Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, a Peter Thiel protégé confirmed by the Senate on March 25, on US plans to counter Beijing on AI — Michael Kratsios will work to counter Beijing without disrupting U.S. businesses — WASHINGTON—Many Trump …
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
France’s antitrust regulator fines Apple €150M after a lengthy investigation into how iOS asks to collect user data under ATT and the impact on advertisers — France’s antitrust regulator fined Apple Inc. €150 million ($162 million) after a lengthy probe into how the technology company asks …
Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal:
Memecoins attempting to profit from a man’s suicide highlight Pump.fun’s extreme lack of boundaries; one of the memecoins soared past $2M in total value — A 23-year-old man’s dark descent into crypto scams ended with shooting himself on a livestream — Arnold Haro held up a single bullet …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Huawei reports FY 2024 revenue up 22.4% YoY to ~$118.2B, near its ~$123B record in 2020, net profit down 28% YoY to ~$8.63B, and R&D spend rising to ~$25B — Huawei on Monday reported a sharp jump in 2024 revenue as its core telecommunications and consumer businesses accelerated.
Reuters:
Chinese AI startup Zhipu, which secured three rounds of government-backed funding in March 2025, launches a free AI agent, intensifying the domestic AI race — Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI unveiled a free AI agent on Monday, joining a wave of similar launches in China’s increasingly competitive AI market.
Bloomberg:
Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in the beta testing phase, announces a $39/month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199/month Pro tier — The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pro.
New York Times:
An analysis finds 170+ violent vigilante attacks since 2023 by US “pedophile hunters”, whose online content has been amplified by websites like Kick and Locals — With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.
Bloomberg:
Japan earmarks up to ~$5.4B in additional aid for chipmaker Rapidus, which aims to begin mass production of 2nm chips in 2027, a highly ambitious target — Japan is preparing as much as ¥802.5 billion ($5.4 billion) in additional aid for chip startup Rapidus Corp. …
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo:
Report: 79% of 475 AI experts believe current public perceptions of AI do not match R&D realities, while 76% said scaling current approaches will not yield AGI — An extensive report on the future of AI research indicated that there’s skepticism about current approaches to AGI.
Wall Street Journal:
A look at the race between China and the US to build truly useful humanoid robots, as China lists “embodied” AI as a priority for a $138B state investment fund — U.S. and China are racing to build a truly useful humanoid worker. Whoever wins could gain a huge edge in countless industries.
