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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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Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social, and @jwildeboer@social …
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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 …
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| 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.
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Forums: r/Buttcoin and r/politics
| 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.
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| 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
More: The Verge, Hindustan Times, The Information, and Jason Howell's Newsletter
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
IBM reports Q1 revenue up 0.6% YoY to $14.54B, vs. $14.4B est., and says DOGE delayed or nixed 15 of its federal contracts; IBM drops 6%+ after hours — IBM reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter on Wednesday. The stock slipped 2% in extended trading.
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, The Register, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, IBM, Investor's Business Daily, Constellation Research, and Barron's Online. LinkedIn: Monica Cernuda Rego
| 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 …
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X: @figma, @iannuttall, @suhail, @minimaxir, @romainmobileapp, @sama, @openaidevs, @sama, and @iterintellectus
Forums: r/singularity and r/OpenAI
| 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.
More: Meta, MacRumors, Forbes, Social Media Today, The Economic Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Authority, India Today, Android Headlines, Digit, MIXED Reality News, Channel NewsAsia, Engadget, Business Standard, ZDNET, How-To Geek, Deccan Herald, Digital Trends, Times of India, UploadVR, Android Central, The Hindu, and Moneycontrol
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| 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 …
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Forums: r/Twitter, r/technology, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/politics, and r/skeptic
| 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 Japan — Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app would now expand ads to all advertisers worldwide.
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| 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.
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| 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 …
More: Microsoft 365 Blog, Microsoft, ZDNET, The Verge, Microsoft, The Register, Maginative, GeekWire, Constellation Research, and Windows Central
LinkedIn: Nicole Herskowitz and Satya Nadella
| 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 … | 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.
More: PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Celebrity Insider, PCMag, and The Information
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Neuralink has begun preliminary discussions to raise about $500M at an $8.5B pre-money valuation; PitchBook: it was valued at $3.5B as of November 2023 — Elon Musk's Neuralink is planning to raise about $500 million at a pre-money valuation of $8.5 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
More: Proactive, The Information, Axios, and Reuters
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Sources: OpenAI aims to debut its next “open” model, which will be “text in, text out” and possibly let developers turn “reasoning” on and off, in early summer — Toward the end of March, OpenAI announced its intention to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 sometime this year.
Bluesky: @skynetandchill.com
| Stephanie Lai / Bloomberg: |
Trump signs an EO to boost AI education and workforce training, and establishes an AI education task force led by White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios — President Donald Trump signed an executive action to boost artificial intelligence education and workforce training …
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
New Jersey sues RealPage, accusing the property management software company and 10 of the state's largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents — New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state's largest landlords of conspiring … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Internal documents: several Google units have notified remote workers that their jobs will be in jeopardy if they don't show up at the office three days a week — Five years removed from the onset of the Covid pandemic, Google is demanding that some remote employees return to the office …
More: Daily Mail, GeekWire, and Android Headlines
| 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.
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| Sri Muppidi / The Information: |
Documents: OpenAI told investors it expects revenues of $125B in 2029 and $174B in 2030, with sales from agents and other products exceeding those from ChatGPT — For two years, ChatGPT has been OpenAI's cash cow. But by the end of the decade, the company has told some potential …
More: PYMNTS.com. Bluesky: @edzitron.com. X: @bantg, @emollick, @rick_zullo, and @pitdesi. Forums: Slashdot
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia updates its G-Assist AI chatbot, offering plugin and API support to let developers connect to external services and tools, such as Spotify and Gemini — G-Assist is moving beyond just improving PC gaming, to controlling more apps and services.| RT Watson / The Block: |
Interfax: Russia's Central Bank and Finance Ministry plan to launch a crypto exchange for “highly qualified investors” under an experimental legal regime — - Russia's Central Bank and Finance Ministry will launch a crypto exchange for “highly qualified investors,” according to Russian news agency Interfax.
More: Interfax, FinanceFeeds, BeInCrypto, CryptoSlate, and Bitcoin Magazine
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Nvidia announces the general availability of its NeMo platform to build AI agents, supporting Meta's Llama, Microsoft's Phi, Google's Gemma, and Mistral — Nvidia Corp. today announced the general availability of NeMo microservices, a set of tools designed to assist developers …
More: NVIDIA, The New Stack, ZDNET, Constellation Research, and Wall Street Journal
X: @nvidiaai and @nvidiaaidev
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Lyft plans to dispatch licensed taxis for the first time to US riders who have opted in, beginning in St. Louis on May 5; Uber has long let users hail taxis — The rollout will begin in St. Louis on May 5 for riders who have opted in to taxis as an alternative to gig drivers in rideshare vehicles.| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
SK Hynix reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to ~$12.4B, vs. ~$12.1B est, and operating profit up 158% YoY to ~$5.2B, vs. ~$4.6B est., on demand for its HBM chips — South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday topped quarterly revenue and operating profit estimates, with demand for its high bandwidth memory offerings used …
More: Nikkei Asia, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, Livemint, SK hynix Newsroom, and The Straits Times. X: @yoolimleenews
| 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
More: Twenty One Capital, Inc., Decrypt, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, Reuters, Bloomberg, Inside Bitcoins, The Crypto Basic, Crypto Briefing, crypto.news, NewsBTC, The Block, BTC Times, BusinessLIVE, and The Information
Bluesky: @staffordphilip. X: @jfk_america, @tier10k, @izakaminska, @antoinegara, @juthica, @market_heretic, @cryptofizzbuzz, and @_the_prophet__. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Geoffrey Hinton, other AI experts, and 10 former OpenAI staff write to the CA and DE AGs opposing OpenAI's for-profit restructure, echoing Elon Musk's concerns — Former employees and figures such as Geoffrey Hinton warn of dangers of allowing start-up to make corporate switch
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