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In his annual letter, Andy Jassy says Amazon's space-internet service Leo will "launch in mid-2026", after delays; Amazon has FCC approval for 3,236 satellites (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)
Thomas Ricker / The Verge : In his annual letter, Andy Jassy says Amazon's spac…
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Samsung plans to invest $4B to construct a chip packaging facility in Vietnam's Thai Nguyen province to support AI demand; sources say the first phase costs $2B (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Samsung plans to invest $4B to construct a chip packaging facility in V…
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Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on top of its prior $14.2B deal that ends in 2031 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Jordan Novet / CNBC : Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastr…
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Anthropic announces Claude Managed Agents, offering developers an agent harness and other tools to build and deploy AI agents at scale, available in public beta (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
Maxwell Zeff / Wired : Anthropic announces Claude Managed Agents, offering develope…
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Amazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier won't be able to access the Kindle Store from May 20; downloaded books can still be read (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge : Amazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released …
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Anthropic's Project Glasswing includes AWS, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, and others (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
David Gewirtz / ZDNET : Anthropic's Project Glasswing includes AWS, Apple, Broa…
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Anthropic says it will make a preview of its Mythos model available to more than 40 organizations, as part of a new Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)
Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch : Anthropic says it will make a preview of its Mythos mode…
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A look at Eko, whose Arkansas "capture factory" creates digital product catalogs intended to serve as training data for retail-focused AI models (Sarah Nassauer/Wall Street Journal)
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal : A look at Eko, whose Arkansas “capture facto…
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How social media became a freak show: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin : How social media became a freak show: X punishes ex…
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Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to offer versions of those models via an open source license (Ina Fried/Axios)
Ina Fried / Axios : Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models devel…
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China, which dominates the global drone industry, has sharply tightened its drone use rules, as some users say they are hindering routine and lawful flights (Joy Dong/New York Times)
Joy Dong / New York Times : China, which dominates the global drone industry, has s…
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A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI into K-12 education to reduce teacher workloads, improve rural schools, and help students with disabilities (Lily Ottinger/ChinaTalk)
Lily Ottinger / ChinaTalk : A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI in…
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Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)
Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI : Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup …
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Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole…
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How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)
Munsif Vengattil / Reuters : How India's film industry is embracing AI, as stud…
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