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Last Notes npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Letter: the US EPA says power plants providing electricity only to data centers and not to the public grid would not be subject to federal pollution laws (Tim McLaughlin/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme South Africa withdraws its first draft national AI policy after revelations that it contained fictitious sources that appeared to have been AI-generated (Nellie Peyton/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme OpenAI has surpassed $100M in annualized revenue from ChatGPT ads, has expanded to 600+ advertisers, and plans to launch self-serve advertiser access in April (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme A US judge dismisses a lawsuit against Meta by Attaullah Baig, former head of cybersecurity at WhatsApp, who alleged Meta ignored critical security flaws (Carly Nairn/Courthouse News Service) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Canal+, ITV, Sky, and other broadcasters urge the EU to designate smart TV operating systems such as Android TV and Amazon Fire OS as gatekeepers under the DMA (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Google is running a "small" experiment replacing news headlines in search results with AI-generated ones, after adding the feature in Google Discover in January (Sean Hollister/The Verge) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Democratic voters in Illinois rejected most candidates supported by the crypto and AI industries, marking an unexpected defeat after industry PACs spent $18M+ (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Apple unveils the $599 MacBook Neo, with a 13-inch display, an A18 Pro chip, side-firing speakers, a 1080p webcam, two USB C ports, and Touch ID (Tom's Hardware) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Apple changes its CPU terminology alongside the M5 Pro and M5 Max, renaming "performance cores" to "super cores" and "efficiency cores" to "performance cores" (Jason Snell/Six Colors) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools (Wall Street Journal) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme A study finds GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash deployed tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of 21 simulated war game scenarios, and never surrendered (Chris Stokel-Walker/New Scientist) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Source Global: the US consulting market is set to grow 7% in 2026, the fastest pace in the post-COVID era, as companies seek advice on profiting from AI (Stephen Foley/Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Google is ending Gmailify and POP access in Gmail; new users will lose access in Q1 2026, and existing users will keep both features until later in 2026 (David Nield/Wired) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Phil Spencer will retire after 38 years at Microsoft; Asha Sharma, the president of product in Microsoft's Core AI business, will become the CEO of gaming (Jordan Novet/CNBC) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: Amazon's AI tools caused at least two AWS outages, including a 13-hour disruption in December after its Kiro AI deleted and recreated an environment (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare to offer HIPAA-ready tools for providers, insurers, and consumers, and expands its life sciences offerings (Eugene Kim/Business Insider) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Malaysia becomes the second country to limit access to Grok, joining Indonesia, over the chatbot's generation of sexual content (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Researchers say GPT 4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Grok 3 can reproduce long excerpts from books they were trained on when strategically prompted (Alex Reisner/The Atlantic) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa, reversing a designation imposed by the Biden administration in 2024 (Suzanne Smalley/The Record) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme ChatGPT told a teen who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over months but also used words like "hanging" and "suicide" very often, say family's lawyers (Washington Post) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert about the US adopting authoritarian digital practices, the research group's accomplishments, and more (Finian Hazen/MIT Technology Review) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Investigation: in 22 US states, Uber approves drivers with many types of convictions, such as violent felonies, that are over seven years old to keep costs low (Emily Steel/New York Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: The US DHS is investigating whether 6 CISA staffers who were suspended in July misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph, which he failed (John Sakellariadis/Politico) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme The Academy signs a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars, beginning in 2029 and running through 2033 (Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Tech whistleblowers like Yaël Eisenstat say coming forward has unexpectedly derailed their lives and careers; Meta is in litigation with Sarah Wynn-Williams (Naomi Nix/Washington Post) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: the UK government wants Apple, Google, and others to block explicit images at the OS level by default to protect kids and have adults verify their ages (Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme To build more powerful AI systems, some AI leaders are focusing on pursuing an approach called continual learning, which mimics how people learn over time (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme The EU opens investigations into Temu and airport scanner maker Nuctech to assess whether they unfairly penetrated the EU market thanks to Beijing subsidies (Francesca Micheletti/Politico) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Amazon plans to let authors offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through Kindle Direct Publishing, starting January 20, 2026 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme President Trump says the "same approach" used to let Nvidia ship H200 chips to China will also apply to "AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies" (Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme President Trump says Netflix's planned acquisition of WBD will have "to go through a process", as it would create an entity with "a lot of market share" (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Internal memo: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares a "code red" to shift more resources into improving ChatGPT amid rising competition, delaying other plans like ads (The Information) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy corporate data management and security startup Veza for $1B+ in a deal as early as next week (The Information) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: the White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state AI laws, following bipartisan backlash (Karen Freifeld/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko is stepping down from the decentralized social network as part of its shift to a nonprofit structure overseen by a board (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2025 report: for the 15th straight year, global internet freedom is in decline; of the 72 countries surveyed, Kenya fell most (Tech Policy Press) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Chinese toymaker FoloToy suspends sales of its GPT-4o-powered teddy bear, after researchers found the toy gave kids harmful responses, including sexual content (Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector (Fast Company) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Barclays: hyperscalers have announced a total of 46 GW of AI data center capacity, which at full utilization will consume as much energy as ~44.2M US households (Robin Wigglesworth/Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme IBM plans to cut "a low single-digit percentage" of its workforce in Q4, affecting thousands of staffers; it employed ~270K workers as of the end of 2024 (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Proofpoint says it has "high confidence" that hackers are working with organized crime groups to infiltrate trucking and freight companies to steal cargo (Emily Forgash/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme A look at Palantir's four-month "Meritocracy Fellowship" for high school graduates, which offers a path to a job at Palantir without a university degree (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Microsoft's Q1 earnings, showing that it had a $3.1B net loss from its OpenAI stake, imply OpenAI lost $11.5B during the quarter based on Microsoft's 27% stake (Matt Rosoff/The Register) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Swift releases Swift SDK preview for Android, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift and making it easier to share code across iOS and Android (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: X's advertising chief John Nitti, who joined in January, has left; X's CFO Mahmoud Reza Banki left in early October after less than a year in the role (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale resigned after the firm refused to discipline partner Shaun Maguire over his comments calling Zohran Mamdani "an Islamist" (Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Hacker group Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters posts alleged names, phone numbers, and addresses of hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials in a mass doxxing event (Joseph Cox/404 Media) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme The White House says representatives from Microsoft, Meta, Google, and other corporate donors to the $250M ballroom attended a dinner with President Trump (Wall Street Journal) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Paxos says it "mistakenly minted" $300T worth of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin on Wednesday and "burned" the tokens a little over 20 minutes later (Ryan S. Gladwin/Decrypt) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme OpenAI's massive deals show Sam Altman is selling a vision of a world-changing product and achieving it via world-changing financial engineering to raise $1T+ (Matt Levine/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Google adds Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, aka Nano Banana, to Search's AI Mode and Google Lens, on Android in the US for those with an account opted into Search Lab (Abner Li/9to5Google) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Nathan Calvin, general counsel of AI safety nonprofit Encode, says OpenAI used intimidation tactics to undermine California's SB 53 while it was being debated (Sharon Goldman/Fortune) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Crypto exchange Gemini launches an Australian arm, Gemini Intergalactic Australia, to offer its services in the country after registering with regulator AUSTRAC (Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Mastodon plans to add Bluesky-like starter packs to suggest accounts to follow for new users, but will allow accounts to opt out of being included in Packs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme A Google exec says Alphabet has been working for the past two years to technologically decouple its life sciences unit Verily so that it can be sold or spun off (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme OpenAI's Sora 2 openly features copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips of SpongeBob, Pikachu, and Mario (Jason Koebler/404 Media) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Memo: Apple's March update to its AI training guidelines for data annotators marked DEI as a "controversial" topic and removed intolerance as "harmful" behavior (Océane Herrero/Politico) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Aikido Security says attackers injected malware into 18 popular npm packages, including the debug package, with over 2.6B total weekly downloads (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Dell reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $29.78B, vs. $29.17B est., and says it plans to ship $20B of AI servers in its fiscal 2026, double what it sold last year (Kif Leswing/CNBC) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: Meta aims to launch its next-gen Llama AI model, Llama 4.X, by the end of 2025; the TBD team developing Llama 4.X is also trying to fix Llama 4 bugs (Jyoti Mann/Business Insider) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Filing: credit reporting giant TransUnion discloses a data breach affecting 4.4M+ customers' personal info but claims "no credit information was accessed" (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme xAI launches Grok Code Fast 1, a "speedy and economical" agentic coding model, available for free for a limited time on GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, more (Juby Babu/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Intel CFO says the US deal aims to deter Intel from selling its foundry; it lets the US buy 5% more at $20/share if Intel's stake in the unit falls below 51% (Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme The US starts publishing GDP data on nine public blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with the help of Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Nvidia CFO Colette Kress says the US hasn't outlined its plan for a 15% China commission, Nvidia won't pay until it has it, and it can sell AI chips without it (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and more details will be revealed at a later date (Danny Park/The Block) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme HP reports Q3 revenue up 3.1% YoY to $13.9B, vs. $13.7B est., Personal Systems revenue up 6% to $9.9B, and forecasts Q4 profit above estimates (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Apple partners with TuneIn to make Apple Music's six radio stations available outside its app, a first, as it seeks to compete with Spotify; TuneIn has 75M MAUs (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Taiwan indicts three people for allegedly stealing TSMC's 2nm secrets to help Tokyo Electron, the first such case, and recommends a combined 14-year prison term (Wen-Yee Lee/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: a Chinese fab making Huawei's AI chips is set to start production as soon as the end of 2025, with two more due in 2026; the fabs' ownership is unclear (Zijing Wu/Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Elon Musk now regularly posts AI images and videos of scantily clad women generated by Grok's Imagine tool on X, including avatar Ani dancing in her underwear (Miles Klee/Rolling Stone) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme OpenAI plans to update ChatGPT to better respond to mental distress cues, provide parental controls, and bolster safeguards around conversations about suicide (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Apple announces an "Awe dropping" event on September 9 at 10AM PT at Apple Park, where the iPhone 17 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and more are expected (Juli Clover/MacRumors) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025 for $2,199+ (Sean Hollister/The Verge) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme SSA's chief data officer files a whistleblower complaint that DOGE uploaded a database with every Social Security number ever issued to an insecure cloud server (Nicholas Nehamas/New York Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: Apple executives have discussed acquiring Mistral AI and Perplexity, with Eddy Cue as the most vocal champion within the company for such AI deals (The Information) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Google says it is behind the viral "nano-banana" image model, launches it as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image with finer edit controls in Gemini app, Gemini API, more (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Trump Media and Crypto.com sign a deal to integrate Crypto.com's wallet and adopt the CRO token for Truth Social's rewards; Trump Media will buy $105M in CRO (Oliver Knight/CoinDesk) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme French prosecutors open an investigation into Australian video platform Kick over the death of a content creator who was violently abused during livestreams (Graham Fraser/BBC) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources and docs: Microsoft worked with the FBI to track anti-Israel protests, flagged internal emails with words like "Gaza", deleted posts, and fired staff (Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: Klarna seeks a $13B to $14B valuation in its IPO next month, selling shares for $34-$36 as early as this week; Klarna sought a ~$50B valuation in 2021 (Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Sources: Temu resumes shipping goods from China directly to US consumers and increases its US ad spending, after a trade truce between Washington and Beijing (Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme AT&T agrees to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar for ~$23B in cash, adding 50MHz of low-band and mid-band spectrum, set to close by mid-2026 (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Spotify launches a DM feature to let users share audio and send text-based messages, available to mobile users over 16 years old in "select markets" this week (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Yield Sec: illegal gambling operators captured 71% of Europe's online betting and casino market in 2024, or €80.65B, as regulators struggle with crypto casinos (Navya Menon/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme The US taking a 10% equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea and a dangerous turn for US industrial policy, but also the least bad idea to make Foundry viable (Ben Thompson/Stratechery) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Stanford researchers: over the past three years, employment has dropped 13% for entry-level workers starting out in fields that are the most exposed to AI (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Court filing: Tesla rejected a $60M settlement offer in a lawsuit over a fatal 2019 crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S, before losing a $243M verdict (Mike Scarcella/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme A profile of A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as the studio focuses on big budget projects and invests in AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions (Alex Barasch/New Yorker) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Shopify updated a help page in May to tighten its rules against "hateful content" like racist merchandise, after removing a similar ban in July 2024 (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Bengaluru, home to about 33% of India's 1,800+ GCCs and key to the $300B tech industry, struggles as its infrastructure lags behind rapid tech sector growth (Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup "copied and stored" their content without permission (Financial Times) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme SoftBank shares are up 61% in 2025, making it one of Tokyo's top performers, on the back of AI and chip investments, as some investors question the upside (Nikkei Asia) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Q&A with Harsh Jain, CEO of Dream11 parent Dream Sports, on India's real-money gaming law, which he says erased 95% of the group's revenue and all its profits (Moneycontrol) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme LinkedIn is expanding its BrandLink video ads program with new publishers and creators, and says payouts to them have more than tripled year over year (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Google says NotebookLM's Video Overviews now support 80 languages, and Audio Overviews now provide more detailed non-English summaries (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch) npub1pn8n0aynjndg4x66qchwjggqgmtlpcvv0j9csmq3ul7yqh5vm3gqgenv4f Techmeme Forty-four US AGs sign an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies, warning they'll be held accountable if their AI chatbots knowingly harm children (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
