🎧 Apple finally unlocks in-app prices | 🤖 Gemini muscles into iPhone AI | 🖥️ Nvidia rewires chips to dodge export ban

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• Spotify finally sneaks its own price tags past Apple’s gatekeepers.
• Google’s Gemini whispers sweet nothings to your future iPhone.
• Nvidia cooks up China-safe AI chips (dad joke included, brace yourself).
• Ads are invading AI chat windows—yep, even there.
• Digital twins suit up to rescue supply chains from climate chaos.

🚀 Today in Tech

Apple lets Spotify show the money

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/apple-approves-spotify-app-update-that-allows-u-s-users-to-access-pricing-info-external-payment-links/
TL;DR: Under a judge’s glare, Apple okayed a Spotify update that displays prices and kicks users to external payment links—no 30% toll, no drama (for now).

Gemini on deck for iPhones

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/news/658770/google-gemini-apple-iphone-deal-ai
TL;DR: Google’s Sundar Pichai says a deal to slot Gemini into iOS should close by mid-year, giving Siri a brain booster before the holidays.

Nvidia rejiggers chips to dodge U.S. export curbs

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-is-working-china-tailored-chips-again-after-us-export-ban-information-2025-05-02/
TL;DR: After Washington iced its H20s, Nvidia is refitting Blackwell-lite silicon for Alibaba & friends—because when life gives you bans, you make bandwidth-aids. (Dad joke: Chip off the old block? More like block off the old chip.)

Google quietly tests ads inside AI chatbots

Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/google-is-quietly-testing-ads-in-ai-chatbots/
TL;DR: Early testers spotted sponsored answers popping up in Gemini chat—because search ads were just too subtle.

AI-powered digital twins fight climate-shocked supply chains

Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/manufacturers-hope-ai-will-save-supply-chains-from-climate-crisis/
TL;DR: European manufacturers are mapping suppliers with AI twins and Nvidia’s Earth-2 weather sims to dodge floods, fires, and future headaches.

🎲 Link Grab-Bag

• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurism/comments/1k7rqus/researchers_find_easy_way_to_jailbreak_every/ — Researchers claim a one-command jailbreak for every major AI.
  

• Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43739456 — Show HN: tool turns any GitHub repo into step-by-step tutorials.
  

• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/01/harrods-latest-retailer-hit-cyber-attack-website-shops — Harrods joins the ransomware-victim club, keeps tills ringing anyway.
  

• GitHub Blog: https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/from-mcp-to-multi-agents-the-top-10-open-source-ai-projects-on-github-right-now-and-why-they-matter/ — GitHub ranks 10 fresh AI repos—from MCP proxies to Blender bots.
  

• TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/ai2s-new-small-ai-model-outperforms-similarly-sized-models-from-google-meta/ — AI2 open-sources Olmo 2, a 1 B-param model punching above its weight.
  

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