Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Researchers: an ex-Florida deputy sheriff who received asylum in Russia has built a network of 160+ fake news sites with the help of ChatGPT and other AI tools — In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum …
Boston-based Maven AGI, which offers AI agents for customer support, comes out of stealth after raising $28M, including a $20M Series A led by M13 (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Boston-based Maven AGI, which offers AI agents for customer support, comes out of stealth after raising $28M, including a $20M Series A led by M13 — Maven AGI, a generative AI platform poised to revolutionize enterprise customer support, announced today that it has raised $28 million in funding and is launching out of stealth mode.
A US federal court awards Activision $14.4M in a judgment for its 2022 lawsuit accusing EngineOwning of DMCA violation by selling Call of Duty cheat software (Wesley Yin-Poole/IGN)
Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
A US federal court awards Activision $14.4M in a judgment for its 2022 lawsuit accusing EngineOwning of DMCA violation by selling Call of Duty cheat software — Owned. — A high-profile video game cheat maker has been ordered to pay Activision over $14 million in damages and hand over its domain name.
Google confirms the authenticity of the 2,500 leaked Search documents filled with details about data the company collects (Mia Sato/The Verge)
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Google confirms the authenticity of the 2,500 leaked Search documents filled with details about data the company collects — A collection of 2,500 leaked internal documents from Google filled with details about data the company collects is authentic, the company confirmed today.
Colorado governor Jared Polis signs a right-to-repair bill that includes a strong ban on parts pairing and takes effect on January 1, 2026 (Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register)
Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register:
Colorado governor Jared Polis signs a right-to-repair bill that includes a strong ban on parts pairing and takes effect on January 1, 2026 — But the repairability war isn’t over, says iFixit’s Kyle Wiens — A right to repair rule just signed into law in Colorado is earning praise …
The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multi-year licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI tech (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multi-year licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI tech — – The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … – Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective publishers’ current content …
Salesforce reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $9.13B, vs. $9.15B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue below expectations; CRM drops 17%+ after hours (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
Salesforce reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $9.13B, vs. $9.15B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue below expectations; CRM drops 17%+ after hours — Salesforce’s second quarter outlook missed expectations, but the company said it is still early innings for generative AI demand.
Ticketmaster appears to have been breached by hacker group ShinyHunters, which claims it stole 560M customers’ sensitive data and is trying to sell it for $500K (Matt Binder/Mashable)
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Ticketmaster appears to have been breached by hacker group ShinyHunters, which claims it stole 560M customers’ sensitive data and is trying to sell it for $500K — Emails, phone numbers, addresses, and even financial details have allegedly been exposed by a notorious hacker group.
UiPath CEO Rob Enslin is resigning on June 1, to be replaced by co-founder Daniel Dines, who stepped down as co-CEO on January 31; PATH drops 30%+ after hours (CNBC)
CNBC:
UiPath CEO Rob Enslin is resigning on June 1, to be replaced by co-founder Daniel Dines, who stepped down as co-CEO on January 31; PATH drops 30%+ after hours — – CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Select Shopping — Ad Choices
HP reports Q2 revenue down 0.8% YoY to $12.8B, vs. $12.6B est., Personal Systems revenue up 3% to $8.43B, vs. $8.28B est., Printing revenue down 8% to $4.37B (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
HP reports Q2 revenue down 0.8% YoY to $12.8B, vs. $12.6B est., Personal Systems revenue up 3% to $8.43B, vs. $8.28B est., Printing revenue down 8% to $4.37B — – AI PCs to be 10% of shipments in second half of year, CEO says — Industry has been in a post-pandemic slump the past two years
