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US farmers had to halt their planting operations after the solar storm broke critical GPS and precision farming functionality in tractors and other equipment — The accuracy of some critical GPS navigation systems used in modern farming have been “extremely compromised,” a John Deere dealership told customers Saturday.
More: Silicon Republic, New York Times, John Deere, The Overspill, The Verge, and Engadget
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns over undermining Teams competitors, despite Microsoft offering concessions — Tech group's effort to avoid action by unbundling videoconferencing app from its other software appears to have failed| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans — Apple builds a bonus system around sign-ups, viewer loyalty and production costs. — Good afternoon from 30,000 feet.
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Following attempts to malign Signal as insecure by Telegram's CEO and Elon Musk, a look at why Signal is widely regarded by experts as more secure than Telegram — Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/
More: Benzinga and Business Insider
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A look at how Elon Musk uses X to support right-wing world leaders like Narendra Modi who could help secure advantages for his businesses — Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America's second-largest nation in November, Elon Musk posted on X: “Prosperity is ahead for Argentina.”
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| Bloomberg: |
The EU designates Booking as a DMA gatekeeper, saying “holidaymakers will start benefiting from more choice and hotels will have more business opportunities” — - Travel site is designated as a ‘gatekeeper’ under EU's DMA — X avoids rules for now as officials open probe into its status
More: Reuters and European Commission
Bluesky: @hern.bsky.social. X: @kayjebelli, @adamkovac, @lewis_crofts, @mseltzermayr, @eu_competition, and @eu_commission
| Bloomberg: |
The US, the EU, and other superpowers have funneled nearly $81B towards supporting chip companies, the first wave of ~$380B earmarked by global governments — US and allies vie with China for superconductor supremacy, powered by wave of domestic investment| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
A look at 01.AI, which is launching Wanzhi, a free generative AI assistant focused on the Chinese market; CEO Kai-Fu Lee says 01.AI is nearing profitability — - His startup 01.AI is introducing its first consumer AI app — China needs a catalyst in the same way ChatGPT fueled the US| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
SoftBank reports a $4.6B gain on its Vision Fund in the fiscal year to March 2024, the first gain since 2021, after ByteDance and DoorDash rose in value — SoftBank posted a 724.3 billion Japanese yen ($4.6 billion) gain on its Vision Fund in the fiscal year ended March …
More: Financial Times, Benzinga, RTÉ, Reuters, Financial Times, and Bloomberg
| Zachary Small / New York Times: |
Christie's confirms eight auctions will proceed this week after a “technology security issue” on May 9 knocked its website offline, the second breach in a year — The auction house failed to regain control of its official website on Sunday but said that its spring auctions would go on, in person and by phone.| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
The US and China are set to hold their first high-level AI talks on May 14 in Geneva, as the governments seek to prevent disastrous accidents and unintended war — The talks Tuesday are aimed at preventing disastrous accidents and unintended war amid an AI arms race.
More: Reuters, Benzinga, Axios, Nikkei Asia, Financial Times, and Nextgov/FCW
| Stuart Condie / Wall Street Journal: |
An Australian judge refuses the eSafety commissioner's request to extend an order for X to hide a video of a religious leader's stabbing, without giving reasons — Elon Musk previously said he was worried that if any country is allowed to censor content for all countries, then any country could control the entire internet
More: Forbes, The Guardian, Reuters, Financial Times, The Verge, Benzinga, and Social Media Today
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