The European Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under the DMA and issues cease-and-desist orders to both companies; Apple and Meta say they will appeal
Fines come as European officials pursue trade talks with the Trump administration — BRUSSELS—The European Union fined Apple …
US v. Google: OpenAI's ChatGPT chief Nick Turley says the company would be interested in buying Chrome from Google if a federal court orders it to be spun off
OpenAI would be interested in buying Google's Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.
Source: Intel is set to unveil plans this week to cut 20%+ of staff, its first major restructuring under Lip-Bu Tan; Intel had 108,900 workers in December 2024
Intel Corp. is poised to announce plans this week to cut more than 20% of its staff, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy at the struggling chipmaker …
On the 20th birthday of its first video, YouTube says it has had 20T+ uploads, including 20M+ daily now, and unveils app and TV updates, including new Multiview
YouTube is celebrating its 20th birthday with a number of stats, while previewing new features that are coming this year.
Sources: Cantor's Brandon Lutnick, the son of the US commerce secretary, seeks to form a $3B bitcoin acquisition vehicle with SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex
Investment vehicle backed by son of commerce secretary comes as US adopts more favourable policy on digital currency
Elon Musk says production of Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus is affected by China's recent restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals used in magnets
Speaking on the company's earnings call on Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said production was impacted by the “magnet issue”.
How WBD rebuilt Max to focus on adult-oriented shows like The Pitt, dropping Netflix's “more is better” approach, and expects it to hit 150M subscribers in 2026
Warner pivots to pared-down model instead of competing with Netflix, and forecasts 150 million subscribers in 2026
WBD rolls out a $7.99/month Extra Member Add-On for US Max subscribers, about two years after Netflix made a similar move to crack down on password sharing
For A Fee Advanced Television : Max adds ‘Extra Member’ fee TechRadar : Sorry, Max's password crackdown just got serious - here's how much it will cost to add an extra member to your subscription Sara...
Nintendo says Switch 2 preorder demand in Japan “far exceeds expectations” and 2.2M applied via a lottery; Nintendo is offering a cheaper, region-locked model
2.2m people applied to buy, and a “significant number” will be unsuccessful. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief
Roku updates its $30 Streaming Stick and $40 Streaming Stick Plus, saying they are “the most compact sticks on the market”, and unveils new software updates
The company also introduced a pair of battery-powered smart home cameras, new Roku OS software features, and more.
Meta says it is opening Threads to all advertisers worldwide, but ads will only appear in select markets at launch, after testing ads in the US and others
Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app …
Nari Labs unveils Dia, a 1.6B parameter text-to-speech model designed to produce naturalistic dialogue directly from text prompts, built with “zero funding”
A two-person startup by the name of Nari Labs has introduced Dia, a 1.6 billion parameter text-to-speech (TTS) …
Meta rolls out live translations and other AI features to all Ray-Ban smart glasses, unveils new color lens combos, and plans an India, Mexico, and UAE debut
The Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frames are also now available in shiny chalky gray with sapphire Transitions lenses.
Microsoft launches new OpenAI-powered AI agents, Researcher and Analyst, designed to function as digital colleagues, available via its Agent Store
Microsoft announced today a major expansion of its artificial intelligence tools with the “Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release,” …
Sources: Amazon's Project Kuiper has completed just a few dozen satellites so far, far below the pace needed to reach the FCC's 1,618 deadline by July 2026
Project Kuiper has completed just a few dozen satellites so far, more than a year into its manufacturing program, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Nvidia announces the general availability of its NeMo platform to build AI agents, supporting Meta's Llama, Microsoft's Phi, Google's Gemma, and Mistral
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE :
Mantra's CEO begins burning $80M worth of his OM tokens and plans to burn $80M worth from partners, after a 90% collapse on April 13 erased $5B+ in market value
The tokens are part of John Mullin's team allocation that were staked when the network first started in October 2024. — What to know:
Samsung resumes rolling out One UI 7, per users on Reddit, X, and forums, after pausing it earlier in April, bringing new icons, a new camera UI, and more
- Samsung has resumed the One UI 7 update. — Users in Africa, the US, and several other locales have reported that they received the new software.
Geoffrey Hinton, other AI experts, and 10 former OpenAI staff write to the CA and DE AGs opposing OpenAI's for-profit restructure, echoing Elon Musk's concerns
Former employees and figures such as Geoffrey Hinton warn of dangers of allowing start-up to make corporate switch
Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, a new AI video generation model in closed beta that animates characters in diverse styles and voices, including human-like and 2D
Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday.
Meta's Oversight Board says Meta's new hate speech policies were “announced hastily” in January 2025 and asks Meta to assess the impact on vulnerable users
Meta's Oversight Board, the independent group created to help Meta with content moderation decisions …
In 2024, 62% of all child sexual abuse webpages found were traced to an EU country, and the Netherlands remains the most abused global location for hosting CSAM
Call for Member States to come together and push forward with ‘desperately needed’ child protection laws as thousands …
Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere has reached ~$300M in ARR and declined an acquisition offer from OpenAI, which now aims to buy rival Windsurf, with $100M in ARR
Anysphere, maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, is growing so quickly that it's not in the market to be sold, even to OpenAI …
A week after a hack, 4chan remains down, apparently pushed off the internet by rival hackers; its toxic legacy carries on across social platforms and culture
It's likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything now—from X and YouTube to global politics—seems to carry its toxic legacy.
WhatsApp rolls out Advanced Chat Privacy, a new opt-in tool to block participants from sharing the contents of a conversation in traditional chats and groups
The opt-in setting will also stop the auto-downloading of media and AI integration. — WhatsApp is introducing …
A deep dive on AMD 2.0: a new sense of urgency, rapid AI software stack progress, a critical talent retention challenge, ROCm lags Nvidia's CUDA, and more
- What's New Since our December AMD Article? — AMD's Culture Shift - A Renewed Sense of Urgency — What Makes CUDA Great?
London and Tel Aviv-based Cynomi, which offers a “virtual CISO” for SMBs, raised a $37M Series B, sources say at a $140M+ post-money valuation
Small and medium businesses are the newest targets for cybersecurity attacks, with 1 in 3 breached last year.
Trump's chip tariffs may lead to even more overseas manufacturing to offset costs, not creating self-sufficiency; the US should focus on China's chip subsidies
A component levy on foreign-made semiconductors would function as a major tax increase on electronics sold in America
The UN says the ~$40B cybercrime call center industry, tied to East and Southeast Asian crime syndicates, is expanding globally to regions with weak governance
UN Hannah Collymore / Cryptopolitan : UNODC fingers crypto, illegal mining and Telegram in Asian organized crime growth Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg : Crime Syndicates in Southeast Asia Go Glob...
Trump Media partners with Crypto.com and Florida-based Yorkville America Digital to launch ETFs by the end of 2025, as it moves into financial services
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times :
Study: models like OpenAI's o3 outperform expert virologists in wet lab problem-solving, which might accelerate research but could also be abused by bad actors
Andrew R. Chow / Time :
The FBI says cybercriminals and online scammers stole a record $16.6B in 2024, up from $12.5B in 2023; over 60s lost $4.8B, including $1.8B via investment scams
Kevin Collier / NBC News :
Superpower, which uses AI for personalized health overviews and offers biannual lab testing that analyzes 100+ blood biomarkers, launches with a $30M Series A
and I couldn't be more proud to be part of it. Joining Superpower as the first engineering hire and founding engineer has been an incredible journey 🧡 [image] Mene Mazarakis / @menemazarakis : absolut...
FTC v. Meta: the first two weeks have been like entering a time warp, focusing on long-dead apps like Path, underscoring the FTC's challenge in bringing a case
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/t... [image] Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : At Trial, Instagram Co-founder Says Zuckerberg Withheld Resources Over ‘Threat’ Fears
Chainguard, which helps companies secure software supply chains, raised a $356M Series D led by Kleiner and IVP at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.12B in 2024
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune :
Endor Labs, which scans AI-generated code for vulnerabilities, raised a $93M Series B, taking its total funding to $163M, and says it performs 1M+ weekly scans
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
How Nike and US manufacturer Flex's plan to automate sneaker production in Guadalajara ran into trouble, with factory robots struggling to handle soft materials
Human workers can adapt to such challenges, but it proved difficult for machines” — www.wsj.com/economy/trad... X: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : @JonathanEmont Starting in 2015, Nike poured millions...
Nourish, which offers virtual, insurance-covered nutritional care from 3,000+ dietitians, raised a $70M Series B led by JPM, sources say at a $1B+ valuation
Rebecca Torrence / Business Insider :
SAP reports Q1 cloud revenue up 26% YoY to €4.99B, vs. €5.05B est., and adjusted operating income up 58% to €2.5B, beating estimates; SAP jumps 9%+
Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg :
Noxtua, which develops AI tech to research, analyze, and draft legal documents, raised an €80.7M Series B led by C.H. Beck, Germany's leading legal publisher
This Series B with renowned investors …
A look at New Mexico's efforts to become a quantum computing hub through partnerships between the state, its universities, and national labs and companies
www.wsj.com/articles/new...
Bethesda, Maryland-based AuthMind, which offers observability-based identity protection services to enterprises, raised a $19.3M seed led by Cheyenne Ventures
Dan Primack / Axios :
Source: ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent asked Nvidia to ship ~1M H20s, ideally by the end of May, but the actual number delivered fell short due to new US curbs
Nikkei Asia :
A look at Huawei's smart driving software unit, which became profitable in 2024 after revenue grew over 5x and is powering car systems by BYD, BMW, and others
Bloomberg :
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