Category: Consumer Assistance
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How Trump’s tariffs affect Meta, which relies heavily on SMBs around the world for ad revenue; 10% of Meta’s 2023 revenue was from Chinese advertisers like Temu (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
Mike Isaac / New York Times: How Trump’s tariffs affect Meta, which relies heavily on SMBs around the world for ad revenue; 10% of Meta’s 2023 revenue was from Chinese advertisers like Temu — Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, would not seem to be in the line of fire from tariffs.
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Trump says he will sign an EO to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days, as a deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed” (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Trump says he will sign an EO to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days, as a deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed” — President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok …
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Microsoft brings Copilot Vision feature to Windows and its iOS and Android apps, letting it analyze real-time video from a mobile camera, and more (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft brings Copilot Vision feature to Windows and its iOS and Android apps, letting it analyze real-time video from a mobile camera, and more — Copilot Vision on Windows will be able to see your screen and guide you through apps. … Microsoft is bringing its Copilot Vision feature …
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Microsoft Copilot adds support for memory, personalization, web-based actions, podcast creation, camera and screen analysis, deep research, and more (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
Dominic Preston / The Verge: Microsoft Copilot adds support for memory, personalization, web-based actions, podcast creation, camera and screen analysis, deep research, and more — The AI assistant adds personalization, web actions, podcast creation, and more. … As it marks its 50th anniversary …
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Despite a tariff exemption on direct chip imports for now, the semiconductor industry faces challenges as higher prices for end products may hurt demand (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)
Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: Despite a tariff exemption on direct chip imports for now, the semiconductor industry faces challenges as higher prices for end products may hurt demand — Higher prices for the many products that contain chips threaten to hit demand — It sounded like a welcome reprieve.
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Q&A with Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman about the new Copilot updates, differentiating Copilot from other assistants through personality and tone, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: Q&A with Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman about the new Copilot updates, differentiating Copilot from other assistants through personality and tone, and more — Suleyman touts new memory, assistive, and research capabilities as Microsoft pushes forward in the crowded personalized AI assistant space.
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Google releases API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $10 for 1M output tokens for prompts up to 200K tokens, its priciest model yet (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Google releases API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro: $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $10 for 1M output tokens for prompts up to 200K tokens, its priciest model yet — On Friday, Google released API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro, an AI reasoning model with industry-leading performance on several benchmarks measuring…
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On Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, company executives reflect on its history and how it responds to challenges and evolves (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge: On Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, company executives reflect on its history and how it responds to challenges and evolves — In 2005, Microsoft’s leaders were starting to get worried. Windows and Office were doing well, but the company’s lead software architect, Ray Ozzie …
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Sources: Klarna has halted its planned IPO in the wake of Trump’s tariffs turmoil; StubHub has also delayed its IPO plans (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Klarna has halted its planned IPO in the wake of Trump’s tariffs turmoil; StubHub has also delayed its IPO plans — Klarna, the specialty lending and online payments provider, has halted its planned initial public offering, the latest IPO casualty in the wake of Trump administration’s sweeping tariff announcement.
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Vimeo launches Vimeo Streaming, letting creators launch subscription streaming services without any coding experience and offering features like AI translations (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Vimeo launches Vimeo Streaming, letting creators launch subscription streaming services without any coding experience and offering features like AI translations — The video tech platform is launching Vimeo Streaming, a product that lets creators spool up their own subscription services and apps.
