Mike Solana:
Q&A with Jack Dorsey on his exit from Bluesky to focus on Nostr, Bluesky “repeating all the mistakes we made” at Twitter, Musk’s takeover, censorship, and more — jack dorsey on his exit from bluesky, how twitter lost its way, jack’s strategy for ending censorship forever …
Baidu’s PR chief Qu Jing reportedly left the company after criticism over her Douyin videos demanding that workers must be available 24 hours a day (Nectar Gan/CNN)
Nectar Gan / CNN:
Baidu’s PR chief Qu Jing reportedly left the company after criticism over her Douyin videos demanding that workers must be available 24 hours a day — Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world.
OpenAI’s pitch deck to news publishers promises priority placement to partners in chat conversations and payment contingent on “display success” (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
OpenAI’s pitch deck to news publishers promises priority placement to partners in chat conversations and payment contingent on “display success” — OpenAI’s Preferred Publisher Program offers media companies licensing deals — The generative artificial intelligence firm OpenAI …
Sources: T-Mobile US is in talks to take over some operations and wireless spectrum licenses of US Cellular for $2B+; Verizon is also in talks with US Cellular (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile US is in talks to take over some operations and wireless spectrum licenses of US Cellular for $2B+; Verizon is also in talks with US Cellular — Regional wireless carrier has been seeking buyers for its operations, spectrum licenses — T-Mobile US and Verizon Communications …
Sources: Gopuff, one of the last fast-delivery startups in the US after Getir’s exit, burned ~$400M in 2023 and wants to start generating cash by early 2025 (The Information)
The Information:
Sources: Gopuff, one of the last fast-delivery startups in the US after Getir’s exit, burned ~$400M in 2023 and wants to start generating cash by early 2025 — Instant-delivery pioneer Gopuff is the last speedy-delivery startup left standing in the U.S. after its best-funded competitor …
Sources: Apple’s first server chips for its upcoming AI features will be the M2 Ultra; simpler AI tasks will be processed directly on iPhones, iPads, and Macs (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple’s first server chips for its upcoming AI features will be the M2 Ultra; simpler AI tasks will be processed directly on iPhones, iPads, and Macs — – Company puts Mac-grade chips in data centers for fall launch — Apple to offer features using on-device and cloud approaches
Indian investment app Groww moves its domicile back to India from the US, as some Indian startups relocate overseas entities to align with India’s new rules (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian investment app Groww moves its domicile back to India from the US, as some Indian startups relocate overseas entities to align with India’s new rules — Groww, an Indian investment app, has become one of the first startups from the country to shift its domicile back to India from the U.S. …
US smartphone shipments fell 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung’s market share grew to 31%; Apple’s share remained flat at 52% (Counterpoint Research)
Counterpoint Research:
US smartphone shipments fell 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung’s market share grew to 31%; Apple’s share remained flat at 52% — – US smartphone shipments declined 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter showing a YoY decline.
Reddit releases a new content policy, including a ban on AI data licensees from using deleted posts or comments; Reddit expects $60M+ in 2024 licensing revenue (Aisha Counts/Bloomberg)
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Reddit releases a new content policy, including a ban on AI data licensees from using deleted posts or comments; Reddit expects $60M+ in 2024 licensing revenue — – Social media company restricts data use by AI companies — Reddit expects to generate $60 million from licensing in 2024
Dell warns customers of a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen data for ~49M customers, but says financial and payment data was not stolen (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Dell warns customers of a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen data for ~49M customers, but says financial and payment data was not stolen — Dell is warning customers of a data breach, after a threat actor claimed to have stolen information for approximately 49 million customers.
