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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OpenAI launches o3, its most advanced reasoning model, and o4-mini, a lower cost alternative that still delivers “impressive results”, for ChatGPT paid users — ChatGPT Plus users can begin using both new models starting today. — A mere two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI is releasing not one but two new models.
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LinkedIn: Geoff Lewis and Bill Chen
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts Codex CLI, an open-source coding agent tool for terminals that links AI models with local code and computing tasks, like moving files — In a bid to inject AI into more of the programming process, OpenAI is launching Codex CLI, a coding “agent” designed to run locally from terminal software.
More: OpenAI on GitHub, The Information, Tom's Guide, WinBuzzer, MarkTechPost, and Analytics India Magazine
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X: @iannuttall and @mjbommar
Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPTCoding, and Slashdot
| Dan Shipper / Every: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for ~$3B; Windsurf was valued at $1.25B in a 2024 funding deal — OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for about $3 billion …
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| CNBC: |
SEC filing: Nvidia says it will record a $5.5B quarterly charge after the US said it would require a license to export H20 chips to China; NVDA closes down 6.9% — Nvidia said on Tuesday that it will take a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China and other destinations.
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Forums: r/China, r/WallStreetbetsELITE, and r/technology
| Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia did not warn at least some major customers in advance about new US export rules on its H20 chips to China; the US told Nvidia about a week ago — Nvidia (NVDA.O) did not warn at least some major customers in advance about new U.S. export rules it was told about a week ago requiring … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
CISA says it will extend funding to Mitre, which runs the CVE Program, and “there will be no lapse in critical CVE services”, after Mitre said funding expired — CISA says the U.S. government has extended MITRE's funding to ensure no continuity issues with the critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft adds a “computer use” tool in Copilot Studio to let AI agents use websites and desktop apps; the feature is designed to detect UI changes dynamically — Microsoft has its own ‘computer use’ feature for AI agents to automatically use websites and apps.| Fatima Hussein / Associated Press: |
Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free …
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X: @jhweissmann, @senwarren, @elwasson, @jmhorp, @ppavnr, and @fatimathefatima
Forums: r/news, r/politics, and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
Former CISA Director Chris Krebs says he is resigning from SentinelOne to more freely challenge the White House, after Trump directed the DOJ to investigate him — Chris Krebs, the top cybersecurity official in Trump's first term, resigned from his private-sector job| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple says it has reduced its global greenhouse gas emissions by over 60% vs. 2015 levels as part of its commitment to reach full carbon neutrality by 2030 — Apple today announced that it has now reduced its global greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60 percent compared to 2015 levels …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
ASML reports Q1 net sales up 46% YoY to €7.74B, vs. €7.8B est., a €2.36B net profit, €3.94B net bookings, below €4.89B est., and warns of tariff uncertainty — Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML on Wednesday missed order expectations and said that uncertainty …
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X: @thetranscript_, @invesquotes, @mackhawk, @asmlcompany, @techfund1, @asmlcompany, and @beuvingjordy
Forums: r/europe and r/wallstreetbets
| Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: |
| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Q&A with Phil Spencer on A Minecraft Movie, potential IP for future movies, Microsoft's Hollywood goals, Fallout Season 2 and the Minecraft TV series, and more — The execs at Microsoft, Warner Bros. and Legendary can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as “A Minecraft Movie” …
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Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/boxoffice, and r/xbox
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Spotify is back online after an outage on April 16; users reported issues from 8:00am ET, and Spotify said it's “all clear” just after noon — Spotify posted an ‘all clear’ message just after noon on Wednesday, saying its widespread outage issues are resolved.
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X: @spotifystatus and @spotifystatus
| Financial Times: |
Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms including Meta and X an average of 31% and 19%, respectively, so far in April, compared to March — Chinese retailers' retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues — Chinese ecommerce giants Temu and Shein have slashed …
More: Axios, NBC News, Reuters, New York Times, The Information, and South China Morning Post. Bluesky: @davelee.me
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Documents: ICE awarded Palantir nearly $30M in April 2025 to enhance its Investigative Case Management system, after a $90M, five-year deal in September 2022 — Last week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid contracting giant Palantir tens of millions of dollars to make modifications …
More: Sherwood News. Bluesky: @skiles, @schotthappens.com, @jasonkoebler, and @josephcox. Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/DACA and r/technology
| Reuters: |
Deezer says ~18% of songs uploaded to the service are AI-generated; 20K AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, nearly twice the number reported four months ago — About 18% of songs uploaded to Deezer (DEEZR.PA) are fully generated by AI, the French streaming platform said on Wednesday …
More: Engadget, Deezer Newsroom, Forbes, Billboard, and Music Business Worldwide
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
TikTok begins testing Footnotes, a Community Notes-like feature to add “more context” to videos, in the US; Footnotes won't affect algorithmic ranking — But the company isn't walking away from fact checking. — As TikTok continues to wait for a deal that will secure its future …
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| Jarred Walton / Tom's Hardware: |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB review: great value and performance, GDDR7 offers more bandwidth, but the GPU's retail pricing and availability remain uncertain — Retail availability and pricing will be critical factors. … Why you can trust Tom's Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing … | Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review: |
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the elimination of R/FIMI, an office aimed at tracking and countering foreign disinformation campaigns — The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
More: United States Department …, The Guardian, Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, The Daily Wire, The Kyiv Independent, The Hill, The Federalist, and IJR
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @eileenguo, @jaylyall, @noupside, and @kateross
Forums: r/politics, r/fednews, r/TrueReddit, and r/neoliberal
| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
A look at Huawei's AI CloudMatrix 384 rack-scale system, which is less power-efficient than Nvidia's GB200 NVL72, though this is not a limiting factor in China — Huawei is making waves with its new AI accelerator and rack scale architecture. Meet China's newest and most powerful Chinese domestic solution …
More: South China Morning Post, TechPowerUp, Android Headlines, and Tech in Asia
Bluesky: @albertvilella. X: @semianalysis_, @dylan522p, @jukanlosreve, and @hkanji. Forums: r/NVDA_Stock
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google says it suspended 39.2M US advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024, up over 3x from 12.7M in 2023, and took down 1.8B ads, aided by new AI tools — Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more than triple the number … Sponsor Posts
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