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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Epic Games announces that Fortnite is back on the App Store in the US for iPhone and iPad users, and on the Epic Games Store and AltStore in the EU  —  After a nearly five-year hiatus, Fortnite is back on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users in the United States.
CNBC:
Google announces new video and image generation models Veo 3 and Imagen 4, alongside a new AI filmmaking tool Flow and expanded access to Lyria 2  —  Google on Tuesday announced Veo 3, an AI video generator that can also create and incorporate audio.  —  The artificial intelligence tool competes …
Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat:
Google debuts Deep Think, an enhanced reasoning mode in Gemini 2.5 Pro that it says excels at math and coding, available to “trusted testers” via the Gemini API  —  Google is moving closer to its goal of a “universal AI assistant” that can understand context, plan and take action.
Emilia David / VentureBeat:
Google rolls out Jules, its asynchronous, agentic coding assistant unveiled in December 2024, in public beta and expects to announce pricing after the beta
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Google's AI Mode, its chatbot for Search, rolls out to everyone in the US and will include features like Deep Search, agentic capabilities, and chart generation  —  Google has begun rolling out AI Mode to every Search user in the US.  The company announced the expansion during its I/O 2025 conference.
Google on YouTube:
A recording of the Google I/O 2025 keynote  —  It's time to I/O!  Tune in to learn the latest news, announcements, and AI updates from Google.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Google says Project Astra will power new capabilities in Search, including a new Search Live feature, as well as in the Gemini AI app and third-party products  —  Google announced on Tuesday during Google I/O 2025 that Project Astra — the company's low latency, multimodal AI experience …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google will soon let users shop in AI Mode, unveils agentic checkout, and updates its virtual try-on feature in Search Labs for clothes shoppers in the US
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google launches Google AI Ultra, a subscription plan with the highest usage limits and access to its most capable models, rolling out in the US for $250/month
Michael L Hicks / Android Central:
Hands-on with Google's Android XR Gemini-powered prototype glasses: they are light and comfortable to wear, and the single display in the right lens works well  —  Google's Android XR glasses prototype worked surprisingly well in my quick press demo.  —  I got hands-on time with Google's prototype AR glasses at Google I/O 2025.
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Google says it is partnering with Samsung, Gentle Monster, Xreal, and Warby Parker to create Android XR smart glasses, offering AI assistance via Gemini  —  With smart glasses, Google seems to be taking a page out of Meta and Ray-Ban's book. … Google's second era of smart glasses is off to a chic start.
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Google commits up to $150M, including $75M for product development and commercialization, as part of its partnership with Warby Parker to make smart glasses  —  Warby Parker shares surged 15.6% after Google announced a smart glasses partnership at the tech company's annual I/O developer conference.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Xreal unveils Project Aura, expected to be the first Android XR glasses, powered by a separate puck with a Qualcomm chip, slated to launch by early 2026  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google has entered the glasses race by partnering with Xreal Inc. on the first spectacles to run an augmented-reality version of its operating system.
Amanda Kooser / CNET:
Google previews Beam, an evolution of its Starline 3D video calling tech it developed with HP, that uses a six-camera array for more immersive video chats
Billy Steele / Engadget:
Google brings live translation to Google Meet, matching the user's tone and cadence, first in beta for Spanish and English on Google AI Pro and Ultra plans
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out Project Mariner, its web-browsing AI agent, to Google's AI Ultra plan, and brings its capabilities to the Gemini API and Vertex AI  —  Google announced during Google I/O 2025 that it's rolling out Project Mariner, the company's experimental AI agent that browses and uses websites, to more users and developers.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google unveils Gemini in Chrome, which initially works across just two tabs but will eventually support many and be agentic, for Google AI Pro and Ultra users
CoinDesk:
The US SEC sues Unicoin and its executives, alleging they broke securities laws by raising $100M+ for tokens falsely claimed to be backed by real estate  —  Unicoin's CEO announced last month that he'd rejected the SEC's offer to negotiate a settlement.  —  What to know:
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to unveil at WWDC an SDK and related frameworks to let third-party devs build AI features based on LLMs it uses for Apple Intelligence  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to allow third-party developers to write software using its artificial intelligence models …
CNBC:
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana says Waymo has reached 10M paid trips, doubling in the past five months, and that the company is not yet profitable  —  Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana told CNBC on Tuesday that the Alphabet-owned ride-hailing company has reached 10 million trips, doubling in the past five months.
Charles Szumski / Euractiv:
Sweden passes a law criminalizing the purchase of live online sexual performances, including cam shows and sex chats; buying pre-recorded content remains legal  —  The new law criminalises paid online sexual services, including cam shows and sex chats.  —  Based on facts, either observed …
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Kalshi withdrew announcements about a collaboration with xAI just hours after CEO Tarek Mansour said the deal would “further take prediction markets mainstream”  —  Kalshi had announced on Tuesday morning that xAI would provide tailored information to offer guidance for bets made by the site's users.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Palo Alto Networks reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $2.29B, vs. $2.28B est., net income down 6% to $262.1M, and non-GAAP gross margin of 76%, vs. 77.2% est.  —  Palo Alto Networks reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the latest quarter but its gross margin was below estimates.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Civitai blames a “configuration issue” for allowing users to generate non-consensual porn; it appears that users can still create such videos of non-celebrities  —  404 Media found that people were using Civitai to create nonconsensual AI porn videos of anyone for a small price.
More: The Verge.  Bluesky: @emanuelmaiberg and @josephcox.  Mastodon: @jbhall56@infosec.exchange
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