Associated Press:
Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida unveils an international voluntary framework for regulation and use of generative AI and says 49 countries and regions have signed up — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI on Thursday …
Onur Aksoy, who pleaded guilty to selling fake Cisco equipment on Amazon and eBay from 2013 to 2022, making over $100M, is sentenced to over six years in prison (Michael Kan/PCMag)
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Onur Aksoy, who pleaded guilty to selling fake Cisco equipment on Amazon and eBay from 2013 to 2022, making over $100M, is sentenced to over six years in prison — Some of the networking equipment sold by 40-year-old Onur Aksoy ‘ended up in US hospitals, schools, and highly sensitive military …
Microsoft adds deputy chief information security officers within its product groups after a spate of cyberattacks, but declines to identify the new officials (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Microsoft adds deputy chief information security officers within its product groups after a spate of cyberattacks, but declines to identify the new officials — Ann Johnson named deputy security officer to oversee outreach and communication about company’s security
X tweaks its block feature to let users see replies to their posts even by users who have blocked them, with the aim of identifying and reporting “bad content” (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X tweaks its block feature to let users see replies to their posts even by users who have blocked them, with the aim of identifying and reporting “bad content” — Blocking will no longer hide your catty replies. — Elon Musk has made no secret that he’s not a fan of the block button.
Hubble Network, which is building a satellite network for Bluetooth devices, says it has made a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite for the first time (Aria Alamalhodaei/TechCrunch)
Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch:
Hubble Network, which is building a satellite network for Bluetooth devices, says it has made a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite for the first time — Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite …
Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 30% YoY to $378.6M, vs. $373.7M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue below estimates; NET drops 13%+ after hours (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 30% YoY to $378.6M, vs. $373.7M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue below estimates; NET drops 13%+ after hours — The San Francisco-based security company estimated that revenue would total $393.5 million to $394.5 million in the second quarter …
Apple reports Q2 revenue down 8.1% YoY to $16.4B in Greater China, down 12.7% YoY to $6.3B in Japan, and down 17.2% YoY to $6.7B in the rest of Asia-Pacific (Nikkei Asia)
Nikkei Asia:
Apple reports Q2 revenue down 8.1% YoY to $16.4B in Greater China, down 12.7% YoY to $6.3B in Japan, and down 17.2% YoY to $6.7B in the rest of Asia-Pacific — Japan and Asia-Pacific leads revenue decline in the January-March quarter — PALO ALTO, California — Apple CEO Tim Cook described China as …
Apple Watch’s AFib history feature gets FDA approval for use in clinical studies, the first digital health tech qualified under FDA’s MDDT program (Sudz Niel Kar/MyHealthyApple)
Sudz Niel Kar / MyHealthyApple:
Apple Watch’s AFib history feature gets FDA approval for use in clinical studies, the first digital health tech qualified under FDA’s MDDT program — The FDA today announced that it has qualified the Apple Watch AFib ( Atrial Fibrillation) history feature as an MDDT (Medical Device Development Tools).
Block plans to invest 10% of its gross profit from bitcoin products each month into bitcoin purchases; its $220M BTC investment grew by ~160% to $573M as of Q1 (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Block plans to invest 10% of its gross profit from bitcoin products each month into bitcoin purchases; its $220M BTC investment grew by ~160% to $573M as of Q1 — – Jack Dorsey’s digital payments firm lifts 2024 profit outlook — Bitcoin is best candidate for open money protocol: Dorsey
Apple Q2: revenue from Services, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 14% YoY to $23.9B, vs. $23.27B estimated, an all-time record (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple Q2: revenue from Services, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 14% YoY to $23.9B, vs. $23.27B estimated, an all-time record — The Apple Services segment generated $23.87 billion, up 14.2%, for the quarter ended March 30, topping analyst forecasts of $23.12 billion.
