Reuters:
Sources: contract electronics manufacturer Zetwerk plans to file for an IPO in India, aiming to raise ~$550M at a ~$4B valuation; it was valued at $3.1B in 2024  —  India's Zetwerk is preparing to confidentially file draft papers for an initial public offering within the next one to two weeks …

The Trump administration on Friday unveiled its new legislative blueprint for AI regulation, and the seven-point plan includes a clear message: The federal government should avoid many AI regulations beyond a set of child safety rules, and it should bar states from messing with the "national strategy to achieve global AI dominance." The plan advises […]

Marco Arment (Mastodon): What’s in this beta: Transcripts of most podcasts (swipe on the episode art during playback, it’s a new page past the info screen) Live-scrolling of transcripts during playback Tap to seek on any line of text Music detection All of this should work even with dynamic ad insertion… and even with private/membership […]

Ryan Whitwam (Hacker News): With its new limits on sideloading, Android phones will only install apps that come from verified developers. To verify, devs releasing apps outside of Google Play will have to provide identification, upload a copy of their signing keys, and pay a $25 fee. It all seems rather onerous for people who […]

Hartley Charlton: Apple has quietly blocked AI “vibe coding” apps, such as Replit and Vibecode, from releasing App Store updates unless they make changes, The Information reports. […] Apple told The Information that certain vibe coding features breach long-standing App Store rules prohibiting apps from executing code that alters their own functionality or that of […]