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Top stories today:
- Google Pixel 10 lineup launches at 1 PM ET
- Meta restructures AI group to āaccelerateā pursuit of superintelligence
- Intel must give U.S. equity stake for CHIPS Act funds, Lutnick says
- Manus, OpenAI challenger, hits $90M annual revenue run rate
- DeepSeek releases V3.1 āopen-weightā AI non-thinking model
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1. Google Pixel 10 lineup launches at 1 PM ET
Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold are expected to be the new models.
The base Pixel 10 is rumored to have triple rear cameras, an upgrade over dual cameras on the existing base Pixel models.
Appleās MagSafe-like āPixelsnapā Qi2 magnetic wireless charging support is expected across all 4 Pixel 10 phones.
The Pixel 10 Pro Fold may come with an IP68-rated water-resistant build, the first on any foldable phone.
The Pixel 10 series may be priced the same as the Pixel 9 lineup.
The Google Pixel Watch 4 is also rumored to debut alongside Pixel 10 phones
41mm and 45mm sizes are expected.
Fast charging and a new nightstand-ready charging UI are rumored.
Additionally, the Pixel Buds 2A is expected as an upgrade to the Pixel Buds A, adding ANC and spatial audio
2. Update: Meta restructures AI group into 4 units to āaccelerateā pursuit of superintelligence
Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang reportedly announced the restructuring in an internal memo on Tue.
This is the 4th AI restructuring in 6 months, first reported on Mon.
No layoffs were part of the reorganization.
Loredana Crisan is leaving Meta for Figma, though.
She led Messenger before moving to Metaās AI group in Feb.
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4. Intel must give U.S. government equity stake for CHIPS Act funds, Lutnick says
Intel stock closed +7% at $25.31 on Commerce Secy. Lutnickās Tue. comments, but -1% in pre-market Wed.:
