Warner Bros. Discovery says it will change the name of its Max streaming service back to HBO Max this summer, and tweaks its logo; WBD dropped “HBO” in May 2023
Turns out, Warner Bros. Discovery thinks HBO has some pretty good brand equity, after all.
Microsoft extends security updates for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 until October 10, 2028, after previously planning to end support on October 14, 2025
Microsoft 365 apps will continue to get security updates on Windows 10 for another three years.
A look at the Nintendo Switch 2's final specs: a custom Nvidia T239 SoC, an Ampere-based GPU with 1,536 CUDA cores, 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM, DLSS support, and more
The hardware inside the new console - and some of the limitations developers need to work with.
The US Commerce Department issues guidance stating that “using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the world violates US export controls” as they likely use US tech
Commerce department guidance aims to toughen export controls on tech used by China to make AI processors
Sony reports Q4 revenue down 24% YoY to ~$17.7B, PlayStation 5 units sold in FY 24 down 11% YoY to 18.5M, and expects a ~$700M impact from US tariffs in FY 25
Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget — The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
Databricks agrees to acquire cloud database startup Neon for ~$1B, set to close in Databricks' Q2 2025; Neon's platform is based on the open-source PostgreSQL
The deal is aimed at making it easier for businesses to build artificial intelligence agents with their own data, Databricks CEO says
The EU's Vulnerability Database project, announced in June 2024, is now fully operational, while the US' NVD struggles with a vulnerability submission backlog
EUVD comes into play not a moment too soon — The European Vulnerability Database (EUVD) is now fully operational …
Sources, including former AbleGamers staff, detail abuse, financial mismanagement, and other issues at the nonprofit dedicated to promoting gaming accessibility
20 Years after AbleGamers' founding, new reports detail abuse fostered by management, mismanaged funds, and leadership that failed to protect employees.
Google DeepMind unveils AlphaEvolve, a Gemini-powered AI coding agent that designs and optimizes advanced algorithms using an evolutionary framework
New AI agent evolves algorithms for math and practical applications in computing by combining the creativity of large language models with automated evaluators
President Trump's acting leaders for the Copyright Office are hostile to the tech industry and not the kind of people that generative AI proponents would want
What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office …
Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act, mandating platforms like Meta to mitigate harms; Apple supports KOSA
Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal are reintroducing the sweeping bill that failed in the eleventh hour last year.
AMD approves a new $6B share buyback program, boosting its total repurchase authority to ~$10B, with no termination date; AMD jumps 5%+ but is down 2% YTD
Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) said on Wednesday its board has approved a new $6 billion share buyback program …
FTC v. Meta: Meta's lead attorney disparaged tech journalists Kara Swisher and Om Malik, calling Malik a “failed blogger”, resurfacing years-old media tensions
Meta's lead attorney called a once-prominent tech journalist a “failed blogger.” Bluesky: @wavesblog , @karaswisher , @karaswisher , @quillmatiq.com , and @anildash.com X: @jason_kint , @jason_kint , ...
OpenAI says OneDrive and SharePoint users can connect their files to ChatGPT's Deep Research for analysis, in beta for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers
ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users can connect their OneDrive and SharePoint libraries to analyze files with Deep Research.
China sentences Zhao Weiguo, ex-chair of state-backed chip firm Tsinghua Unigroup, to death with a two-year reprieve, a de facto life sentence, for corruption
Zhao Weiguo once led highflying semiconductor firm supported by Beijing — China convicted the former chairman …
AMD and Humain partner to invest up to $10B on 500 MW of AI compute over the next five years, including in data centers stretching from Saudi Arabia to the US
Ian King / Bloomberg :
Google says it started testing an AI Mode button on the Google Search homepage with Labs users over the past week, replacing the I'm Feeling Lucky button
Google's stalwart search button has a new neighbor: AI Mode. — The artificial intelligence feature is being tested directly beneath …
At a JP Morgan event, Intel CFO David Zinsner says committed volumes of chips using Intel's 18A and 14A processes for customers are currently “not significant”
The volume of processors Intel (INTC.O) is set to produce for external customers using its upcoming manufacturing technology …
Uber debuts Route Share, a pooled rides option that is similar to a bus and up to 50% cheaper than UberX, available during commuting hours in SF, NYC, and more
In contrast, its existing pooled rides option cuts costs as much as only 20%. But there's a catch: Route Share pickups run every 20 minutes …
Google announces its Material 3 Expressive design update, set to roll out to Android 16 and Wear OS 6 devices, nearly four years after introducing Material You
Android 16 is FINALLY here... and it's pretty great Join … Jason Howell / Jason Howell on YouTube : From Holo to Now — Inside Google's Material 3 Expressive Leap Guemmy Kim / The Keyword : Google plan...
A look at Brian Chesky's efforts to turn Airbnb into a storefront for real-world services, after its “experiences” experiment started in 2016 was unsuccessful
CEO Brian Chesky is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an everything app. Fitness! Food!
US SEC filing: GD Culture Group, a struggling China-linked company that has only eight staff, plans to buy $300M in BTC and $TRUMP, creating ethical conflicts
The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale …
Neobank Chime files for a Nasdaq IPO under CHYM, reporting active members up 23% YoY to 8.6M at the end of March 2025 and $251 average revenue per active member
Financial technology company Chime on Tuesday filed paperwork to go public on the Nasdaq. The company intends to file under the ticker symbol “CHYM.”
Perplexity partners with PayPal to let US customers book travel, buy products, and secure concert tickets via Perplexity's chatbot, paying with PayPal or Venmo
Perplexity is extending its bet on chat-powered shopping, aiming to stand out in the crowded generative artificial intelligence market against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
Stock and crypto brokerage eToro prices its IPO at $52 per share, above its expected range of $46 to $50, raising nearly $310M and valuing the company at ~$4.2B
EToro, a stock brokerage platform that's been ramping up in crypto, has priced its IPO at $52 a share, as the company prepares …
Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to ~$25B, above ~$24.3B est., net profit up 14% YoY to ~$6.6B, below ~$7.3B est., driven by its gaming business' growth
Tencent on Wednesday reported an annual rise in its top and bottom line in the first quarter fuelled by accelerated growth in its key gaming business.
House Republicans introduced language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that would ban US states from enforcing any law regulating AI models for 10 years
triggered by official GOP tweet — fire back at ‘worthless’ reps Adam Rowe / Tech.co : Republicans Push Bill to Ban State AI Regulation for 10 Years Bluesky: Rep. Rheingans / @reprheingans : 🚨 fed Repu...
Q&A with Marc Benioff on how AI is disrupting work, Salesforce's AI agent platform Agentforce, the Trump administration's tariffs and economic policy, and more
Marc Benioff, the co-founder and chief executive of $262bn software giant Salesforce, always has a lot to say.
Analysts, VCs, executives, and 11 former DeepSeek employees detail how the Chinese AI company works and how it fits into China's broader AI ambitions
The company's sudden emergence illustrates how China's industry is thriving despite Washington's efforts to slow it down.
How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project in Kirkkonummi will be the largest in the world when completed
By pairing power-hungry computer processing facilities with district heating systems, Nordic countries are trying to limit their environmental downsides.
Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$54B, net profit up 91% YoY to ~$1.38B, above est.; cloud and networking, like AI servers, was 34% of its Q1 revenue
The company still expects AI servers to be a growth driver this year — Foxconn Technology Group reported strong first-quarter results …
French IT group Atos says it will simplify its organization, cut expenses, and focus on AI, aiming to reach €9B to €10B in 2028 sales, after years of setbacks
Under the plan, Atos aims to reach €9 billion ($10.1 billion) to €10 billion in sales in 2028 …
WhatsApp v. NSO Group: NSO kept targeting WhatsApp users even after Meta sued, NSO spent $59M on R&D in 2024, and its customers pay $3M to $30M to use Pegasus
As part of the lawsuit and trial, a lot of details have come out about NSO and the cyberattack underpinning the lawsuit. X: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : “We are struggling to keep our ...
Filing: Cantor Equity Partners bought $458.7M in BTC as part of a pending merger with Twenty One Capital, the BTC investment vehicle backed by Tether and others
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk :
Sea reports Q1 revenue up 29.6% YoY to $4.84B, vs $4.89B est., net profit of $403M, vs. a $23M net loss in Q1 2024, and e-commerce revenue up 28.3% YoY to $3.5B
Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia :
Las Vegas-based TensorWave, which offers AMD-powered cloud infrastructure, raised $100M led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures, taking its total funding to $146.7M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Sources: Baidu plans to test its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Switzerland by the end of 2025, its first expansion in Europe, and also launch it in Turkey
Wall Street Journal :
UK-based Space Forge, which aims to develop ultra-efficient semiconductors and other materials in orbit, raised a $30M Series A led by the NATO Innovation Fund
Alan Neuhauser / Axios :
A profile of Tether Chief Investment Officer Richard Heathcote, who manages a $150B asset portfolio and has helped deepen Tether's ties with Cantor Fitzgerald
the “41-year-old Brit based in the Bahamas who oversees an almost $150 billion portfolio of assets as chief investment officer” via @RyanJamesWeeks https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Sources: TikTok is working on a new feature to let US users share photos via DMs and plans to introduce voice messaging; TikTok restricts DMs to users 16 and up
The Information :
Sources: Shenzhen government-owned chip equipment maker SiCarrier, a key Huawei supplier, is seeking ~$2.8B at an $11B valuation in its first fundraising round
Sources: Guangzhou-based autonomous driving company Pony AI confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO; Pony AI raised ~$413M in a US IPO in November 2024
Bloomberg :
Glass Imaging, which develops AI software to improve the quality of digital images under various conditions, raised a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : LinkedIn: Tom Bishop and Ziv Attar LinkedIn: Tom Bishop : Exciting news: we raised a $20M Series A at Glass Imaging to massively improve image quality using AI. … Ziv A...
Appfigures: mobile gamers spent $65.4B in 2024, up 4% YoY, but less than $4B went to games released in 2024; studios launched 126K games in 2024, down 43% YoY
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg :
Source: Arista plans to acquire Broadcom's VeloCloud, which provides SD-WAN tech to telecoms, for less than $1B; VMware bought VeloCloud for ~$450M in 2017
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information : X: @kevkubernetes X: Kevin McLaughlin / @kevkubernetes : Late-breaking acquisition news: Arista Networks is in the process of acquiring VeloCloud, a Broadcom unit...
Amazon's Zoox offers free fixed route robotaxi rides to users that employees invite in Las Vegas, after Nevada approved it to accept payments in Clark County
Alex Perry / The Information :
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.