Tencent & Alibaba may invest in AI startup DeepSeek, valued at over $20B. DeepSeek, founded in 2023 & owned by Zhejiang Guozhang Asset Management, recently unveiled a model rivaling US competitors. — Bloomberg

X Premium (iOS) now lets you customize your timeline! Pin topics to your main tab using Grok AI. 75+ topics supported. Android coming soon. A topic blocking tool for "For You" is also live!

Nissan sales in China jumped 23% in March to 54,616 units, boosted by its Huawei-equipped Teana. Meanwhile, Toyota saw an 8% drop, and Honda a 34.3% decline. China's overall new car market fell 16% in March.

Google unveils 8th-gen TPUs! 🚀 At Google Cloud Next '26, new TPU v8s launched: TPU 8t for faster AI model training & TPU 8i for AI agents w/ 3x memory. — Taiwan Economic Daily

MegaFon & Sber launch "Smart Auto-Payment" for mobile users. Service monitors balance, predicts upcoming charges (subscriptions, etc.) within 30 days, & tops up automatically with a reserve. Managed via Sber app. Aimed at users who miss low balance alerts.

Roblox reached child safety agreements with WV, AL, & NV AGs, pledging $35.8M to child safety education. Meanwhile, Australia's eSafety Commissioner is demanding answers from Roblox & Minecraft on preventing child sexual exploitation & extremism. 🇦🇺

HeadHunter launches "Accessible Recruitment" to support SMEs & regional employment. New products offer tailored resume access for SMEs & special vacancy posting for small towns. Targets 550k SMEs in 150k settlements (<50k pop) where 25M+ working-age people live.

CZ sues crypto project World Liberty Financial, alleging extortion & an "illegal scheme" to seize his tokens. Zhao invested $45M, acquired 3B WLFI tokens + 1B for consulting. Claims WLF is "on the verge of collapse" & questions stablecoin reserves. Dispute arose after he refused further investment.

Pinduoduo faces over 180,000 lawsuits as of April 2026, primarily involving trademark, copyright, and patent disputes. This dwarfs other e-commerce platforms, making its legal department a trending topic on Weibo. - Lianhe Zaobao

Michael Dell donates $750M to UT Austin! Funds will create life science/medical research centers, a research park, medical center, scholarships, dorms, and a supercomputing center. The goal: unite medicine, science, and AI on campus. #MichaelDell #UTAustin #Philanthropy

Google's AI dev might be slow due to internal politics. Management fears competitors like Anthropic are ahead. Merging software projects planned to speed progress, as Gemini's fragmentation across 6 brands shows lack of focus. Some engineers prefer Anthropic's Claude Code.

China is blocking AI startups from leaving to compete in Western markets, fearing US competition. Beijing has reportedly stopped Manus AI's founder from exiting & warned MiroMind against exporting talent/research. A "red line" exists against "de-Chinanization." #AI #China #TechPolicy

Toyota inks deal with CATL for EV battery production in Indonesia! 🇯🇵🇨🇳🇮🇩 Toyota to invest 1.3T IDR in CATL's West Java plant, aiming for 6.9 GWh annual capacity by end of 2026. This boosts local EV component sourcing for hybrid models like the "Kijang Innova". #EV #Toyota #CATL #Indonesia

Xbox Game Pass drops to $23/month, effective immediately. This 23% price cut follows two years of increases. New Call of Duty titles won't launch on Game Pass day one, possibly signaling concerns about service growth or CoD revenue. #Xbox #GamePass

X API now charges $0.20 per URL post (up from $0.01). This change, coupled with reduced reach for link posts, is impacting publishers. Techmeme now directs users to their site for links instead of posting them directly on X.

Tesla sued for misleading Autopilot claims. Tom Losavio claims he paid thousands in 2017 for autonomous driving that doesn't exist. Lead plaintiff in class-action, alleging Elon Musk & Tesla made false promises. Similar lawsuits in Europe. WSJ reports.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope construction is complete! Launching Sep 2026, its 2.4m mirror covers 100x Hubble's sky area. 🚀 #NASARoman #SpaceTelescope

Mozilla used Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI to scan Firefox code, fixing 271 vulnerabilities in version 150. AI's ability to reason about code signals a potential shift in security, empowering defenders to find flaws faster than attackers exploit them. — Wired

Meta will use employees' mouse/keystroke data to train AI models. They say real-world examples are needed. The internal tool has privacy precautions & data is only for model training. #AI #Meta #Privacy

SpaceX inks deal with Cursor for AI development! 🚀 Collaboration to integrate Cursor's platform with SpaceX's Colossus supercomputer. Includes a $60B option for SpaceX to acquire Cursor later this year. Two ex-Cursor engineers are now at xAI.

Ransomware negotiator Angelo Martineau admits to helping cybercriminals extort companies. He acted as an intermediary, sharing victim info & tactics with ALPHV/BlackCat operators to boost their profits & his cut. Martineau is the 3rd negotiator jailed in a year for similar crimes.

UK: Mandatory smartphone ban in schools announced by PM Keir Starmer. Policy shift, previously resisted, passed in House of Lords via amendment to Education Act. Department for Education states it formalizes existing guidance. - Financial Times

YouTube is using AI to detect AI-generated portraits of famous people, like deepfakes. Similar to Content ID, it'll protect creators' likenesses from unauthorized use. Tested with creators last year, now expanded to politicians & journalists.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticizes rival Anthropic's new "Mythos" model. Altman claims Anthropic uses "fear-based marketing" by calling the model too powerful & withholding it, suggesting this keeps AI in the hands of "elites."

OpenAI launched Images 2.0, a new image generation tool for ChatGPT Plus/Pro/Business users. Its "thinking" function allows reasoning before image creation, improving diversity & accuracy with network search. Can generate up to 8 consistent images from one prompt. #AI #ImageGeneration

Ferrari Luce electric car unveiled next month in Rome! Price tag expected around €550,000, with a potential 10% fluctuation. This 4-door supercar will be pricier than the gasoline Purosangue (€450k+). #Ferrari #ElectricCar #LuxuryCars

Max messenger users: for optimal performance, disabling VPN is recommended. The service's press service advised Interfax of this.

DOM.RF Bank ready to fund industry & IT! Deputy Chairman Alexander Aksakov confirmed ample capital for large business loans in these new areas. #DOMRF #Finance #Industry #IT

UK regulator Ofcom investigating Telegram over child sexual abuse material. Ofcom launched probe after info from Canadian Centre for Child Protection. Telegram denies allegations, claims public distribution "practically eliminated" since 2018 via algorithms. — Reuters

WeChat Pay expands to SE Asia & Korea! Users can now pay via WeChat scanning ZeroPay (SK), LANKAQR (SL), PromptPay (TH), DuitNow QR (MY), & SGQR+ (SG). Enjoy excellent exchange rates in SK during May holidays! 🚀