Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with DOJ antitrust boss Jonathan Kanter on the US’ Google win, the Apple deal, competition, being “overjoyed”, Google’s appeal, market definitions, and more — AAG Jonathan Kanter says the Google monopoly verdict belongs on the ‘Mount Rushmore of antitrust.’
Take-Two reports Q1 net bookings up 1% YoY to $1.22B, vs. $1.25B est., net revenue up 4%, and expects sequential growth in net bookings in FY 2026 and FY 2027 (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Take-Two reports Q1 net bookings up 1% YoY to $1.22B, vs. $1.25B est., net revenue up 4%, and expects sequential growth in net bookings in FY 2026 and FY 2027 — Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO.O) said on Thursday it expects to see sequential growth in its net bookings in fiscals 2026 and 2027 …
Sources: Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro, which has a market value of about $6.5B, is exploring a sale after attracting buyout interest (Milana Vinn/Reuters)
Milana Vinn / Reuters:
Sources: Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro, which has a market value of about $6.5B, is exploring a sale after attracting buyout interest — Trend Micro (4704.T), a Japanese cybersecurity firm with a market value of about 950 billion yen ($6.5 billion), is exploring a sale …
Spotify says Apple’s new “unacceptable” plan “disregards the fundamental requirements” of EU’s DMA; Tim Sweeney calls it “malicious compliance” with “junk fees” (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says Apple’s new “unacceptable” plan “disregards the fundamental requirements” of EU’s DMA; Tim Sweeney calls it “malicious compliance” with “junk fees” — Count Spotify and Epic Games among the Apple critics who are not happy …
Putin signs a law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia; only Russian legal entities and individuals included in a register will have the right to mine (TASS)
TASS:
Putin signs a law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia; only Russian legal entities and individuals included in a register will have the right to mine — Only Russian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs included in a register will have the right to mine
OpenAI reveals details of GPT-4o’s safety testing, including concerns that its anthropomorphic voice may make some users emotionally attached to their chatbot (Wired)
Wired:
OpenAI reveals details of GPT-4o’s safety testing, including concerns that its anthropomorphic voice may make some users emotionally attached to their chatbot — The company has revealed details of AI model safety testing—including concerns about its new anthropomorphic interface.
Tampa-based Rewst, which provides robotic process automation services, raised a $45M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing its total raised to $104M (CJ Fairfield/CRN)
CJ Fairfield / CRN:
Tampa-based Rewst, which provides robotic process automation services, raised a $45M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing its total raised to $104M — ‘I don’t think we’re ever done when it comes to improving the platform. I think it can continue to get better year over year …
SoundHound acquires Amelia, which makes an AI agent that businesses can customize for internal or customer use, for $80M; PitchBook: Amelia raised $189M+ (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
SoundHound acquires Amelia, which makes an AI agent that businesses can customize for internal or customer use, for $80M; PitchBook: Amelia raised $189M+ — SoundHound, an AI company that makes voice interface tech used by car companies, restaurants and tech firms, is doubling …
Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X’s antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X’s claims (Lara O’Reilly/Business Insider)
Lara O’Reilly / Business Insider:
Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X’s antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X’s claims — – The World Federation of Advertisers is ‘discontinuing’ the activities of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.
Google’s DeepMind Robotics team shows a table tennis robot that it says is a “solidly amateur human-level player” when pitted against a human (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Google’s DeepMind Robotics team shows a table tennis robot that it says is a “solidly amateur human-level player” when pitted against a human — Sports have long served as an important test for robots. The best-known example of the phenomenon may be the annual RoboCup soccer competition …
