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Malta is opposing EU plans to centralize crypto supervision under ESMA, seeing it as a politically motivated assault on its success in attracting crypto firms (Laura Noonan/Bloomberg)

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South Korean trade data: chip shipments hit a record-high value of $32.83B in March 2026, up 151.4% YoY, pushing total exports to a record $86.13B, up 48.3% YoY (Steven Borowiec/Nikkei Asia)

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The LA and New Mexico jury verdicts against Meta and YouTube recognized some design features as defective, distinct from what Section 230 was created to protect (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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A profile of Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib, who has used crypto diplomacy to help Pakistan win over President Trump (Faseeh Mangi/Bloomberg)

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An interview with Galen Buckwalter, a BCI recipient in a Caltech brain implant study, on his recent ability to use the implant to produce musical tones (Emily Mullin/Wired)

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Analysis: 50% of Asia's 10 most volatile stocks are recent AI IPOs, such as Chinese companies Moore Threads and MiniMax, driven by thin institutional ownership (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)

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OpenAI says it is generating $2B in monthly revenue, with enterprise accounting for 40%+ of it, and is on track to reach parity with consumer by the end of 2026 (OpenAI)

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A suspected Baidu system failure caused a number of robotaxis to stop across Wuhan, trapping passengers and reportedly causing traffic disruptions and crashes (Zeyi Yang/Wired)

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Grab, in partnership with WeRide, launches a robotaxi service in Singapore, becoming Southeast Asia's first ride-hailing provider to offer a driverless service (Bloomberg)

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The EU's main institutions, the Commission, Parliament, and Council, ban staff from using fully AI-generated videos and images in official communications (Pieter Haeck/Politico)

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Perplexity faces a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it shared users' personal data with Meta and Google even in Incognito mode, violating CA privacy laws (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)

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Apple says it will push out rare "backported" patches for iOS 18 to protect users from DarkSword, a hack that silently takes over iPhones running the older OS (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

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Mercor confirmed it was affected by a recent supply chain attack involving LiteLLM; hacker group Lapsus$ claims it accessed and stole Mercor's data (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

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Kestra, an open-source workflow orchestration startup, raised a $25M Series A led by RTP Global, as Kestra looks to expand its go-to-market strategy (Chris Metinko/Axios)

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Depthfirst, which aims to build a "general security intelligence" for finding and fixing company vulnerabilities, raised an $80M Series B at a $580M valuation (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

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The best deals to shop during the last few hours of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

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Source: Google plans to release a screenless Fitbit band later this year; it will include basic features and require a paid subscription for more functionality (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)

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Offline break in New Forest

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani allows city agencies to use TikTok, with some restrictions, reversing a 2023 ban his predecessor enacted over data security concerns (Chris Sommerfeldt/Politico)

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The AirPods Pro 3 are nearly matching their best-ever price for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

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