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Sara Fischer / Axios:
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that “after two incredible years, I've decided to step down”; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after she ran NBCUniversal's ad business  —  X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is stepping down from her role. … - Under her leadership …
New York Times:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic posts  —  Linda Yaccarino, whom Elon Musk hired to run X in 2023, grappled with the challenges the company faced after Mr. Musk took over.
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Elon Musk addresses Grok's antisemitic posts, says it was “too compliant to user prompts” and “too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially”  —  Elon Musk shared his thoughts Wednesday after his AI platform Grok faced backlash for repeatedly using antisemitic language in its replies on on X.
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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung unveils the $2,000+ Galaxy Z Fold7, with bigger 8" and 6.5" screens, a 200MP main camera, and a lighter and thinner design at 217g and 8.9mm when folded  —  In its biggest hardware update since 2020's Galaxy Z Fold 2, Samsung is launching the Galaxy Z Fold 7 today with a drastically thinner design …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 hands-on: vastly thinner and lighter than the Fold6, a wider display format, no S Pen support, and feels like a normal phone when closed  —  Except for the price.  We didn't ask for that. … Samsung just announced its seventh-generation folding phones …
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Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI plans an AI-powered web browser with some user interactions within a ChatGPT-like native chat interface instead of clicking through to websites  —  OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) market-dominating Google Chrome …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Perplexity launches Comet, its first AI web browser, initially available on its $200 per month Max plan and via a waitlist, in a bid to compete with Chrome  —  Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup's latest effort to challenge Google Search …
CNBC:
Nvidia hits a $4T market cap in intraday trading, the first company to do so, after passing $3T in June 2024, $2T in February 2024, and $1T in May 2023  —  Nvidia stock rose on Wednesday lifting the company's market cap briefly past $4 trillion for the first time as investors scooped up shares …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning the first Vision Pro upgrade later in 2025, with an M4 chip and a new strap, and a lighter, redesigned version for 2027  —  Apple Inc. is planning to introduce its first upgrade to the $3,499 Vision Pro headset as early as this year, aiming to improve the performance …
Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch:
Hugging Face begins taking orders for its $449 Reachy Mini Wireless and $299 Reachy Mini Lite open-source robots, which come in a kit for developers to build  —  Hugging Face is ready for developers to start tinkering and testing its latest robotics release.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple says COO Jeff Williams will step down in July, overseeing design and health until he retires later in 2025; SVP of Operations Sabih Khan will become COO  —  Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is retiring as the company's longtime No. 2, marking a major changing of the guard …
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Ikea plans to relaunch its smart home line with 20+ new Matter-over-Thread devices, starting in January 2026, and releases a beta update for its Dirigera hub  —  Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea's own hub.
Hayden Field / The Verge:
OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo  —  Sam Altman and Jony Ive's plan to merge ChatGPT's AI tech with new hardware devices is moving forward.
Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Israeli VC firm Cyberstarts has raised a $300M fund to allow long-time employees at some of its portfolio companies to cash out their vested shares  —  Cyberstarts is launching a fund designed to give portfolio companies an edge in retaining talent  —  Cyberstarts, the Israeli venture …
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