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Samsung pauses One UI 7 rollout worldwide

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Sources: Apple asked suppliers in India, Vietnam, and Thailand to ramp up production earlier in 2025; Indian factory utilization rates are already at the limit (Nikkei Asia)

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Topgolf and Puttshack founders' Poolhouse raised a $34M seed to build a "tech-enabled" version of pool, including via video projections and tracking players (Josh Noble/Financial Times)

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Notes From the Underground: A Look at Subway Cars New and Old

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Sony hikes PlayStation 5 prices in Europe, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, citing a "challenging economic environment"; the PS5 Pro remains the same price (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

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PS5 price rises substantially in UK and Europe

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Dealroom: UK-based startups raised £16.2B in 2024, the lowest amount since 2020, as several consider moving their headquarters to the US in search of capital (Financial Times)

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A look at the limits of large context LLMs, as their increased latency, higher costs, and reduced usability result in diminishing returns for enterprises (VentureBeat)

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President Trump told reporters he would announce the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, giving some flexibility to certain companies (Reuters)

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Please, The Last of Us, don’t ruin Jackson

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The Last of Us’ Stalkers may be even smarter than in the video game

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People are turning on Elon Musk

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A French law requiring adult websites to run age checks and block under-18 users became applicable to sites based in France and outside of the EU on April 11 (Politico)

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A recently published support page says OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process to access new advanced AI models (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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A look at "slopsquatting", a supply chain attack where threat actors make malicious packages on indexes using AI-hallucinated names resembling popular libraries (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

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Simulated Musk, Zuckerberg voices are speaking from hacked crosswalk buttons

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Professor: 5 Ignorant Things That'll Get Black Grads Fired From New Jobs

The Root

WorkOS: Scalable, Secure Authentication

Daring Fireball

Bill Maher on His Dinner at the White House With Donald Trump

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China suspends exports of a wide range of rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for making semiconductors, robots, drones, cars, and other products (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)

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