Hello and welcome to top tech news today. Here is your daily dose of latest tech news from around the world. Before we start, please consider subscribing to our channel and press bell icon to get updates about our latest videos and daily tech news. Please also consider sharing this video. Now these are the top tech news today. BYU plans to test its Apollo Go robo taxi service in Switzerland by the end of the year, its first expansion in Europe, and also launch it in Turkey. UK-based Space Forge, which aims to develop ultraefficient semiconductors and other materials in orbit, raised a $30 million series A led by the NATO Innovation Fund. Tik Tok has been working on a new feature that will allow US users to share photos over DMs inside the app and also plans to introduce voice messaging. Glass Imaging, which develops AI powered software to improve digital image quality, raised a $20 million series A led by Insight Partners. AMD and Humane partner to invest up to 10 billion dollars on AI infrastructure over the next five years, including in data centers stretching from Saudi Arabia to the US. Google says it is testing an AI mode button on the search homepage with labs users, replacing the I’m feeling lucky button. Amazon says it will work with Humane to invest $5 billion plus in a strategic partnership to help build an AI zone in Saudi Arabia. The UK House of Lords again rebuffs the government’s AI plans by adding an amendment to a bill to require AI firms list copyrighted content used to train models. Tik Tok launches Tik Tok AI Alive, which lets users turn static photos into videos in Tik Tok stories using Story Camera. Google rebrands Find My Device to Find Hub, which recently added a people tab to track contacts and adds UWB support to the app for more precise tracking. Trump’s admin a deal to let UAE import 500,000 of the most advanced AI chips each year until 2027. 1/5ifth would go to G42, the others to US firms. Google will add Gemini to wear OS 6, Android Auto, Google TV, and Android XR later this year. Google says that over 1 billion RCS messages are sent each day in the US. Global tablet shipments grew 8.5% year-over-year to 36.8 8 million in Q1, led by consumer and education refresh cycles. Apple shipments grew 14% year-over-year for a 37% market share. The US Commerce Department formally resends the Biden era AI diffusion rule, which would have limited US AI chip exports and taken effect on May 13th. Microsoft says it will lay off 6,000 staff in a bid to cut management layers, including at LinkedIn. Microsoft had 228,000 staff in June 2024 and cut 10,000 in 2023. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fundbacked AI company Humane picked US-based chipmaker Gro for inference. Gro plans to expand its Dam data center. Intel says it certified Shell’s lubricant-based method for cooling AI data center servers more efficiently after a two-year trial in a bid to use less energy. NVIDIA and Humane partner to build data centers in Saudi Arabia over the next 5 years with the first phase involving 18,000GB 300 Grace Blackwell chips. Carbon credit certifier Vera suspends a Kenyan project used by Netflix, Meta, and others to burnish their green credentials over a dispute with Messiah herders. Dallas-based Besto, which offers software and services to life insurance companies, raised a $120 million series D led by Goldman Sachs and Smith Point Capital. Audible partners with US publishers to convert print books and ebooks into audio books narrated by 100 plus AI voices across English, Spanish, French, and Italian. Chinese drone company DJI unveils the 2,99 Mavic 4 Pro with a 360° rotating gimbal and says it won’t be available in the US at launch, a first for its drones. Apple has worked with brain computer interface startup Synchron to explore letting iPhone users control the device using brain signals via a stent-like implant. Restaurant tech startup owner.com which offers AI website building marketing and other tools raised $120 million co-led by Maretch and Headline at a $1 billion valuation. Google faces 12 billion euros plus in damage claims from dozens of EU price comparison websites that allege it stole their customers after a 2.4 billion EU fine in 2017. German defense tech startup Helsing unveils an autonomous mini submarine, the SG1 Fathom, powered by its AI system, Lura, which can detect and classify sounds. UK retailer M ands says hackers stole customer data during a cyber attack reported on April 22nd. UK retailers Herods and Co-op also reported hacks in recent weeks. Soft Bank reports Q4 net profit up 124% year-over-year to approximately $3.5 billion. A surprise profit and above a approximately $182 million loss estimates due to improving valuations of Alibaba, T-Mobile, and more. Beijing based Mtoan says it plans to spend $1 billion over five years to bring its food delivery service Keta to Brazil after a Saudi Arabia rollout in 2024. That was all for today. Thanks for watching and we shall be back