European regulators are considering fining X and making demands for product changes, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.Lees verder op New York Times
Smart introduces the #5 Brabus—a striking all-electric SUV boasting an eye-catching design, rapid charging capabilities, and impressive performance. Lees verder op Howto Geek
Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: Private equity firm EQT sells a €3B stake in Swedish enterprise software company IFS to investors like the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing IFS at €15B — Deal brings in Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as investors Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Samsung and Google plan to launch Ballie, a soccer-ball-shaped home robot “like a personal BB-8” that uses AI and can project video onto walls, in summer 2025 — Samsung Electronics Co. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are partnering to launch the Ballie, a soccer-ball-shaped home robot … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: Amazon is weighing a $15B warehouse expansion plan for nearly 80 new US logistics facilities that would reverse its post-pandemic construction slowdown — The e-commerce company is asking potential capital partners to submit proposals, the people said, asking not to be identified citing private information. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on Google Cloud Next, DeepMind, AWS, offering 200+ AI models, training and inference costs, efficient training, and more — “We’ve been working on contingency plans for quite a while,” Kurian says on Tariffs. — ∙ Paid Lees verder op Tech Meme
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Sources and a document: Amazon canceled orders for multiple products made in China and other Asian countries after Trump’s April 2 global tariffs announcement — The orders for beach chairs, scooters, air conditioners and other merchandise from multiple Amazon vendors were halted … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: WordPress.com launches an AI tool to help users build simple websites using a chat interface, available to users for free, to compete with Squarespace and Wix — Hosting platform WordPress.com on Wednesday launched a new AI website builder that allows anyone to create a functioning website using an AI chat-style interface. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Autonomous delivery startup Nuro raised a $106M Series E at a $6B valuation, down from $8.6B in 2021 after its $600M Series D, taking its total funding to $2.2B — After months of hearty marketing efforts and large-scale technology demos across the U.S., Nuro has secured $106 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Nikkei Asia: Source: Nintendo has decided to postpone the Switch 2’s release in China, an apparent response to the country’s tight controls targeting the gaming industry — GUANGZHOU/OSAKA — Nintendo has decided to postpone the release of its Switch 2 gaming device in China, Nikkei has learned … Lees verder op Tech Meme