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Google's new AI Mode takes Search's rea= l-time information access and combines it with generative AI capabilities t= o create an AI search engine experience. It is designed to make it easier f= or 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. Feed= back on the tool has so far been positive.
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Epic Games Store's new webshops feature= allows developers to open webshops to offer players out-of-app purchases t= o circumvent fees from Apple and Google. The company will not take a cut fr= om 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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Aurora launches commercial = self-driving truck service in Texas (3 minute read)

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 H= ouston 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 P= hoenix 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 sp= ace lasers to power Earth (9 minute read)

Aetherflux is a company that aims to ha= rvest 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 wo= uld receive sunlight all the time, enabling it to harness more power than o= n 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 m= ilitary might be the first recipient of Aetherflux's space-based power, but= the company wants to be a commercially viable operation that can provide c= lean, affordable power to Americans everywhere.
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Redis is open source again = (2 minute read)

Redis 8 is now generally available. It = has many new features and more than 30 performance improvements. The releas= e adds eight more data structures and five probabilistic structures to help= developers solve their current use cases better and build for the next gen= eration of fast and real-time apps. It comes with a new license (AGPLv3) th= at makes Redis open source again.
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Apple lied under oath in Ep= ic Games trial, may face criminal contempt charges (3 minute read)

Apple VP of Finance Alex Roman allegedl= y lied to the court to maintain the belief that evidence of internal discus= sions about a 27% commission fee on some purchases linked to the App Store = was real. The company had presented evidence of internal discussions that w= ere 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 attor= neys, who will investigate whether to pursue criminal contempt proceedings.
Oxide's Compensation Model:= How is it Going? (14 minute read)

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 resulte= d in a surge of new people interested in working at the company. The compan= y now has over three times the employees it previously had and a shipping p= roduct. This article looks at the lessons the company has learned over the = few years of working with its compensation model, which has been essential = for building a mission-focused team.
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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 use= rs discover and connect these services to Claude.
Why sharing a Redis cluster= across services is asking for trouble (4 minute read)

Using a single cache cluster shared acr= oss services means having one eviction policy and it makes monitoring and d= ebugging harder.
WhatsApp now has more than = 3 billion users a month (2 minute read)

WhatsApp's business platform accounted = for a large portion of the $510 million in revenue brought in by Meta's fam= ily of apps.
Spotify Submits iOS App Upd= ate With Out-of-App Purchase Options (2 minute read)

Apple has been ordered to allow develop= ers to add links to external purchase options with no fee effective immedia= tely.
Stripe shows iOS developers= how to avoid Apple's App Store commission (3 minute read)

Developers can set up a link inside the= ir apps to accept payments on iOS for digital goods using Stripe Checkout
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Meta's Reality Labs posted a $4.2 billi= on operating loss in Q1 2025.

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