Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Perplexity’s iOS app enables support for the company’s conversational AI voice assistant, letting users ask the chatbot to write emails, set reminders, and more  —  The Perplexity bot is now available on both iPhones and Android devices, allowing you to ask it to set reminders, send messages, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Lai / Bloomberg: Trump signs an EO to boost AI education and workforce training, and establishes an AI education task force led by White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive action to boost artificial intelligence education and workforce training … Lees verder op Tech Meme

RT Watson / The Block: Interfax: Russia’s Central Bank and Finance Ministry plan to launch a crypto exchange for “highly qualified investors” under an experimental legal regime  —  – Russia’s Central Bank and Finance Ministry will launch a crypto exchange for “highly qualified investors,” according to Russian news agency Interfax. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dylan Butts / CNBC: SK Hynix reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to ~$12.4B, vs. ~$12.1B est, and operating profit up 158% YoY to ~$5.2B, vs. ~$4.6B est., on demand for its HBM chips  —  South Korea’s SK Hynix on Thursday topped quarterly revenue and operating profit estimates, with demand for its high bandwidth memory offerings used … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Lyft plans to dispatch licensed taxis for the first time to US riders who have opted in, beginning in St. Louis on May 5; Uber has long let users hail taxis  —  The rollout will begin in St. Louis on May 5 for riders who have opted in to taxis as an alternative to gig drivers in rideshare vehicles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Sources: OpenAI aims to debut its next “open” model, which will be “text in, text out” and possibly let developers turn “reasoning” on and off, in early summer  —  Toward the end of March, OpenAI announced its intention to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 sometime this year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: IBM reports Q1 revenue up 0.6% YoY to $14.54B, vs. $14.4B est., and says DOGE delayed or nixed 15 of its federal contracts; IBM drops 6%+ after hours  —  IBM reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter on Wednesday.  The stock slipped 2% in extended trading. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: President Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the TRUMP memecoin on May 22, according to the memecoin’s website; TRUMP jumps 50%+  —  President Donald Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, the issuers of the cryptocurrency announced on Wednesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: The White House says that fines on Apple and Meta by the EU are a “novel form of economic extortion” that the United States will not tolerate  —  The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple (AAPL.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) by the European Union were a … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: New Jersey sues RealPage, accusing the property management software company and 10 of the state’s largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents  —  New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state’s largest landlords of conspiring … Lees verder op Tech Meme