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The App Store stopped over $2.2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2025

Apple reported that it prevented over $2.2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions on the App Store in 2025, contributing to a total of more than $11.2 billion over the past six years.

NVIDIA and Google Cloud Empower the Next Wave of AI Builders

NVIDIA and Google Cloud are expanding their joint developer community with new learning paths and hands-on labs, including a JAX on NVIDIA GPUs learning path and a NVIDIA Dynamo codelab for inference optimization. The community, launched at Google I/O last year, now serves over 100,000 developers. NVIDIA is also collaborating with Google DeepMind on SynthID watermarking for AI-generated content from NVIDIA Cosmos models.

“NVIDIA was the first industry partner to collaborate with Google DeepMind on SynthID, an AI watermarking technology that embeds robust digital watermarks directly into AI‑generated content” — NVIDIA

Apple Sports expands to more than 90 new countries and regions

Apple Sports has expanded its availability to over 170 countries and regions, adding more than 90 new markets. The app is now accessible to a broader global audience.

Apple unveils new accessibility features, and updates with Apple Intelligence

Apple announced accessibility updates driven by Apple Intelligence, adding new features to VoiceOver, Magnifier, and Voice Control.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at Dell Technologies World: “Demand Is Going Parabolic, Utterly Parabolic”

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Dell CEO Michael Dell discussed the accelerating demand for AI infrastructure at Dell Technologies World. They highlighted the new Dell PowerEdge XE9812 server based on NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, which offers up to 10x lower cost-per-token for agentic AI inferencing. The Vera CPU is claimed to complete agentic workloads 50% faster than x86 processors, with 1.2 TB/s memory bandwidth.

“Vera CPU has the highest single-threaded performance of any CPU in the world.” — NVIDIA

Vera Arrives: NVIDIA’s First CPU Built for Agents Lands at Top AI Labs

NVIDIA has introduced Vera, its first CPU designed for AI agents, now available at leading AI research labs. The chip is optimized for agentic AI workloads, offering high performance for inference and simulation tasks.

Apple kicks off Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8

Apple announced the schedule for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which will be held from June 8 to June 12.

Sea You in the Cloud: ‘Subnautica 2’ Early Access Dives Onto GeForce NOW

Subnautica 2 launches on GeForce NOW on its release day, May 14, allowing members to play across devices. Forza Horizon 6 early access begins May 14 for Premium Edition purchasers, with GeForce NOW support. A limited-time HITMAN World of Assassination reward event runs through June 14, offering exclusive items.

“Subnautica 2 is making a splash on GeForce NOW day-and-date with launch” — NVIDIA

Intel Named Official Compute Partner of McLaren Racing

Intel and McLaren Racing have announced a multi-year strategic partnership. Intel will serve as the Official Compute Partner for McLaren's Formula 1, IndyCar, and sim racing teams, providing advanced computing for AI and high-performance architectures.

NVIDIA, Ineffable Intelligence Team Up to Build the Future of Reinforcement Learning Infrastructure

NVIDIA and Ineffable Intelligence are collaborating on infrastructure for large-scale reinforcement learning. The partnership focuses on building optimized pipelines that support systems learning from experience, starting with NVIDIA Grace Blackwell and exploring the upcoming Vera Rubin platform.

“The next frontier of AI is superlearners — systems that learn continuously from experience.” — NVIDIA