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Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: Bellwether, a new group inside Alphabet’s X innovation lab, plans to offer AI tools to the US National Guard to analyze images of disaster areas in summer 2024  —  The National Guard will soon… Read More »Bellwether, a new group inside Alphabet’s X innovation lab, plans to offer AI tools to the US National Guard to analyze images of disaster areas in summer 2024 (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Mandiant links hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia, which claimed to target utilities in France, the US, and Poland, to Russia-linked hacking group Sandworm  —  Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the… Read More »Mandiant links hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia, which claimed to target utilities in France, the US, and Poland, to Russia-linked hacking group Sandworm (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand propose a bill to regulate stablecoins; House and Senate lawmakers are pushing to pass a bill as soon as May  —  – Lummis, Gillibrand say their measure would… Read More »US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand propose a bill to regulate stablecoins; House and Senate lawmakers are pushing to pass a bill as soon as May (Steven T. Dennis/Bloomberg)

Josh Dzieza / The Verge: How a network of repair ships helps maintain the estimated 800,000 miles of undersea internet cables; of the 77 cable ships, only 22 are designed for repairs  —  Field’s crew caught the cable on the… Read More »How a network of repair ships helps maintain the estimated 800,000 miles of undersea internet cables; of the 77 cable ships, only 22 are designed for repairs (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)

Imogen West-Knights / Financial Times: How video games with immersive storylines and powerful, emotive writing offer some of the most thrilling fiction out there, overtaking books for some readers  —  With immersive storylines and powerful, emotive writing, some of the… Read More »How video games with immersive storylines and powerful, emotive writing offer some of the most thrilling fiction out there, overtaking books for some readers (Imogen West-Knights/Financial Times)

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: CIRP: Amazon Prime hit a new high of 180M US shoppers in March 2024, up 8% YoY, despite greater online competition; 75% of US shoppers have a Prime membership  —  Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime subscription service hit… Read More »CIRP: Amazon Prime hit a new high of 180M US shoppers in March 2024, up 8% YoY, despite greater online competition; 75% of US shoppers have a Prime membership (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Yimou Lee / Reuters: Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company implemented a rotating CEO system this month, aiming to nurture successors, choosing a leader from its six businesses  —  Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW) has this month started a rotating chief… Read More »Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company implemented a rotating CEO system this month, aiming to nurture successors, choosing a leader from its six businesses (Yimou Lee/Reuters)

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Activision cuts entry fees for teams in its professional Call of Duty League, and will return collected fees, as the esports industry faces financial challenges  —  The teams, including ones owned by sports-business billionaires Robert Kraft… Read More »Activision cuts entry fees for teams in its professional Call of Duty League, and will return collected fees, as the esports industry faces financial challenges (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Wall Street Journal: Emails: SpaceX cracks down on users who are connecting to its Starlink internet service from unauthorized countries, including Sudan, South Africa, and Zimbabwe  —  Elon Musk’s SpaceX has begun a crackdown on users who are connecting to… Read More »Emails: SpaceX cracks down on users who are connecting to its Starlink internet service from unauthorized countries, including Sudan, South Africa, and Zimbabwe (Wall Street Journal)

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: ASML reports Q1 net sales down 21.6% YoY to €5.29B v. €5.39B est., net income down 37.4% YoY to of €1.22B v. €1.07B est., and net bookings down 4% YoY to €3.6B  —  A logo on… Read More »ASML reports Q1 net sales down 21.6% YoY to €5.29B v. €5.39B est., net income down 37.4% YoY to of €1.22B v. €1.07B est., and net bookings down 4% YoY to €3.6B (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)