Codex, which is building a blockchain for stablecoins, raised a $15.8M seed led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase, Circle, and others participating (Ben Weiss/Fortune) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Trump says he will sign an EO to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days, as a deal "requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed" (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Sources: Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement for a joint venture to operate Intel's chipmaking facilities, with TSMC taking a 20% stake (Qianer Liu/The Information) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Google DeepMind outlines its approach to AGI safety in four key areas of risk: misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks, focusing on the first two (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

YouTube quietly removed "gender identity" from its hate speech policy after Trump took office; Google says enforcement of the policy remains unchanged (Taylor Lorenz/User Mag) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Sources: Justin Sun bailed out Techteryx's TrueUSD after $456M in reserves, managed by First Digital, became illiquid; Techteryx says it was a victim of fraud (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Similarweb: Gemini's web app had 10.9M average daily visits in March, up 7.4% MoM; Sensor Tower: Claude and Gemini saw activity jump after flagship model debuts (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Sources: a16z is in talks to join the Oracle-led frontrunner bid for TikTok's US arm, after being approached along with Blackstone Group and others (Financial Times) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

How JioHotstar became India's most popular streamer, with 100M subscribers paying less than $1/month on average, via a freemium model, micro dramas, and more (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Apple releases visionOS 2.4 with Apple Intelligence, a Spatial Gallery app that features Apple-curated media, with "new content released regularly", and more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Ethereum is struggling to keep the interest of investors and developers, having fallen out of step in an industry transformed by the embrace of Donald Trump (Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

Kalshi sues Nevada's gaming regulators to keep offering event contracts to bet on sports and politics, citing federal regulation by the US CFTC (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

A look at AI-generated fake movie trailers on YouTube; WBD, Paramount, and Sony have earned ad revenue from some videos instead of defending their copyright (Jake Kanter/Deadline) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Google will pay $100M in cash to settle a 2011 lawsuit accusing the company of charging for clicks on ads outside the geographic areas the advertisers targeted (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

US chipmaker Wolfspeed's shares fell ~50% on Friday, hitting their lowest since 1998, a day after it appointed a new CEO, amid worries about CHIPS Act funding (Kritika Lamba/Reuters) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Ubisoft carves out a unit, which includes Assassin's Creed, into a ~€4B subsidiary; Tencent will invest €1.16B to acquire a 25% stake in the new entity (Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Leaked financial figures: Stripe doubled its free cash flow in 2024 to about $2.2B and grew revenues by about 28% to $5.1B; Chime grew revenues by 31% to $1.7B (Cory Weinberg/The Information) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Meta rolls out a pilot program on Instagram designed to let US schools flag any potentially rule-violating post or account for prioritized review (Emma Roth/The Verge) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Massachusetts' top securities regulator probes Robinhood's decision to launch a prediction markets hub, after sending the company a subpoena last week (Nate Raymond/Reuters) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

How one of the world's major money laundering networks, linked to Cambodia's Huione Group, services online scammers using cryptocurrency, Telegram, and more (New York Times) Reviewed by studypoint on 02:09 Rating: 5