Rippling is trying to serve Deel’s CEO, but bailiffs can’t find him

HR tech startup Rippling is trying to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz with papers as part of a blockbuster lawsuit against its competitor. There’s just one problem: French bailiffs hired by Rippling can’t seem to find Bouaziz, Irish newspaper Business Post reports. Rippling sued Deel earlier this year in Ireland alleging the company paid one […]

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Some AI Talent ‘In Despair’ Reportedly About Google DeepMind’s Noncompete Rules

Google defends DeepMind’s noncompetes as standard, but critics say they stifle talent in a fast-moving AI race and may push researchers abroad.

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Chinese marketplace DHgate becomes a top US app as trade war intensifies

The Trump trade war has gone viral on TikTok, pushing a Chinese e-commerce app, DHgate, to the top of the Apple App Store in the U.S. After Trump increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports by 145%, numerous Chinese suppliers and manufacturers began making TikTok videos explaining to consumers how the global luxury goods market actually […]

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Trump: Tech Tariff Exemptions Are Temporary, Looking at ‘Whole Electronics Supply Chain’

Trump confirmed that semiconductor tariffs are coming soon, and that specific companies in the sector, such as Apple, would be granted some flexibility.

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Meet Neptune, a TikTok alternative where creators can hide likes and follower counts 

Neptune is one of the newest short-form video apps on the block seeking to compete with major players like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.  The app, currently in beta, has attracted attention from hundreds of thousands of users, with 970 testers participating and 400,000 people on the waitlist, per the company. Neptune announced Monday […]

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Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach

The car rental giant attributed the breach to Cleo, whose customers had data stolen by a ransomware gang in 2024.

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OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding

GPT 4.1, GPT 4.1 Mini, and GPT 4.1 Nano are all available now—and will help OpenAI compete with Google and Anthropic.

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Amazon’s New Nova Sonic AI Model Features a ‘More Human-like Voice’

The Nova Sonic voice AI model can respond to the speaker’s words, as well as their tone, inflection, and pacing.

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OpenAI’s new GPT-4.1 AI models focus on coding

OpenAI on Monday launched a new family of models called GPT-4.1 . Yes, “4.1” — as if the company’s nomenclature wasn’t confusing enough already. There’s GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, all of which OpenAI says “excel” at coding and instruction following. Available through OpenAI’s API but not ChatGPT, the multimodal models have a 1-million-token […]

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OpenAI plans to phase out GPT-4.5, its largest-ever AI model, from its API

OpenAI said on Monday that it would soon wind down the availability of GPT-4.5, its largest-ever AI model, via its API. GPT-4.5 was released only in late February. Developers will have access to GPT-4.5 via OpenAI’s API until July 14, after which they’ll have to transition to another model in OpenAI’s catalog, the company says. […]

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