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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to launch new iPad Pro and iPad Air models in early May; iPad Pros will get OLED displays, while iPad Air will get a 12.9″ screen option  —  – Company’s tablet line hasn’t… Read More »Sources: Apple plans to launch new iPad Pro and iPad Air models in early May; iPad Pros will get OLED displays, while iPad Air will get a 12.9″ screen option (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Emma Roth / The Verge: Amazon launches iOS and Android apps for Amazon One, which let users sign up for the palm-scanning service by using generative AI to analyze palm vein structure  —  Amazon now lets you sign up for… Read More »Amazon launches iOS and Android apps for Amazon One, which let users sign up for the palm-scanning service by using generative AI to analyze palm vein structure (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google updates Search to start showing crypto wallet balances across bitcoin and the EVM networks Arbitrum, Avalanche, Fantom, Optimism, and Polygon  —  Google Search is home to various tools and the latest lets you look up… Read More »Google updates Search to start showing crypto wallet balances across bitcoin and the EVM networks Arbitrum, Avalanche, Fantom, Optimism, and Polygon (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Reuters: A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+  —  Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a… Read More »A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+ (Reuters)

Bloomberg: Sources: the US and UK are reviewing $20B+ in Tether transactions through Moscow-based crypto exchange Garantex, as part of a crackdown on sanctions evasions  —  – Allies review Tether transfers to sanctioned exchange Garantex  — Tether says it works… Read More »Sources: the US and UK are reviewing $20B+ in Tether transactions through Moscow-based crypto exchange Garantex, as part of a crackdown on sanctions evasions (Bloomberg)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google’s charitable wing Google.org launches a generative AI accelerator, to be funded by $20M in grants and include 21 nonprofits to start, including Quill.org  —  Google.org, Google’s charitable wing, is launching a new program to help… Read More »Google’s charitable wing Google.org launches a generative AI accelerator, to be funded by $20M in grants and include 21 nonprofits to start, including Quill.org (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says Gemini Nano is coming to Pixel 8 with the next Pixel Feature Drop, after previously saying the device won’t get Nano due to “hardware limitations”  —  After “hardware limitations” were cited as the reason… Read More »Google says Gemini Nano is coming to Pixel 8 with the next Pixel Feature Drop, after previously saying the device won’t get Nano due to “hardware limitations” (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Pelago, formerly Quit Genius, which provides virtual therapy sessions for treating addictions, raised a $58M Series C, bringing its total funding to $151M  —  Pelago Health, Y Combinator-backed telehealth company that uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)… Read More »Pelago, formerly Quit Genius, which provides virtual therapy sessions for treating addictions, raised a $58M Series C, bringing its total funding to $151M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Microsoft rolls out Azure AI Studio tools to stop users from making AI chatbots behave in unintended ways, including “prompt shields” and warning alerts  —  – Company’s Copilot recently generated weird, harmful responses  — Defenses are… Read More »Microsoft rolls out Azure AI Studio tools to stop users from making AI chatbots behave in unintended ways, including “prompt shields” and warning alerts (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

Wired: Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island exposed online  —  A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about… Read More »Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island exposed online (Wired)