Meta launches a dedicated iPadOS app for WhatsApp, about 15 years after the messaging service and the first iPad launched
The first version of the messaging app built for iPads tablets makes it easy to chat while you browse. — Meta now has a dedicated iPad app for WhatsApp …
Salesforce agrees to acquire cloud data management company Informatica for ~$8B, set to close in its FY 2027, one year after an earlier deal fell through
Informatica shareholders are set to receive $25 in cash per share, according to a statement on Tuesday.
The Browser Company says it is pivoting away from its Arc browser to build AI-native browser Dia, citing Arc's complexity and limited mass-market appeal
On Arc, its future, and the arrival of AI browsers — a moment to answer the largest questions you've asked us this past year. — The Browser Company
Sources on how Apple declined a deal from Elon Musk to use SpaceX instead of Globalstar for its iOS SOS feature and its 2015 plans to build satellite internet
Three years ago, Elon Musk approached Apple with an eleventh-hour offer. — Musk had heard that Apple was about to announce …
Apple says its App Store blocked $9B+ in fraudulent transactions over the past five years, with $2B in just 2024, and rejected ~2M risky app submissions in 2024
Apple on Tuesday announced new figures related to its App Store's ability to protect app developers and consumers from fraud.
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on search's future, seeing “overall query growth”, AI agents, not altering search rankings or AI Mode answers to favor Trump, and more
Today, I'm talking with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. We recorded this conversation in person …
Researcher: factoring 2048 bit RSA integers could be done with ~20x fewer noisy qubits than previously estimated, though still far beyond current quantum tech
Google just dropped a new research paper, and Bitcoin maxis may want to do some quick math. The tech giant's quantum team found …
The European Commission says it is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for potential child safety DSA violations “as a matter of priority”
New rules compel large online platforms to do more to protect users from harmful illegal content
Stablecoin operator Circle files for an NYSE IPO and plans to offer 24M shares at $24 to $26 each, raising up to nearly $250M; Cathie Wood's ARK may buy $150M
Circle Internet Group, the firm behind stablecoin USDC, has filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, the firm said on Tuesday.
Trump Media & Technology Group plans to sell ~$1.5B in stock and $1B in 0% convertible notes to buy bitcoin for its treasury, following Strategy's model
The company's shares fell 9.2% at $23.38 in early trading after rallying premarket following a Financial Times report on its plans …
Memo: nearly all of CISA's top leaders, including heads of five of its six operational divisions and six of 10 regional offices, have left or are leaving in May
Most of the leaders of the agency's operating divisions and regional offices have left or will leave this month amid … Bluesky: @telecom-terrorist.com and @ericjgeller.com Bluesky: Joey Pebcak / @tele...
Civitai is banning “real-person likeness content” on its site, citing new laws and the loss of its payment processor, after problems with nonconsensual porn
Civitai, an AI model sharing site backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) that 404 Media has repeatedly shown is being used … Bluesky: @jasonkoebler , @patrickhowelloneill.com , and @emanuelmaiberg . Mas...
Researchers detail an exploit in GitHub's official MCP server that lets hackers trick an LLM agent into leaking private information about the MCP user
Attackers only need to open a malicious issue on the targeted repositories to exploit the vulnerability. — invariantlabs.ai/blog/mcp-git... Daniel Cuthbert / @dcuthbert : We are truly back in the 19...
Mistral launches an API for agents, which can run code, make images, access docs, search the web, and “hand off” to other agents, similar to OpenAI's offerings
Code execution: Python in a sandbox — Web search - like Anthropic, Mistral seem to use Brave — Document library aka hosted RAG — Image generation (FLUX for Mistral) — MCP … Forums: Hacker News : M...
Documents: self-driving truck startup TuSimple transferred critical autonomous driving tech and data to Chinese partners despite a 2022 agreement with CFIUS
TuSimple shared with Beijing a best-in-class autonomous driving system—and became a prime example of Washington's shortcomings in keeping critical technology in the U.S.
Temu-owner PDD reports Q1 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$13.3B, below ~$14.4B est., and says it is fulfilling US orders exclusively via local warehouses and merchants
Luz Ding / Bloomberg :
SpAItial, which is building text-to-3D environment generation tools, raised a $13M seed led by Earlybird and plans to license its foundation model to developers
Anna Heim / TechCrunch :
The top contributor to X's Community Notes is Web3 Antivirus, a startup that uses an automated process to flag crypto scam posts and has posted 52,000 times
I thought someone was gaming X's crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform's mess for free. Bluesky: @mantzarlis.com . X: @craigsilverman See also Mediagazer Bl...
California's population is growing again, rising 0.6% in 2024, with the H-1B visa program being one of the drivers, helping offset the residents who are leaving
Wall Street Journal : LinkedIn: Michael W. and Darren Kimura Forums: Hacker News and r/California_Politics LinkedIn: Michael W. : Gee whiz. The The Wall Street Journal editors blew it. Immigration ...
India's crypto industry is lobbying for tax cuts on domestic trading, hoping to seize on New Delhi's softening crypto stance as it negotiates a US trade deal
Financial Times :
People are using ChatGPT for unsparing assessments of their looks, with many also asking the chatbot to create plans to “glow up” their appearance
because it's brutally honest: ‘I guess I needed to hear it’ Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide : I use ChatGPT every day — here are 5 features it desperately needs Bluesky: J. Offir, PhD / @joffirphd : Don'...
Xiaomi reports Q1 revenue up ~50% YoY to ~$15.5B, above ~$15.17B est., as it invests heavily in autonomous EVs and growing its smartphone business
Bloomberg :
Memo: Meta reorganizes its AI teams into an AI products team and AGI Foundations; FAIR remains separate but one specific FAIR team is moving to AGI Foundations
Ina Fried / Axios : Bluesky: @davelee.me . X: @shakeelhashim and @andrewcurran_ Bluesky: Dave Lee / @davelee.me : Is this like when you rub the batteries together to make the remote control work agai...
The UK, which launched open banking in 2018, is seeing its fintech sector struggle to make open banking-powered payments a viable alternative to card payments
Akila Quinio / Financial Times :
Sources, including 30+ current and former Meta employees and 10+ US officials, detail Mark Zuckerberg's embrace of Trump, which has yet to pay major dividends
we don't know what the next costume is going to be, but it will be something different. — “It's whatever gets him closest to power.” — www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Renee DiResta / @noupside :...
Tesla is set to launch its robotaxi service in Austin in June, but city officials say they are still awaiting important information regarding safety protocols
Jessica Mathews / Fortune :
Scam victims in Singapore lost a total of ~$858M last year, up 70% YoY; most are contacted via Meta-owned apps, and deepfakes in scams are increasingly common
Owen Walker / Financial Times :
Taiwan is ramping up its defense drone push with help from startups like Coretronic, as giants like TSMC and Foxconn hold back due to a smaller local market
Bloomberg :
European industrial groups Schneider, Siemens, ABB, and Legrand collectively added €151B in market value due to AI demand after ChatGPT's November 2022 launch
Financial Times :
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