LMArena says it is updating its leaderboard policies after a Llama 4 Maverick version, which Meta said in fine print is not public, secured the number two spot
With Llama 4, Meta fudged benchmarks to appear as though its new AI model is better than the competition.
Internal memo: the US DOJ disbands the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit, established by Biden in 2021, as the agency is “not a digital assets regulator”
The U.S. Department of Justice notified staff on Monday evening that the agency was disbanding a unit dedicated to crypto-related investigations.
Meta VP of Generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle denies a rumor that the company trained Llama 4 Maverick and Scout on test sets, saying that Meta “would never do that”
but the EU doesn't get everything Pascale Davies / Euronews : From a political shift to a more powerful AI: Everything to know about Meta's Llama 4 models Jay Bonggolto / Android Central : Meta is com...
Framework pauses sales of its six lowest-priced laptops in the US, saying the models would sell at a loss due to the 10% tariff that went into effect on April 5
Framework—a company that makes upgradeable and repairable laptops—has said it will pause sales on several versions …
Apple Store employees say the past few days have felt like the busy holiday season, as the threat of tariffs and potential price hikes sparked a shopping frenzy
- Store sales were higher this past weekend than in prior years — Employees say the frenzy has felt like holiday shopping season
Nintendo says the Switch 2's Game-Key cards, which trigger a game download when loaded, are not tied to a user's account and can be resold, unlike the Switch's
Nintendo's new Game-Key cards will work in any Switch 2 console they're inserted into. — With the Switch 2 generation …
Google says all new Google TV devices in the US must now have a remote with a Free TV or Live TV button that opens its Freeplay library of 150+ FAST channels
Starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a big “Free TV” button on their remotes — Google has confirmed …
Sources: US officials say DOGE is using AI to surveil at least one federal agency's communications for anti-Trump talk; a source says DOGE is also using Signal
Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists …
Google rolls out Gemini Live camera and screenshare features to the Pixel 9 series and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices, available in 45 languages for users 18 and up
It's also coming soon to paid Gemini Advanced users on other devices. … Google's Gemini Live camera and screenshare functions …
Sources: Apple plans to send more iPhones to the US from India to offset the China tariffs, but the situation is too uncertain to upend supply chain investments
‘people are just rushing in worried’ Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple is racing to fly planes of iPhones into the US ahead of Trump's tariffs Daily Mail : How Tim Cook's business empire could beat Dona...
Memo: Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke says using AI is now a “fundamental expectation” and that teams asking for more resources must first show why AI can't do the job
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is changing his company's approach to hiring in the age of artificial intelligence.
Meta rolls out Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger, automatically enrolling users and adding built-in protections, in the US, the UK, Australia, and Canada
Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users …
Tech CEOs who spent big on Trump's inauguration have yet to see the investment pay off; Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are down 22% since January 20
With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president …
Sources: Micron has told US customers that it plans to impose a surcharge on some products like SSDs from April 9 to account for President Trump's new tariffs
IBM unveils the z17 mainframe with a Telum II chip, able to process 450B daily inference operations, 50% more than the z16 released in 2022, available on June 8
IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption.
A look at the state of AI in 2025 across training and inference costs, carbon footprint, US vs. China, investment activity, bills proposed in the US, and more
If you read the news about AI, you may feel bombarded with conflicting messages: AI is booming. AI is a bubble.
Samsung reports Q1 revenue up ~10% YoY to ~$53.4B and preliminary operating profit flat YoY at ~$4.5B, vs. ~$3.8B est., due to Galaxy S25 and legacy DRAM sales
Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality — Beats' newest exercise headphones are improved, but they face stiffer competition than ever.
Broadcom announces a new share buyback program of up to $10B, set to run through the end of 2025; AVGO jumps 3%+ after hours, after closing up 5.37% on April 7
Broadcom (AVGO.O) said on Monday it was launching a new share buyback program of up to $10 billion through December 31.
Qualtrics founder and Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith launches a $1B fund aimed at connecting tech startups with sports and entertainment across 20 to 25 investments
Utah Jazz owner and Qualtrics cofounder Ryan Smith is teaming up with Accel pal Ryan Sweeney to launch HXCO …
Publishers say site traffic has plummeted since Google rolled out AI Overviews; sources say Google acknowledged the drop in an October 2024 publisher meeting
In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways …
Analysts: the original Switch's huge success has given Nintendo a high mountain to climb, and the Switch 2 is a massive bet that fans want more of the same
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Sources: a16z seeks to raise a $20B megafund for growth-stage investments in AI companies; global LPs see it as a way to invest in US firms without restrictions
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is seeking to raise about $20 billion in what will be the largest fund in its history … X: @robleclerc X: Rob Leclerc / @robleclerc : Billions more for AI.... ...
Sources: TSMC could face a $1B+ penalty to settle a US export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside Huawei's Ascend 910B chip
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2330.TW) could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a U.S. export control investigation …
Google rolls out Search's AI Mode feature to millions more Labs users in the US with multimodal capabilities, letting users ask complex questions about pictures
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica :
Blackbird Labs, which makes a blockchain-based payment loyalty app for ~1,000 restaurants, raised $50M led by Spark Capital, taking its total funding to $85M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Sources: hackers intercepted ~100 bank regulators' emails, 150K+ in total, for over a year at the US Treasury's OCC, which disclosed a breach on February 26
- Attackers lurked within OCC email accounts since 2023 — Chinese state hackers previously targeted Treasury files
Amazon launches Nova Sonic, which can generate natural-sounding speech and that it claims is “the most cost-efficient” AI voice model on the market, via Bedrock
but how you say it Ashish Singh / Digit : Amazon launches Nova Sonic, a fast and natural-sounding AI voice model Siddharth Jindal / Analytics India Magazine : Amazon Rolls Out Nova Sonic and Nova Reel...
Infineon agrees to acquire Marvell's Automotive Ethernet business, expected to generate $225M to $250M in 2025 revenue, for ~$2.5B in cash, set to close in 2025
Vallari Srivastava / Reuters :
Rain, which offers an employer-integrated personal finance and earned wage access app, raised a $75M Series B led by Prosus at a $340M post-money valuation
Rain, a startup offering employer-integrated earned wage access (EWA) app coupled with financial-wellness features like overdraft alerts …
Istanbul-based fintech Sipay, which bills itself as “Stripe for emerging markets”, raised a $78M Series B at an $875M valuation to expand outside of Turkey
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Transcarent, which offers a medical concierge app service for businesses, completes its ~$621M acquisition of digital health company Accolade, taking it private
Ashley Capoot / CNBC :
Emergency response drone maker Brinc announced $75M in funding led by Index Ventures, bringing total raised to $157.2M; Motorola will become Brinc's distributor
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Sources: Beijing opposes fast-fashion giant Shein's plans to move some production out of China, as it seeks to stave off a manufacturing exodus after US tariffs
Bloomberg :
Toronto-based Tailscale, which offers an enterprise mesh VPN service, raised $160M led by Accel, a source says at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1B in May 2022
our Series C and what's next
Interviews with 40 sources describe concerns about Helsing, Europe's most valuable defense tech startup, including whether it can live up to its €5B valuation
do read [embedded post] X: David Hambling / @david_hambling : In short, Helsing appear to be taking $2k drones and selling them for more like $20k; some Ukrainian troops (who have used their own $2k d...
LLMs, unlike prior transformative tech like the internet, disproportionately benefit regular people, with a muted, slower impact on corporations and governments
> They had to permit personal devices to be used work, but wanted to see enough justification to do that = catch-22. Took a while before an employee could use gmail, calendar, slack, Luke Maj / @lukem...
Memo: the White House orders federal agencies to name chief AI officers and expand their use of AI, rescinding Biden-era orders intended to place AI safeguards
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Memo: Google tells staff they can discuss the US DOJ's antitrust case, rescinding an earlier command, as part of a settlement with the Alphabet Workers Union
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
Rescale, which makes engineering design software used to help simulate complex physical systems, raised a $115M Series D, bringing its total funding to $260M+
and Bezos, Altman, and Nvidia are all betting on its success Supreeth Koundinya / Analytics India Magazine : NVIDIA-Backed Rescale secures $115 Mn in Series D Round Amit Chowdhry / Pulse 2.0 : Rescale...
A look at Inkitt, a publishing platform that uses AI to create sequels and spinoffs of authors' original work with minimal human input, raising quality concerns
A look at genre fiction publisher Inkitt and its “AI-driven” ecosystem of content. — www.bloomberg.com/features/202... Vauhini Vara / @vauhinivara : Meet the startup, backed by big Silicon Valley in...
Q&A with UiPath co-founder Daniel Dines on getting reappointed CEO in June 2024, agentic AI as the future of automation, the cost of licensing AI tech, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge : Bluesky: @reckless Bluesky: Nilay Patel / @reckless : Talked to UIPath CEO Daniel Dines about automating the workforce and have spent a lot of time thinking about this excha...
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