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A look at Apple's AI plans for WWDC; sources say it is testing its 3B, 7B, 33B, and 150B models via an internal Playground tool, and will name macOS 26 as Tahoe — Apple, a year after debuting its AI platform, will do little at WWDC to show it's catching up to leaders like OpenAI and Google.
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Sources: Samsung is nearing a deal to invest in Perplexity, preload Perplexity's app on Samsung devices, add Perplexity search to Samsung's browser, and more — The two companies are in talks to preload Perplexity's app and assistant on upcoming Samsung devices and integrate …
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Apple appeals the EU's iOS interoperability order under the DMA, saying the requirements create “a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation” — Companies face fines of up to 10% their worldwide annual turnover if the EU decides they are flouting its Digital Markets Act| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
A deep dive into Apple TV's privacy features shows that Apple's streaming device is more private than the vast majority of alternatives, save for dumb TVs — Using the Apple TV app or an Apple account means giving Apple more data, though. … Among smart TVs, streaming sticks …
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Sources: Meta aims to help brands fully create and target ads using AI by the end of 2026, including images and budgetary goals, building on its current tools — AI-powered advertising is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the company's future — Meta Platforms is betting that automation is the future of ads.| Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times: |
An interview with Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on tech's next chapter, meeting in 1997, Steve Jobs, Apple, Powell Jobs' io investment in 2019, AI, and more — After Apple, the Silicon Valley visionaries are looking to artificial intelligence to shape the future again
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The EU Commission fines European takeaway groups Delivery Hero and Glovo €329M for taking part in an “online food delivery cartel”, closing a July 2024 probe — European Commission says European food delivery groups shared trade secrets — Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT … | The Insider: |
A look at Russian GRU Unit 29155's hacking department, which started out in 2012, and its involvement in cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns — Russian GRU Unit 29155 is best known for its long list of murder and sabotage ops, which include the Salisbury poisonings in England …
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Paradromics implanted and removed its Connexus brain implant in a patient for ~10 minutes during epilepsy surgery on May 14, a first for the Neuralink rival — Paradromics, a brain-computer interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.| Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office warns Amazon that its price controls for marketplace retailers likely violate national and EU laws, in preliminary findings — The Federal Cartel Office said it told Amazon that — in its preliminary assessment — the company's policing of how much retailers …
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| Yadarisa Shabong / Reuters: |
UK neobank Monzo reports FY 2025 revenue up 48% YoY to £1.2B, a £60.5M pre-tax profit, up from £13.9M in FY 2024, deposits up 48% YoY to £16.6B, and 12M+ users — Monzo reported revenue above 1 billion pounds ($1.35 billion) for the first time and a sharp rise …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Elad Gil, backer of Perplexity, Character.AI, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe, invested in Enam Co., which aims to transform businesses with AI via PE roll-ups — Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT … | Nikkei Asia: |
SoftBank and Intel form Saimemory, a new company to develop stacked DRAM memory chips for AI that consume ~50% of the power of current HBM in the next two years — TOKYO — SoftBank and Intel are developing a type of memory for artificial intelligence expected to consume much less electricity …
More: Benzinga, The Register, TechPowerUp, Capacity Media, Tom's Hardware, and Electronics Weekly
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Paris' public prosecutor says it charged 25 people, including six minors, over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions targeting crypto executives — Twenty-five people, including six minors, were charged in Paris over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions in France's cryptocurrency world …
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