Tech Updates

Apple blocked $2 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions in 2024. eBay is closing its operations in Israel, laying off over 200 employees. WhatsApp is launching an iPad app after 15 years. Cyber entrepreneur Pavel Gurvich raised $32 million for a new company. Snyk is launching a security solution for AI-written code. Samsung drops Android 16 beta for Galaxy S25 with more AI. Google Photos turns 10 and celebrates with a new AI-infused photo editor. Nvidia beat forecasts, with data center division revenue soaring by 73%. An Israeli startup invested in by Sam Altman was sold to Tenable for $105 million. Technology is being used to combat violence, from identifying violent discourse to assessing danger using AI.https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rjc4007emgghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hywyvvvmeehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/bj73smefxlhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1hphb4mgehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/r1brrqvmxxhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/samsung-drops-android-16-beta-for-galaxy-s25-with-more-ai-you-probably-dont-wanthttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/google-photos-turns-10-celebrates-with-new-ai-infused-photo-editorhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sjznwybfxehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/h1cbm5bgeghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/bjp7bchzle

War story: the hardest bug I ever debuggedhttps://www.clientserver.dev/p/war-story-the-hardest-bug-i-ever

Tracing the thoughts of a large language model \ Anthropichttps://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model

Senior Developer Skills in the AI Age: Leveraging Experience for Better Resultshttps://manuel.kiessling.net/2025/03/31/how-seasoned-developers-can-achieve-great-results-with-ai-coding-agents

Your Startup Doesn't Need to Be a Unicornhttps://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a

The Machine Stops — Steph Angohttps://stephango.com/the-machine-stops

I'd rather read the prompthttps://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt

The Israeli company Ludeo may change the entire video industry. Elon Musk's xAI accuses an employee of planting political content in the Grok chatbot. The Israeli unicorn Cyera is raising funds at a valuation of $6 billion. China launched the first supercomputer to operate in space. Palo Alto Networks conducted a ransomware attack in just 25 minutes using AI agents. Investors are flocking to Cyera, potentially the next Waze. https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hjizxh811gg https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sycgxmwwgg https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1mgrdvbeg https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sjdzfsowlx https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/r1muboobll https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/h1bevi00zgl

KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications giant, will implement DriveNets software for hundreds of millions of dollars. Classic has raised $110 million to build "the Microsoft of quantum computing." The AI company Perplexity is on track to raise $500 million at a $14 billion valuation. QIAGEN, a Dutch company, is acquiring the Israeli company Genoox for $80 million. Orca Security is acquiring the startup Opus in an Israeli cyber deal. The biotechnology company Somite AI has raised $47 million to develop drugs using cells. The startup Kela has recorded $100 million in fundraising within a year of its establishment. A billionaire who founded "Russian Google" and immigrated to Israel will build Israel's supercomputer, which may boost the AI industry in Israel. Lego is playing with ChatGPT, creating an AI-powered plastic cube.https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1njpiybxghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1t3mzjwllhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/bkznv6j11elhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sk2y1ukzlxhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/bkco3ox11eghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/s1bzfclwelhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/bjusbgwbxehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/skiib4fzgxhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sjuhy7fblehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hjz7aggblx

The man behind Claude predicts that AI will help us understand animal language. Bria, a startup, raised $40 million to create protected visual content. Unframe, founded by Noname alumni, is revealed with a $30 million funding round. A WhatsApp vulnerability generated tens of millions of dollars for NSO. OpenAI is paying millions for ChatGPT users' "thank yous." A person faked agreements with large companies to deceive potential investors. Palo Alto Networks is acquiring the cybersecurity company Protect AI. Lightrun raised $70 million to advance the vision of a bug-free world. ChatGPT will recommend products for purchase and earn a commission. Meta is launching Meta AI chatbots to increase competition.https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/s1rl8vxhyghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sydzheenkghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/r17zqy2tjghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hjme00imrjxhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1eems7jeghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hybfebhkgehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rkjsng6jgehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sjrxfr31eghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hk003r0tyeghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hymt400ajeg

Google I/O 2025: live updates from the keynote | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/google/670250/google-io-news-announcements-gemini-ai-android-xr

Duolingo's CEO is attempting to retract previous statements about prioritizing AI, but is not succeeding. A blog post discusses using GitHub issues for taking notes. A dispatch from the "Trenches of the Butlerian Jihad" is shared. Access is denied to multiple articles on calcalist.co.il. An article on Text Incubation discusses AI code as being legacy code from its inception. AWS created a security tool that inadvertently created a security risk. Vin01's Blog discusses the state of cybersecurity in 2025 and how cyber criminals are operating. Anthropic is introducing web search on their API.https://htxt.co.za/2025/05/duolingo-ceo-tries-to-walk-back-ai-first-comments-failshttps://simonwillison.net/2025/May/26/noteshttps://www.solarshades.club/p/dispatch-from-the-trenches-of-thehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hyttkmvwxxhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hjhzaqxfxehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/skmh11vxzlxhttps://text-incubation.com/AI+code+is+legacy+code+from+day+onehttps://www.token.security/blog/aws-built-a-security-tool-it-introduced-a-security-riskhttps://vin01.github.io/piptagole/cybcecrime/security/cybersecurity/2025/05/05/state-cyber-security.htmlhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/web-search-api

TabNine, an AI code completion system, is laying off 15 employees. A security researcher warns that Waze exposes critical information to hostile entities. Elon Musk's AI company launched Grok 3, claiming it has 10 times more computing power than the previous model. The Chinese AI industry is unfazed by Trump, with Huawei doubling production and Jack Ma making a comeback. Nustic raised $11 million, stating that artificial intelligence cannot keep secrets. Guidance on how to improve work using AI for free. Google founder Larry Page is starting a new AI startup. Former Google CEO acquired control of the rocket startup Relativity Space. Apple is about to introduce a revolution in operating system design. Intel appointed Lip-Bu Tan as CEO, and the stock soared.https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/h185iqxfyehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/r1bwmwhkkehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/h1ier6b5yehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hykwbusqyxhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rkclxrsikehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/bygqdwmiyehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/s1l4mhqi1ghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1fozutijghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/byf5ou6sjghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rk9kldk2jx

Luke Kanies compares AI to a substandard consultant.https://lukekanies.com/writing/ai-is-like-a-crappy-consultant

Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompthttps://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt

For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time | Quanta Magazinehttps://www.quantamagazine.org/for-algorithms-a-little-memory-outweighs-a-lot-of-time-20250521/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=learn

The titles discuss various topics including the realism of an AI 2027 scenario, the next abstraction, infinite tool use, thoughts on thinking, finding things in the absence of curation (mentioned in two blog posts from bearblog), the scaling limitations of LLM function calls and the effectiveness of code orchestration, and OpenAI's tactics related to the Ghibli meme.https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-ai-2027-scenario-how-realistichttps://substack.com/inbox/post/164096497https://snimu.github.io/2025/05/23/infinite-tool-use.htmlhttps://dcurt.is/thinking?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=favhttps://tadaima.bearblog.dev/if-nothing-is-curated-how-do-we-find-things/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=favhttps://jngiam.bearblog.dev/mcp-large-datahttps://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/sam-altman-chatgpt-viral-ghibli-forced-openai-unnatural-things?utm_term=6926D1CD-5227-4EBB-83F8-21E58077E383&lrh=08809f87653bdd0e3e4e79b3c74404c3926a924830b5c91c0e95f44baa02d431&utm_campaign=7AC012FB-CC20-4608-8EBF-9D47316FED84&utm_medium=email&utm_content=A72EEF13-01E2-493F-9830-4586F80B7576&utm_source=SmartBrief

Everything we learned from Google I/O 2025: AI, AI, and more AIhttps://mashable.com/article/google-io-2025-everything-you-need-to-know

Microsoft Build 2025: News and Announcements from the Developer Conferencehttps://www.theverge.com/news/669382/microsoft-build-2025-news-ai-agents

Chicago Sun-Times Summer Reading List is Full of Fake Books, People are Self-Hosting, Windows 11 Aims to Secure the World in the Post-Quantum Era, Google Focuses on AI Mode in Search, Researchers Cause GitLab AI Developer Assistant to Turn Safe Code Malicious, and Signal Blocks Windows Recall. Calcalist: OpenAI Seeks Johnny Ive's Startup and 394,000 Windows Computers Infected with Luma Stealer Malware. OpenAI and Johnny Ive: Johnny Ive Takes Control of OpenAI's Design Future, and OpenAI Seeks His Startup. Microsoft: 394,000 Windows Computers Infected with Luma Stealer Malware and Signal Blocks Windows Recall.https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/chicago-sun-times-prints-summer-reading-list-full-of-fake-bookshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/self-hosting-is-having-a-moment-ethan-sholly-knows-whyhttps://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/heres-how-windows-11-aims-to-make-the-world-safe-in-the-post-quantum-erahttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rjkg00kiblxhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rjpse5jwxghttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/at-i-o-2025-google-leaves-no-doubt-that-ai-mode-is-the-future-of-searchhttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/05/apple-legend-jony-ive-takes-control-of-openais-design-futurehttps://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-resorts-to-weird-trick-to-block-windows-recall-in-desktop-apphttps://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/researchers-cause-gitlab-ai-developer-assistant-to-turn-safe-code-malicious

Google Aims to Avoid Past Mistakes as It Brings Gemini to Wearable Devices. Authorities Carry Out Global Takedown of Infostealer Used by Cybercriminals. Anthropic Launches the New Generation of its AI Model, Claude 4, Described as the World's Best Coding Model. Notepad.exe Undergoes a Significant Change, From a State of Minimal Maintenance to Automatic Writing for the User. Behind the Scenes of the Movement to Create Calmer Gadgets: A Company Presents a Detailed Checklist of 81 Points. Destructive Malware Was Available in the NPM Repository for Two Years Without Anyone Noticing. Elon Musk Tries to Streamline Governance With His AI Chatbot Grok, Raising Concerns of Conflicts of Interest. Check Point Will Recruit 500 Employees for Its AI Center in Israel. The State Cancels the Secret Biometric Database Four Years After Its Exposure.https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/05/glass-redux-google-aims-to-avoid-past-mistakes-as-it-brings-gemini-to-your-facehttps://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/authorities-carry-out-global-takedown-of-infostealer-used-by-cybercriminalshttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/anthropic-calls-new-claude-4-worlds-best-ai-coding-modelhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/r1nw902weehttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/in-3-5-years-notepad-exe-has-gone-from-barely-maintained-to-it-writes-for-youhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/what-makes-a-tech-gadget-calm-this-certification-firm-has-an-81-point-checklisthttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/05/destructive-malware-available-in-npm-repo-went-unnoticed-for-2-yearshttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rjou4bc11exhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hk08pvv11xlhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hkx8kiybeg

Cyber Giant Fortinet Acquires Israeli Suridata. Rhino FCP Company Raised Money to Develop Data Privacy Technology. Google Transitions to Using Chatbots Instead of the Traditional Search Engine. Updates to Valve's SteamOS, Gemini Integration in Google Home, Review of the Bambu Lab A1 3D Printer, Discussion on the Impact of AI on Engineers, Claim That AI Does Not Affect Jobs or Salaries, and Criticism of the "AI-first" Approach.https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/r1gqas311xxhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rksbmih11gehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hkd11j8ibxxhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/steamos-3-7-brings-valves-gaming-os-to-other-handhelds-and-generic-amd-pcshttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/googles-will-smith-double-is-better-at-eating-ai-spaghetti-but-its-crunchyhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/generative_ai_no_effect_jobs_wageshttps://www.anildash.com/2025/04/19/ai-first-is-the-new-return-to-officehttps://labadal.com/blogs/ruminations/engineers-and-ai.htmlhttps://arstechnica.com/google/2025/05/google-home-is-getting-deeper-gemini-integration-and-a-new-widgethttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/what-i-learned-from-my-first-few-months-with-a-bambu-lab-a1-3d-printer-part-1