White House reportedly blames auto-suggested iPhone contact for Signal scandal
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Apple given permission to keep TikTok in App Store until US deal is finalized
Apple has been told it is allowed to keep the TikTok app in the App Store, following a US government assurance that no action should be taken for another 75 days.
Researchers who made miso in space say it tastes good, but different
The researchers set out to test how the space environment affects the fermentation process and resulting taste of the food.
OpenAI Has Discussed Buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI Device Startup
OpenAI in recent weeks discussed acquiring a startup its CEO Sam Altman has been working on with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive’s studio to develop an artificial intelligence-powered personal device, according to two people with direct knowledge of the deal talks. They are also discussing ...
DOGE plans now reportedly include an IRS ‘hackathon’
DOGE is holding a “hackathon” to build an IRS “mega API” for transferring the agency’s data to a cloud provider, says a new Wired report.
DeepSeek and Tsinghua University researchers detail an approach combining reasoning methods to let LLMs deliver better and faster results to general queries
By Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post. View the full context on Techmeme.
Don’t believe reasoning models’ Chains of Thought, says Anthropic
New research from Anthropic found that reasoning models willfully omit where it got some information.
Celebrating 30 Years Of Windows 95 At VCF
It’s been 30 years since Windows 95 launched. [Ms-Dos5] and [Commodore Z] are celebrating with an epic exhibit at VCF East 2025. They had no fewer than nine computers — all period-corr…
Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots
Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes.
Apple iPhone Price Hikes Are Now Looking Possible in the US
India, where Apple is increasingly building iPhones and AirPods, will have a 26% tariff. Vietnam, where the company now makes some AirPods, iPads, Apple Watches and Macs, will be hit with a 46% levy. Malaysia, where Apple is increasingly producing Macs, will have a 24% tariff. Thailand, where the company also makes some Macs, will get a 37% levy. Ireland, within the European Union, gets a 20% tariff. Apple produces some iMacs there. Indonesia, which will soon begin making AirTags and mesh for the AirPods Max headphones, gets a 32% tariff.
India, where Apple is increasingly building iPhones and AirPods, will have a 26% tariff. Vietnam, where the company now makes some AirPods, iPads, Apple Watches and Macs, will be hit with a 46% levy.Malaysia, where Apple is increasingly producing Macs, will have a 24% tariff.Thailand, where the company also makes some Macs, will get a 37% levy.Ireland, within the European Union, gets a 20% tariff. Apple produces some iMacs there.Indonesia, which will soon begin making AirTags and mesh for the AirPods Max headphones, gets a 32% tariff.
Apple may be able to delay price increases, but not for long
In the face of crippling tariffs, Apple will have to raise prices of popular items like the iPhone in the US and elsewhere — but is trying to delay increases until the next set of hardware upgrades.
Z-Wave, popular among smart home enthusiasts, becomes an open-source protocol with a new long-range technology as it seeks Matter support to avoid obsolescence
By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.
The BBC complains to the UK CMA that Apple and Google's news aggregators weaken its relationship with the public by downplaying the BBC branding
By Charles Martin / AppleInsider. View the full context on Techmeme.
Microsoft's New AI-Generated Version of 'Quake 2' Now Playable Online - Slashdot
Microsoft has created a real-time AI-generated rendition of Quake II gameplay (playable on the web).
Friday Xbox's general manager of gaming AI posted the startling link to "an AI-generated gaming experience" at Copilot.Microsoft.com "Move, shoot, explore — and every frame is created on th...
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Eric Raymond, John Carmack Mourn Death of 'Bufferbloat' Fighter Dave Taut - Slashdot
Wikipedia remembers Dave Täht as "an American network engineer, musician, lecturer, asteroid exploration advocate, and Internet activist. He was the chief executive officer of TekLibre."
But on X.com Eric S. Raymond called him "one of the unsung heroes of the Internet, and a close friend of ...
AT&T Email-To-Text Gateway Service Ending - Slashdot
Longtime Slashdot reader CyberSlugGump shares a support article from AT&T, writing: On June 17th, AT&T will stop supporting email-to-text messages. That means you won't be able to send a text message to an AT&T customer from an email address. You can still get in touch with AT&T cus...
Wikimedia Drowning in AI Bot Traffic as Crawlers Consume 65% of Resources - Slashdot
Web crawlers collecting training data for AI models are overwhelming Wikipedia's infrastructure, with bot traffic growing exponentially since early 2024, according to the Wikimedia Foundation. According to data released April 1, bandwidth for multimedia content has surged 50% since January, primaril...
Trump’s tariffs killed his TikTok deal
President Trump’s aggressive tariffs against China blew up the White House’s plan to save TikTok from a ban in the United States,
With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The military’s stable of certified rockets will include Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Vulcan, and New Glenn.
A US federal judge decides Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026; Musk and OpenAI agreed to fast-track the trial last month
By Anna Tong / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
Trump delays TikTok ban again
With on new deal in place, President Trump announced a second 75 delay to the ByteDance divest-or-ban law
Apple stock bloodbath continues after China applies retaliatory tariffs
President Trump's announcement of tariffs and retaliatory measures by China has seen Apple's shares drop to their lowest point since June 2024, as investors predict rising iPhone prices and falling sales.
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Trump Open to Tariff Cuts in Return for ‘Phenomenal’ Offers
Trump reiterated that he would, in particular, be willing to offer tariff relief for China if Beijing approved the sale of the US operations of ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok social video app. The service is facing a Saturday deadline for divestment, unless Trump offers an extension as part of his efforts to broker an agreement.
Trump reiterated that he would, in particular, be willing to offer tariff relief for China if Beijing approved the sale of the US operations of ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok social video app. The service is facing a Saturday deadline for divestment, unless Trump offers an extension as part of his efforts to broker an agreement.
Exempt or Not, the Chip Industry Won’t Escape Tariffs
Higher prices for the many products that contain chips threaten to hit demand
Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
How AI is steering the media toward a ‘close enough’ standard
Generative technology offers speed and scale, but media accuracy may end up being a casualty as AI hallucinations remain a persistent problem.
Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro could be the most important AI model so far this year
The new model scores significantly better than its competition in everything from hard math to long-context understanding.
Midjourney begins rolling out V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year with a “totally different architecture”, a week after OpenAI's new image tool
By Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.