Having worked in tech for years, and in several highly regulated industries (consumer credit for instance), I've long ago given up on any hope that those industries can be changed from *within*. hence my focus on the external drivers of change now.
BIG TECH
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Apple’s AI Vision Gaps Explained: Strategic Context Revealed
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Some details in here I haven’t seen reported before. Apple’s lack of AI vision and progress makes a bit more sense given this context, but it’s still shocking.
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Microsoft’s OpenAI Investment vs. Copilot’s Unpopular Reception
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Microsoft a dépensé des milliards pour OpenAI, a eu accès aux modèles les plus avancés… et pourtant, personne n’aime Microsoft Copilot.
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TikTok ad repository found in DSA breach by Commission
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Commission preliminarily finds TikTok's ad repository in breach of the Digital Services Act https://
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EU Vice-President Virkkunen meets US tech industry leaders
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Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen in the United States for high-level meetings with tech industry and government officials | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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Salesforce Acquires UK Startup Convergence to Enhance Agentforce Platform
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Salesforce acquired Convergence, the UK-based startup building Operator's rival Proxy The deal will see Salesforce tap Convergence's team and agentic technology to further enhance its Agentforce platform Financial details of the deal remain undisclosed https://
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Alibaba’s Qwen Launches Web Dev Feature for One-Click Website Creation
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Alibaba's Qwen team launched Web Dev
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 19 mai 2025
The feature allows users to build and deploy professional websites in just a single prompt and click
Available via Qwen Chat, the ChatGPT-like platform offered by the companypic.twitter.com/KNrkX7qmNGAlibaba's Qwen team launched Web Dev The feature allows users to build and deploy professional websites in just a single prompt and click Available via Qwen Chat, the ChatGPT-like platform offered by the company
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YouTube and Netflix Launch AI-Powered Advertising Technologies
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YouTube and Netflix are both working to launch AI ads
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 19 mai 2025
YT is experimenting with Peak Points, where it will show ads right after emotionally charged moments
Netflix is developing AI ads that will place products over backgrounds inspired by programspic.twitter.com/lR8PQo3b8EYouTube and Netflix are both working to launch AI ads YT is experimenting with Peak Points, where it will show ads right after emotionally charged moments Netflix is developing AI ads that will place products over backgrounds inspired by programs
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Nvidia Unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5 and GR00T-Dreams at Computex 2025
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At COMPUTEX 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 19 mai 2025
—Isaac GR00T N1.5, an upgraded version of its open AI for humanoid reasoning
—GR00T-Dreams blueprint to generate synthetic motion data from single images for training (used to train N1.5)pic.twitter.com/RbgbsVZMdtAt COMPUTEX 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced: —Isaac GR00T N1.5, an upgraded version of its open AI for humanoid reasoning
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OpenAI Launches Codex Agent for Software Development Tasks
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OpenAI launched Codex agent for software dev —Built on codex-1, an o3 variant fine-tuned for software engineering
—Runs in isolated clouds to write features, fix bugs, answer code questions, and run tests
—Available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Team users