Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Reddit integrates Gemini into its conversational AI search tool Reddit Answers, in beta since December 2024, to improve search relevance and give quick answers — Reddit Answers, the platform’s conversational AI search tool, gets an upgrade through an integration with Google Gemini.
Bloomberg:
US ITC data: in 2024, China accounted for 86% of US game console imports, 79% of PC monitor imports, 73% of smartphone imports, and 66% of laptop imports — China will be a hard habit to kick even for a US president seemingly bent on obliterating all of its imports.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google Cloud Next: Google updates Gemini Code Assist to add agentic capabilities, including creating apps from product specifications in Google Docs, in preview — Gemini Code Assist, Google’s AI coding assistant, is gaining new “agentic” capabilities in preview.
Daniele Lepido / Bloomberg:
Italy says it is withdrawing its support for STMicro CEO Jean-Marc Chery and his management team as chip demand slumps; Italy and France own nearly 28% — The Italian government is withdrawing its support for STMicroelectronics NV Chief Executive Officer Jean-Marc Chery and his management team …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
UK-based high-end fashion marketplace Lyst agrees to a $154M acquisition by Japan-based fashion and e-commerce company Zozo; Lyst was valued at $700M+ in 2021 — Fashion goes in and out of style, and it turns out, so do fashion startups. Lyst, a high-end fashion marketplace that was once valued …
Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal:
Germany says Google will change how it offers its Maps and Automotive Services to car makers in Europe, including letting them choose rival infotainment options — The company will let car makers with in-vehicle infotainment platforms curate services from rival providers instead of choosing a package from Google.
Karthikeyan Sundaram / Bloomberg:
White House document: the US will tax imports of items priced up to $800 at the rate of 90% of their value, up from a planned 30%, targeting Chinese retailers — The escalating trade war between the US and China saw President Donald Trump raise tariffs even further on small parcels that were until now exempt from taxes.
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
The EU unveils its AI Continent Action Plan, seeking to compete with the US and China, and says it wants to build “AI gigafactories” with ~100K AI chips — The bloc has been lagging behind since OpenAI’s 2022 release of ChatGPT — The European Union said it would focus …
Reuters:
Call transcript: Luxshare Chair Wang Laichun says the iPhone and AirPods maker is in talks with customers to move production from China, including to the US — Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Luxshare (002475.SZ) is in talks with customers on ways to respond to U.S. tariffs by shifting …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
The UK, the US, and other governments publish advisories on China-linked spyware families BadBazaar and Moonshine and highlight legitimate-looking Android apps — A coalition of governments has published a list of legitimate-looking Android apps that were actually spyware …
