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Sources: Apple's next operating systems will be called iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, and more, as it plans a rebrand with numbers based on the upcoming year — Apple Inc. is planning the most sweeping change yet to its operating system names, part of a software overhaul that extends to all its devices.
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, The Verge, iPhone in Canada, and Cord Cutters News
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Pavel Durov says Telegram and xAI agreed a one-year deal to distribute Grok; Telegram will get $300M in cash and equity from xAI and 50% of subscription revenue — Telegram will also receive 50% of revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via the app. — What to know:
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Telegram, and r/technology
| Reuters: |
Marco Rubio says the US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals “who censor Americans” and calls arrest warrants for social media posts “unacceptable” — The U.S. will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
More: The Verge, U.S. Department of State, United States Department …, Financial Times, The Guardian, methodshop, Washington Times, Blockchain.News, Al Jazeera, Politico, New York Sun, The Indian Express, Public, Reclaim The Net, PJ Media, The Hill, The Post Millennial, The Federalist, and Fox News
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Forums: r/worldnews and r/neoliberal
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency in beta that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with ads — ‘Discord Orbs’ will let users earn free Nitro by playing with interactive ads. … Discord is beta testing “Discord Orbs,” …
More: Discord Blog, Engadget, How-To Geek, Windows Central, TechCrunch, and PC Gamer
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instacart appoints Chief Business Officer Chris Rogers as its new CEO, effect August 15, replacing Fidji Simo, who left to become OpenAI's CEO of Applications — Instacart announced on Wednesday that its chief business officer, Chris Rogers, has been appointed as the company's new CEO.
More: PYMNTS.com, Retail TouchPoints, Instacart Corporate Blog, Fortune, Bloomberg, Adweek, The Information, CNBC, Fast Company, and Reuters
| Reuters: |
Sources: Shein is shifting its IPO plans from London to Hong Kong after failing to secure approval from Chinese regulators, and aims to file in the coming weeks — Shein is working towards a listing in Hong Kong after the online fast-fashion retailer's proposed initial public offering (IPO) …
More: The Information, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, The Guardian, The Times, Yahoo Finance, and Bloomberg
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic appoints Netflix co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings to its board of directors, as the company balances growth with its stated focus on safety — Board seeks to balance AI's business interests, responsibilities to society — Netflix Inc. co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings …
More: The Verge, Anthropic, The Information, TechCrunch, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, CNBC, The Wrap, IndieWire, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, and Sherwood News
X: @joshuaogundu and @shiringhaffary
LinkedIn: Neil Buddy Shah, Ravi Mhatre, and Sasha de Marigny
| Reuters: |
Amazon and Stellantis say their deal, announced in 2022, to create in-car software and bring Fire TV to in-car entertainment systems, is “winding down” — Amazon's deal with Stellantis to create in-car software that the companies hoped would transform the driving experience …
More: PYMNTS.com, Benzinga, Yahoo Finance, Proactive, Quartz, Silicon UK, MarketWatch, EV, and Automotive World. LinkedIn: Heiko Huettel
| Financial Times: |
Humain, Saudi Arabia's new state-owned AI company, says it is seeking investment from US tech companies and investors, and plans to launch a $10B VC fund — PIF-backed Humain courts US tech investors and plans $10bn venture fund — Andrew England and Ahmed Al Omran in Riyadh
More: PYMNTS.com, PitchBook, DatacenterDynamics, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, and Semafor. Bluesky: @edzitron.com
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple launches its Self Service Repair program for the iPad lineup, a first, and plans to bring the program to Canada in summer, the 34th country to offer it — Apple today announced that its Self Service Repair program is expanding to the iPad. — The program will provide iPad owners with manuals … | Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Filing: GameStop acquires 4,710 bitcoin for its corporate treasury, but does not disclose the total purchase amount, after announcing a bitcoin plan in March — - The video game retailer announced a 4,710 bitcoin purchase on May 28. — GameStop previously announced plans to adopt Bitcoin … | Tim Balk / New York Times: |
A look at issues facing self-driving trucks in the US as Aurora, whose new truck has logged 1,000+ driverless miles on I-45, aims for 20+ trucks by year's end — As the trucking industry struggles to recruit drivers, driverless trucks won't need sleep, won't speed and won't get road rage.
More: The Drive, New York Post, and Futurism
Bluesky: @daviddarmofal. X: @transportworker. LinkedIn: Damien Weiss. Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
The EU publishes its April 23 decision to fine Apple €500M for DMA non-compliance; Apple has until end of June to become compliant or face periodic fines — Update: Apple has responded to the ruling with a statement provided to 9to5Mac, calling it “bad for innovation, bad for competition, bad for our products, and bad for users.”| Financial Times: |
Sources: Nvidia suppliers Foxconn, Inventec, Dell, and Wistron made breakthroughs to resolve issues from 2024 that delayed Blackwell AI server rack shipments — Technical breakthroughs allow partners to begin shipments of cutting-edge ‘Blackwell’ artificial intelligence servers
More: Tom's Hardware, DatacenterDynamics, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, and Investor's Business Daily. Bluesky: @edzitron.com
| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside a “laptop farm” run by a 50-year-old US woman that let DPRK IT workers pose as US tech staff and illegally earn $17.1M from more than 300 US companies — A LinkedIn message drew a former waitress in Minnesota into a type of intricate scam involving illegal paychecks and stolen data| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Circle's S-1 shows that 60% of the 24M shares available in its IPO come from existing stakeholders rather than the company, a highly unusual move in a tech IPO — Stablecoin issuer Circle stands to be one of the first significant cryptocurrency companies to go public in the U.S. That's not the only unusual aspect of its IPO.| Bloomberg: |
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X: @arturo_p_a, @xx_1133_1221_11, @woonomic, @bc_kucoin, @riddle245, @fiddyresearch, and @infinitybanyan. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Rillet raised a $25M Sequoia-led Series A and has added ~200 customers, including Windsurf, since debuting an AI tool in 2024 to automate general ledger systems — For accounting departments, no software is more important than the general ledger system. It's the central hub that summarizes … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
ASML's stock is down ~25% in the past year from a record ~€1,000 in July 2024, cutting $130B+ from its market cap, amid China export rules and US tariffs — More than $130 billion of value has been wiped off of ASML in under a year amid restrictions on exports to China and U.S. tariff uncertainty| Billy Perrigo / Time: |
A look at Tools for Humanity, cofounded by Sam Altman, as the company plans to deploy 7,500 iris-scanning Orbs across the US over the next 12 months — Once again, Sam Altman wants to show you the future. The CEO of OpenAI is standing on a sparse stage in San Francisco, preparing to reveal his next move to an attentive crowd.
More: Windows Central and Fox News
| Bloomberg: |
A recent surge in high-profile cyberattacks is boosting cyber insurers' prospects, with global premium volume expected to hit ~$30B by 2030, growing at 10% YoY — A recent surge in high-profile cyberattacks is offering an opportunity for insurers including Munich Re AG and Chubb Ltd. to cash … | Financial Times: |
Sources: the US Commerce Department has told electronic design automation groups, which include Cadence and Synopsys, to stop supplying their tech to China — Move is latest US effort to stymie geopolitical rival's technological advance — Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington, Zijing Wu in Hong Kong and Michael Acton in San Francisco| Reuters: |
Global Payments says it will sell its Heartland Payroll Solutions unit, which has 50K+ clients, to Michigan-based fintech Acrisure for $1.1B, closing in H2 2025 — Global Payments (GPN.N) said on Wednesday it would sell its payroll division, Heartland Payroll Solutions …
More: Payments Dive, Morningstar, Inc., Bloomberg, Benzinga, and FinSMEs
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Getty Images CEO Craig Peters says Getty is spending “millions and millions” on its Stability AI lawsuit in the UK and the US, accusing it of copying 12M images — Peters told CNBC in an interview that both Stability AI — the U.K.-based startup best known for its text … | Counterpoint Research: |
In Q1 2025, the iPhone 16 was the best selling smartphone globally, followed by the iPhone 16 Pro Max, 16 Pro, 15, Samsung Galaxy A16, Galaxy A06, and S25 Ultra — - Apple's iPhone 16 was the best-selling smartphone in Q1 2025. This also marked the return of the iPhone series' base variant …
More: CNET, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, Moneycontrol, Apple Must, and MacTech.com
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
SignalFire: startups and Big Tech firms cut hiring of recent graduates by 11% and 25%, respectively, in 2024 over 2023, as AI can handle routine, low-risk tasks — If and when AI will start replacing human labor has been the subject of numerous debates. — While it's still hard …
More: Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Mashable, KnowTechie, Tech.co, and Sherwood News. Bluesky: @andytseng
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Laptop 13 review: exquisite hardware, great keyboard, trackpad, and battery, and a 3:2 display, but Snapdragon X has app compatibility issues — That Snapdragon X-powered laptop matched the MacBook in build quality, battery life, and at least some aspects of performance …
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Bell Canada plans to invest hundreds of millions to build data centers in six Canadian cities; the first, set to launch in June, has Groq as an anchor tenant — The Elite Microsoft Unit Constantly Working to Thwart Hackers … Explainers| Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff, set to become Tinder CEO in July, lays out a new vision for the app, including speeding up product changes and using AI — Spencer Rascoff is rethinking Match Group's biggest app as younger online daters grow tired of swiping
More: New York Post and Dallas Morning News
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