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Apple reported its best March quarter in history on Thursday, posting revenue of $111.2 billion, up 17 per cent year over year, with net profit of $29.6 billion. iPhone revenue reached a March quarter record of $58 billion, up 22 per cent, driven by what Tim Cook called “extraordinary” demand for the iPhone 17, which […]
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Greg Brockman’s comments at Sequoia’s AI Ascent 2026 conference fit a pattern of AI lab leaders citing self-reinforcing productivity numbers, but the underlying evidence on AI coding productivity remains substantially more contested than the headline figure suggests. OpenAI president Greg Brockman said AI is now writing roughly 80% of the company’s code at Sequoia Capital’s […]
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Thomas Reardon has a pattern. In 1994, he created the project that became Internet Explorer, the browser that turned Microsoft from a software company into an internet company and triggered the most consequential antitrust case in technology history. In 2015, he co-founded CTRL-labs, a neural interface startup that built a wristband capable of translating electrical […]
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OpenAI has released a security feature for ChatGPT accounts that treats them the way banks treat online banking: hardware keys, no passwords, no email recovery, and no help from customer support if you lose access. The feature, called Advanced Account Security, is an opt-in setting that requires users to authenticate with two passkeys, two hardware […]
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Euro-area finance ministers will discuss Anthropic’s Mythos AI model with banking supervisors on Monday, according to a senior EU official. The technology that will be on the agenda is one that no government in the European Union has access to, built by a company that the United States Pentagon has designated a national security supply […]
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The tense day three of Musk v. Altman saw OpenAI’s lead attorney William Savitt use Musk’s own emails, pledge shortfalls, and Shivon Zilis texts to argue the lawsuit is a competitive grievance dressed as a charitable principle. Elon Musk called himself “a fool” for funding OpenAI, accused its leadership of “looting the nonprofit,” and clashed […]
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The alternative asset manager’s co-CEO disclosed the returns on a Q1 earnings call, framing the SpaceX gain as a hedge against potential software credit losses from AI disruption, a revealing window into how private credit firms are navigating the AI era Blue Owl Capital has sold approximately half its SpaceX investment at a $1.25 trillion […]
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The green checkmark, rolling out over the coming weeks, requires consistent listener engagement, platform policy compliance, and a real-world, identifiable presence. Content farms and AI-generated artist profiles are explicitly excluded at launch. Spotify has introduced a Verified by Spotify badge, a green checkmark that will appear on artist profiles and next to artist names in […]
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Uber announced the launch of a hotel-booking, AI voice assistant, among other new features, on Wednesday, April 29th, during its annual Go-Get event in New York City. The new service comes as a partnership with Expedia Group, expanding the capabilities of both platforms to offer a more complete travel experience for users. The new features […]
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The Next Frontier AI Challenge, announced at EurIPS in December, explicitly tells applicants not to try to catch up with OpenAI, but to leapfrog to the next architectural S-curve, with up to €1 billion in follow-on funding dangled for the three winning labs. SPRIND, Germany’s federal agency for breakthrough innovation, opened applications today for its […]
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