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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
At LlamaCon, Satya Nadella says 20% to 30% of code in Microsoft's repositories was AI-written, and Microsoft was seeing more progress in Python and less in C++  —  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20%-30% of code inside the company's repositories was “written by software” — meaning AI …
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta launches the Meta AI app, a standalone ChatGPT competitor featuring a Discover feed, where users can see AI prompts that friends and others have shared  —  The new Meta AI app puts a twist on social media. … Meta's standalone ChatGPT competitor is mostly what you'd expect from an AI assistant.
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Meta plans to add cloud-based AI features to WhatsApp, like message summarization and composition, using Private Processing so the data is inaccessible to Meta
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Meta debuts an API for its Llama AI models, in limited preview with pricing yet to be publicly announced
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says GPT-4o's latest update is “now 100% rolled back” for free users and is currently rolling back for paid users, in a bid to fix the model's sycophancy  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said that the company is “rolling back” the latest update to the default AI model powering ChatGPT …
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
EA says it laid off staff and canceled “two early-stage incubation projects”; sources say EA cut 300 to 400 roles and its Respawn unit canceled a Titanfall game  —  The video-game publisher cuts between 300 and 400 jobs  —  Electronic Arts Inc. is laying off hundreds of workers …
Fortune:
Amazon says Amazon Haul “considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products”, but “this was never a consideration for the main Amazon site”  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a news article on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as she speaks during …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Amazon reportedly adding tariff pricing to each product on its site “is a hostile and political act by Amazon”
CNN:
Sources: President Trump called Jeff Bezos on Tuesday morning to complain about reports that Amazon was adding tariff prices to listings
Yuan Gao / Bloomberg:
Xiaomi unveils open-source AI reasoning model MiMo, joining other Chinese tech leaders hoping to make a splash in the burgeoning AI field endorsed by Beijing  —  Xiaomi debuted MiMo a day after Alibaba unveiled the latest version of its own flagship model, amplifying a race between China's tech players …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Appfigures: Google Play hosts 1.8M apps, down 47% from 3.4M at the beginning of 2024, a decline likely due to raised minimum quality requirements  —  Google Play's app marketplace is losing apps.  —  From the start of 2024 to present, the Android app marketplace went from hosting …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Waymo and Toyota announce a preliminary partnership aiming to develop an autonomous vehicle platform and enhance next-generation personally-owned vehicles  —  Alphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles.
CNBC:
Snap reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.35B est., and does not offer Q2 guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties; SNAP drops 14%+  —  Snap reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue Tuesday but declined to provide guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainties that could weigh on advertising demand.
Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg:
TSMC begins building a third fab in Arizona, announcing the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC's site  —  The world's most advanced chipmaker announced the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC's site …
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
An Indian court directs the government to block Proton Mail after a local firm alleged its staff received emails containing obscene content sent via the service  —  A court in India has ordered the blocking of encrypted email provider Proton Mail across the country.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Supermicro reports preliminary Q3 revenue of $4.5B to $4.6B, vs. $5.5B est., earnings per share of $0.29 to $0.31, vs. $0.54 est.; SMCI drops 16%+  —  Super Micro shares fell as much as 19% on Tuesday after the server maker announced preliminary results for the fiscal third quarter that were lower than analysts had projected.
Martin Young / Cointelegraph:
Filing: PayPal says the US SEC concluded its investigation into PayPal USD stablecoin in February 2025 “without enforcement action”  —  PayPal says the US Securities and Exchange Commission has abandoned its investigation into the payment giant's US-dollar stablecoin.

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Chris Willman / Variety:
Taylor Swift purchases her catalog of recordings, which were initially released through Big Machine Records, from Shamrock for an undisclosed nine-figure sum

The Bookseller:
Boundless, which bought crowdfunding publisher Unbound in March, tells authors that royalties accrued before March won't be paid until Boundless is cash stable

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Business Insider is cutting staff by 21% to “endure extreme traffic drops outside of our control” and “exiting the majority of our Commerce business”

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Financial Times:
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company would take the US government to court if necessary to protect European customers' access to its services
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Online graphic design platform Freepik unveils F Lite, a 10B-parameter “open” AI image model that it says was trained on ~80M licensed, “safe-for-work” images

Earlier Picks

Michael Kan / PCMag:
Intel's next chip node, 14A, is set for a 2027 release, will feature “Turbo Cells”, and allegedly has 15%-20% better performance-per-watt over the 18A process
Bloomberg:
The UK government publishes draft legislation on cryptoassets, set to be finalized later in 2025, and says it will work with US officials on crypto regulation
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google updates Audio Overviews in NotebookLM to expand support beyond English to 50+ languages, including Spanish, French, Hindi, Turkish, Korean, and Chinese
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