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Sources: Apple plans to relocate its secret robotics team from John Giannandrea's AI unit and place it under SVP John Ternus, who oversees hardware engineering (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
2025-04-24 20:52 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $90.2B, net income up 46% YoY to $34.54B, Services revenue up 10% to $77.3B, and Other Bets revenue down 9% to $450M (Alphabet)
2025-04-24 20:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The NHTSA plans to ease rules for autonomous vehicles, including loosening crash reporting requirements and simplifying approvals, in changes championed by Musk (Financial Times)
2025-04-24 19:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta moves Threads from Threads.net to Threads.com and updates its web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, create new columns, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2025-04-24 19:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta lays off an unspecified number of employees in Reality Labs, affecting Oculus Studios teams and, sources say, staff involved in Meta's hardware efforts (Alex Heath/The Verge)
2025-04-24 18:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Infinite Reality, a metaverse startup that claims it is valued at $15.5B, faces questions about the legitimacy of its funding, investor identities, and more (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
2025-04-24 18:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Motorola's new Razr phones will include Perplexity's AI search engine, as part of a distribution partnership that lets Perplexity gain users rather than revenue (Hayden Field/CNBC)
2025-04-24 17:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: earlier in 2025, Chinese authorities refused to let an Apple equipment supplier export machinery to India needed for the iPhone 17's trial production (Wayne Ma/The Information)
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Motorola unveils three new Razr models, including the $1,300 Razr Ultra flip phone with a 7-inch inner and 4-inch outer screen and wood option, shipping May 15 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
2025-04-24 16:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
An interview with Kyle Fish, who Anthropic hired in 2024 as a welfare researcher to study AI consciousness and estimates a ~15% chance that models are conscious (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
2025-04-24 16:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
ServiceNow reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.09B and gives an upbeat forecast; its CEO says it had "very positive" discussions with DOGE; NOW jumps 14%+ (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
2025-04-24 16:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Elon Musk is stepping back from DOGE in May, spending 1-2 days per week on government work, as tariffs, customer anger, and Chinese competition weigh on Tesla (Financial Times)
2025-04-24 11:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
VW and Uber unveil an ambitious plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service using ID. BUZZ vehicles in US cities over the next decade, starting in LA in 2026 (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
2025-04-24 12:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
US v. Google: DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg testifies that Chrome is worth "upwards of $50B if it went on the market" based on "back-of-the-envelope" math (Bloomberg)
2025-04-24 10:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
On the Apple Watch's 10th anniversary, a look at how Apple reshaped the watch industry and ushered in a new age of fitness tracking (Adrienne So/Wired)
2025-04-24 14:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The EU unveils new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc that rate energy efficiency, durability, and repairability, starting June 20 (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
2025-04-24 13:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Framework Laptop 13 review: a matte 3:2 display, AMD's Ryzen AI CPU is the Laptop 13's fastest ever, and Copilot+, but some glitchiness and poor battery life (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)
2025-04-24 11:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ofcom outlines 40+ child safety measures for websites and apps to introduce from July 2025 or face large fines under the Online Safety Act, including age checks (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
2025-04-24 10:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
LinkedIn expands its free verification system to the wider web, letting sites display LinkedIn verification, starting with Adobe's new Content Authenticity app (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
2025-04-24 09:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Revolut reports 2024 revenue up 72% YoY to £3.1B, net profit up 149% YoY to £1.1B, and wealth unit revenue up 298% YoY to £506M; its loan book grew 86% to £979M (Ryan Browne/CNBC)
2025-04-24 09:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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