• Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano, which excel at coding, instruction following, and long context understanding, available via its API

• Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI plans to wind down the availability of GPT-4.5 via its API on July 14, 2025, after launching the model as a research preview on February 27, 2025

• The Information: Sources: OpenAI's upcoming o3 and o4-mini reasoning models may excel at suggesting new types of science experiments, from nuclear fusion to pathogen detection

• Brendan Bordelon / Politico: FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the “personal social networking” market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe

• New York Times: FTC v. Meta: in opening arguments, FTC lawyers accuse Meta of a “buy-or-bury strategy” to cement a social networking monopoly by buying Instagram and WhatsApp

• Ben Smith / Semafor: Source: FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, Assistant AG Gail Slater, and activist Mike Davis met Trump on April 8 to combat Meta's lobbying over the FTC antitrust case

• Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: AMD announces its first 2nm silicon fabricated on TSMC's N2 process, set to debut on its sixth-gen EPYC “Venice” chip, which is expected to launch in 2026

• Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: TSMC is close to finalizing specs for a new chip packaging method, known in the industry as “panel-level”, to meet rising demand for powerful AI chips

• Wall Street Journal: Nvidia's $500B US spending plan follows a familiar pattern of companies trying to please President Trump and offers few details on what AI gear would be US-made

• Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Nvidia starts making its Blackwell chips at TSMC's Phoenix plant and says it aims to make up to $500B of AI infrastructure in the US in the next four years

• Sponsor Post TELUS Digital: Are you ready for the era of agentic AI?   —  Tech leaders are always talking about what's next, and right now, agentic AI is dominating the discourse.  Equip yourself with the info you need in this recorded webinar.

• Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple plans to begin on-device, privacy-centric analysis of user data, comparing it to synthetic data, to improve AI, in the iOS 18.5 and macOS 15.5 betas

• Bloomberg: An interview with eFishery CEO Gibran Huzaifah and 20+ sources detail how Gibran's “fake-it-till-you-make-it” deceptions spiraled, losing investors $300M+

• Financial Times: FCC Chair Brendan Carr says “allied western democracies” need to focus on China and those “concerned about Starlink” should be more fearful of a Chinese version

• Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: An interview with Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid on AI Overviews' launch a year ago, the future of AI search, its impact on the ad revenue model, and more

• Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK data-based car insurance startup Marshmallow raised $90M, roughly split 50-50 in equity and debt, at a $2B+ valuation, up from $1.25B in September 2021

• 25 minutes ago Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out a Play services update, including an Android security feature to auto-reboot phones and tablets that are “locked for three consecutive days”

• Sponsor Post Zoho: Everything new in the Zoho Sign Android mobile app   —  With a 4.5 star user rating in the Google Play Store, Zoho Sign's native mobile app for Android is a must-have for secure, swift, and hassle-free paperwork management.

• Bloomberg: US satellite startup Astranis and Taiwanese telco Chunghwa plan to launch a dedicated MicroGEO satellite by the end of 2025, with full bandwidth as soon as 2026

• Reuters: South Korea increases assistance to its chip industry by ~25% to $23.25B amid US tariffs and competition with China; the sector represents 21% of its exports

• 25 minutes ago Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out a Play services update, including an Android security feature to auto-reboot phones and tablets that are “locked for three consecutive days”

• 80 minutes ago Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK data-based car insurance startup Marshmallow raised $90M, roughly split 50-50 in equity and debt, at a $2B+ valuation, up from $1.25B in September 2021

• 1½ hours ago Bloomberg: US satellite startup Astranis and Taiwanese telco Chunghwa plan to launch a dedicated MicroGEO satellite by the end of 2025, with full bandwidth as soon as 2026

• 2 hours ago Financial Times: FCC Chair Brendan Carr says “allied western democracies” need to focus on China and those “concerned about Starlink” should be more fearful of a Chinese version

• 2 hours ago Reuters: Chinese state media: police in Harbin accuse the NSA of launching “advanced” cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in February 2025 and name three agents

• Sponsor Post Tribe AI: State of AI: Adoption, Challenges and Recommendations   —  Examining the current state of AI, the key challenges organizations face, and practical recommendations for utilizing AI integration alongside other best practices.

• 2½ hours ago Bloomberg: An interview with eFishery CEO Gibran Huzaifah and 20+ sources detail how Gibran's “fake-it-till-you-make-it” deceptions spiraled, losing investors $300M+

• 2½ hours ago Wall Street Journal: Nvidia's $500B US spending plan follows a familiar pattern of companies trying to please President Trump and offers few details on what AI gear would be US-made

• 3 hours ago Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Japan's FTC orders Google to stop alleged abuse of its market power over local smartphone manufacturers, ahead of high-stakes US trade negotiations this week

• 4½ hours ago Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: An interview with Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid on AI Overviews' launch a year ago, the future of AI search, its impact on the ad revenue model, and more

• 7 hours ago Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: At the request of a South Korean regulator, Apple blocked 14 crypto apps and Google blocked 17, including exchanges KuCoin and MEXC, from their app stores

• 8 hours ago Bloomberg: India plans to add 200M to 300M UPI users, including via delegated kids accounts, and pitch UPI abroad; PwC: India makes up ~46% of global digital transactions

• 10 hours ago Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: TSMC is close to finalizing specs for a new chip packaging method, known in the industry as “panel-level”, to meet rising demand for powerful AI chips

• 12 hours ago Ike Swetlitz / Bloomberg: Science Corp., which was founded by Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak to develop a retina and brain implant system, raised $100M+ led by Khosla Ventures

• 12 hours ago Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: AMD announces its first 2nm silicon fabricated on TSMC's N2 process, set to debut on its sixth-gen EPYC “Venice” chip, which is expected to launch in 2026

• Sponsor Post IDrive: Protecting your Cloud Applications Data   —  Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.

• 13 hours ago Reuters: South Korea increases assistance to its chip industry by ~25% to $23.25B amid US tariffs and competition with China; the sector represents 21% of its exports

• 13 hours ago Priyanka.G / Reuters: Data center operator Applied Digital reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $53M, vs. $63M est., as clients delay renewing their leases; APLD drops 13%+

• 13 hours ago Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI plans to wind down the availability of GPT-4.5 via its API on July 14, 2025, after launching the model as a research preview on February 27, 2025

• 14 hours ago Bloomberg: Sources: banks are providing Silver Lake $2B in debt for its 51% acquisition of Altera; Intel will receive ~$3.4B in cash from Silver Lake as part of the deal