An appeals court agrees with India's antitrust regulator that Google's app store billing policy was unfair and restrictive but cuts the fine from $110M to $25M — An appeals court Friday agreed with India's antitrust regulator that Google's app store billing policy was unfair and restrictive for developers …
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority says it intends to begin authorizing new crypto firms in 2026 after it designs a more stringent regulatory regime — The FCA's intention is to create new rules for a more stringent regulatory regime, its director of payments said. — What to know:
Court documents: India criticizes Elon Musk's X for wrongly labeling an official website, used to notify tech firms of harmful content, as a “censorship portal” — India has criticised Elon Musk's X for wrongly labelling as a “censorship portal” an official website …
Q&A with Mike Clark, the chief architect of AMD's Zen microarchitecture, on x86, ARM, CPUs vs GPUs, Zen 4 to Zen 5, software developers, and more — Zen is one of the most important microarchitectures in the history of the x86 ecosystem. Not only is it the reigning champion in many x64 benchmarks …
Sources: the EU's Huawei corruption probe is looking at alleged gifts like soccer tickets exchanged for political favors; one detainee was a Huawei lobbyist — Representatives for Chinese tech giant accused of offering cash, football tickets and smartphones to parliament staff
The US adds export restrictions to 80 entities, primarily targeting Chinese companies, including server maker Nettrix and customers of Nvidia, Intel, and AMD — The additions included companies that are customers of Intel and Nvidia, and one firm that was the focus of a New York Times investigation last year.
Internal TikTok memo: Blake Chandlee, who oversaw TikTok's ad sales globally, is moving to an advisory role; TikTok faces an April 5 deadline for a US sale — A TikTok executive responsible for its core advertising business is stepping aside as part of a reorganization …
A profile of veteran Googler Liz Reid, who became Head of Search in March 2024 and rolled out major updates like AI Overviews, as Google competes with ChatGPT — Big changes are underway for the internet's most popular product, and Google (and the web) may never be the same.
Apple says the AirPods Max will get 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, including Personalized Spatial Audio, and ultra‑low latency in April via a software update — A new firmware update coming in April will also include ultra low-latency for the $549 headphones.
A survey of 730 software engineers: 75% have tried AI, 35.6% are AI optimists and 38.4% pessimists, freelance coders use AI more, 50% pay for AI tools, and more — We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and disturbed us.
Google confirms a “technical issue” on Google Maps “that caused the deletion of Timeline data for some people”, but says those with backups can restore the data — Update: Google has confirmed the issue, and it indeed advises affected users to restore their data via a previous backup.
Browser Use, whose open-source tool converts website elements into a “text-like” format that AI agents can better understand, raised a $17M seed led by Felicis — We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks online.
Sources: Apple plans to build its own AI models for Visual Intelligence and add cameras to the Watch; the redesigned plastic Apple Watch SE faces serious issues — Apple is exploring the idea of adding cameras and visual intelligence features to its smartwatch, thrusting the company into the AI wearables market.
Elon Musk's ties to President Trump can complicate Starlink's global rollout; Morgan Stanley estimates Starlink could make $16.3B in revenue in 2025, up 74% YoY — Satellite internet service is expanding fast but some politicians worry whether the SpaceX owner is a reliable partner
Filings review: Builder.ai, which raised $450M from Microsoft and others, used an auditor with links to founder Sachin Duggal; Duggal resigned as CEO last month — Findings related to one of UK's best-funded tech start-ups raises alarm with corporate governance experts
X suspends several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, amid extensive protests sparked by the arrest of President Erdogan's main political rival — Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations. — Elon Musk's social media platform X …
An interview with Affirm co-founder Max Levchin on hitting profitability, international expansion, building an “Affirm mafia”, DOGE, friendship with Musk, more — This article first appeared in The CEO Signal. Request an invitation. — THE SIGNAL INTERVIEW
A profile of Jed McCaleb, the billionaire who was behind Mt. Gox and XRP, as his aerospace startup Vast looks to build a private space station with SpaceX — Crafting and launching a space station that can keep humans alive comfortably in orbit is no easy feat. — Jed McCaleb made a fortune in cryptocurrency.
Report: North Korea is launching a new cybersecurity research unit called Research Center 227 focused on AI-based hacking and stealing digital assets — The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).
Micron Q2: revenue up 38% YoY to $8.05B vs. $7.89B est., net income up 99% to $1.58B, says data center revenue tripled, offers better-than-expected Q3 guidance — Micron shares popped 6% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported second-quarter results that beat analysts' estimates …
Bloomberg : An appeals court agrees with India's antitrust regulator that Google's app store billing policy was unfair and restri...
