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Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to run consumer AI, reporting to Satya Nadella, and brings on most staff from his Inflection AI startup  —  Suleyman and his team will join from OpenAI rival Inflection AI … Read More »Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to run consumer AI, reporting to Satya Nadella, and brings on most staff from his Inflection AI startup (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Jamie Grierson / The Guardian: The UK sentences a man to 66 weeks in prison for cyberflashing, under the Online Safety Act, the first such conviction since the OSA took effect on January 31  —  Nicholas Hawkes, 39, from Essex,… Read More »The UK sentences a man to 66 weeks in prison for cyberflashing, under the Online Safety Act, the first such conviction since the OSA took effect on January 31 (Jamie Grierson/The Guardian)

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: An interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on how the company’s early decisions led to its AI boom, why Nvidia’s ubiquity will not be easy to replicate, and more  —  Nvidia’s chips sparked the AI… Read More »An interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on how the company’s early decisions led to its AI boom, why Nvidia’s ubiquity will not be easy to replicate, and more (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)

Financial Times: Airbus ends talks with Atos on a deal worth ~€1.8B for its big data and security unit, imperiling efforts by Atos to avoid going into debt restructuring  —  Decision adds pressure on indebted French IT services company  — … Read More »Airbus ends talks with Atos on a deal worth ~€1.8B for its big data and security unit, imperiling efforts by Atos to avoid going into debt restructuring (Financial Times)

Sam Rutherford / Engadget: Asus Zenbook Duo review: a sleek design, gorgeous displays, and solid battery life, but pricier than a clamshell and Windows 11 isn’t optimized for two screens  —  You get a ton of extra utility for not… Read More »Asus Zenbook Duo review: a sleek design, gorgeous displays, and solid battery life, but pricier than a clamshell and Windows 11 isn’t optimized for two screens (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

Kalkidan Yibeltal / BBC: Ethiopia’s central bank says “a glitch” let Commercial Bank customers withdraw more cash than was in the account for hours; local media says $40M+ was withdrawn  —  Ethiopia’s biggest commercial bank is scrambling to recoup large… Read More »Ethiopia’s central bank says “a glitch” let Commercial Bank customers withdraw more cash than was in the account for hours; local media says $40M+ was withdrawn (Kalkidan Yibeltal/BBC)

Casey Hall / Reuters: Source: Ant CEO and Chair Eric Jing says Han Xinyi will become Ant Group president and some units plan to set up their own boards to operate more independently  —  Han Xinyi will become president of… Read More »Source: Ant CEO and Chair Eric Jing says Han Xinyi will become Ant Group president and some units plan to set up their own boards to operate more independently (Casey Hall/Reuters)

Lynn Doan / Bloomberg: Filing: Reddit says Nokia accused the company of infringing some of its patents, and is evaluating Nokia’s claims, ahead of its planned IPO this week  —  Nokia Technologies, the company’s licensing business, sent Reddit a letter… Read More »Filing: Reddit says Nokia accused the company of infringing some of its patents, and is evaluating Nokia’s claims, ahead of its planned IPO this week (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: Singapore-based online shopping rewards app ShopBack cuts 195 jobs, or 24% of its staff, to become self-sustainable; ShopBack raised a $200M Series E in 2022  —  ShopBack, an online shopping rewards app backed by Temasek Holdings… Read More »Singapore-based online shopping rewards app ShopBack cuts 195 jobs, or 24% of its staff, to become self-sustainable; ShopBack raised a $200M Series E in 2022 (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: At an EU DMA hearing, a Meta lawyer says the company has offered to cut its EU subscription fee from €9.99 to €5.99 per month after discussions with regulators  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) has offered… Read More »At an EU DMA hearing, a Meta lawyer says the company has offered to cut its EU subscription fee from €9.99 to €5.99 per month after discussions with regulators (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)