The EC's president says the EU won't revisit its “untouchable” rules, like the DMA, and could tax digital ad revenue, hitting Meta and Google, if US talks fail
European Commission president tells FT she wants ‘balanced’ deal but could hit US services in retaliation
The Nasdaq closed down 4% on April 10, with Meta down 7%, Nvidia down 6%, Amazon down 5%, and Apple down 4%, after the US confirmed tariffs on China total 145%
Technology stocks plummeted Thursday and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 4% on the heels of its record-setting session.
Apple is unlikely to move iPhone production to the US anytime soon due to a lack of facilities, skilled labor, and established supply chains like Asia's
President Trump's tariffs aim to bring manufacturing … Kara Sherrer / TechRepublic : iPhone Price Could Triple Due to Escalating US-China Tariff War Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post : Apple's supp...
Microsoft rolls out Recall AI in preview to Copilot+ PCs, after delaying the feature twice, from June 2024 and October 2024, over security and privacy concerns
The long-delayed feature will begin gradually rolling out to Windows Insiders. … This new rollout could indicate that Microsoft …
Sources: Tim Cook approved doubling Apple's AI chips budget in 2023 after John Giannandrea sought more GPUs, but CFO Luca Maestri cut the increase to under half
Even before President Trump's tariffs threatened to upend Apple's manufacturing business in China, the company's struggle …
The cybersecurity industry is quiet after Trump canceled SentinelOne's security clearances on April 9 for hiring Chris Krebs; SentinelOne says it will cooperate
The cybersecurity industry has gone mostly quiet after President Donald Trump took action against one of its prominent members.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cuts $5.1B in IT and consulting contracts, such as with Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen, calling them “wasteful spending”
- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered cuts at the Pentagon including some consulting contracts.
The DOJ charges AI shopping app Nate's ex-CEO, Albert Saniger, with fraud, alleging the app relies heavily on workers in the Philippines; Nate had raised $50M+
Albert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI shopping app that promised a “universal” checkout experience …
Source: Google cuts hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android, Pixel, and Chrome, after offering buyouts in January 2025
Google on Thursday laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android software …
Oppo launches the Find X8 Ultra in China, with a 6.82" OLED, a Snapdragon 8 Elite, a 6,100mAh battery, four rear cameras, and 100W charging, starting at ~$890
Full Specs & Price Yahoo Tech : Oppo's latest flagship phone features a Type 1 sensor and Hasselblad colors Jessica Gorringe / Trusted Reviews : Oppo Find X8 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: How do ...
Razer launches Razer PC Remote Play, which streams PC games to mobile devices running Windows 11, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, or Android 14+ at their native resolutions
Razer PC Remote Play streams games to mobile devices at their native resolutions and aspect ratios.
American small-business owners who source goods from overseas, especially from China, and sell them online, face acute uncertainty about the US tariffs' impact
Small businesses that depend on overseas suppliers have endured a week of stressful uncertainty.
OpenAI plans to retire GPT-4, launched in March 2023, from ChatGPT on April 30, to be “fully replaced” by GPT-4o; GPT-4 will remain available via OpenAI's API
OpenAI will soon retire GPT-4, an AI model it launched over two years ago, from ChatGPT, according to a changelog posted on Thursday.
Bermuda-based Meanwhile, which offers life insurance to US citizens with BTC holdings, raised a $40M Series A led by Framework and Fulgur at a $190M valuation
Zac Townsend, co-founder and CEO of crypto insurance company Meanwhile, believes there is a pool of crypto enthusiasts who want to pay …
Ireland's DPC opens an investigation into how personal data in public X posts was used to train xAI's Grok, which could stoke tensions between the EU and the US
The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.
Sources: OpenAI recently gave staff and third-party groups just days, vs. several months previously, to evaluate the risks and performance of its latest models
Testers have raised concerns that its technology is being rushed out without sufficient safeguards
OpenAI rolls out a ChatGPT memory feature that references past chats for answers, starting with ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscribers, but not in the UK and the EEA
and That Changes Everything Rimjhim Singh / Business Standard : OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT memory update, now for pro subscribers only OpenAI : Memory FAQ — Learn more about managing your memories in ...
Trump signs a bill repealing IRS rules that treat DeFi platforms as brokers and require them to report user data, the first pro-crypto effort to clear Congress
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk :
The UK's home secretary criticizes Steam for hosting No Mercy, a game with sexual violence, rape, and incest; Steam removed it in the UK, Australia, and Canada
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Sources: Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December 2024 meeting that China was behind the Volt Typhoon hacks, tying them to the US' support for Taiwan
„The Chinese delegation linked years of intrusions into computer networks at U.S. ports, water utilities, airports and other targets, to increasing U.S. policy support for Taiwan" — www.wsj.com/poli...
AI reasoning models cost more to benchmark, making it harder to independently verify claims; Artificial Analysis says evaluating OpenAI's o1 costs $2,767.05
AI labs like OpenAI claim that their so-called “reasoning” AI models, which can “think” through problems step by step …
BlackRock's crypto ETFs saw $3B in net inflows in Q1 2025, down 83% QoQ; BlackRock had ~$50.3B in digital assets at the end of Q1, or 0.5% of its total assets
Helene Braun / CoinDesk :
Canva debuts Canva AI, which lets users generate images, design ideas, and documents, and Canva Code, for creating mini apps that can be integrated in designs
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
Sonos appoints software veteran Hugo Barra to its board, replacing Mike Volpi, who is stepping down after 15 years; Barra is /dev/agents' Chief Product Officer
Chris Welch / The Verge :
China's retail giants launch initiatives to help Chinese exporters pivot to the domestic market in response to the US trade war; JD.com launched a ~$27.35B fund
Madrid-based Jobandtalent, which connects gig workers with companies, raised a $103M Series F at a $1.5B valuation, down from its $500M Series E at $2.35B
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
BeReal rolls out in-feed ads in the US, after Voodoo acquired it for €500M; BeReal says it has ~40M MAUs, including 5M in the US, and 85% of its users are Gen Z
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch :
Some Meta insiders fear FAIR is “dying a slow death” as Joelle Pineau exits in May; Yann LeCun says it's “a new beginning” for “Advanced Machine Intelligence”
DoorDash launches robot deliveries in LA and Chicago in partnership with Coco Robotics, whose robots have delivered for DoorDash's Wolt in Helsinki since 2024
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget :
SentinelLabs: AkiraBot spammers used OpenAI's API to generate unique messages, allowing them to bypass filters and flood 80K+ sites with SEO spam in four months
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
nEye Systems, which is developing data center chips that use light to send data, raised a $58M Series B led by CapitalG, bringing its total funding to $72.5M
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
China discloses details about its ~$8.2B AI Industry Investment Fund, aimed at early-stage investments in AI projects, established with money from the Big Fund
Ann Cao / South China Morning Post :
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