Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Sources: the EU is preparing penalties against X for breaking the DSA, including demands for product changes and a fine that a source says could surpass $1B — European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.
A researcher says changes in X’s web app show X plans to let Verified Organizations bid on abandoned X handles with prices ranging from $10,000 to $500,000+ (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
A researcher says changes in X’s web app show X plans to let Verified Organizations bid on abandoned X handles with prices ranging from $10,000 to $500,000+ — X’s plan to boost revenue by selling off dormant usernames on its service is starting to shape up.
Microsoft releases its $350 enterprise Windows 365 Link mini PC in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, and other countries, after unveiling it in November 2024 (Umar Shakir/The Verge)
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Microsoft releases its $350 enterprise Windows 365 Link mini PC in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, and other countries, after unveiling it in November 2024 — The $350 thin client-like device lets you connect to a Windows machine running on the cloud.
Amazon is testing a Buy for Me button powered by agentic AI that will let users purchase products from third-party websites without leaving Amazon’s app (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Amazon is testing a Buy for Me button powered by agentic AI that will let users purchase products from third-party websites without leaving Amazon’s app — Amazon wants to use agentic AI to provide third-party websites with your payment information and shipping details.
France says a second EU response to Trump’s tariffs will cover digital services, including those provided by Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft (Euractiv)
Euractiv:
France says a second EU response to Trump’s tariffs will cover digital services, including those provided by Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft — “We won’t stand idly by, should we be unable to reach a fair deal,” EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič said.
Sources: Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement for a joint venture to operate Intel’s chipmaking facilities, with TSMC taking a 20% stake (Qianer Liu/The Information)
Qianer Liu / The Information:
Sources: Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement for a joint venture to operate Intel’s chipmaking facilities, with TSMC taking a 20% stake — Intel’s financial crisis may be over—with support from its biggest rival. — Executives from Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing …
Google DeepMind outlines its approach to AGI safety in four key areas of risk: misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks, focusing on the first two (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
Google DeepMind outlines its approach to AGI safety in four key areas of risk: misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks, focusing on the first two — Google Deepmind has published a comprehensive strategy paper detailing its approach to developing safe artificial general intelligence (AGI).
YouTube quietly removed “gender identity” from its hate speech policy after Trump took office; Google says enforcement of the policy remains unchanged (Taylor Lorenz/User Mag)
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
YouTube quietly removed “gender identity” from its hate speech policy after Trump took office; Google says enforcement of the policy remains unchanged — TariffTokers, Gen Z’s ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck’s D.C. mansion, Amazon’s TikTok bid, Silicon Valley’s cupid …
Nvidia says its custom processor for Nintendo’s Switch 2 has “dedicated RT Cores and Tensor Cores,” enabling DLSS support and real-time ray tracing on Switch 2 (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Nvidia says its custom processor for Nintendo’s Switch 2 has “dedicated RT Cores and Tensor Cores,” enabling DLSS support and real-time ray tracing on Switch 2 — Nintendo hasn’t revealed the full Switch 2 specs, but Nvidia is providing a few more details about the power of this new console.
Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers a repository for log data, raised an $80M Series C led by QED, bringing its total raised to $148M (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers a repository for log data, raised an $80M Series C led by QED, bringing its total raised to $148M — GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter …