May, 2025

May, 2025

Google’s AI just got ad-ified
Google announced plans to integrate advertisements into AI Mode, its AI-powered search experience, marking a significant step in the company’s strategy to monetize its AI advancements. Ads may appea...

New Spotify hub now helps users track future music drops
Spotify is rolling out a new “Upcoming Releases” hub designed to help users discover and anticipate new music. The hub, announced Wednesday, delivers personalized recommendations based on a user�...

The Llama for Startups initiative could fuel a whole new wave of GenAI apps
Meta has announced a new program called Llama for Startups, designed to encourage early-stage companies to build applications using its Llama AI models. The initiative aims to provide startups with di...

OpenAI’s $6.5B deal brings Apple’s legendary designer Jony Ive onboard
OpenAI has acquired io, a startup led by former Apple design chief Jony Ive, in an all-equity deal valued at $6.5 billion. As part of the arrangement announced Wednesday, Ive and his design firm, Love...

Amazon tests AI voiceovers for its product listings
Amazon has begun testing short-form AI-powered audio product summaries on select product pages, the company announced on Wednesday. The feature, accessible via the “Hear the highlights” button in ...

Meta AI chief: ‘Inferiority complex’ is stunting European tech
Europe’s not lacking talent — it’s lacking confidence. That’s the verdict from Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, who says an “inferiority complex” among European media and investors ...

⚠️ AI Power, Peril, and the Path Forward.
Midweek Team,This is what we have… The boomer and the doomer who helped build today’s AI landscape set the stage for both the rapid acceleration and the existential fear driving the industry. If W...

Analysts affirm ‘buy in May and go away’ theme as bitcoin hits $111,889 amid record options demand
Bitcoin has notched consecutive ATHs in the past two days as analysts pointed to growing demand from sovereigns and instutitions since April's lows....

Strategy launches $2.1 billion STRF perpetual preferred stock ATM program to buy more bitcoin
Strategy has announced a $2.1 billion at-the-market offering of its 10% Series A Perpetual Strife Preferred Stock (STRF)....

R3, builder of permissioned Corda blockchain, to enter public ‘internet capital markets’ through Solana
Corda developer R3 has tapped Solana to bring its $10 billion-plus of real-world assets issued by financial institutions onto a public ledger. ...

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