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Apr 20
FYI: We're now omitting links in @Techmeme tweets. Why? 1. Links limit reach (see embedded study) 2. The cost for posting links using X's API increased today by 1900%. Links may return later, but we're still exploring how we might accomplish that.
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Apr 9
An analysis of the 200 most-recent tweets on X by 18 big publishers indicates links seem to hurt engagement, after debate arose over X's value for sharing news (@laurahazardowen / Nieman Lab) niemanlab.org/2026/04/do-lin… techmeme.com/260408/p44#a260…
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Satya Nadella says companies must build both human capital and token capital, with human judgment guiding AI systems that learn and improve over time (@satyanadella) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff are in DC to meet WH officials and try to fix the Mythos 5 dispute; both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue (@m_ccuri / Axios) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Canadian PM says the Anthropic ban shows the dangers of "over-reliance on certain models", and compares the risks to those that led to the 2008 financial crisis (Bloomberg) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Sources: UK plans an "Australia plus" social media ban for under-16s, including restrictions on chatting with strangers on gaming apps, under-18 curfews, more (The Guardian) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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EU says it is looking at the practical consequences of US restricting Anthropic's models, notes such measures "should not be discriminatory against partners" (Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Siri AI is good enough to ease Apple's AI crisis; sources: the ability to tap third party AI models beyond OpenAI's is already active in internal iOS 27 builds (@markgurman / Bloomberg) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Since Russia ratcheted up control over the internet this year, some Russians are turning to solutions like using multiple phones and VPNs to evade restrictions (@a_osborn / Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Ajinomoto says it can meet demand through 2030 for ABF, a key material for advanced chipmaking substrates, and plans to expand capacity instead of hiking prices (Wall Street Journal) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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After years of uncertainty, including delayed listings, memory chipmaker Kioxia's shares soared 56x in 18 months, making it Japan's most valuable company (Shuhei Ochiai / Nikkei Asia) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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As the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins, there is still no clear replacement for "Sports Twitter", which was a perfect second-screen experience during live events (@a_webster / The Verge) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Challenger, Gray & Christmas: out of ~398K US jobs cuts in 2026 through May, employers cited AI as the reason for ~88K of them, up from ~54K in all of 2025 (@r_hyunsoo / Sherwood News) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Nothing CEO Carl Pei says memory is now the costliest phone component, accounting for 50% of BOM in some models, and predicts phone prices will rise into 2027 (Stevie Bonifield / The Verge) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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US export controls on Anthropic reignite debate in India over the country's AI ambitions, which are increasingly tied to tech developed and governed in the US (@jagmeets13 / TechCrunch) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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US officials: the Trump administration's decision to impose export controls on Anthropic followed multiple tense calls between Dario Amodei and admin officials (Politico) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Companies are grappling with whether and how to curb employee wagers on prediction markets that may use confidential info, as platforms tighten their own rules (Financial Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Q&A with labor researcher Molly Kinder on her recent, widely discussed "Messy Middle" essay on AI-driven disruption of knowledge jobs and how to address it (@caseynewton / Platformer) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Source: the White House imposed export controls on Mythos partly over suspicions a China-linked group had accessed it (@reedalbergotti / Semafor) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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How the AI boom is revolutionizing US stock markets, as hyperscalers cut buybacks and boost capex, including Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI (@rbrtrmstrng / Financial Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Source: the White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos 5 to other AI companies, citing Anthropic's refusal to fix jailbreaks (@leomschwartz / The Information) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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European political figures say Anthropic disabling access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a "wake-up call" about the risks of depending on the US for AI tech (Nathan Rennolds / Associated Press) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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