Global smartphone shipments rose 0.2% to 296.9M in Q1 2025; Samsung shipped 60.5M units for a 20% market share and Apple shipped 55M units for a 19% share — According to the latest Canalys (now part of Omdia) research, in Q1 2025, the global smartphone market recorded a slight growth of 0.2% …
Sources: Huawei has sold 10+ sets of its AI chip cluster CloudMatrix 384, including to data centers that serve Chinese tech companies, in a bid to rival Nvidia — CloudMatrix 384 sent to data centres serving Chinese tech companies as they seek to fill gap created by US export controls
Washington state lawmakers pass new taxes amid a record budget deficit, targeting Amazon, Microsoft, and others to raise $9B+; Gov. Bob Ferguson can now sign — New taxes passed in the final days of Washington's legislative session seek to bridge a record budget deficit by shifting …
Spotify says it has paid $100M+ to podcast publishers and creators since January 2025 via a new creator program based on Premium subscribers' video engagement — The audio platform has branched out to video and has given its podcasters a raise as the war for creator talent heats up.
Music creation startup Splice buys London-based orchestral sound studio Spitfire Audio, a source says for ~$50M; sources say Splice has $100M+ in annual revenue — Music samples group Splice agrees deal to acquire London-based Spitfire Audio for its library of orchestral sounds
Architect Partners: crypto firms have struck 88 M&A and SPAC deals worth $8.2B so far in 2025, nearly 3x the $2.75B transaction value across 188 deals in 2024 — Companies seek to capitalize on lighter regulation, growing mainstream interest — President Trump's embrace of digital currencies …
Sources: Huawei has approached some clients to test the technical feasibility of the Ascend 910D, Huawei's newest AI chip that it hopes will beat Nvidia's H100 — Superpower rivalry over semiconductors heats up despite Washington's attempts to block Beijing
A look at the rise of “pure play” bitcoin companies like Twenty One, as the stock market is paying far more for crypto exposure than the crypto market itself is — Twenty One, Trumpcoin dinner, KKR empathy, carry on co-investments and quantitative analysis of hockey. — Project Mystery
India faces a shortage of agentic AI professionals, with executives estimating fewer than 100,000 available against a projected need of 200,000 by 2026 — India is grappling with a critical shortage of agentic AI professionals as demand surges, driven by the shift towards sophisticated AI agents capable of autonomous decision-making.
US v. Google: Chrome General Manager Parisa Tabriz testified that only Google can run Chrome, given the browser's “interdependencies” on other parts of Google — Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser has today …
Q&A with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Motorola partnership, Perplexity's upcoming browser Comet, TikTok bid, ChatGPT's scale, Google's DOJ trial, and more — Aravind Srinivas discusses his partnership with Motorola, fighting Google, and why AI assistants are coming for browsers.
A look at efforts by Apple and others to become carbon neutral by investing in eucalyptus farms in Brazil's Cerrado region, amid skepticism from some ecologists — We were losing the light, and still about 20 kilometers from the main road, when the car shuddered and died at the edge of a strange forest.
Sources: Tencent Music is in advanced talks to buy Chinese podcasting startup Ximalaya in a $2.4B deal — An agreement could be reached as soon as the coming weeks, the people said. — Talks are ongoing and no final decisions have been made, the people said.
Baidu CEO Robin Li says demand for text-based models like DeepSeek's is “shrinking” and claims its model had a higher propensity for “hallucinations” — Search group's chief makes rare criticism of China's generative artificial intelligence darling
Toshiba Europe researchers say they used quantum key distribution cryptography to send messages over a 250km German commercial telecommunications network — Researchers harness quantum mechanics to create communications system that can avoid being hacked — Scientists have sent messages …
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : How internet censorship tech maker Sandvine, a vendor to repressive regimes like Egypt, nearly collapsed bef...
