 100W charging, starting at ~$890
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
Trump signs a bill repealing IRS rules that treat DeFi platforms as brokers and require them to report user data, the first pro-crypto effort to clear Congress
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Razer launches Razer PC Remote Play, which streams PC games to mobile devices running Windows 11, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, or Android 14+ at their native resolutions
Reuters:
The cybersecurity industry is quiet after Trump canceled SentinelOne's security clearances on April 9 for hiring Chris Krebs; SentinelOne says it will cooperate
Sharon Goldman / Fortune:
Some Meta insiders fear FAIR is “dying a slow death” as Joelle Pineau exits in May; Yann LeCun says it's “a new beginning” for “Advanced Machine Intelligence”
Vikki Blake / GamesIndustry.biz:
The UK's home secretary criticizes Steam for hosting No Mercy, a game with sexual violence, rape, and incest; Steam removed it in the UK, Australia, and Canada
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI rolls out a ChatGPT memory feature that references past chats for answers, starting with ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers, but not in the UK and the EEA
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
SentinelLabs: AkiraBot spammers used OpenAI's API to generate unique messages, allowing them to bypass filters and flood 80K+ sites with SEO spam in four months
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