Apple rolls out CarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay, in new and existing Aston Martins in North America after months of delays, before a wider rollout
After months of delays, Apple today officially announced the launch of next-gen CarPlay, now with a new brand name of ‘CarPlay Ultra’.
President Trump says he told Tim Cook that “I don't want you building in India”, “India can take care of themselves”, and Apple will be “upping” US production
President Donald Trump said India has made an offer to drop tariffs on US goods …
Coinbase says hackers accessed a “small subset” of users' data, but not credentials, expects to incur $180M to $400M in costs, and refuses to pay a $20M ransom
Coinbase (COIN.O) forecast a hit between $180 million and $400 million from a cyber attack that breached account data of a …
Q&A with the FT's Patrick McGee on his new book, Apple in China, which examines Apple's role in enabling China's rise; Apple says it is “full of inaccuracies”
In his new book, Apple in China, Patrick McGee examines how Tim Cook unwittingly led Apple right into the heart of Trump's trade war.
OpenAI releases GPT-4.1 in ChatGPT for Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers “by popular request”, and replaces GPT-4o mini with GPT-4.1 mini for all ChatGPT users
OpenAI is releasing its GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini AI models in ChatGPT, the company announced in a post on X Wednesday.
Apple adds red exclamation mark warnings on EU App Store listings for apps using third-party payment systems, not Apple's “private and secure payment system”
Apple suggests that users are putting themselves at risk by using third-party alternatives.
Grok replied on X to debunk claims of South Africa's “white genocide” when X users asked it to fact-check unrelated topics; the issue appears to have been fixed
Grok kept bringing it up in response to seemingly unrelated posts.
The Belgian Court of Appeal rules that the Transparency & Consent Framework, used by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the ad industry, is illegal across Europe
Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internet — Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X …
Filing: CoreWeave secures a deal worth ~$4B to provide cloud computing capacity to OpenAI through 2029, in addition to a $12B deal announced before its IPO
The data center builder said in a filing Thursday that OpenAI will pay the sum through 2029. CoreWeave had disclosed a $4 billion deal …
Hacking group DragonForce says it stole UK retailer Co-op's customer data but couldn't deploy ransomware because Co-op quickly shut down its systems, unlike M&S
Co-op narrowly averted being locked out of its computer systems during the cyber attack that saw customer data stolen …
YouTube previews new ad formats coming to the platform, including an enhanced shoppable connected TV offering that has an interactive product feed on the right
YouTube made its pitch to advertisers on Wednesday, accompanied by a flashy performance from Lady Gaga and special appearances …
CoreWeave reports Q1 revenue up 420% YoY to $981.6M, vs. $853M est., and net loss up 143% YoY to $314.6M, partly due to $177M in stock-based compensation costs
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YouTube unveils Peak Points, a pilot Gemini feature for targeting ads after viewers are most engaged with a video, aiming for more impressions and a higher CTR
YouTube on Wednesday announced a new tool that will allow advertisers to use Google's Gemini AI model to target ads to viewers when they are most engaged with a video.
OpenAI launches the “Safety evaluations hub”, a webpage showing how its models score on tests for harmful content generation, jailbreaks, and hallucinations
OpenAI is moving to publish the results of its internal AI model safety evaluations more regularly in what the outfit …
How the US conducted a monthslong campaign to push The Gambia and at least four other developing nations to license Starlink; diplomats call the events alarming
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk's satellite internet company in five developing nations. Bluesky: @karlbode.com , @emptywheel , @rimaanabtawi , and @malwarejake . Mastodon: @Suff...
Microsoft plans to shut down its Bing Search APIs on August 11; a source says the largest customers will retain access, and DuckDuckGo says it won't be affected
Microsoft is limiting access to tools that boosted its rivals, but larger customers like DuckDuckGo say they won't be affected.
Threads now lets creators add up to five links to their profile bios and rolls out analytics tools to track clicks on profile links and links shared in posts
Instagram Threads is taking on Linktree and other “link-in-bio” solutions by introducing a way for creators to use their Threads profile …
The EU provisionally finds that TikTok breached the DSA by failing to offer a publicly searchable ad library, potentially opening the platform up to a fine
Ad transparency investigation is one of several ongoing European cases against social media platform
CoreWeave plans to spend $20B to $23B in 2025 on AI infrastructure and data center capacity to meet demand, such as from Microsoft, expecting revenue above est.
Motorola Razr Ultra review: one of the best smartphone designs, great battery life, and useful outer screen, but useless AI button and durability concerns
The Motorola Razr Ultra is something special, but it's not quite Ultra. — It's gorgeous. It's a delight to use …
Roblox rolls out tools to let eligible creators sell physical items from their games via its Commerce APIs, working with Shopify, its first “integrated partner”
Another way for creators to make money from Roblox. … Roblox is going to let creators sell physical items from their games.
Docs: Microsoft's recent layoffs of 6,000 workers hit software engineers the hardest, making up 40%+ of the ~2,000 positions cut in its home state of Washington
In Microsoft's home state of Washington, software engineering was by far the largest single job category to receive layoff notices … Bluesky: @glinden and @mattmday . Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace...
Huione Guarantee, a Telegram-based black market for crypto scammers and money launderers that enabled $27B+ in transactions, shuts down after mass account bans
Following a WIRED inquiry, Telegram banned thousands of accounts used for crypto scam money laundering, including those of Haowang Guarantee …
Open letter: SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton says a 2024 TOS update was not intended to allow AI training on user content; SoundCloud revised the wording on May 14
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Analysis: the US government canceled 1,400+ scientific research grants worth $1B+, including many to study online misinformation, claiming to protect the 1A
Lisa K. Fazio, an associate professor at Vanderbilt University, whose federal grant to study how repetition of lies reinforced …
IFI Claims: Google passes IBM to become the US leader in generative AI-related patent applications; Google and Nvidia lead agentic AI patent filings globally
Google has overtaken IBM to become the leader in generative AI-related patents and also leads in the emerging area of agentic AI …
Epic submits a new version of Fortnite to the US App Store after pulling the one it submitted on May 9, citing the need to make a weekly update with new content
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Netflix says its ad-supported tier now has 94M MAUs, up from 70M in November 2024, and reaches more 18- to 34-year-olds than any US broadcast or cable network
It says it is testing the types of advertisements its subscribers are willing to endure. If you want to opt out you have to pay more money. — The enshittening of Netflix is almost complete — http...
The CFPB cancels its plans to more tightly regulate US data brokers' ability to sell Americans' sensitive info, like financial data, credit history, and SSNs
Predatory data brokers were just handed a win. — Disappointing: Americans' privacy should be a bipartisan concern. — By @dell.bsky.social @dmehro.bsky.social & @zackwhittaker.com — www.wired.com...
Pathos AI, which uses AI to develop oncology drugs, raised a $365M Series D at a $1.6B valuation, bringing its total funding to $467M, per PitchBook
Pathos AI, a New York drug development startup, raised $365 million in a Series D at a $1.6 billion valuation.
Uber and delivery service iFood partner to integrate their services into each other's apps in Brazil; Uber closed its Uber Eats service in Brazil in March 2022
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Meta promotes Benjamin Joe, its longtime VP for Southeast Asia, to VP of Asia Pacific and expands India VP Sandhya Devanathan's role to include Southeast Asia
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Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun unveils the XringO1, the company's first self-developed mobile chip, for its high-end devices, coming in late May, without giving any details
Proofpoint agrees to acquire German company Hornetsecurity, which specializes in managed cloud-based email security services, for $1B+, set to close in H2 2025
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint is set to acquire European rival Hornetsecurity for north of $1 billion to strengthen its European presence …
Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to ~$32.8B, below $33B est., and net income up 279% to ~$1.7B, partly due to its equity investment gains; BABA drops 5%+
Crypto Sentiment Shifts Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia : Alibaba's Q1 revenue falls short as international e-commerce falters Bill McColl / Yahoo Finance : Alibaba Misses Forecasts on Chinese Consumer Slowd...
Samaya AI, which is building AI models that assist financial analysts, raised a $43.5M Series A led by NEA; Eric Schmidt, Yann LeCun, and others also invested
they're set to revolutionize the industry. Can't wait to see what's next! Read more: https://fortune.com/... @samaya_ai : 🎉Big news: We're announcing our Series A led by NEA and $43.5m in funding to b...
Cisco reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $14.15B, vs. $14.08B est., forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates, and announces CFO Scott Herren will retire on July 26
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How the Mayo Clinic uses AI to boost efficiency and amplify human abilities in its radiology department, which has an AI team of 40 people and 400+ radiologists
the physician specialists in medical imaging who look inside the body to diagnose and treat disease — are still in high demand. A recent study from the American College of Radiology projected a stead...
Lidar manufacturer Luminar says that founder and CEO Austin Russell resigned following an ethics inquiry and appoints former Nuance CEO Paul Ricci as its CEO
The board put out a press release announcing the move at the same the company released Q1 earnings which had a glowing quote from Russell 🤔 — techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/b... Kirsten Korosec / @kirste...
Hedra, which offers a web-based video generation and editing suite powered by its Character-3 model, raised a $32M Series A led by a16z, following a $10M seed
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Chinese sites like JD.com are offering discounts of up to 2,530 yuan, or ~$350, on iPhone 16 models, in an effort to spur sales after Q1 shipments fell in China
Analysis: the average cost of 98 products tracked on Shein in the US fell ~13% from a peak of $6.38 on May 7 to $5.56; Shein sent a price drop alert to US users
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Sources: Spark Capital gained ~$530M this week when eToro went public; Spark was eToro's largest shareholder at its IPO, with a ~13% stake after investing ~$19M
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Sources: in the past two months, Chinese officials told some top local tech companies that China will more actively oversee their AI data centers and AI chips
Qianer Liu / The Information :
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