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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: Bill Chen and Geoff Lewis
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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, Tom's Guide, The Information, and WinBuzzer
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| Dan Shipper / Every: |
More: The Algorithmic Bridge, WinBuzzer, and TechCrunch
| 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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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Tech stocks plunge amid uncertainty over US tariff plans and China export controls: AMD, Nvidia, and ASML dropped 7%, Applied Materials and Lam Research fell 5% — Technology stocks dropped Wednesday, led by a 7% plunge in Nvidia, as the chipmaking sector signaled that President Donald … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that sales of some AI chips would require a license; Nvidia was blindsided by Trump's curbs on its H20 chips — US chipmaker reveals $5.5bn impairment, while full hit to China revenues could surpass $10bn — Nvidia has been caught by surprise …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
SEC filing: AMD expects that new US license requirement for exporting AI chips to China, which applies to its MI308 products, may result in charges of ~$800M — AMD says that the U.S. government's license control requirement for exporting AI chips to China and certain other countries may have a material impact on its earnings.| CNBC: |
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| 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
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| New York Times: |
The US House opens a probe on whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules and asks Nvidia for details on its Asian customers — China's success in artificial intelligence has the Trump administration and lawmakers weighing rules and investigations to slow Beijing's progress in the industry.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
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| Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: |
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| 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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| New York Times: |
Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok has been “probably the highest competitive threat for Instagram and Facebook over the last few years”, in his third day of testimony — The former chief operating officer took the stand in a landmark antitrust trial accusing Meta of quashing competition through acquisitions.
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| 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 …
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have suspended service a day after regulators launched a probe into Gensol, which shares its co-founders — BluSmart, India's all-electric cab-hailing startup that was once seen as an emerging rival to Uber, appears to have suspended service …
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| 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.| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Lyft acquires Hamburg-based taxi app FreeNow from BMW and Mercedes-Benz for €175M and says the combined operations will serve 50M+ riders annually — US group makes first major acquisition across the Atlantic as it continues competition against industry giant Uber
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| 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 … | 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 …
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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, and Billboard
| 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 …
More: Apple, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Mobile World Live, Times Now, Mashable, Macworld, AppleInsider, Deccan Herald, and TechCrunch
| 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: KENS, San Diego Union-Tribune, Axios, Reuters, NBC News, New York Times, South China Morning Post, and The Information. Bluesky: @davelee.me
| 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.
More: Source, ZDNET, Visual Studio Magazine, and Laptop Mag
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