At LlamaCon, Satya Nadella says 20% to 30% of code in Microsoft's repositories was AI-written, and Microsoft was seeing more progress in Python and less in C++
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20%-30% of code inside the company's repositories was “written by software” — meaning AI …
Meta plans to add cloud-based AI features to WhatsApp, like message summarization and composition, using Private Processing so the data is inaccessible to Meta
“People just submitted it. They trust me. I don't know why. Dumb fucks” [embedded post] Andrew Couts / @couts : NEW: WhatsApp has created a new system for processing AI summaries and message sugges...
OpenAI says GPT-4o's latest update is “now 100% rolled back” for free ChatGPT users and is rolling back for paid users, in a bid to fix the model's sycophancy
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said that the company is “rolling back” the latest update to the default AI model powering ChatGPT …
Meta debuts the Llama API for fine-tuning and evaluating the performance of its Llama models, available in limited preview with pricing yet to be announced
You know what everyone has been pining for? — Yet another bespoke AI API! — I am so happy to see such movement in the sector. Things are in no way a quagmire of confusing interfaces representing ...
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company would take the US to court if necessary to protect European customers' “continuity of access” to its services
Tech group says it would sue to keep European access to crucial cloud services — Microsoft's top legal officer …
Xiaomi unveils open-source AI reasoning model MiMo, joining other Chinese tech leaders hoping to make a splash in the burgeoning AI field endorsed by Beijing
Xiaomi debuted MiMo a day after Alibaba unveiled the latest version of its own flagship model, amplifying a race between China's tech players …
DeepSeek quietly open sources Prover-V2, a math-focused, 671B-parameter AI model using mixture-of-experts, on Hugging Face, one day after Alibaba released Qwen3
The Chinese start-up has released the Prover-V2 model a day after Alibaba released Qwen3, and ahead of an anticipated release of DeepSeek-R2
US v. Google: Sundar Pichai says the DOJ's proposal to share Google search data with rivals amounts to a “de facto” spinoff of Google's search engine and its IP
- Alphabet CEO testifies as part of Justice Department lawsuit — Rivals could reverse-engineer ‘every aspect of our technology’
Waymo and Toyota announce a preliminary partnership aiming to develop a new autonomous vehicle platform and enhance next-generation personally owned vehicles
Alphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles.
An Indian court directs the government to block Proton Mail after a local firm alleged its staff received emails containing obscene content sent via the service
A court in India has ordered the blocking of encrypted email provider Proton Mail across the country.
Samsung reports Q1 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$55.4B, operating profit up 1.2% YoY to ~$4.68B, and chip division operating profit down 42% YoY to ~$770M
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) reported on Wednesday a small rise in first-quarter operating profit as customers concerned about U.S. tariffs rushed …
Wikipedia says it will use AI to build new features that “remove technical barriers” for editors, moderators, and patrollers, automate tedious tasks, and more
Wikipedia on Wednesday revealed its new AI strategy for the next three years — and it's not replacing the Wikipedia community …
TSMC begins building a third fab in Arizona, announcing the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC's site
The world's most advanced chipmaker announced the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC's site …
Sources: Apple reorganizes its global affairs unit, including management of the government teams for Europe and Asia, and Apple Music's leadership structure
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.
Meta, Spotify, and Match launch the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience, a lobbying coalition to take on Apple and Google over user age verification
App makers Meta Platforms Inc., Spotify Technology SA and Match Group Inc. are girding for a high-stakes political battle …
Appfigures: Google Play now hosts ~1.8M Android apps, down 47% from ~3.4M at the start of 2024, likely due to raising minimum quality requirements in July 2024
Google Play's app marketplace is losing apps. — From the start of 2024 to present, the Android app marketplace went from hosting …
Samsung says that “growing policy risks” would increase uncertainty for its chip business, while tariffs would raise prices for smartphone components and TVs
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EA says it laid off staff and canceled “two early-stage incubation projects”; sources say EA cut 300 to 400 roles and its Respawn unit canceled a Titanfall game
(Read more: Bloomberg) [image] Dell Cameron / @dell : heart out to these workers and fuck garbage EA, but can't say i'm not glad that game isn't being made [embedded post] X: @respawn : [image] @fpsth...
Duolingo launches 148 new language courses developed with generative AI, doubling its offerings for non-English speakers within a year, as it aims for 1B+ users
On Wednesday, Duolingo signaled that approach is helping to rapidly expand its language-learning courses …
Filing: PayPal discloses that the US SEC said in February 2025 that it was closing its investigation into the PayPal USD stablecoin “without enforcement action”
PayPal says the US Securities and Exchange Commission has abandoned its investigation into the payment giant's US-dollar stablecoin.
US v. Google: Sundar Pichai says he had at least a “couple” of calls with Tim Cook in 2024 about a Gemini deal; Cook said Apple plans to add more AI chatbots
Erin Woo / The Information :
Online graphic design platform Freepik releases F Lite, a ~10B-parameter “open” AI image model that it says was trained on ~80M licensed, “safe-for-work” images
Freepik, the online graphic design platform, unveiled a new “open” AI image model on Tuesday that the company …
Doc: the EU's draft International Digital Strategy, set for June 4, acknowledges that decoupling from US tech is “unrealistic” and calls for strategic alliances
The European Union is set to admit that untangling from the dominance of U.S. tech companies is “unrealistic” …
Sources: Huawei has sold 10+ sets of its AI chip cluster CloudMatrix 384, including to data centers that serve Chinese tech companies, in a bid to rival Nvidia
CloudMatrix 384 sent to data centres serving Chinese tech companies as they seek to fill gap created by US export controls
Rogo, which offers an AI chatbot that replicates an investment banker, raised a $50M Series B led by Thrive at a $350M valuation, after raising $18.5M in 2024
Rogo, founded by an ex-Lazard analyst, has raised $50mn from investors led by Thrive Capital — An AI start-up behind a chatbot …
Snap reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.35B est., $2.96 ARPU, vs. $2.93 est., and 460M DAUs, but declines to provide Q2 guidance; SNAP drops 13%+
Streams Charts: YouTube was the most-watched livestreaming platform in Q1 2025, with 50.3% of the watch hours, followed by TikTok with 27% and Twitch with 16.3%
It's been a few years since the Great Ninja Exodus that pitted Twitch, YouTube, Microsoft's now-defunct Mixer …
Supermicro reports preliminary Q3 revenue of $4.5B to $4.6B, vs. $5.5B est., and $0.29 to $0.31 EPS, vs. $0.54 est., lower than past guidance; SMCI drops 19%+
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Identity verification startup Persona, which has 3,000+ clients, raised a $200M Series D led by Ribbit at a $2B valuation, taking its total funding to $417M
Persona helps companies like OpenAI, LinkedIn and Reddit verify the identities of millions of users at a time when AI agents have made it increasingly difficult to do so.
AI legal analysis startup Supio, which focuses on personal injury law across 114+ case types, raised $60M led by Sapphire, taking its total funding to $91M
Supio, a startup that uses AI to automate data collection and analysis for legal teams, has raised $60 million in a funding round led …
Sources: Trump officials are considering removing a Biden-era rule that divides the world into three tiers to determine how many AI chips a country can obtain
stakes for tech dominance escalate Diya Lal / Tech in Asia : Trump administration may revise Biden's AI chip export rules Archanarani / Verdict : Trump team weighing changes to Biden-era AI chip expor...
SEC filing: Intel EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Christoph Schell is resigning “in order to pursue another career opportunity” after joining in February 2022
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
SoFi plans to bring back crypto investing in 2025 after dropping it in 2023 to get a bank charter, forcing users to move to Blockchain.com or liquidate holdings
Hugh Son / CNBC :
Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing AI Studio, its user-generated chatbot character platform, after recent reports about safety issues
We are appalled by the recent Wall Street Journal report detailing … Victor Tangermann / Futurism : Zuckerberg's AI Has Reportedly Been Horrifically Inappropriate With Children Bluesky: Joseph Cox / @...
Grindr rolls out A-List, powered by Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Amazon Bedrock, to curate “meaningful past connections, high-potential matches” and chat summaries
The LGBTQ dating brand is rolling out a feature from its product roadmap called “A-List,” an automatically curated list that surfaces …
Sources: Shein is exploring ways to restructure its US business if Trump sticks with punitive tariffs on Chinese imports; the de minimis exemption ends on May 2
Financial Times :
Adyen reports Q1 net revenue up 22% YoY to €534.7M, below €539.6M est., and processed payment volume up 6% YoY to €314.8B, below est.; ADYEN drops ~5%
Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg :
Grab reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $773M, vs. $762.6M est., deliveries revenue up 18% YoY to $415M, and mobility revenue of $282M, as spending remains strong
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters :
Miami-based Cast, which optimizes AI and other workloads via automation, raised a $108M Series C led by G2 and Vision Fund 2, sources say at a $900M valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
IAB: full-time US digital creator jobs grew from 200,000 in 2020 to 1.5M in 2024; the internet-supported economy accounts for 18% of US GDP, up from 2% in 2008
In Q1 2025, Cloudflare blocked 20.5M DDoS attacks, up 358% YoY, and in Q2 it blocked an attack peaking at 4.8B packets per second, the most intense on record
The Cloudflare Blog : X: @cloudflare X: @cloudflare : 🚨 DDoS attacks are surging. In 2025 Q1, Cloudflare blocked +20M attacks (a 358% YoY spike) along with 5.6 Tbps and 4.8 Bpps record-breaking attac...
The US DOJ's antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster may set the tone for how the Trump administration approaches competition policy
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Kintsugi, which uses AI to help companies automate their sales tax compliance, raised $18M at a $150M post-money valuation, up from $80M in November 2024
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch :
Beauhurst: UK equity crowdfunding, once one of fintech's hottest trends, fell 58% from its 2021 peak to £335M in 2024, and dropped ~60% YoY in Q1 2025 to £42.6M
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg :
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