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OpenAI AI Models:
OpenAI Codex CLI:
Nvidia and AMD Export Restrictions:
OpenAI Windsurf Acquisition:
Chris Krebs Resignation:
IRS Direct File Program:
Meta and TikTok Competition:
State Department Disinformation Office:
Blusmart Suspension:
DeepSeek US Probe: - The US House opens a probe on whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules. 👉 nytimes.com$
Lyft FreeNow Acquisition:
Palantir ICE Contract:
TikTok Footnotes Testing:
Deezer AI Generated Music:
Enterprise SaaS Optimization:
Google Search Domains: - Google has announced that it will begin phasing out country code top-level domains, redirecting all traffic to google.com. 👉 blog.google
4chan Hack: - Infamous message board 4chan taken down following major hack. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Indian EV Shutdown: - Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have suspended service a day after regulators launched a probe into Gensol, which shares its co-founders. 👉 techcrunch.com
UBS SaaS Spend Research: - Enterprise software optimization is accelerating as companies face potential budget freezes in 2025, with 21% of organizations cutting their SaaS spend last year.
Windows Updates:
Android Auto-Reboot Security:
Fortinet Symlink Backdoor: - Over 16,000 Fortinet devices compromised with symlink backdoor. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Google's AI Ad Suspension: - Google blocked over 5 billion ads in 2024 amid rise in AI-powered scams. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Apple Zero-Day Fixes: - Apple fixes two zero-days exploited in targeted iPhone attacks. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Jira Performance Issues:
US tariffs Shein and Temu: - Shein, Temu slash digital ads as tariffs end cheap shipping from China, data show. 👉 uk.finance.yahoo.com
EEV RIDE Suspension: - BluSmart, India's all-electric cab-hailing startup that was once seen as an emerging rival to Uber, appears to have suspended service. 👉 techcrunch.com
Microsoft Active X change - Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft Exchange support - Microsoft warned that Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 will reach the end of support six months from now, on October 14. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
MITRE CVE shutdown avoided - US funding running out for critical cyber vulnerability database, manager says. 👉 reuters.com
Meta testing - Longtime Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg is on the stand, and it sounds like she's a much friendlier witness for the FTC than she may have been just a few years ago 👀. 👉 x.com
Lyft expansion - Lyft bought a business doing 1/10 the GBs per employee as it. But the good news is those employees are in Europe, mostly Germany, so they'll be easy to let go. 👉 x.com
GCE R/FIMI - In a move sure to please the Kremlin, US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated. 👉 bsky.app
Nvidia China deal
- Taiwan is about to be invaded. [x.com](https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1912273556634730577)
- OpenAI is an investor in cursor, which makes this even funnier. [x.com](https://x.com/thexeophon/status/1912571107628183736)
- openai literally just threw down the gauntlet to anthropic by launching an open source coding agent alongside o3 and o4-mini [x.com](https://x.com/iannuttall/status/1912561355602661715)
- TLDR on o3 and o4-mini: incremental. pace of progress still really high, no dramatic changes in performance or shocking new features. Pressure to ship fast across the industry has never been higher. [x.com](https://x.com/natolambert/status/1912554620276126018)
- AMD stock, $AMD, falls -8% on news of the US banning sales of Nvidia's H20 chip to China. [x.com](https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1912278118829634047)
- So much for the GOP's pro-business stance. Trump's policies will slow the growth of one of America's most innovative and promising companies. [bsky.app](https://bsky.app/profile/jenniferlp.bsky.social/post/3lmv5zoruok2j)
- ignore literally all the benchmarks the biggest o3 feature is tool use ofc it's smart, but it's also just way more useful >deep research quality in 30 seconds >debugs by googling docs and checking stackoverflow >writes whole python scripts in its CoT for fermi estimates [x.com](https://x.com/aidan_mclau/status/1912559163152253143)
- AMD expects $800 million hit from U.S. chip restrictions on China. [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/amd-800-million-export-us-chip-restrictions-china.html)
- Nvidia, caught in the US-China trade war, takes a $5.5 billion hit. [finance.yahoo.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-takes-5-5-billion-092045046.html)
- U.S. Restricts Export of Chips Used by China's DeepSeek AI. [breitbart.com](https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/04/16/u-s-restricts-export-of-chips-used-by-chinas-deepseek-ai/)
- There's no way to spin this as anything but a handout to corporate interests. [bsky.app](https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social/post/3lmxap6z3hs2h)
- It's been <4yrs since it's founding. There's clear intent for OpenAI to verticalize and own the app layer, including coding and compete with Cursor head-on. [x.com](https://x.com/deedydas/status/1912572051317272625)
- Globalization was fun while it lasted. It's going to be hard for companies to meet growth expectations as their markets are shrinking due to geopolitics. [bsky.app](https://bsky.app/profile/carnage4life.bsky.social/post/3lmvfgzg5xc2d)