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How animation startup Toonstar uses its AI tools to make animated content up to 90% cheaper than traditional methods; its YouTube series has 30M weekly viewers (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)

How animation startup Toonstar uses its AI tools to mak...

May 22, 2025 0

Brooks Barnes / New York Times: How animation startup Toonstar uses its AI too...

OpenAI is buying io, Jony Ive's secretive AI startup, for ~$6.5B in stock; Ive and LoveFrom will remain independent but take over design for all of OpenAI (Bloomberg)

OpenAI is buying io, Jony Ive's secretive AI startup, f...

May 21, 2025 0

Bloomberg: OpenAI is buying io, Jony Ive's secretive AI startup, for ~$6.5B in...

Microsoft seizes about 2,300 domains globally to disrupt Lumma's malware-as-a-service operation, after finding over 394K Windows computers infected by Lumma (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Microsoft seizes about 2,300 domains globally to disrup...

May 21, 2025 0

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft seizes about 2,300 domains globall...

In a joint statement, the US, France, Germany, and eight other countries say Russia has stepped up cyber attacks on firms aiding Ukraine, often via Fancy Bear (Eric Geller/Cybersecurity Dive)

In a joint statement, the US, France, Germany, and eigh...

May 21, 2025 0

Eric Geller / Cybersecurity Dive: In a joint statement, the US, France, German...

Google tests bringing ads to AI Mode, both below responses as well as "integrated into" them, and expands ads in AI Overviews to desktop in the US (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Google tests bringing ads to AI Mode, both below respon...

May 21, 2025 0

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google tests bringing ads to AI Mode, both below re...

In a video and letter signed "Sam & Jony", Altman and Ive announce io, founded last year by Ive, Scott Cannon, Evans Hankey, and Tang Tan to create new products (OpenAI)

In a video and letter signed "Sam & Jony", Altman and I...

May 21, 2025 0

OpenAI: In a video and letter signed “Sam & Jony”, Altman and Ive announce io,...

Sources: Sam Altman and LoveFrom have been working for two years on a new device to move consumers beyond screens, including headphones and devices with cameras (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Sam Altman and LoveFrom have been working for ...

May 21, 2025 0

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sam Altman and LoveFrom have been working for tw...

Sen. Wyden says AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile failed to create systems for notifying about surveillance on Senate-issued devices, despite a requirement to do so (Alfred Ng/Politico)

Sen. Wyden says AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile failed to c...

May 21, 2025 0

Alfred Ng / Politico: Sen. Wyden says AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile failed to cr...

World Network raised $135M in a token sale to a16z and Bain Capital Crypto "to meet increasing demand for Orb-verified World IDs"; WLD jumped 14% on the news (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

World Network raised $135M in a token sale to a16z and ...

May 21, 2025 0

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: World Network raised $135M in a token sale to a16z...

Sources: OpenAI owned a 23% stake in io from a 2024 deal so is now paying ~$5B to fully acquire it; separately, OpenAI's Start-up Fund invested in io last year (New York Times)

Sources: OpenAI owned a 23% stake in io from a 2024 dea...

May 21, 2025 0

New York Times: Sources: OpenAI owned a 23% stake in io from a 2024 deal so is...

AT&T agrees to acquire Lumen's consumer fiber business for $5.75B, in an all-cash deal expected to close in H1 2026; LUMN jumps 13%+ after hours (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

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May 21, 2025 0

Milana Vinn / Reuters: AT&T agrees to acquire Lumen's consumer fiber business ...

CoreWeave announces a $2B debt offering, representing a $500M increase from its initial announcement, and says it was five times oversubscribed; CRWV jumps 19% (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

CoreWeave announces a $2B debt offering, representing a...

May 21, 2025 0

Samantha Subin / CNBC: CoreWeave announces a $2B debt offering, representing a...

Shopify launches new AI tools, including one for setting up storefronts and another for creating elements like banners, and upgrades its AI assistant Sidekick (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Shopify launches new AI tools, including one for settin...

May 21, 2025 0

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Shopify launches new AI tools, including one fo...

Epic v. Apple: Spotify says its recent update supporting web payments has resulted in "a significant increase in iOS users upgrading to a Premium subscription" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Epic v. Apple: Spotify says its recent update supportin...

May 21, 2025 0

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Epic v. Apple: Spotify says its recent update suppor...

Zoom reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.17B, in line with expectations, Enterprise revenue up 6% YoY to $704.7M, and raises its FY 2026 forecast above estimates (Juby Babu/Reuters)

Zoom reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.17B, in line wi...

May 21, 2025 0

Juby Babu / Reuters: Zoom reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.17B, in line with...

Snowflake reports Q1 product revenue up 26% YoY to $996.8M, vs. $966M est., and forecasts Q2 product revenue above estimates; SNOW jumps 6%+ after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Snowflake reports Q1 product revenue up 26% YoY to $996...

May 21, 2025 0

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Snowflake reports Q1 product revenue up 26% YoY to $99...

Experts warn Trump's trade policies risk US dominance in digital services, often uncounted by traditional statistics, as the EU considers retaliatory tariffs (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

Experts warn Trump's trade policies risk US dominance i...

May 21, 2025 0

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: Experts warn Trump's trade policies risk US do...

New York City's AI tool, launched in 2018 to score families at risk for child abuse using factors like their neighborhood, is raising racial bias concerns (Colin Lecher/The Markup)

New York City's AI tool, launched in 2018 to score fami...

May 21, 2025 0

Colin Lecher / The Markup: New York City's AI tool, launched in 2018 to score ...

Jensen Huang calls US AI chip export controls a "failure" that sped up China's efforts, cutting Nvidia's market share in China from 95% to 50% in four years (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)

Jensen Huang calls US AI chip export controls a "failur...

May 21, 2025 0

Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: Jensen Huang calls US AI chip export control...

Indonesian ex-scammers reveal how Southeast Asian scam farms lured them via Facebook and Telegram ads; Indonesia says 6,700+ people were tricked since 2020 (Linda Yulisman/Rest of World)

Indonesian ex-scammers reveal how Southeast Asian scam ...

May 21, 2025 0

Linda Yulisman / Rest of World: Indonesian ex-scammers reveal how Southeast As...

Book excerpt: a profile of AI-obsessed autodidact Eliez...

May 21, 2025 0

Keach Hagey / Wired: Book excerpt: a profile of AI-obsessed autodidact Eliezer...

Google's I/O keynote was both scary and chill, a fever dream of sizzle reels selling how AI changes everything, even search, and can give users superpowers (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Google's I/O keynote was both scary and chill, a fever ...

May 21, 2025 0

Casey Newton / Platformer: Google's I/O keynote was both scary and chill, a fe...

UK retailer M&S says it expects a £300M profit hit from an April cyberattack and disruption to continue until July 2025; M&S' market cap has falled by ~£750M (Laura Onita/Financial Times)

UK retailer M&S says it expects a £300M profit hit from...

May 21, 2025 0

Laura Onita / Financial Times: UK retailer M&S says it expects a £300M profit ...

Inside China's "stolen iPhone building": electronics traders in Shenzhen describe how even remotely locked stolen iPhones can be stripped and sold at a profit (William Langley/Financial Times)

Inside China's "stolen iPhone building": electronics tr...

May 21, 2025 0

William Langley / Financial Times: Inside China's “stolen iPhone building”: el...

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