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Alibaba leverages computing resources to become a leading AI investor in China; sources: cloud credits made up ~50% of Alibaba's $800M investment in Moonshot AI
Financial Times: Alibaba leverages computing resources to become a leading AI investor in China; sources: cloud...
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South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok says the government is preparing a $7.3B+ support package for chip investments to win the “war” in the chip sector
Ju-min Park / Reuters: South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok says the government is preparing a...
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Maryland Apple Store union workers vote to authorize strike over Apple's alleged refusal to fairly bargain; Short Hills NJ store workers vote against unionizing
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Maryland Apple Store union workers vote to authorize strike over Apple's alleged...
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How United, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, and others use AI to reduce costs and streamline operations, including holding flights for delayed passengers
Julie Weed / New York Times: How United, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, and others use AI...
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Meituan, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech companies are working to expand in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, where they would face less political scrutiny
Financial Times: Meituan, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech companies are working to expand in Saudi...
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Southeast Asia is drawing more investment from Big Tech than ever, as the CEOs of Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia commit billions of dollars in the region
Bloomberg: Southeast Asia is drawing more investment from Big Tech than ever, as the CEOs of...
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At the Bloomberg Technology Summit, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said the future of dating could have digital, AI-powered personas setting each other up
Daysia Tolentino / NBC News: At the Bloomberg Technology Summit, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said...
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Appfigures: Anthropic's Claude now ranks #51 in the top free iPhone Productivity apps in the US, down from rank #5 in this category, which it achieved on May 4
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: Anthropic's Claude now ranks #51 in the top free iPhone Productivity...
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Waymo says its Waymo One robotaxis now complete over 50K paid trips every week across San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, up from 10K rides in May 2023
Abubakar Idris / The Information: Waymo says its Waymo One robotaxis now complete over 50K paid...
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Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam...
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About 48 government websites associated with different Indian states have allowed scammers to plant ads that can redirect visitors to online betting websites
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: About 48 government websites associated with different Indian states have allowed scammers...
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Christie's experienced a “technology security issue” that took its website down and affected some systems, ahead of auctions that are expected to generate $840M
Zachary Small / New York Times: Christie's experienced a “technology security issue” that took its website...
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Jim Simons, a mathematician and founder of hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies who pioneered computer-based approaches to quantitative trading, dies at 86
Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal: Jim Simons, a mathematician and founder of hedge fund firm...
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Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal with OpenAI to use ChatGPT features in iOS 18; talks with Google to license Gemini are still ongoing
Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal with OpenAI to use ChatGPT features in iOS 18;...
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Epic v. Apple: Apple says it received just 38 applications to use its outside payments option for the App Store, out of ~65K app devs that offer in-app payments
Bloomberg: Epic v. Apple: Apple says it received just 38 applications to use its outside payments...
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Filings and sources: autonomous vehicle company Motional cut ~550 employees in a restructuring that included delaying a robotaxi service from 2024 to 2026
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Filings and sources: autonomous vehicle company Motional cut ~550 employees in a...
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A US jury says Microsoft must pay IPA Technologies $242M after finding that Cortana infringed a patent that expired in Jan. 2019; Microsoft plans to appeal
Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg Law: A US jury says Microsoft must pay IPA Technologies $242M after...
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Sources: OpenAI is preparing to demonstrate an AI voice assistant that recognizes objects and images and has better logical reasoning than its current products
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Sources: OpenAI is preparing to demonstrate an AI voice assistant that...
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Some Singaporean writers are resisting their government's request to use their works to train a multilingual LLM, citing little clarity on compensation and more
Nicholas Yong / Rest of World: Some Singaporean writers are resisting their government's request to use...
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Huawei Pura 70 Pro teardown: the 7nm Kirin 9010 is only marginally better than Kirin 9000S, and the majority of the chips are designed and manufactured in China
Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: Huawei Pura 70 Pro teardown: the 7nm Kirin 9010 is only...
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Town hall: Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty discussed wanting small and prestigious games, after closing the studio behind a small, prestigious hit Hi-Fi Rush
Ash Parrish / The Verge: Town hall: Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty discussed wanting small...
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SIA and BCG: by 2032, the US will have the capacity to manufacture 28% of chips below 10nm, while China is expected to make only 2% of the most advanced chips
Nikkei Asia: SIA and BCG: by 2032, the US will have the capacity to manufacture 28%...
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RunPod, which offers a globally distributed GPU cloud platform for developing and deploying AI, raised a $20M seed co-led by Intel Capital and Dell Technologies
James Thomason / VentureBeat: RunPod, which offers a globally distributed GPU cloud platform for developing and...
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Bumble reports Q1 revenue up 10.2% YoY to $267.8M, vs. $265.5M est., total paying users of ~4M, up from 3.5M a year ago, and expects Q2 revenue below estimates
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: Bumble reports Q1 revenue up 10.2% YoY to $267.8M, vs. $265.5M est.,...