New York Times: Elon Musk’s first moves suggest DOGE will be closer to an IT project than the sweeping operation to slash T from the federal budget that he once predicted The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its...

   The Guardian: An investigation reveals how the Israeli military’s reliance on Microsoft’s cloud and AI systems surged during the most intensive phase of the Israel Hamas war Leaked documents shed light on how Israel integrated the US tech giant into its war effort to meet growing demand for...

   Drew Harwell Washington Post: Sources outline negotiations between the Biden administration and TikTok ahead of the ban, as company insiders refute claims that a blackout helped their case When TikTok pleaded with outgoing Biden officials and threatened to go offline, the White House pushed...

   Reuters: Uber denies setting fares based on phone models in India, after a government body alleged Uber and Ola use differential pricing for Android and iOS users Uber UBER.N said it does not set ride prices based on a user’s phone model, shortly after an Indian government body alleged ...

   Bloomberg: Trump’s EO to protect the dollar bars any further work on a CBDC and aligns the government’s interests with those of stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle US crypto czar sees potential for extending dollar dominance USDT, USDC account for almost of total stablecoin value

   Financial Times: Industry insiders say DeepSeek’s focus on research makes it a dangerous competitor as it’s willing to share breakthroughs rather than protect them for profits Hedge fund billionaire Liang Wenfeng builds model on tight budget despite US attempt to halt China’s high tech...

   Jiahui Huang Wall Street Journal: Chinese self driving company WeRide aims to make more inroads overseas in ; WeRide operates in nine countries and secured new deals in Switzerland and Japan WeRide already operates driverless vehicles in cities across nine countries Chinese...

   Simon Willison Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI updates ChatGPT’s Canvas feature with o model support and HTML and React code rendering, making it a direct competitor to Claude’s Artifacts OpenAI Canvas gets a huge upgrade. Canvas is the ChatGPT feature where ChatGPT can open up a shared...

   Kate Clark Bloomberg: Source: Lightspeed has invested a total of . B in AI deals, excluding the B Anthropic funding round it is leading, and is close to raising a B fund The year old venture capital firm is embracing tech’s new era of enormous artificial intelligence deals

   Carl Franzen VentureBeat: Yann LeCun says DeepSeek profited from open research and open source like Meta’s Llama and is proof that open source models are surpassing proprietary ones If you hadn’t heard, there’s a new AI star in town: DeepSeek, the subsidiary of Hong Kong based quantitative...

   Kyle Wiggers TechCrunch: Filing: Character AI says A protects it from liability in a lawsuit that claims a teen committed suicide after becoming emotionally attached to a chatbot Character AI, a platform that lets users engage in roleplay with AI chatbots, has filed a motion to dismiss a...

   Zack Whittaker TechCrunch: UnitedHealth says the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit in February affected M people, nearly double its previous estimate of M UnitedHealth has confirmed the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit last February affected around ...

   Business Insider: Sources: Rad AI, which creates AI powered tools for radiologists, raised a M Series C at a M valuation; Rad AI raised a M Series B in March Rad AI recently raised a Series C funding round led by Transformation Capital, Business Insider has learned.

   Catherine McGrath Fortune: White House crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are neither securities nor commodities, but collectibles that people buy to commemorate something Non fungible tokens and memecoins are neither securities nor commodities, according to White House crypto...

   Lauren Forristal TechCrunch: Flip, which lets shoppers share video reviews and earn cash based on engagement, launches a creator fund that grants up to M of equity over years Flip is a social commerce app that lets shoppers become creators. They can share honest reviews and earn cash...