Apple unveils iOS and macOS accessibility features: App Store Accessibility Nutrition Labels, Magnifier for Mac, Accessibility Reader, Braille Access, and more
Ahead of WWDC kicking off in June, Apple today has officially unveiled this year's new accessibility features for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company will send AI chips to Saudi Arabia's Humain for a 500 MW data center buildout, as President Trump visits the kingdom
Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced the partnership on stage at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh, the Gulf nation's capital.
Samsung unveils the $1,100+ Galaxy S25 Edge, which is 5.8mm thick and weighs 163g, making it 30% thinner and 25% lighter than the S25 Ultra, arriving on May 30
Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget — The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: sturdy, the thin design is a breath of fresh air, and similar specs to the S25, but the 3,900 mAh battery is below the S25's 4,000 mAh
Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET :
Apple partners with brain-computer interface startup Synchron to explore letting iPhone users control the device using brain signals via a stent-like implant
iPhone-maker works with startup Synchron on new brain computer interfaces to help disabled people use its devices
Sources: Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund-backed AI company Humain picked US-based chipmaker Groq for inference; Groq plans to expand its Dammam data center
THE SCOOP — Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund-backed artificial intelligence company HUMAIN has selected US chipmaker …
UK retailer M&S says hackers stole customer data during a cyberattack reported on April 22; UK retailers Harrods and Co-op also reported hacks in recent weeks
U.K. retailers Harrods and Co-op also reported cyber intrusions in the past weeks — Marks and Spencer said hackers …
Chinese drone company DJI unveils the €2,099 Mavic 4 Pro with a 360° rotating gimbal, and says it won't be available in the US at launch, a first for its drones
The Mavic 4 Pro is coming to Canada and Mexico, but not the USA (for now). … Today, DJI is officially announcing …
Coinbase is joining the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services in the index, effective before trading on May 19; COIN jumps 15%+
Coinbase is joining the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services in the benchmark index, according to a release on Monday.
Robinhood acquires Toronto-based WonderFi, which owns Bitbuy, Coinsquare, and other crypto exchanges, for CA$250M, or CA$0.36 per share, set to close in H2 2025
After spending years gobbling up other Canadian cryptocurrency companies, Toronto-based WonderFi has agreed to be acquired by American trading platform Robinhood Markets.
Elliptic: Colorado-registered Xinbi Guarantee runs a Telegram black market for Chinese crypto scammers that has facilitated $8.4B in transactions since 2022
Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet's biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering.
Microsoft says it will lay off 6,000 staff in a bid to cut management layers, including at LinkedIn; Microsoft had 228K staff in June 2024 and cut 10K in 2023
Planned reductions across the company amount to less than 3% of total headcount, a spokesperson said.
Spotify updates its AI DJ to let Premium subscribers use English voice commands to personalize what music it plays, like taking artist, genre, and mood requests
Voice commands allow users to change the vibe or play specific artists and genres.
US SEC Chair Paul Atkins says blockchains could enable novel use cases for securities and “policymaking will no longer result from ad hoc enforcement actions”
Blockchain technology could enable “a broad swath of novel use cases for securities” and foster …
Sources: Google plans to showcase an AI “software development lifecycle agent” for developers and a Pinterest-like feature for consumers at Google I/O on May 20
After weeks of news about Google's antitrust travails, the tech giant will try to reset the narrative next week …
SoftBank reports Q4 net profit up 124% YoY to ~$3.5B, a surprise profit and above a ~$182M loss est., due to improving valuations of Alibaba, T-Mobile, and more
Japanese tech investment group says multiple sites in Texas are being prepared for launch of Stargate AI project
In the age of deepfakes, some people are using tactics like asking rapid-fire questions or sharing code words with each other to verify every online interaction
As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.
The US and China agree to a deal to lower tariffs for the next 90 days, a sign of easing tensions; the US plans to cut tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%
it's a mirage. We need real trade policies that lift up our communities, not tear them down. — www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/b... Lindsay Beyerstein / @beyerstein : Trump removes gun from own head for...
Analysis: Google faces €12B+ in damage claims from dozens of EU price comparison websites that allege it stole their customers, after a €2.4B EU fine in 2017
The tech giant was hit with a €2.4 billion fine in the EU over its shopping search service. Suits from alleged victims could add billions more.
Google updates its “G” icon for the first time in nearly 10 years, with its red, yellow, green, and blue colors now blending together on a gradient
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Yuga Labs sells its CryptoPunks NFT collection, acquired in 2022, to Infinite Node Foundation for an undisclosed sum, after its market value and sales stagnated
Yuga Labs says a digital art foundation is a better steward for CryptoPunks — It would seem that the money-making days …
Ticketmaster says it now shows the full price of a ticket up front, as part of its efforts to comply with the US FTC's junk fees ban that takes effect on May 12
The first is “Click to Cancel” which goes into effect in July that requires companies to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up. — The second is this ban on hidden junk fees. … Forums: ...
Intel says it certified Shell's lubricant-based method for cooling AI data center servers more efficiently after a two-year trial, in a bid to use less energy
The announcement on Tuesday, which follows the chipmaker's two-year trial of the technology, offers a way to use less energy …
German defense tech startup Helsing unveils an autonomous mini submarine, the SG-1 Fathom, powered by its AI system Lura, which can detect and classify sounds
European start-up aims to capitalise on western countries' interest in underwater reconnaissance capabilities
Sources: Apple is planning an AI-powered battery management mode for iOS 19 that analyzes how a person uses their phone and makes adjustments to conserve energy
LOL — You don't “push” engineers to not ship bugs. If you want engineers to not ship bugs, you've got to STOP PUSHING them to ship stuff. … X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman : Besides the AI additions a...
Restaurant tech startup Owner.com, which offers AI website building, marketing, and other tools, raised $120M co-led by Meritech and Headline at a $1B valuation
Meritech and Headline co-led a $120 million funding around for the startup. — Owner.com Inc., a startup making software …
Carbon credit certifier Verra suspends a Kenyan project used by Netflix, Meta, and others to burnish their green credentials over a dispute with Maasai herders
Caroline Kimeu / Wall Street Journal :
Theom, which helps businesses safeguard and track sensitive data, raised a $20M Series A led by Wing VC, after an oversubscribed $16.4M seed in September 2022
Your Mission Control for Data & AI Antoine Tardif / Unite.AI : Theom Secures $20M Series A to Revolutionize Data Governance in the AI Era The Snowflake AI Data Cloud : SIMPLIFYING DATA ACCESS GOVERNAN...
Audible partners with US publishers to convert print books and e-books into audiobooks narrated by 100+ AI voices across English, Spanish, French, and Italian
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg :
JD.com reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to ~$41.8B and net income up 53% YoY to ~$1.5B, driven by Chinese government stimulus measures to counter the US' trade war
Update George Glover / Barron's Online : JD.com Earnings Beat Expectations. The Stock Slides Anyway.
GM names Aurora co-founder and CPO Sterling Anderson as its VP of Global Product and its Chief Product Officer, a newly created position, starting on June 2
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Dallas-based Bestow, which offers software and services to life insurance companies, raised a $120M Series D led by Goldman Sachs and Smith Point Capital
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Dealroom.co: content licensing and data marketplace startups like Pip Labs and ProRata have raised $215M since 2022 to help artists sell content for AI training
New crop of companies are offering artists ability to sell content to big tech firms to train AI See also Mediagazer
Beijing-based Meituan says it plans to spend $1B over five years to bring its food delivery service Keeta to Brazil, after a Saudi Arabia rollout in 2024
Bloomberg :
American Bitcoin, a bitcoin miner backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, says it will list on the Nasdaq via an all-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining
as Trump crypto interests grow
E-commerce logistics startup Cart.com raised $50M at a $1.6B valuation, says it is on track to cross $500M in revenue in 2025, and is planning more acquisitions
Colin Campbell / Axios :
Chegg reports Q1 subscribers down 31% YoY to 3.2M, and says it will lay off 248 employees, or ~22% of its staff, to cut costs as students turn more to AI tools
Kritika Lamba / Reuters :
Sources: investors in US chipmaker Wolfspeed offered ~$600M to refinance a large convertible bond coming due in 2026, to pre-empt a potential bankruptcy filing
Sujeet Indap / Financial Times :
Google's Gemma models passed 150M downloads and 70K+ variants on Hugging Face, after its February 2024 launch; Meta's Llama passed 1.2B downloads in April 2025
I may have little love for this ‘revolution,’ but there are bright spots. techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/g... X: Omar Sanseviero / @osanseviero : Gemma just passed 150 million downloads and over 70k varian...
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