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Google's new AI Mode takes Search's real-time information access and
combines it with generative AI capabilities to create an AI search
engine experience. It is designed to make it easier for users to plan vacations, shopping trips, or learn more about any topic. Google Labs
users in the US can now access AI Mode without a waitlist. Feedback on
the tool has so far been positive.

EPIC GAMES IS LAUNCHING WEBSHOPS TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO CIRCUMVENT
APP STORE FEES AFTER NEW RULING (2 MINUTE READ) [9]

Epic Games Store's new webshops feature allows developers to open
webshops to offer players out-of-app purchases to circumvent fees from
Apple and Google. The company will not take a cut from the first $1
million each game earns annually starting in June. Epic is bringing
Fortnite back to the iOS App Store - it will incentivize users to buy
digital goods through Epic directly with cheaper prices.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

AURORA LAUNCHES COMMERCIAL SELF-DRIVING TRUCK SERVICE IN TEXAS (3
MINUTE READ) [10]

Aurora Innovation is the first company to deploy driverless,
heavy-duty trucks for commercial use on public roads in the US. The
company began running freight this week between Dallas and Houston and
has completed 1,200 miles in a single self-driving truck without a
driver so far. It plans to build more trucks and expand to El Paso and
Phoenix by the end of the year. The company is working with Volvo
Trucks and Paccar to develop self-driving trucks for high-volume
manufacturing, with plans for a launch in 2027 or earlier.

THE BILLIONAIRE BUILDING SPACE LASERS TO POWER EARTH (9 MINUTE READ)
[11]

Aetherflux is a company that aims to harvest solar power in space and
beam it back to Earth via laser. It plans to launch a demonstration of
its technology in 2026. A solar farm in space would receive sunlight
all the time, enabling it to harness more power than on Earth.
Aetherflux plans to use infrared lasers to send solar energy from an
array of small satellites to a series of small ground stations. The US
military might be the first recipient of Aetherflux's space-based
power, but the company wants to be a commercially viable operation
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REDIS IS OPEN SOURCE AGAIN (2 MINUTE READ) [13]

Redis 8 is now generally available. It has many new features and more
than 30 performance improvements. The release adds eight more data
structures and five probabilistic structures to help developers solve
their current use cases better and build for the next generation of
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MISCELLANEOUS

APPLE LIED UNDER OATH IN EPIC GAMES TRIAL, MAY FACE CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
CHARGES (3 MINUTE READ) [14]

Apple VP of Finance Alex Roman allegedly lied to the court to
maintain the belief that evidence of internal discussions about a 27% commission fee on some purchases linked to the App Store was real. The
company had presented evidence of internal discussions that were
tailor-made for litigation instead of what actually happened. Apple
has also been accused of other deceptive practices. The accusations
may result in punishment for Apple and Roman - the case has been
referred to US attorneys, who will investigate whether to pursue
criminal contempt proceedings.

OXIDE'S COMPENSATION MODEL: HOW IS IT GOING? (14 MINUTE READ) [15]

Oxide struggled to hire four years ago, so it published a blog
explaining the company's approach to compensation. The blog got a lot
of attention, both positive and negative, and it resulted in a surge
of new people interested in working at the company. The company now
has over three times the employees it previously had and a shipping
product. This article looks at the lessons the company has learned
over the few years of working with its compensation model, which has
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QUICK LINKS

ANTHROPIC LETS USERS CONNECT MORE APPS TO CLAUDE (4 MINUTE READ) [16]


Anthropic's new app connection feature, Integrations, builds on the
company's MCP protocol to allow developers to create and host app
services that enhance Claude's capabilities and let users discover and
connect these services to Claude.

WHY SHARING A REDIS CLUSTER ACROSS SERVICES IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE (4
MINUTE READ) [17]

Using a single cache cluster shared across services means having one
eviction policy and it makes monitoring and debugging harder.

WHATSAPP NOW HAS MORE THAN 3 BILLION USERS A MONTH (2 MINUTE READ)
[18]

WhatsApp's business platform accounted for a large portion of the
$510 million in revenue brought in by Meta's family of apps.

SPOTIFY SUBMITS IOS APP UPDATE WITH OUT-OF-APP PURCHASE OPTIONS (2
MINUTE READ) [19]

Apple has been ordered to allow developers to add links to external
purchase options with no fee effective immediately.

STRIPE SHOWS IOS DEVELOPERS HOW TO AVOID APPLE'S APP STORE COMMISSION
(3 MINUTE READ) [20]

Developers can set up a link inside their apps to accept payments on
iOS for digital goods using Stripe Checkout

META'S REALITY LABS HAS NOW LOST OVER $60 BILLION SINCE 2020 (1
MINUTE READ) [21]

Meta's Reality Labs posted a $4.2 billion operating loss in Q1 2025.

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