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Current and former Google DeepMind scientists say a tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy at Google's AI arm have made it harder to publish AI research (t.co)
2025-4-1 Google AI

Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of as much as $16.5B to help fund AI investments in the US; the loan may help SoftBank lead a $40B round in OpenAI (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-1 AI

Sources: in recent weeks, Meta executives including Mark Zuckerberg have pressed US trade officials to oppose an impending EU fine and cease-and-desist order (www.wsj.com)
2025-4-1 Zuckerberg

Can Fortress Europe survive Trump, Putin and the new Political Dark Age? (www.juancole.com)
2025-4-1 Trump Putin Europe

China Displaces the U.S. as Global Leader in Research, with 9 of top 10 Institutions (www.juancole.com)
2025-4-1 China U.S.

PayPal's Honey extension for Chrome has lost ~4M users from its peak of 20M after a viral December 2024 YouTube video accused Honey of employing shady tactics (9to5google.com)
2025-4-1 YouTube Chrome

Diplomacy is the newest front in the Russia-Ukraine war (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2025-4-1 Russia Ukraine

Australia's foreign policy reckoning: Time for a new White Paper (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2025-4-1 Australia

Microsoft has closed its IoT & AI Insider Lab in Shanghai, reflecting a broader pullback from China amid geopolitical tensions; the lab was opened in May 2019 (www.scmp.com)
2025-4-1 IoT China Microsoft AI Shanghai

First Flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum Rocket Lasted Just 40 Seconds (science.slashdot.org)
2025-4-1

Private SpaceX crew set for launch to novel polar orbit around Earth (indianexpress.com)
2025-4-1 SpaceX

OpenAI to raise $40 billion to boost AI efforts (indianexpress.com)
2025-4-1 AI

Lightmatter releases new photonics technology for AI chips (indianexpress.com)
2025-4-1 AI

OpenAI plans to release open-weight language model in coming months (indianexpress.com)
2025-4-1

7 free Ghibli-style AI image editors you can use online right now (indianexpress.com)
2025-4-1 AI

Apple Intelligence is now in India with iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4 update (indianexpress.com)
2025-4-1 IOS India Apple Intelligence

Sources: TSMC's recent $100B US investment pledge was merely an estimated price tag for existing long-term plans and reflects an intention rather than a promise (t.co)
2025-4-1

Australia can take USAID's place in the Pacific islands (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2025-4-1 Australia

Sources: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick signals withholding promised CHIPS Act grants as he pushes companies to substantially expand their US projects (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-1

Sources: CaaStle, a clothing inventory monetization platform that had raised $530M+, is almost broke and is accusing its founder of financial misconduct (www.axios.com)
2025-4-1

LightSource, whose software helps companies manage their procurement process, costs, and vendor relationships, raised $33M led by Bain Capital and Lightspeed (www.cnbc.com)
2025-4-1

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites (www.rt.com)
2025-4-1 SpaceX

'There is No Vibe Engineering' (developers.slashdot.org)
2025-4-1

The US alliance is precious, but Australia should plan for more self-reliance (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2025-4-1 Australia

Coinbase's stock fell 31% in Q1 2025, its worst quarterly performance since FTX collapsed in 2022; nearly every major crypto-linked stock plunged alongside it (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-1 Coinbase

Yes, Australia can defend itself independently (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2025-4-1 Australia

Amazon resumes drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, after halting them in January to roll out a software update to fix issues with the drone's altitude sensor (www.cnbc.com)
2025-4-1 Amazon Drone Sensor Texas

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Says Company Will Spin Off Non-Core Units (slashdot.org)
2025-4-1 Intel

Builder.ai dropped H2 2024 revenue estimates by ~25% after some sales channels “did not come through” and says a full audit report is expected by summer 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-4-1 AI

Le Pen sentence a ‘declaration of war by Brussels' – Italian deputy PM (www.rt.com)
2025-4-1 Italy

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