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Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s suite of AI-powered tools and features, is gaining new features. Most notably, the company on Monday announced that Apple device owners will now be able to take advantage of Priority Notifications, which allows Apple’s AI to highlight your most time-sensitive notifications in a new format. Other updates are coming to the Image Playground app and the Mac. Plus, Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone and iPad users in the EU and on the Apple Vision Pro headset in U.S. English. The changes are rolling out with the release of Apple software, iOS 18.4, iPadOS…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaña and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences will announce the nominees on Tuesday, the result of nearly 13,000 entries from over 70 countries. The Associated Press got an early look.A mullet-filled song about jorts performed by Will Ferrell, Nick Jonas and Jimmy Fallon was nominated for best general music video and film, and it will next face off against Abrams’ 20-minute behind-the-music “The Secret of Us.”The Generation Alpha phenomenon known as…

Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has appointed JPMorgan Chase and Citi to prepare for an initial public offering (IPO), reported Fortune. Circle intends to make its IPO paperwork public by late April, although a definitive date has not been set. All the three entities involved declined to comment on the matter. Previously, Circle sought to list its shares through a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in 2021, but it was not finalised due to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) non-approval. The firm abandoned this strategy at the end of 2022. Following this, Circle confidentially filed…

Tech giant Oracle is facing criticism for how it’s handling two seemingly separate data breaches.  At least one of the incidents appears to still be unfolding, despite Oracle reportedly denying a breach at all. The other relates to a breach of patient data under the tech giant’s healthcare subsidiary, Oracle Health. Oracle did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment about the two incidents. Oracle Health breach affects patient data, per reports The breach disclosed most recently involves Oracle Health, which provides hospitals and other healthcare providers with technology to access health records online. Oracle Health is a unit that…

Dame Wendy Hall is a pioneering force in AI and computer science. As a renowned ethical AI speaker and one of the leading voices in technology, she has dedicated her career to shaping the ethical, technical and societal dimensions of emerging technologies. She is the co-founder of the Web Science Research Initiative, an AI Council Member and was named as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the UK by Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. A key advocate for responsible AI governance and diversity in tech, Wendy has played a crucial role in global discussions on the future of AI. In…

Photo illustration shows the TikTok logo displayed on a mobile phone screen.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFor the second time this year, TikTok is staring at a deadline that could determine its fate in the U.S. and that of numerous creators and brands that have built businesses on the Chinese-owned social app.The sense of urgency that led some creators to post wistful goodbye videos in January has shifted to a more cautiously optimistic outlook, with creators and firms saying they believe TikTok will remain in the U.S. They are, however, hedging their bets. “I’m trying to be optimistic and hope…

Retym, a U.S. chipmaker with Israeli roots, has raised a fresh $75 million series D led by James Kuklinski of Spark Capital. Existing investors — Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha and Kleiner Perkins’ Mamoon Hamid — also participated, bringing its total raised to $180 million, it says. The chipmaker is another startup benefiting from AI’s glow-up. Its chips don’t process AI workloads directly — it’s not a Nvidia GPU competitor. It’s working on a new “programmable coherent digital signal processing DSP” chip that allows the innards of data centers to communicate faster both internally and with external sources. Data centers needed this…

On Jan. 20, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hit a new all-time high of $109,000, and many investors thought that the world’s most popular cryptocurrency was about to skyrocket higher. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case, with Bitcoin now down 22% from its peak. The good news is that Bitcoin has a long track record of recovering from similar market declines. If history is any guide, then Bitcoin could be ready to soar in value later in 2025. The first thing you need to know about Bitcoin is that it tends to follow very distinct four-year cycles. The key to the recurring…

OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.” That’s according to a feedback form the company published on its website Monday. The form, which OpenAI is inviting “developers, researchers, and [members of] the broader community” to fill out, includes questions like, “What would you like to see in an open-weight model from OpenAI?” and “What open models have you used in the past?” “We’re excited to collaborate with developers, researchers, and the broader community to gather inputs and make this model as useful as possible,” OpenAI wrote on its website.…

Bitcoin has dropped to $82,100, Ethereum to $1,790, and XRP to $2.13, extending losses alongside U.S. stock futures as investors react to rising trade tensions and inflation concerns. S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures declined by around 0.7% to 0.8%, while Dow futures fell 0.55%. Investor sentiment remains under pressure ahead of President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement, which is expected to impose reciprocal trade measures on at least 25 countries. Barclays estimates that auto-related tariffs alone could affect over $275 billion in annual imports. The broader tariff package, part of Trump’s proposed “External Revenue Service,” is projected to generate…