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
The government wants to show the Meta CEO bought Instagram and WhatsApp to snuff out social media competition.
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
How is this even a question! [image] Kyung Sook / @kyungsookl : I didn't understand why facebook suddenly reversed course, allowed DJT to return to facebook and Zuckerberg attended the inauguration. ...
4chan is down after an apparent hack late on April 14; an Imgur post seems to show a hacker gained shell access to 4chan's hosting server and doxxed some users
More like 404chan, amirite? — 4chan, the controversial forum known for birthing early meme culture and Gamergate, is down, following an apparent hack.
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
OpenAI on Monday launched a new family of models called GPT-4.1. Yes, “4.1” — as if the company's nomenclature wasn't confusing enough already.
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
Chinese police in the northeastern city of Harbin have accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) …
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”
With the latest Google Play services update, Android is rolling out a new security feature that automatically restarts …
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
Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware :
Sources: OpenAI is in the early stages of building its own X-like social network, focused on ChatGPT image generation, and is asking some outsiders for feedback
Is Sam Altman ready to up his rivalry with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg? … OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network …
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
The chip maker's plan to build AI tech in Texas comes on the heels of a new tariff threat — Chip maker Nvidia unveiled plans Monday …
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
TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is close to finalizing the specifications for a radically new approach …
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
FCC chair Brendan Carr urges ‘western allies’ to pick Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet company
Nvidia unveils its RTX 5060 family, including the RTX 5060 Ti with 4,608 CUDA cores for $379 with 8GB of VRAM or $429 for 16GB of VRAM, launching on April 16
The $299 RTX 5060 is also releasing in May to give PC gamers more GPU options. … Nvidia is announcing its RTX 5060 family of GPUs today …
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
Japan's Fair Trade Commission ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google to stop alleged abuse of its market power over local smartphone manufacturers …
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
Nvidia opens first US factories Reuters : Nvidia to produce AI servers worth up to $500 billion in US over four years Taiwan News : Nvidia to invest NT$16 trillion in US AI infrastructure with Taiwane...
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+
Agritech venture eFishery was one of Asia's brightest startups with money from the likes of SoftBank and Temasek.
Notion releases Notion Mail, a lightweight Gmail client to help users schedule meetings and organize and draft emails, available as a free macOS and web app
here's how it went Lloyd Coombes / Tom's Guide : Exclusive: Notion Mail boss on shaking up email, building apps with ‘Lego’ and new platforms Jared Newman / Fast Company : Notion Mail lets you build t...
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
U.K. startup Marshmallow has blown up over the years by using innovations in data science to build car insurance policies for immigrants …
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
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
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
The search executive behind the push to reinvent the group's core product says users are driving change in how to seek information
Sources: activist investor Elliott has built a position worth $1.5B+ in HPE, making it one of the company's top five shareholders; HPE is down ~30% in 2025
Elliott Investment Management has built a large position worth more than $1.5 billion in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., according to people familiar with the matter.
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
without reading them Emma Roth / The Verge : Apple's complicated plan to improve its AI while protecting privacy Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Apple details how it plans to improve its AI models by privat...
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
Temu shut off Google Shopping ads in the US on April 9; its App Store app ranking then plummeted from around third or fourth place to 58th in three days
Anu Adegbola / Search Engine Land :
The Trump administration begins a probe into imports of semiconductors on national security grounds, as part of a bid to impose tariffs on the sector
Ismail Shakil / Reuters :
Crypto exchange Kraken begins rolling out commission-free trading for over 11,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs, initially in nine US states and DC
with zero commissions. Available in select U.S. states Learn more: https://www.kraken.com/stocks [video] @bloombergtv : “A lot of people think of crypto and traditional equities and traditional financ...
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
Source: by 2030, Netflix aims to reach a $1T valuation, earn ~$9B in global ad sales, double its $39B 2024 revenue, and triple its $10B 2024 operating income
Netflix Inc. might not be the first company you think of when you think of tariffs. Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News : Samba TV: Max's ‘The Last of Us’ S2 Debut Viewership Tops S1; Netflix's ‘Black M...
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
Bloomberg :
Online trading platform Webull closed up 374.72% on its second day of trading following its SPAC merger, giving it a market cap of almost $30B
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Cohere debuts Embed 4, its search engine for enterprise AI assistants, now with a 128K context length, better multimodal abilities for complex documents, more
Emilia David / VentureBeat :
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
Bloomberg :
AI safety and security startup Virtue AI raised $30M in seed and Series A funding and says its customers include several frontier labs, Uber, and Glean
Sam Sabin / Axios :
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
Bloomberg :
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%+
Priyanka.G / Reuters :
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
Ike Swetlitz / Bloomberg :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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.