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| Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog: |
Mastodon forms a new US non-profit, to receive tax-deductible US donations and in-kind support, with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and others on its board — As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Mastodon, and r/technology
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing — - The iPhone maker has also been holding discussions with Google — Negotiations center on powering AI chatbot in iOS 18 update
More: Android Authority, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Fortune, Spyglass, iLounge, Cointelegraph, The News International, Redmond Pie, Cryptopolitan, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, 24/7 Wall St., TechRadar, The Decoder, Wccftech, Sammy Fans, Cult of Mac, iMore, Financial Express, The Hindu, CoinXposure, Business Insider, Neowin, PhoneArena, Maginative, iThinkDifferent, Benzinga, Livemint, CoinGape, Engadget, AppleInsider, Supercharged, MacRumors, iClarified, and CNET
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X: @markgurman, @parkerortolani, @lan8ach, @tailosivetech, and @wholemarsblog. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log: |
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers — At around 11pm last night my partner went to change our lounge room lights with our home light control system.
More: MacSecurity.net, OSnews, iLounge, and Ghacks
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, and Lobsters
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending — The spending that the industry's giants expect artificial intelligence to require is starting to come into focus — and it is jarringly large.
More: Bisnow, Washington Post, Fortune, Livemint, Fierce Network, Barron's Online, and Business Insider
Threads: @paul_rietschka, @carnage4life, and @shiraovide
| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
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Threads: @carnage4life. X: @mgsiegler, @trengriffin, @trengriffin, @davemcclure, @wsjtech, and @netcapgirl
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
EyeEm, the bankrupt photo sharing network acquired by Freepik last year, will license users' photos to train AI if the images are not deleted within 30 days — EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users' photos to train AI models.| Washington Post: |
TikTok users with stigmatized interests or marginalized identities express anxiety over its potential ban, as rebuilding their communities elsewhere may be hard — President Biden signed legislation Wednesday that could ban TikTok, leaving users in the United States who have spent years building …
More: Business Times, Just The News, Pocket-lint, TalkAndroid.com, Digital Trends, Android Authority, The East African, UPI, Silicon UK, Gizmodo, indy100, and Android Headlines. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
| Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg: |
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Threads: @xzed87 and @carnage4life
Mastodon: @mreader@mas.to and @Laukidh@infosec.exchange
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
A number of Apple users say they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on April 26 and forced to reset their password before logging back in — A number of people on social media say that they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on Friday evening …
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Threads: @singletary, @jubnub, @timmeh71, @andelirich, @adhdjesse, and @9six7
Mastodon: @davemark@mastodon.social, @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social, @tbridge@theinternet.social, @ismh@eworld.social, @niclake@mastodon.social, @vinibarauna@mastodon.social, @nickf@hachyderm.io, @nutbunnies@mastodon.social, @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social, @schwa@mastodon.social, @mikec415@sfba.social, @ChanceHMiller@mastodon.social, @haruki_zaemon@social …, and @davewoodx@mastodon.social
X: @leozera, @artemr, @happygeek, @9to5mac, @mrschimpf, @bvalderrama, @bobbythompson, @davehamilton, and @fiveohfour
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and MacRumors Forums
| Reggie Ugwu / New York Times: |
A look at the rise in video podcasts, as YouTube leads in podcast consumption in the US and companies invest in video to gain new audiences and boost ad revenue — To some, “video podcasts” are a contradiction in terms. That hasn't made them any less popular.
More: Android Central, Redmond Pie, and The Independent
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Meta, Alphabet, and Snap beat analysts' estimates in their Q1 results, showing acceleration in advertising growth after struggling to rebound from a dismal 2022 — A view of Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on March 23, 2024. — Advertising is so back.| Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: |
Google plans to invest $2B to set up a data center in Indiana and $1B to expand three Virginia sites, and announces a $75M fund to train Americans on AI skills — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google said on Friday it would invest $3 billion to set up a data center campus in Indiana and expand sites in Virginia.| Jonathan Ford / Financial Times: |
A review of Dana Mattioli's The Everything War, which covers Lina Khan's antitrust battle against Amazon and makes a case that no company should be so powerful — Dana Mattioli's important book looks the winner-takes-all dynamic that built a competition-squashing behemoth
More: Vanity Fair, GeekWire, The Logic on Crowdcast, The Bulwark, MSNBC, The Lever, WBUR, KPCW, Marketplace, Axios, Bloomberg, and Page Six
Threads: @davidsirota. X: @pronoydsarkar, @realrobcopeland, @squawkcnbc, @cleonardnews, @carohewitt, @jasonrdean, @danamattioli, @emilyglazer, @cararlombardo, @vanityfair, @danamattioli, @benfritz, @danamattioli, @katielmcinnis, @timodc, @davidsirota, @laurenthomas, @danamattioli, @realrobcopeland, and @brianstelter
| Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post: |
The US IRS says it spent $10.5M to develop and $2.4M to run its free tax filing website, used by 140K+ taxpayers in 12 states, and claims high user satisfaction — In its first year, more than 140,000 households in 12 states did their taxes with Direct File
More: U.S. Department …, MarketWatch, PCMag, CNBC, Internal Revenue Service, Associated Press, FedScoop, and Nextgov/FCW
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