Epic's new motion asks a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US App Store, calling Apple's continued refusal contempt of court
As reported by Mark Gurman, Epic's petition reads: … In the document, Epic also makes a point to mention Tim Cook's testimony at trial, in which he said:
Epic Games says that Apple rejected its latest Fortnite submission to the US App Store and the game on iOS will be “offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it”
Game is Blocked in the EU Now, Too Jessica Filby / Dexerto : Fortnite removed from App Store entirely after Apple blocks them in US Michael Tsai : Fortnite “Blocked” — Dominic Preston (MacRumors, Ha...
Apple denies removing Fortnite from alternative marketplaces in the EU and says it asked Epic Sweden to resubmit the app update excluding the US App Store
I'm guessing that even if YGR sides with Epic, Apple could get that overriden on appeal, and Fortnite won't be returning to the App Store anytime soon. … Jeff Johnson / @lapcatsoftware@mastodon.social...
MIT says it no longer stands behind a widely circulated research paper by its student that claimed an AI tool boosted discoveries in a materials science lab
The university says it has no confidence in a widely circulated paper by an economics graduate student
Galaxy Digital, which has traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange since 2020, started trading on the Nasdaq on Friday under the ticker GLXY; the stock closed up 4%
WATCH NOW — Mike Novogratz' crypto firm Galaxy Digital started trading on the Nasdaq Friday under the ticker GLXY.
A look at AI companies' lobbying push, as well as the GOP's pitch, for the amendment to ban state-level AI regulation, added to the budget reconciliation bill
Inside the effort to de-democratize AI — Today, we dive deep into the GOP's radical campaign to ban US states from passing any laws that govern AI.
Wallets of ~100 of 220 TRUMP coin dinner attendees, and ~17 of 25 VIPs, have parted with nearly all their TRUMP after being chosen based on holdings to May 12
Many of the crypto investors preparing to attend an exclusive gala dinner with US president Donald Trump have offloaded the coins that won them their seats.
Big Tech companies are firing staff who organize protests and rejecting petitions, even as a poor job market discourages worker activism, once ubiquitous in SV
A tighter labor market and lower corporate tolerance have stifled once boisterous employee input on controversies over company policy, AI safety and the Israel-Gaza war.
Sources: White House and lawmakers are scrutinizing Apple's plan to use Alibaba's AI on iPhones in China, over concerns about data sharing, censorship, and more
The Trump administration and congressional officials have raised concerns about a deal to put a Chinese company's artificial intelligence on iPhones.
London-based Granola, which provides an AI-based notetaking app, raised a $43M Series B led by NFDG at a $250M valuation, taking its total funding to $67M
AI-powered notetaking tool Granola has been on a roll. The startup's seen a steep uptick in usage since it launched a year ago …
Critics question Meta's Louisiana datacenter plans for three new power plants; Meta's carbon footprint is up from 2020, when it pledged 2030 net-zero emissions
New gas plants could be built to power the company's largest data center yet. … Meta's building a new AI data center so massive …
Carta: VC deals are stalling at seed, with the Series A deal count falling by 79% between Q1 2022 and Q1 2025; 46% of seed deals were bridge rounds in Q1 2025
Top of the Morning — Venture capital's series progression is stalling at seed, according to new data released this morning by Carta.
Jensen Huang says Nvidia's next chip for China will not be from the Hopper series following US restrictions on Hopper H20 chip sales to China
Nvidia is evaluating how to address the China market after the U.S. government placed limits on sales of its Hopper H20 chip there but will not put …
After Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” X replies, xAI says “an unauthorized modification was made to Grok response bot's prompt” at 3:15 AM PST on May 14
We are regularly updating this repository with the system prompts that we use … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Grok “White Genocide” Controversy Leads xAI to Publish Internal System Prompts Mary P...
Charter says it will acquire Cox Communications for $21.9B, valuing Cox at $34.5B including debt and uniting two of the biggest US cable and broadband operators
Our anti-trust laws have been severely underused. [embedded post] Spencer M Ross / @srossmktg.com : If we had a functional (read: not corrupt) Federal Trade Commission, this deal wouldn't go through....
Deep dive on the evolution of Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI, from its $1B investment in 2019 through Copilot rollouts and ChatGPT's launch to present day
Nervous customers and a volatile partnership with OpenAI are complicating things for Satya Nadella and the world's most valuable company.
Michael Novogratz says Galaxy Digital is in talks with the US SEC about tokenizing its own stock as well as other equities using its digital-asset platform
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg :
Sources: OpenAI is expected to be a primary anchor tenant for a 5-gigawatt UAE data center, which could become one of the world's largest at 10 square miles
Bloomberg :
The FCC approves Verizon's $9.6B acquisition of Frontier Communications after Verizon agreed to pare back what Brendan Carr called “invidious” DEI practices
not in backroom deals. The FCC must be transparent and accountable to the American people, especially as it moves to censor and control companies it disagrees with.
An Alabama man is sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking SEC's X account in 2024 and posting a false announcement that the SEC had approved bitcoin ETFs
And Exposed Cybersecurity Flaws Logan Hitchcock / Decrypt : Man Who Hacked SEC's X Account to Pump Bitcoin Gets 14 Months in Prison Owotunse Adebayo / Cryptopolitan : Hacker of the US SEC X account se...
Stord, a logistics startup serving over 500 mid-market e-commerce brands, raised an $80M Series E led by Strike Capital at a $1.5B valuation and $120M in debt
Grew revenue over 200x and achieved profitability while maintaining growth — Expanded the platform to a scale that can reach Matthew Hertz / @mattahertz : 📦 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 📦 🚨 Congrats to the @GetSTO...
Analysis: China imported a record $30.9B in chipmaking equipment in 2024, including $9.63B from Japan, $9.53B from the Netherlands, and $4.86B from Singapore
TAIPEI/SEOUL — China bought a record amount of foreign chipmaking equipment in 2024 as part of efforts to massively expand domestic chip production … X: @pstasiatech , @nikkeiasia , and @rwang07 X: Pa...
Utah-based property management software firm Entrata raised $200M from Blackstone at a $4.3B valuation; Entrata raised $507M from Silver Lake and others in 2021
Entrata on Thursday announced a $200 million minority investment from alternative asset manager Blackstone (BX.N) …
Boston-based PhaseV, which is developing AI software to accelerate clinical trials and drug development, raised a $50M Series A co-led by Accel and Insight
PhaseV, a clinical trial and development software startup, raised a $50 million Series A, CEO Raviv Pryluk tells Axios exclusively.
Microsoft says internal and external reviews found no evidence the Israeli military used its tech to harm civilians in Gaza, after months of employee protests
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue... Sam Biddle / @sambiddle.com : Microsoft Investigates Microsoft, Clears Microsoft of Wrongdoing blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue... @jaybut707 : The usual interpreta...
Sources: Indian investment app Groww agrees to acquire wealthtech startup Fisdom in an all-cash deal, valuing Fisdom at $140M to $160M; Fisdom had raised ~$48M
The Economic Times :
UnitedHealth's Optum is developing an AI-powered risk scoring system for Medicare patients that does not rely solely on physician-submitted diagnosis codes
Bob Herman / STAT :
Sources: Binance and Kraken have been targeted by the same type of social engineering hack recently disclosed by Coinbase, but were able to fend off the attacks
Bloomberg :
Source: Cohere crossed an annualized revenue of $100M as of May 2025, following a strategic shift in Q3 2024 to focus on customers in sectors like finance
Echo Wang / Reuters :
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