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| Bloomberg: |
Epic cuts 1,000+ jobs, saying “we're spending significantly more than we're making” and that the layoffs and $500M in savings put it “in a more stable place” — The company is seeing a downturn in engagement on Fortnite — Epic Games Inc. is cutting …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US FCC is banning imports of new foreign-made consumer routers over security concerns; China is estimated to control 60%+ of the US market for home routers — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra, who apologized for Grammarly's Expert Review feature, on impersonation, attribution, compensating creators, and more — Today, I'm talking with Shishir Mehrotra, who is CEO of Superhuman — that's the company formerly known as Grammarly, which is still its flagship product.
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| Blake Stimac / CNET: |
Anthropic rolls out a computer use feature for Claude Cowork and the Claude Code desktop app, available in research preview on macOS for Pro and Max subscribers — The developer is boosting Claude's agentic capabilities in an apparent effort to compete with platforms like OpenClaw.
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| TechCrunch: |
A GitHub user published a newer version of iPhone exploit kit DarkSword; iVerify co-founder Matthias Frielingsdorf says the exploits “will work out of the box” — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Zack Whittaker — Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered …
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| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month — Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the current conflict … | Wall Street Journal: |
How Nvidia became the AI industry's most powerful financier, investing tens of billions in startups and key customers who couldn't otherwise afford its chips — ‘This is what it is like to be rich!’ CEO Jensen Huang told guests before a recent opera performance.| Lex Fridman: |
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo plans to cut its Switch 2 production this quarter by 33%, from 6M to 4M units, after weaker-than-expected holiday demand, especially in the US — Nintendo Co. is cutting back the production of Switch 2 after demand for the $450 gaming console trailed the company's expectations during …
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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$8B on cutting-edge EUV lithography chipmaking tools from ASML through 2027, as it competes with Samsung to supply DRAM and HBM — SK Hynix Inc. plans to spend 11.9 trillion won ($7.9 billion) on cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet lithography chipmaking tools … | Financial Times: |
How Palantir became a flashpoint on the US campaign trail due to its ICE work, ahead of the midterms; six lawmakers publicly refuse any further Palantir funds — Donald Trump's unpopular immigration crackdown has made links to the Peter Thiel-backed company a liability for candidates
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| James Titcomb / Telegraph: |
Filing: OpenAI petitions the UK CMA to include AI chatbots with a search function in Google's mandated Chrome and Android default search engine choice screens — ChatGPT maker pushes for browser ‘choice screen’ with alternative engine options — OpenAI is seeking to muscle …
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| Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves behind its USDT stablecoin — Quick Take — Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
In a Kleiner podcast interview, DOD official Emil Michael says he will “never forget” nor “forgive” Uber investors that ousted him and Travis Kalanick in 2017 — Emil Michael, who serves as a senior technology official at the Department of Defense … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Beehiiv now lets creators manage their accounts through AI platforms; the first iteration of Beehiiv MCP supports subscriber analysis and SEO optimization — Beehiiv, a newsletter platform for independent creators and publishers, has introduced a new update that allows users to manage …
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| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Amazon's Zoox plans to launch a paid robotaxi service in Las Vegas by late June, pending local approvals and an NHTSA exemption, ahead of a San Francisco launch — Driverless car group pushes forward with commercial rollout to catch up with rivals Waymo and Tesla| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML — Engineers building browser agents today face a choice between closed APIs they cannot inspect and open-weight frameworks with no trained model underneath them.
More: GeekWire and The AI Economy
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft agrees to a deal with Crusoe to lease a data center project in Abilene, Texas, representing ~700 MW, after Oracle and OpenAI walked away — Microsoft Corp. has agreed to rent a data center project in Texas that was originally being developed for Oracle Corp. and OpenAI … | Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg: |
Halter, which provides AI-powered cow collars for remote herding via audio and vibration cues, raised $220M led by Founders Fund at a $2B valuation — Halter, a New Zealand-based startup selling artificial intelligence-powered collars for cows, has raised $220 million from investors to expand …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple plans to launch Apple Business, a free platform that consolidates its business tools, on April 14, and plans Apple Maps ads in summer in the US and Canada — Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps, starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer.
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| Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: |
Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays — Finland put on ice a plan to move its election platform to Amazon Web Services Inc., the latest development in Europe's drive …
Bluesky: @vernster
| Caroline Hyde / Bloomberg: |
Kleiner Perkins raised $3.5B for two new funds, allocating $1B to its 22nd early-stage fund and $2.5B to a growth-stage fund, taking its AUM to $21B+ — Kleiner Perkins, the half-century-old venture capital institution, is raising $3.5 billion to make bets on artificial intelligence startups … | Nathan Bomey / Axios: |
Kalshi announces new tech guardrails that preemptively block politicians, athletes, coaches, officials, and others from trading in politics and sports markets — Prediction market Kalshi plans to block athletes, coaches and officials from betting on their sports and to block political candidates …
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
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| Financial Times: |
European VC firm Hummingbird raised $800M to find “misfit” founders, taking its total assets to ~$2B, after backing Kraken and AI vibe coding startup Lovable — Hummingbird to put $800mn in funds to work after lucrative early bets on the likes of Kraken and Lovable
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| Anthony Halpin / Bloomberg: |
Russian space startup Bureau 1440 says it launched 16 broadband internet satellites, an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network set to rival SpaceX — Russia's Bureau 1440 space company launched 16 broadband Internet satellites, marking an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network …
More: Ars Technica, Reuters, and Asia Times
| David Keohane / Financial Times: |
SoftBank says its loan-to-value ratio, a measure of net debt against the value of its holdings, could exceed its 25% limit, as it commits $30B more to OpenAI — Masayoshi Son faces investor nerves with massive spending on AI investments — SoftBank is testing a key self-imposed borrowing limit …
Bluesky: @edzitron.com
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