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The European Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under the DMA and issues cease-and-desist orders to both companies; Apple and Meta say they will appeal  —  Fines come as European officials pursue trade talks with the Trump administration  —  BRUSSELS—The European Union fined Apple …
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Reuters:
The White House says that fines on Apple and Meta by the EU are a “novel form of economic extortion” that the United States will not tolerate  —  The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple (AAPL.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) by the European Union were a …
Bloomberg:
President Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the TRUMP memecoin on May 22, according to the memecoin's website; TRUMP jumps 50%+  —  President Donald Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, the issuers of the cryptocurrency announced on Wednesday.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Discord CEO Jason Citron is stepping down and will be succeeded by Humam Sakhnini, effective April 28; Citron will stay on the board and serve as a CEO advisor  —  Jason Citron is stepping down as CEO of Discord and he has hired game veteran Humam Sakhnini as the new CEO.
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Meta rolls out live translations and other AI features to all Ray-Ban smart glasses, unveils new color lens combos, and plans an India, Mexico, and UAE debut  —  The Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frames are also now available in shiny chalky gray with sapphire Transitions lenses.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI brings the tech behind the new ChatGPT image generator to its API, for $5/1M text input tokens, $10/1M image input tokens, and $40/1M image output tokens  —  OpenAI on Wednesday brought the tech behind its new and improved image generation feature in ChatGPT to its API …
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: a Perplexity executive says Google's contract with Motorola blocked Perplexity from being the default AI assistant on new Motorola devices  —  - AI startup's app will be preloaded on new Motorola phones  — Company in negotiations with another smartphone maker
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
On the 20th birthday of its first video, YouTube says it has had 20B+ uploads, including 20M+ daily now, and unveils app and TV updates, including new Multiview  —  YouTube is celebrating its 20th birthday with a number of stats, while previewing new features that are coming this year.
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Analysis: three X users who used to receive hundreds of thousands of views daily have seen their reach collapse after feuding with Elon Musk in December 2024  —  Note: Five-day moving average.  Views are only shown up to 400,000.  Source: X  —  When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta says it is opening Threads to all advertisers worldwide, but ads will only appear in select markets at launch, after testing ads in the US and others  —  Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app …
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
WhatsApp rolls out Advanced Chat Privacy, a new opt-in tool to block participants from sharing the contents of a conversation in traditional chats and groups  —  The opt-in setting will also stop the auto-downloading of media and AI integration.  —  WhatsApp is introducing …
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Microsoft updates Microsoft 365 Copilot with OpenAI-powered AI agents Researcher and Analyst, available via its new Agent Store, AI-powered Search, and more  —  Microsoft announced today a major expansion of its artificial intelligence tools with the “Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release …
Financial Times:
Cantor's Brandon Lutnick, the son of the US commerce secretary, Tether, Bitfinex, and SoftBank form Twenty One Capital, a $3.6B bitcoin acquisition vehicle  —  Vehicle backed by son of US commerce secretary comes as investors hope for more favourable policy on digital currency
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Tesla says it has started testing its autonomous ride-hailing service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area, and has completed 15,000 miles of driving  —  Tesla has started testing its autonomous ride-hail service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area ahead of the company's planned robotaxi launch this summer.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Roku updates its $30 Streaming Stick and $40 Streaming Stick Plus, saying they are “the most compact sticks on the market”, and unveils new software updates  —  The company also introduced a pair of battery-powered smart home cameras, new Roku OS software features, and more.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Nari Labs unveils Dia, a 1.6B-parameter text-to-speech model designed to produce naturalistic dialogue directly from text prompts, built with “zero funding”  —  A two-person startup by the name of Nari Labs has introduced Dia, a 1.6 billion parameter text-to-speech (TTS) …
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk says production of Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus is affected by China's recent restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals used in magnets  —  Speaking on the company's earnings call on Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said production was impacted by the “magnet issue”.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, a new AI video generation model in closed beta that animates characters in diverse styles and voices, including human-like and 2D  —  Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday.
Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net:
Nintendo says Switch 2 preorder demand in Japan “far exceeds expectations” and 2.2M applied via a lottery; Nintendo is offering a cheaper, region-locked model  —  2.2m people applied to buy, and a “significant number” will be unsuccessful.  —  News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief

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From Mediagazer

Sara Fischer / Axios:
PBS and a public TV affiliate in Minnesota sue the Trump administration, saying his executive order to cut federal funding violated PBS' First Amendment rights

Max Tani / Semafor:
The California State Senate opens an inquiry into whether Paramount's reported $15M proposed settlement with Trump violated bribery and unfair competition laws

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Matt Day / Bloomberg:
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How Nike and US manufacturer Flex's plan to automate sneaker production in Guadalajara ran into trouble, with factory robots struggling to handle soft materials
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
The Oversight Board says Meta's new hate speech policies were “announced hastily” in January and publishes decisions for 11 cases related to the new policies
Bloomberg:
Source: Intel is set to unveil plans this week to cut 20%+ of staff, its first major restructuring under Lip-Bu Tan; Intel had 108,900 workers in December 2024
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